NOVICE TECHIE

TYPE RACER

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Improve your typing skill and log on to TYPE RACER. You can create an account or log in as a guest. You can practice on your own, race with a friend, race with others, or join a private race. It's your choice. Learning has never been this fun.

FREE RICE

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Want to improve your vocabulary and help people at the same time? Then log on to FREE RICE. For every 1 correct answer, they will donate 20 grains of rice. And you can also get banners to display on your blog to held spread the word.

HOW TO USE PRINT SCREEN

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Go to the webpage you want to use. Then on the upper right portion of the keyboard, press PrtSc (print screen), mostly near F10. Then open PAINT. Go to EDIT and click PASTE.

After you click PASTE, you will see this page. (below)

Then click SAVE AS and choose JPEG as file format. When you upload the file, the result would be like this. (see below). You may also use the CUT option if you want use specific area of the page before saving it.

HOW TO MAKE TEXT IMAGE

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First, go to text image website. Then on their main page, click CONVERT and make your selection.

After making the selection, click CONVERT and wait for the final image. (see below)

To save it, paste it on PAINT using PRINT SCREEN and cut the portion you want to save.

GOOGLE CHROME

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Google Chrome is a new web browser like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. When you open a new tab, it will show your most visited sites in thumbnails and recently closed tabs in link form.

It also has an INCOGNITO WINDOW where pages you view in this window will not appear in your browser history or search history.

GOOGLE MOON

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Explore the moon using Google Moon. No need to donwload.

HOW TO GET COLORFUL TABS

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Are you using firefox as your web browser? Then you should try their ColorfulTabs add on. Each tab has a different color that makes in easier to distinguish and makes the appearance of your screen more beautiful. (See photo below) Click here to download.

HOW TO SCAN A DOCUMENT

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Here's a step by step guide (with photos) on how to scan documents.

1.) On your computer screen, go to START, ALL PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES, and then PAINT.

2.) Check first if your scanner in turned ON and connected to the computer. On the File menu, choose FROM SCANNER OR PRINTER.

3.) Place the document or picture you want to scan on the flatbed and choose what type of document you are scanning. Upon selecting the right choice, click SCAN.

4.) Once the scanning is done, go to the File menu and click SAVE AS. Input your file name and the file type should be JPEG so it is faster to attach and upload.