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Getting started on your Device

Use a Mouse, Keyboard or Touchscreen

Change basic settings on a Device

Basics of Health & Safety

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Get used to using the mouse

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Practice your mousing skills with the following Mousercise. Click the 'Let's start mousercising!' button below to begin.

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Use your favorite screen capture tool to capture an image of your drawings from this website. Then send the image to [email protected] .

We will showcase the most creative drawings in our upcoming stickman gallery.

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Use your favorite screen capture tool to capture an image of your drawings from this website. Then send the image to [email protected] . We will showcase the most creative drawings in our upcoming stickman gallery.

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Created with Hot Potatoes by Half-Baked Software, registered to John Horbacz.

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Quiz 2

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The names of the main function keys

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Make the most of your typing practice! The fastest typists recommend these tips to improve your typing speed and accuracy:

1. Learn to touch type.

Touch typing is a typing technique in which you always use the same finger to type each key, without looking at the keyboard. It takes some practice to learn, but training these consistent finger motions will enable you to type much faster than you could otherwise. The How-to-Type.com typing lessons will teach you to touch type using the standard QWERTY typing technique. The lessons consist of basic typing and finger training exercises to guide you through the skills for typing each key.

Once you have learned the technique you can practice your typing here on this page to boost your speed and accuracy. Your fingers will learn to strike the correct keys automatically and you won't need to stop to find them on the keyboard. Your mind will be free to think about what you are typing instead of where the keys are. With routine typing practice, you will thoroughly master the skill and become more productive at everything you do at the keyboard!

2. Minimize your hand movements and physical effort.

Practice keeping your fingers positioned on the home row, curved slightly down so that you can easily extend them to type the keys on the rows above and below with minimal movement. Let the palms of your hands float just above the keyboard and rest your thumbs on the space bar. Strike the keys with a quick and light touch.

It is also a good practice to maintain a relaxed and comfortable posture to minimize muscle strain and fatigue. Raise the height of your seat, or stand if necessary so that your arms and hands are resting comfortably down at the keyboard and your eyes are glancing down at your screen. Adjust your screen so that you can clearly see what you are typing without straining your eyes and neck. As you practice typing, remember that you will carry the habits you develop now with you into the future, whenever you type on a keyboard.

3. Practice typing for accuracy, not speed.

If you are making mistakes, slow down. You will not get faster by making lots of typos because it will take more time to go back and fix them all. Furthermore, practicing poor technique will impede your progress by reinforcing your mistakes and bad habits. Typing practice is an exercise, not a race. Type precisely at a rate that you are comfortable with. Your speed will naturally increase as your typing skills

4. Visualize as you type.

You will find this tip most useful once you have confidently learned the positions of all the keys and are practicing to increase your typing speed. Think about the words just ahead of where you are typing and imagine your fingers moving across the keyboard to type them. Your typing will really begin to flow when you can achieve this.

If you are just learning the keys and not quite ready for this, you can employ the power of visualization in your practice by imagining each letter on the keyboard and your finger moving to it before you type it.

5. Maintain your focus on typing.

Don't practice in a noisy environment. Eliminate distractions. You are more likely to make mistakes if you are distracted, and you do not want to practice making mistakes that would be counterproductive to your goals. If you find your concentration drifting, try to regain focus or consider taking a break and coming back to your typing practice at a better time.

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Make the most of your typing practice! The fastest typists recommend these tips to improve your typing speed and accuracy: Touch typing is a typing technique in which you always use the same finger to type each key, without looking at the keyboard.

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Wordsearch

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Symbols to look for

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On a PC - detailed guide

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Tips for using Devices

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Sign in and Out of Email
Send an email
Read and Reply to Email

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Want to improve your email content? With Gmail, you can use the autocorrect tool and have your email corrected as you enter text. You can also see spelling mistakes underlined in red and grammar mistakes in blue.

Turn the grammar, spelling, and autocorrect tools on or off

Use the tools

1. In Gmail, click Compose.

2. Start entering your text.

3. As you enter text, if you have errors, you will see the following changes:

A blue line appears under incorrect grammar.

A red line appears under misspelled words.

You might notice some errors getting autocorrected. A dashed line will temporarily appear under the corrected text.

4. (Optional) To accept or ignore a spelling or grammar change, click the underlined text or use the arrow keys to navigate to it and press Tab. Press Enter or click the suggestion to accept the change or click Ignore .

5. (Optional) To undo an autocorrection, click the underlined text or use the arrow keys to navigate to it and press Tab. In the bubble that appears under the text, click Undo or press Enter.

6. When you're ready to send your email, click Send.

About machine learning

Spelling and grammar suggestions are powered by machine learning. As language understanding models use billions of common phrases and sentences to automatically learn about the world, they can also reflect human cognitive biases. Being aware of this is a good start, and the conversation around how to handle it is ongoing. Google is committed to making products that work well for everyone, and are actively researching unintended bias and mitigation strategies.

How can we improve it?

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Want to improve your email content? With Gmail, you can use the autocorrect tool and have your email corrected as you enter text. You can also see spelling mistakes underlined in red and grammar mistakes in blue. In Gmail, click Compose. Start entering your text.

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Understand the variety of things you can do online

Identify Web Browsers

Be able to access a website directly using the address bar and use a search engine

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We hope you're enjoying learning on the Learn My Way website. We'd love it if you answer a few questions about yourself, why you're learning, and your learning experience.

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Learn more about all areas on Online Safety and ways to protect yourself

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From the Blog

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Who are you really talking to online?

The internet is a fantastic innovation that has, in many ways, made life more convenient, given us more choice, brought enrichment and for many, made...

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Our Mission

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Get Safe Online is the UK's leading source of unbiased, factual and easy-to-understand information on online safety.

Our website is a unique resource providing practical advice on how to protect yourself, your computers and mobile devices and your business against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other problems encountered online. It contains guidance on many other related subjects too - including performing backups and how to avoid theft or loss of your computer, smartphone or tablet.
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Get Safe Online around the world

Get Safe Online has a presence in 24 countries around the world. Each country benefits from its own Get Safe Online website, customised to deliver the best and most relevant experience for individuals and businesses. Many of the countries also have a community of Get Safe Online Ambassadors and Advocates working on our behalf.
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Use Google docs to create a document

Rename a Document

Use Spellcheck to correct errors on a document

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You can see misspellings or grammatical errors as you type and change your autocorrect settings with Google Docs.

To help Google Docs find misspellings and grammatical errors, set your language. Click File Language, then choose your language.

Check spelling & grammar

You can check your spelling and grammar, then accept or ignore the corrections.

1. Open a document in Google Docs.

2. In the top left, click Spell Check . A box will open in the top right corner.

To use a suggestion, click Change.

To ignore a suggestion, click Ignore.

To accept or ignore all suggestions, click More Accept all or Ignore all.

If you have spelling and grammar suggestions turned on, misspelled words are underlined in red, and grammar suggestions are underlined in blue. Learn how to turn suggestions on or off.

To quickly accept or ignore the corrections:

Right-click the red or blue underline.

To accept the suggestion, click the edited word.

To ignore the suggestion, click Ignore.

To report an incorrect suggestion, click Feedback on suggestion.

Add a word to your spelling suggestions dictionary

You can add words to the dictionary so Docs doesn't identify them as misspelled.

1. Open a document in Google Docs.

2. In the top left, click Spell Check . A box will open in the top right corner.

3. To add a word that appears in the spell checker to the dictionary, click Add to dictionary.

Turn off autocorrect

Autocorrect can automatically correct capitalization and spelling in Google Docs. It can also automatically detect links, lists, and quotes. Some autocorrect features might only be available in English.

1. Open a document or presentation in Google Docs.

2. Click Tools Preferences General.

3. To turn off certain autocorrects, like automatic capitalization, spelling corrections, or link detection, uncheck the box next to the function.

4. Click OK.

Turn off specific automatic substitutions

Correct a word's spelling

To always correct a specific word's spelling:

1. Right-click on the word.

2. Click Always correct to [word].

Undo an automatic correction

1. After the word is corrected, hover your cursor over the word.

2. Click Undo or Turn off to permanently turn off that type of correction.

Turn suggestions on or off

Misspelled words are underlined in red.To turn spelling suggestions off:

1. Open a document in Google Docs.

2. Click Tools Spelling Underline errors.

3. The check mark will disappear to show that it is off.

Note: This will turn suggestions on or off for all of your documents.

About machine learning

Spelling suggestions are powered by machine learning. As language understanding models use billions of common phrases and sentences to automatically learn about the world, they can also reflect human cognitive biases. Being aware of this is a good start, and the conversation around how to handle it is ongoing. Google is committed to making products that work well for everyone, and are actively researching unintended bias and mitigation strategies.

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You can see misspellings or grammatical errors as you type and change your autocorrect settings with Google Docs. To help Google Docs find misspellings and grammatical errors, set your language. Click File Language, then choose your language. You can check your spelling and grammar, then accept or ignore the corrections.

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Use a touchscreen to interact with a device

Use a mobile device to send an email

Use a mobile device to search the Internet

Connect to a wifi

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Device Settings Guide

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workbook - easy guide Adjusting the settings on Android smartphone or tablet

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You can get apps, games and digital content for your device using the Google Play Store app. The Play Store app comes pre-installed on Android devices that support Google Play, and can be downloaded on some Chromebooks.

Open the Play Store app

1. On your device, go to the Apps section.

2. Tap Google Play Store .

3. The app will open and you can search and browse for content to download.

Issues using the Play Store

I can't find the Play Store App

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Add attachments, like files or photos, to your emails. To send large files over the size limit, like videos, use Google Drive.

Attach a file

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app .

2. Tap Compose .

3. Tap Attach .

4. Tap Attach file or Insert from Drive.

5. Choose the file you want to attach.

Note: For some file types, like ZIP files, you'll need to download a file manager from Google Play before you can attach them.

Remove an attachment

After you add an attachment, you can remove it. To the right of the attachment name, tap Close .

Attachment size limit

Gmail account: 20 MB

Non-Gmail account: Up to 25 MB, depending on your email provider

For larger attachments, you can insert using Google Drive.

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Send attachments with your Gmail message

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Add attachments, like files or photos, to your emails. To send large files over the size limit, like videos, use Google Drive. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Gmail app . Tap Compose . Tap Attach . Tap Attach file or Insert from Drive. Choose the file you want to attach.

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1. Select a photo, album, or video.

2. Tap Share

3. Select people to share with.

To share with one person, tap their name.

To find someone specific, tap Search . Enter their name, phone number, or email address

4. To share, tap Send.

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Zoom is an online meeting platform which surged in popularity during the Covid-19 crisis. It can be used to make 1-1 or group video calls from a computer, tablet or phone. Users can screen share, chat and use interactive features.
In this guide we will look at:

How to create a free Zoom account

How to join a meeting.

In meeting chat, controls and tools.

The basic free Zoom package allows unlimited length 1-1 video calls, but group calls are limited to 40 minutes.They have paid-for packages which give greater functionality such as recording meetings, and also optional add-ons - such as webinar hosting.

Hosts create meetings, send out invites and do need a zoom account, but participants do NOT need to create a zoom account to join a meeting.

Some links to find help using Zoom:

1. How to create a free zoom account

Enter an email address.

You will be sent an email with a link in to click.

Once you click on the email link, you will be taken back to the webpage to set up a password.

Then download the software using the link: https://zoom.us/support/download - when you open this page you will see a pop up asking what you want to do with Zoominstaller.exe - click on Run.

Go to the apple or android App Store and search for: Zoom Cloud meetings

Once you've downloaded it, open the app and click on Sign up.

You can join a Zoom meeting directly through the link you are sent by the meeting organiser. If you have downloaded Zoom to your phone, tablet or computer then you can join from within the app.
From a tablet or smartphone:

1. Go to the apple or android App Store and search for: Zoom Cloud meetings

2. Once you've downloaded it, open the app

3. Click on the big blue button Join a Meeting

4. Enter the Meeting ID which will be something like 123-123-123

5. Enter the password

6. Enter your name as you want it to appear to everyone else

7. Click Join.

From a computer

1. You can run it straight in a web browser by clicking on the Meeting link you have been s ent which will be something like: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/123456789

2. Or you can download the zoom software here https://zoom.us/support/download - when you open this page you will see a pop up asking what you want to do with Zoominstaller.exe - click on Run

3. Once downloaded, open Zoom and click on Join

4. Enter the Meeting ID which will be something like 123-123-123

5. Enter the password

6. Enter your name as you want it to appear to everyone else.

3. In meeting chat, controls and tools
Gallery View (computer and tablet only)
You will be able to see everyone's videos at the same time. In very large meetings you might have to scroll down to see everyone.

To activate this click on the Gallery View button in the top right. It's a bit counterintuitive - if the word is showing speaker view you are in gallery view!
Speaker View (default on tablet and phone)
You will see the video of the person who is currently speaking. As different people speak, this will change over. On a computer this is a useful view if someone is doing a presentation or one person will be speaking for a length of time.

To activate this click on the Speaker View button in the top right.
The tool bar
On a computer or tablet, you will see the tool bar at the bottom of your screen

Click on mute to mute and unmute yourself - click on the arrow to the right to change your mic/audio settings

Click on stop video to turn off your video and then click again to resume - click on the arrow to the right to select the camera settings or even pick a virtual background!

Click on Participants to see who else is in the meeting.

Click on Share to allow you to share your screen - for example if you want to deliver a powerpoint presentation

Click on Chat to open up the chat box.

Click on Record to record your screen and all audio - however it will not record content of the chat box, even if you have that open (Record is only available to participants if the host has enabled it).

If you need to leave the meeting click on Leave Meeting in the bottom right corner

Chat
Click on chat in the bottom toolbar and it will open up a pop up box - if this pops out in front of the videos, click on the ESC button on your keyboard to exit full screen mode. This should then place the chat box down the right of the video screen

You can send messages to everyone or, if the host has allowed it, to individual participants

If you don't have the chat box open and a new message has been sent, you will see the word chat flash and a number 1 appear by it.
Hands up
If interactive features have been enabled by the host, click on Participants in the bottom toolbar and it will open up the list of participants. At the bottom you should see a range of symbols which you can use - especially useful if in a large group and participants are muted.

If you are interested in hosting a Zoom meeting you can read our guide here.
Last updated 4th May 2020

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Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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Have some good clean fun this holiday season and play this old fashioned word search puzzle.

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Play solitaire for free. No download or registration needed.

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Mandala - Online coloring pages for children and adults

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The main theme of this online coloring page is Mandala. Download it for free or color it online right on the screen of your mobile, tablet or computer.

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Fast drawing for everyone. AutoDraw pairs machine learning with drawings from talented artists to help you draw stuff fast.