word processing

Learn the basics - typing, printing and saving your work... on your own computer! Find out just what word processing software can do, and enjoy creating professional documents with ease!

spreadsheets

A spreadsheet can be thought of as an electronic "ledger", but it can allow you to organize your financial information in a number or ways - even easily produce graphs and charts. Make sense of figures with the power of a spreadsheet!

file management

Learn what happens when you save your work - files, folders and where they are stored on your computer. Learn how to locate lost files, and how to arrange your work in an orderly way!

scanning

Learn the basics - scanning photos, file format types, image quality and magnification, optimizing scanned images for e-mail and archiving.

digital photography

From advice on buying a digital camera, through to easy photographic techniques and transferring your photos from your digital camera to your PC (uploading) - this is the future of photography!

image editing

How to improve an image once it is on your computer - adjust contast, composition and "touch up" flaws or damage in a photograph... you will be amazed at how easy it is. Software included!

copy music!

If you have a CD burner, it's easy to copy whole music CDs and even make your own compilations, with songs from many different CDs. Create your own "ultimate party mix" from all your favourite CDs!

backup your data!

Take advantage of your CD burner by backing up regularly! It's quick and easy to safeguard all your work (not to mention school projects), and more reliable than using floppy disks. Did you know that a single blank CD has the equal capacity of 471 floppy disks?