Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor shares a keyboard shortcut to the search bar. Ctrl+L is meant to return the cursor to the search bar. Source: w3schools.com lifehacker.com Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
For me, search skills lead to constant self-tutoring. The tutor shares a technique he’s noticed. “word” ≠ “word ” Searching my posts for the word fire, I got many results in which it was part of a word – Firefox …
Maintaining a home computer requires frequent self-tutoring. The tutor shares. This Windows 7 computer no longer performs the COPY command from the mouse, so I use the command prompt to copy files, etc. Lately I’ve been backing up directories, which …
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Home computer use, for me, leads to constant self-tutoring. The tutor shares a video about Windows disk management that he was lucky to find. My experience: On an external hard drive, if Windows calls a part of it “unallocated”, you …
Researching file permissions can mean self-tutoring. The tutor relays the idea of Bypass Traverse Checking. Bypass Traverse Checking (file permission) This permission allows a user to access a specific file that is not protected, but which resides in a folder …
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More self-tutoring: the tutor talks about a bump on his digital road. Traveling, time is typically a concern for me. Though I’ve been doing it more and more, I’m still not accomplished at traveling. I can make it – but …
Using Excel can mean self-tutoring. The tutor shares an observation about typing the forward slash in Excel 2016. I went to type a forward slash (as a character, not part of a formula) at the lead of a statement in …
For me, home computer use means self-tutoring. The tutor shares some experience with the HP Notebook. When I can’t use the desktop, I often use a Notebook by HP, purchased last May, which runs Windows 10. I had some problems …
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Home computer use means self-tutoring. The tutor shares an observation. This computer, before use or after idleness, locks out to a screensaver. To open the password field I have always clicked on the screen. After a few clicks it would …
Tutoring computer use, you might talk about conditional formatting with Excel. The tutor mentions a quick example. You can make up your own condition that causes cells to format specifically. It might be done, more or less, like so: Let’s …