Making A Change
At some point we change. Some move from Windows XP to Windows 7, others from Windows Vista to Windows 8, and yet others from Windows to a Mac, or from a Mac to Windows. That's just the computer operating system, or platform. Think about the change from Word to Pages, or from Libre Office to Word or Pages. Don't fret if the names don't mean much -- please stay with me.
The trick is figuring out how to figure stuff out. When I taught one of the first things I taught people was the use of the F1 key. In most programs that takes you to "HELP". It is really, really useful.
The second useful trick is to use the HELP menu, usually on the far right of the menu bar (top of screen). In our current generation of software and operating systems clicking the HELP menu usually brings up a search function so that if you are trying, for instance, to set TABS, you can type "set tabs" in that search area and hit enter. The Help program will take you to whatever the help program has on what you typed.
I am typing this on a version of Google Docs (on the Web) from Blogspot. Hmmm. No F1 key. No Help menu. What can I do?
I can use Google or Bing or Ask or another search site and type my question in. (I would look at the little menu bar first. I might find exactly the command I needed right there.)
In fact, in our world of 2013, learning to use the search function on the Web might be the number one skill a person needs to make a change.
What do you think? What do you do? Leave a comment and let us know.
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