Computer Classes at Tangi Library

Exercises for working on during our Open Hours Computer Class Typing Practice Go to Typing.com Sign up for a free account. You can use Typing.com to practice at home with the same account, which will save your progress. Remember to make your username and password something easy for you to remember.  In the blue bar at the top of the page, you'll see "Lessons" and "Games." You can choose either one to get in some good practice.  Mousing Practice Go to the Literacy Services'  Mouse Basics Website . Practice Placing the Mouse, Clicking the Mouse, Click and Drag, and Drawing with the Mouse Practice using the Internet Go to Learnmyway.com . Sign up for a free account. You can use Learnmyway.com to practice at home with the same account, saving the different lessons that you work on. Remember to make your username and password something easy for you to remember.  At the top of the page you'll see three gray tabs: "My Learni...

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Follow along with this blog post to find links and text that will help you during our Microsoft Word class. First, go to this link: GCF Learn Free Text Basics Tutorial . When it comes time to use the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, you can copy and paste it from below: an excerpt from “I Have a Dream” Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a sta...

Computer Basics Practice Mouse Skills with Mousercise  Computer Basics tutorials from GCF Learn Free Mouse Practice from Mrs. T's Technology Emporium Internet and Email Basics Introduction to the Internet tutorial from GCF Learn Free Internet 101 tutorial from Techboomers.com How to Use Gmail tutorial from Techboomers.com Internet Tutorials from Mrs. T's Technology Emporium  Microsoft Word Getting Started with Word from GCF Learn Free Basic Formatting in Word from Microsoft Corporation; includes a list of additional resources Intermediate Computing Search Better Tutorial from GCF Learn Free Google Riddles to test your searching skills PowerPoint PowerPoint resources from Mrs. T's Technology Emporium Learn Websites Want to learn how to use Amazon.com, Gmail, Netflix, and a wide variety of other websites? Learn how at Techboomers.com .