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In our experience as a computer teachers and consultants, We have come across many types of people and many kinds of computers.  Everyone has different needs but we have noticed that a lot of people have very similiar questions on how to do certain tasks.  This page is designed to help you with some of these common tasks.  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions that are not covered here.
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Putting an icon on the desktop

Removing icons from the desktop

Emptying the recycle bin

Saving files to floppy disks

Changing your screen saver

Saving pictures from the internet

What does "Save as" mean

How much Ram do I have?

Changing the time

 
HOW DO I ?

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Put an icon on the desktop?

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1. Right click on the "Start Menu"
2. Click on "Open"
3. Double click "Programs"
4. Double click the program groups to find the shorcut you want to put on your desktop.
5. Right click and drag the shortcut to the destop.
6. Click on "Create shortcut here"
7. Then right click the desktop, select "arrange icons" by name to make them neat      

Remove an icon from the desktop?

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1. Right click the unwanted icon
2. Click on "Delete".
3. Click on "Yes".
or
4. Click and drag the icon to the recycle bin.
Empty the
Recycle Bin?

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1. Right click on the recycle bin.
2. Click on "Empty Recycle bin".
Save files to a floppy disk?

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From the document you are working on......
1. Click once on the "File" menu.
2. Click on "Save As".
3. In the "Save In" window, click the drop down arrow to drop down the menu.
4. Selcect the 3 1/2 in. Floppy "A" Drive
5. In the "File Name" box, name your file.
6. Click on "Save"
What does
"Save as" mean?

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To save a file with a different name or format
1. On the File menu of the program you are working in, click Save As.
2. Specify the name or format in which you want to save the file.

* If the file was previously saved with a different name or format,
that version will remain unchanged. 
Change my
screen
saver?

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1. Right click on the Desktop.
2. Click on "Properties".
3. Click on the "Screen Saver" tab.
4. Drop down the menu in the "Screen Saver box.
5. Choose a Screen Saver.
6. Select a wait time for the screen saver to start after. Click OK.  .
How much Ram do I have?

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1. right click on "My Computer".
2. Click on "Properties".
3. Either the General or Performance tab will tell you how much Ram you have.
Change the time on my computer?

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1. Double click the time on bottom right corner of your screen.
2. Highlight the part of the time that you want to change.
3. Type in the correct numbers and choose OK.
Save an image from the internet?

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1. Right click on the image.
2. Click on "Save Image As"
3. Choose a directory to put your image in.
4. Click on "Save".
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