Day Four

Today the lovely Bronwyn wasn't in so Hannah was on hand to answer any questions, most of which related to MS Word and the wonders it can do when typing a letter.

In the class today were Neville, Lourdes, Eileen and quick appearances from Sandy, Robert and Jimmy.

We covered more from the illustrious 'Tab' key, allowing the class to practice more short cuts and getting used to letting go of the mouse occassionally.

Eileen - was the cut & paste queen turning a perfectly typed letter into a jumble of words then putting it all back together again. She also learnt how to create paragraphs within a letter by using the 'Enter' key, how to highlight the typed text with the mouse and move it across the page (and back again) using the indent keys, we also covered the align text keys setting the paragraph to either left, centre, right or justifyed which is great for making a letter look tidier, and if that wasn't enough there was also the brilliance of line spacing which we set to double which allows for easier reading of each line.

Lourdes - replyed to an email from her daughter, then unfortunately lost it all before she was able to send it, this gave her an oppurtunity to practice her typing skills and do it all again. This time we discovered the 'Tab' key was being used when the 'Enter' key was needed to create a new paragraph which caused the cursor to move off the page....this is an important note, always be aware of where your cursor is on a page before using 'tab', 'enter', 'cut', 'paste', 'delete', 'backspace' or even the 'space' key.

Neville - received a number of emails, one of which included a gorgeous photo of a Sri Lanken family wedding, the bride looked stunning in red. He also had a question regarding 'partitioned memory' on his computer at home, unfortunately I was unable to answer this at the time but upon asking my trusted source I now have an answer so will pass this information on next week.

Jimmy - made a quick appearance just as we were finishing up so I was able to pass on a Facebook code from last week to help him send messages on facebook without having to type in a security code every time.

All in all today we made amazing progress with huge areas of learning, I'm looking forward to seeing you all again next week!

Hannah