Introduction

Each section within this resource highlights the

relevant terminologies you will encounter, some
images to give you guidance, some quick ways to
use these tools and, at the end of the document,
there are some useful links for further reading.
Accompanying this resource there is a simple selfassessment section that we encourage you to
complete.
Using IT is part of everday life for many people and this may be especially true of students coming
to you in the future. Dont be afraid to let them
teach you what they know!

Sections covered.
1. About your computer
2. Using the Internet
3. Using Email
4. Using Microsoft Word
5. Useful Links

photograph by Allessandro Valli

Basic ICT for VLEs

This resource is designed for teachers who
are just starting out using ICT (Information
Communication Technology) in their working
practices - in the classroom and in the staffroom
and on the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment).
That being said, there is no instruction within this
resource that is limited to use by a teacher, this
could be a useful resource for covering the basics
of ICT with your students too -or, and heres a
radical thought - why not go through it together?
Some of the instruction within this resource may be
too simple for you - skip over those parts and dip into
the bits that are useful; guide your own learning.
As a teacher in the 21st Century classroom you are
often going to come across students who know a
good deal more about ICT than you do - and not
just you but any average teacher. The children
today are growing up immersed in technology,
they are the Digital Natives, so dont be afraid to
let them teach you or to learn together.
As stated, this is really a basic introduction to ICT.
We hope that it will give you enough knowledge
to understand that technology need hold no fear
for you - on the contrary, it can help, it can reduce
workload - and it can be fun too.

bout your computer:

meeting the machine
for the first time
Terminologies:

Desktop shortcut: this can be a quick way to link

any file, folder, software program or even Internet
page to your desktop for quick simple access (to
create one, simply right-click on any object and
drag to your desktop, then release and select
create shortcut from the pop-up menu that
appears).

This section explains some of the terms you will

come across in relation to working with ICT and
VLEs. Most of these will be familiar to you but its
always good to refresh your knowledge.

Screensaver: an image or an animation that

prevents screen damage caused by an unchanging
display - appears when your computer has been idle
for a preset amount of time.

Desktop: The computer screen or background that

contains components such as the Taskbar, My
Computer, Recycle Bin icons, any other shortcut
icons, and any Windows and Dialogue Boxes that
have been opened.

Control Panel: A window you can open to adjust

various aspects of your computer, such as the
volume, fonts, desktop background, mouse speed,
and clock.

Dialogue Boxes: a dialogue box is a special

window, used on the screen to display information
to the user, and to get a response if needed (usually
a case of clicking ok).

Copy and paste: to copy data from one location

and paste it to another. Usually used in reference
to text although you can also copy and paste a file,
folder, or directory (select an object and right-click
on it, from the menu that pops up choose copy.
Go to the location you want to place the object
e.g. a new folder and right-click again then select
paste and your object will be copied into the new
location.
Note: Right-click is your friend! Right-clicking on any
object within Windows will give you a sub-menu of
options that can be used with that particular object.

File: a term for a single document, this could be in

any format or for any program, the most common
files you are likely to interact with will be; text,
image, video, audio.
Folder or Directory: This is as simple as it sounds,
this is just a container for your files. Folders can be
named as you desire (with certain limitations), can
contain any number of other folders or files and
are the building blocks of any computers internal
structure for data management.
Shortcut keys: In computing, a keyboard shortcut
or hotkey is a special combination of keys that
perform a pre-set action e.g. CTRL-ALT-DELETE
(the most famous) for starting the Task Manager
of the computer. Shortcut keys can become very
useful as you become a more confident user speeding up tasks e.g CTRL-C is copy and CTRL-V
is paste.
Start Menu: On Microsoft Windows PCs this
enables you to activate programs by using menu

icons. The Start Button, located at the bottom left

corner of the monitor screen (usually), presents
information via expandable menus.
Quick Launch Toolbar: Used to start frequently
used applications with just one click; located just
to the right of the Start button.
System Tray Icons: the system tray is located in
the Windows taskbar (usually at the bottom next
to the clock) and contains miniature icons for easy
access to system functions such as fax, printer,
modem, volume, and more.
You will find that your VLE uses the same or very
similar terminology that you will find on your PC.
Thus, it will probably refer to Folders or Directories,
to Cut & Paste etc.
In some cases it may use unfamiliar or less familiar
terms or terms that you understand in a different
way. Thus, it may be that the VLE refers to Classes
or Groups - think of these in the way that you
would in the real world - so a class is a grouping of
individuals in one place studying a common subject
but also in the way that a class is merely another
folder or directory - a virtual area populated by a
defined set of contents, in this case students and
subject resources.

The Windows XP Interface

The Windows XP Start Menu

Shortcut Keys: these can save you time

and ease workflow

Press Ctrl & and the associated key at the same

time to achieve:

As we mentioned earlier, certain pre-configured

key configurations can be used to launch set
commands. Thus, instead of having to keep clicking
the mouse and finding the correct menu items you
can quickly learn the following key combinations
that will save you time and frustration.

Ctrl + A

Select All

Ctrl + B

Bold

Ctrl + D

Duplicate

Ctrl + F

Find

Ctrl + G

Go To Page

When working on the VLE some of these commands

will not be applicable but they are common to all
Windows based PC systems and the probability is
that the majority of your work on the VLE will also
demand work on the PC.

Ctrl + H

Replace

Ctrl + I

Italic

Ctrl + J

Justify Text

Ctrl + L

Left Align Text (move

Ctrl + N

Open New document

Ctrl + O

Open

Ctrl + P

Print

Ctrl + Q

Quit (to end a program)

Ctrl + R

Right Align Text

Ctrl + S

Save

Ctrl + U

Underline

Ctrl + V

Paste

Ctrl + W

Close document

Ctrl + X

Cut

Ctrl +Z

Undo

sing the Internet (or

Browsing the World
Wide Web).
First, a quick definition of the Internet pulled from
Wikipedia (Wikipedia is a famous website - an
encyclopedia that is built by Internet users and
is growing every day. Want to know more about
Wikipedia - look it up on Google!).
The Internet is a global system of interconnected
computer networks that use the standard Internet
Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users
worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists
of millions of private, public, academic, business, and
government networks, of local to global scope, that
are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and
optical networking technologies. The Internet carries
a vast range of information resources and services,
such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the
World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to
support electronic mail.
Ok, so we all know what the Internet is really - its
become a ubiquitous part of everyday life for the
majority of the developed world. But, knowing
what it is and knowing how to use it are different
matters. This section gives you a basic breakdown
of how the web works through related terminology.

Terminologies
Bandwidth - The rate at which information travels
through a network connection, usually measured
in bits per second, kilobytes (thousand bits) per
second, or megabits (million bits) per second.
Back/Forward - Buttons in most browsers Tool
Button Bar, upper left. BACK returns you to the
web page previously viewed. FORWARD goes to
the next web page (although youd have had to
have used BACK first!).
If it seems like the BACK button does not work,
check whether you are in a new browser window;
some links are programmed to open a new window.
Blog - A blog (short for web log) is a type of
web page that offers a series of posted items
(short articles, photos, diary entries, etc.) that
can be added to and updated by the owner. In
most cases they also have the facility for readers
to leave comments about the entries. Blogs have
become a common medium for communication
in professional, political, news, trend, and other
specialized web communities. Many blogs provide
RSS feeds (see below), to which one can subscribe
and thus receive notification of updates and new
content.

Bookmarks/Favourites - All major web browsers

include a way to store links to sites you wish
to return to. Netscape, Mozilla, and Firefox use
the term Bookmarks. The equivalent in Internet
Explorer (IE) is called a Favourite.
To create a bookmark, locate the bookmark/
favourite menu button - itll be at the top of your
browser. Click it and from the drop down selection
choose Add to favourites or bookmark this page.
Alternatively, you can right-click on the page and
choose add to favourites/bookmarks.
An alternative method is to store your bookmarks
on a website, such as www.delicious.com or
www.digg.com, that lets you access them from
any computer on the Internet and to share your
bookmarks with others - this is known as Social
Bookmarking.

Browse (Browsing) - Browsing is the catch-all

name given to the process of navigating the web.
This may have derived from the literal meaning
to browse but it will be rare for you to simply
meander the web - most of your visits will be
guided by searching for specific subjects or visiting
sites that you know offer content you require.
Browsers - Programmes for accessing web content.
The most commonly used browsers are Microsoft
Internet Explorer (often called IE), Firefox, Mozilla,
Safari, Opera, and Chrome.
Bulletin board - An area of a Web site where users
can post messages for other users to read. In most
cases, readers can contact the author of a bulletin
board message by e-mail. (See also chat, chat
room, and Discussion group). Bulletin boards are
little used since the advent of Web 2.0 where this
functionality can be built into ordinary websites
with ease.
Cache - In browsers, cache is used to identify
a space where web pages you have visited are
stored in your computer. A copy of documents you
retrieve is stored in cache. When you use the Back
button, or any other means to revisit a document,
the browser first checks to see if it is in cache and
will retrieve it from there because it is much faster
than retrieving it from the server.

Download - To take a copy of something from the

Internet (a programme, a web page etc.) and save
it to your own machine for use.
Extension (File Extension) - Filename extensions
usually follow a period (dot) and indicate the
type of file. For example, this.txt denotes a plain
text file, that.htm denotes an HTML file. Some
common image extensions are picture. (jpg, gif,
bmp, png), audio files (wav, mpg, mp3).
Google (Search Engines) - When the web was in
its infancy there were a plethora of search engines
(systems that catalogued and indexed the content
on the Internet and allowed users to search and
retrieve that content). In recent years most have
fallen by the wayside as Google has come to
dominate the marketplace. Recently, the Microsoft
built Bing has attempted to challenge Google,
and there are still a number of others (Ask, Yahoo

etc.). Google is now a behemoth on the web. They

provide many other services beyond searching e.g.
Gmail (online email), Google Docs (collaborative
online document editing), Google Analytics (web
site statistics) etc. We recommend taking a good
look at Googles services (most of which are free)
as they have some great tools that can be used in
conjunction with a VLE.
HTML - This acronym stands for Hypertext Markup
Language. This is the basic language of the web, a
way to code web pages so that browsers understand
them and how they should be rendered on screen.
When you view a web page, you are looking at the
product of this code working behind the scenes in
conjunction with your browser. Interestingly, this is
very closely related to the way printers were given
instructions in the old days of handsetting print.
Links (Hypertext) - On the web the feature, built
into HTML, that allows a text area, image, or
other object to become a link (as if in a chain)
that retrieves another computer file (another
web page, image, sound file, or other document).
The range of possibilities is limited by the ability
of the computer retrieving the outside file to
view, play, or otherwise open. The HTML code
to create a link is very simple, it looks like this
<a href=http://www.ccn.ac.uk>This is a link to
City College Norwich</a>
Links used to always show up in blue on a web
page but nowadays may be signified in any colour
or style.

PDF (pdf file) - Acronym for Portable Document

Format, a file format developed by Adobe
Systems, that is used to capture almost any kind
of document with the formatting in the original.
Viewing a PDF file requires Acrobat Reader, which
is built into most browsers and can be downloaded
free from Adobe.
RSS (RSS feeds or just feeds) - Acronym for
Really Simple Syndication This is a system
whereby content from a site can be fed to
subscribed users. By subscribing to an RSS feed,
you are alerted to new additions to the feed since
you last read it. In order to read RSS feeds, you
must use a feed reader,, the most common of
which is Google Reader.

URL (address or web address) - Acronym for

Uniform Resource Locator, the unique address
of any Web document. This address shows in the
browser address bar at the top of your browser
and will be formatted (in most cases) like this
http://www.ccn.ac.uk/index or similar. If you know
a web address that you want to visit you can type
it directly into the address bar to access it.
Upload - the process of transferring any content
from your own computer to a space on the Internet.
Web 2.0 - Web 2.0 is a term you will come across
often when examining the workings of the Internet.
It refers to the characteristics of modern websites
that allow user contribution and user construction
to the web. Web 1.0 can be defined as the static
web where information on websites was presented
to the user (like in a printed brochure) but they had
no opportunity to interact with, contribute to or
create this content. Web 2.0 sites allow the user to
do these things.
The best examples of Web 2,0 technology in
action have become household names: Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube etc. all allow, in fact demand,
that the user be the creator of content.
VLEs too are Web 2.0 in action. When using them for
teaching always look for ways that they can be used
interactively - seek user contribution rather than
simply presenting documentation. This is the key to
success on the VLE.

nderstanding
email: how to
communicate effectively.
OK, so lets turn to our old friend Wikipedia again
for a definition of email:
Electronic mail, commonly called email or e-mail,
is a method of exchanging digital messages from
an author to one or more recipients. Modern email
operates across the Internet or other computer
networks. Todays email systems are based on a
store-and-forward model. Email servers accept,
forward, deliver and store messages. Neither the
users nor their computers are required to be online
simultaneously; they need connect only briefly,
typically to an email server, for as long as it takes to
send or receive messages.
An email message consists of three components, the
message envelope, the message header, and the
message body. The message header contains control
information, including, minimally, an originators
email address and one or more recipient addresses.
Usually descriptive information is also added, such
as a subject header field and a message submission
date/time stamp..

Terminologies
Attachment - An attachment is a file sent by email.
The contents usually arent part of the original
email but can be accessed by clicking an icon.
This opens the file. An email with an attachment
usually has a symbol, such as a paper clip (Outlook
Express) or a sheet of paper with a clip attached
(Eudora), which alerts the recipient that the email
contains an attachment.
Sending a large or complex file as an attachment
allows the sender to keep the original email message
small and uncomplicated. However, many email
viruses are delivered as attachments to email
messages and launch themselves when the recipient
clicks on or opens the attachment. ALWAYS be wary of
opening attachments from senders you do not know!
BCC - Blind Carbon Copy field in email programs,
used to send the same message to a number of
recipients without them being able to see each
others addresses.
Blocklist - A database of computer IP addresses
suspected of sending unsolicited bulk email, also
called spam.
Bounces - Distributed email message returned
because of an error of some kind (such as the
address no longer exists or is incorrectly spelled)

Catch All - An Email server function that forwards

all email sent to a given domain (anything@
yourdomain.com) to a single named account.
Useful for catching misdirected mail, or for creating
email aliases on the fly.
CC - Carbon Copy Field in email programs, used to
send an identical email message to an additional
recipient or recipients besides the original recipient
in the To: field.
Digest - A compiled version of all of a lists posts
for a given day/week/month digest-only discussion
list - a moderated discussion list available in digest
form only (see Email Lists).

Digital Signature - Not commonly used yet, a

digital signature is digital code that is attached
to electronically transmitted data (such as email).
Since the code is unique, and secured through
encryption, digital signatures serve to guarantee
the authenticity of the sender.
Email Client - A software application that manages
online communication by enabling users to send,
receive, save and organize email. MS Outlook and
Eudora are email clients. Gmail is an online email
client - the software doesnt sit on your machine
but is accessed though the web.
Email Lists - An electronic mailing list is a special
usage of email that allows for widespread
distribution of information to many Internet
users. It is similar to a traditional mailing list a
list of names and addresses as might be kept
by an organization for sending publications to
its members or customers, but typically refers to
four things a list of email addresses, the people
(subscribers) receiving mail at those addresses,
the publications (e-mail messages) sent to those
addresses, and a reflector, which is a single e-mail
address that, when designated as the recipient of
a message, will send a copy of that message to all
of the subscribers.
Emoticon - Youll all know these, theyve crept in
everywhere through texting and popular culture!
An emoticon is a short sequence of keyboard letters
and symbols used to convey emotion, gestures, or

expressions which could not otherwise be derived

from mere text; also known as a smiley (and
represented thus ;-))
Filter - An email function used to sort email
messages automatically into designated folders.
This can be done by sender, subject etc.
Footer - Information at the bottom of emails
containing standard fields e.g. copyright, or user
generated signature.
Header - E-mail headers. What an email message
uses to communicate with mail servers, usually
invisible to users but useful information if trying to
track down a sender.
Email/HTML Newsletter - A newsletter sent in
Hyper Text Markup Language. This differs from a
text newsletter because it allows list owners to send
media-rich publications that can include graphics
along with text. Text newsletters consist of ASCII
characters only. Since some subscribers email
clients cannot view HTML or subscribers prefer not to
receive it, an HTML newsletter is generally offered as
an option in addition to a standard text newsletter.
Mailto: - Used in HTML link tags to create a clickable
email link that will launch an email programme.
Netiquette/Email etiquette - A set of behaviours
that show good practice and consideration on the
web and in email e.g. addressing your emails to

Dear xxxx and signing off Regards xxx

Phishing - Phishing, so called because scammers
use email bait to hook victims, is the newest form
of identity theft. Scammers send out millions of
fake emails designed to trick unwary recipients into
disclosing sensitive and valuable information, such
as credit-card and bank-account numbers, which
they can then use to strip a persons assets/funds or
otherwise steal their identity.
In one version of the scheme, scammers send bogus
emails that look like messages from legitimate
online companies, warning recipients that they must
disclose financial information in order to maintain
their accounts. The messages usually refer recipients
to phony Web sites set up to look like their legitimate
counterparts and which collect the information. The
other well known scam is the Nigerian General
where a message comes from someone with access
to large amounts of funds who wants to deposit them
in your bank for a limited time and will reward you
with a percentage of the cash. Remember, theres no
such thing as a free lunch!
Plain Text - Referring to data in ASCII format, plain
text does not include text formatting options but is
the most accepted form for all email programmes
Signature - A standardised footer that will
automatically be added to your emails by your
email programme. Can contain any information
but usually your contact details.

Spam - unsolicited bulk email or unsolicited

commercial email, considered bad netiquette. Just
like junk-mail in the real world.
Thread - A series of messages in an online
discussion/forum that follow an initial post. Also, a
series of email exchanges where each email reply
is attached to the bottom of the subsequent reply.

A Visual How-to
Below, some quick instructions on getting started
with your first emails.
1. Open your e-mail program and create a new
email message by clicking on the appropriate
button.

2. In the TO box, type the email address of the

recipient. Email addresses always follow a similar
format e.g. harry.greiner@ccn.ac.uk. Thus, a name
(with or without the dot) then the @ sign, then the
company name and domain. Please make sure that
you enter the address correctly or the message will
be returned to you.

You can send a message to more than one

person by entering multiple addresses. Just put a
semicolon (;) between each address.

4. Write your message in the message window.

You can also copy text from a word processing
program and paste it into the window.

You can also send a copy (cc:) and a blind copy

(Bcc:) to multiple addresses.
Your return address is automatically sent to the
recipient.
3. Type the subject of the e-mail.

5. Click the Send button or select Send from the

File menu and off it goes.

sing Microsoft Word,

the leading word
processing software.

To start Word, Click on

Start>Programs>MSOffice>Word. A screen similar
to the one below should appear:

Microsoft Word is probably the most commonly

used piece of software in the World. It is certainly
the most used word processing software and is
ubiquitous in office environments in Europe.
There are other word processors out there, probably
the biggest challenger to Word is the Open Source
(free to use) Open Office Suite - but it hasnt come
close to achieving the market share that Word has.
We dont have room within this document to give
a complete breakdown on the uses of Word, whole
books and hundreds of thousands of web pages
have been dedicated to this. But what we can give
you here is a basic introduction; enough to give
you the confidence to go and explore the software
yourself - and certainly enough to begin using it
for producing classroom and VLE documents.
Look at the page on the left for a really useful cheat
sheet which gives an overview of what the main
buttons on the Word interface do.
So, lets get started!

Inserting Text
To insert text you just type the text, new lines are
created automatically for you by Word, and so you
do not need to press the <Enter> key until you wish
to start a new paragraph.
The only time you will need to press the <Enter>
is when you wish to start a new line such as at the
end of a paragraph.
Creating a new page
If you continue typing, enough to fill the page,
Word will create a new page automatically. If you
want to force a new page simply click on [Insert]
then [Break] and then select [page break]. You can
also use this if you want to move an automatically
generated page break.

Moving the Cursor

If you miss out some text, or want to go back
and correct or change some text, you can move
the cursor, which is a vertical line showing your
position in the text, to where you wish the text to
start, and then type in the new text. To move the
cursor, move the mouse pointer i.e. the Vertical
bar, to the correct place and click the left mouse
button.
Deleting Text
If you make a mistake while entering text, pressing
the <backspace> key will delete the last character
typed. To correct other errors either move the
cursor to the end of the text to be deleted and
press <backspace> which deletes the character to
the left of the cursor or move to the start of the text
and press <Delete> which deletes the character to
the right of the cursor.
It is possible to delete text in larger quantities
than character by character by selecting text (see
below).

Selecting Text
Many functions available in Word (for example
deletions and formatting) only work on text which
is selected. How to select text is described below.
When you have selected text it is shown in reverse
(white on black).
To select text with the mouse, either Drag across the
text you want to select or move the mouse cursor
to one end of the text you want to select and click,
move to the other end of the block, then holding
down the <Shift> key click the mouse button.
More specific blocks can be selected as follows:
A word
A sentence

A paragraph

A document

Double-click the word.

Hold down <Ctrl> and click anywhere
in the sentence.
Double-click in the selection bar to
the left of the paragraph.
Hold down the <Ctrl> key and click
the selection bar, or, press Ctrl+A
keys together.

The selection bar is the area to the left of the text

on the screen. The mouse pointer changes to a
right arrow as you move into the selection bar.
To Unselect Text
Click the mouse pointer outside the selected area.

Undoing Mistakes
If you make a mistake it is usually possible to undo
the last edit by pressing CTR and Z together (see
Shortcut Keys) or by selecting [Edit] from the menu
and choosing [Undo] .
Cut, Copy and Paste
Text can be moved or copied by selecting the
relevant text, then [Edit] from the menu bar and
choosing either [Cut] (which removes the selected
text from the document) or [Copy] which makes
a copy of the text. It can then be re-inserted if
required by moving the cursor to the new location,
selecting [Edit] from the menu and choosing
[Paste]. In this way you can also move text between
documents and even between programmes - try
copying some text from a website and pasting it
into a new document.

Three buttons on the toolbar (shown above) perform

these tasks - although we prefer the Keyboard
Shortcuts for ease of workflow. The scissors [Cut]
(which takes the text away but keeps it on an
internal clipboard), the Copy button showing two
identical pieces of paper (copy remembers the text
without removing it); and the Paste button showing
a clipboard with a piece of paper. (Pasting inserts
the remembered text from the clipboard into the
document where the cursor is).

Formatting Characters and Paragraphs

The appearance of characters, (bold, italic,
underline, etc.) and the format of paragraphs
(justified, centred, etc.) can be changed in a
number of ways. The most comprehensive range
of options will be obtained by using the Format
menu from the menu Bar and then selecting Font
or Paragraph. Note that the area to be formatted
must first be selected.
The Format>Font Dialogue Box is shown below:

To use this box do the following:Click in any of the boxes in the Font Style area to
turn on or off the selected feature. To change Size
(measured in points), Colour, etc. choose from the
list provided by pointing and clicking with the lefthand mouse button. The changes you make are
illustrated in the Preview box, to apply them to the
document click on OK, or if you decide not to make
any changes click Cancel.
If you wish to change character spacing click on
the character spacing tab.
Format Paragraph
This option allows you to format the shape of
paragraphs (left or right aligned, centred or
justified), the amount of space before and after the
paragraph, the line spacing withing the paragraph,
any indents required (left, right or hanging). As
with Format Font there is a Preview window to
show you what effects your changes will have

Quick Formatting

On the Formatting Toolbar (illustrated above)

there are three buttons for character formatting,
B for bold; I for italic and U for underlined; and
there are four buttons for paragraph formatting
which are marked with a picture of how that style
of paragraph would appear; Left Aligned; Centred;
Right Aligned and Justified.
To use them, select the text to be formatted
and click. With the character formatting buttons
clicking the button again undoes the action. i.e. if
the selected text is already Bold then clicking on
the Bold button turns it back to normal.
Other format options include Borders & Shading
and Bullets & Numbering.

Page Setup
First choose Page Set-up from the File menu to
make sure the paper and margins are set the way
you require:

or just parts by selecting the appropriate value

from Apply to:
Paper: This allows you to set the size of your paper
- mostly this will be A4 but there may be times
you want to use other sizes - and the source of the
paper (your printer).
Layout: This allows you to set headers and footers,
sections etc.

Other useful functions

Spellcheck
As you type your documents Word automatically
checks for spelling and underlines words it does not
recognise in red. Clicking the right mouse button
will bring up a list of alternatives for you to choose
from. Sentences underlined in green may contain
grammatical errors. Right Clicking these will again
give an alternative.
To check a whole document click on F7, or go to
Tools and select Spelling and Grammar:
Tables
You may want to set out data in tables for your
students. To do this:

There are three tabs in the Page Setup window:

Margins, Paper and Layout:
Margins: Change the margins by altering the four
values. You can apply this to the whole document

Select Table>Insert table. Select the number of

columns and rows you require and click OK.
To alter the appearance or properties of the table
select Table from the Word toolbar. You can add
additional columns or rows, and format the table

Useful Links

Using Windows

Here we provide you with some useful links to

take forward your own studies of the subjects we
have covered. These are only a few of the many
thousands - millions - of resources available.
Google is your friend! Get out there and have a
look for yourselves.

http://www.learnthat.com

General Computer/Hardware links

http://tips4pc.com/computer-quizzes/what-doyou-know-about-your-computer.htm
http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/
windowsxp/index.html
http://www.nos.org/webdesign/winxp.pdf
http://www.networktutorials.info
http://www.basichardawre.com

http://winbeginners.com
http://www.teacherclick.com
Using Email
http://www.freemailtutorials.com
http://www.anniston.lib.al
Using Microsoft Word
http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm
http://www.shaunkelly.com
http://www.internet4classrooms.com

We would like to thank the following for contributions to this publication:

Unversity of Essex
City College Norwich
getnetwise.org
wikipedia.org
learnthat.com

The VLEs4VET project has been funded with support from the
European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the
Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may
be made of the information contained therein.