PowerPoint 2007 Viewer
If you need to view a Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 document (.pptx) you can download the free view directly from Microsoft here.
May 16 2009 | Computer Basics and Deacon Formation | No Comments »
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Computer Basics – Resource List – Tools
This is a starter post for computer basics. As family, friends, and fellow Deacon aspirants present computer hardware and software queries, they’ll be added to the “Computer Basics” category, and as resources are found to be helpful, they’ll be added to this post.
Antivirus - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
GoodSearch – The search engine that gives back
http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=843986
OpenOffice – the free and open productivity suite (an alternative to Microsoft Office)
http://www.openoffice.org
Firefox - a web browser that works (as opposed to Internet Explorer 4, 5, and 6)
http://www.mozilla.com
Safari – Another browser alternative
http://www.apple.com/safari/
Large list of open source alternatives to Windows-based applications: http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-crazy-and-their-open-source-alternatives/
May 16 2008 | Computer Basics | No Comments »
Computer Basics – Resource List – Help
This is a starter post for computer basics. As family, friends, and fellow Deacon aspirants present computer hardware and software queries, they’ll be added to the “Computer Basics” category, and as resources are found to be helpful, they’ll be added to this post.
Windows:
Vista: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/
Windows: http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/windows/
Microsoft Word and OpenOffice Write – Word Processors
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/default.aspx
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/category_index/wordprocessing.html
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org/Writer
OpenOffice - a free alternative to Microsoft Office:
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/index.html
May 16 2008 | Computer Basics | No Comments »