This is the first in our series of essential skill lessons for the beginner level computer user. We’ll be covering topics and skills that many people take for granted. Our primary goal is to increase overall computer literacy. This lesson is tagged “Beginner”. Other lessons in this series will be tagged for their appropriate skill level, so you’ll be able to come back and find instruction appropriate for your skill level. If we cover something you already know, you probably have a family member, friend, or coworker who doesn’t. Share the article with them; they’ll thank you for it. This lesson is for Candace.
One of the most useful tools a computer offers is that of copy and paste, yet I discover many people I talk to don’t know how to do it, or have heard of it but aren’t aware of what it is. If this sounds like you, keep reading. Soon you’ll wonder how you ever lived without copy and paste.
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by Michelle on April 30, 2009
in Features
Welcome to First Bytes. I’d like to take a moment to introduce you to our editors, Michelle (that’s me!) and Nik. Combined, we have either 40 or 55 years of experience with computers (depending on how you define “experience”). Either way, we’ve each spent most of our lives behind a keyboard in one form or another and have a lot of knowledge and experience to share. We are both, quite frankly, geeks, but we have somewhat different specialties and experience.
We are both Macintosh users by choice, but have a wealth of knowledge of Windows and even–in Nik’s case–Linux. As an IT manager and web developer, Nik has in-depth technical skills in a wide variety of applications and programming languages. He has a strong interest in “big picture” computing topics, such as computer security, and helping people understand those topics. Michelle has similar abilities, but usually concentrates more on consumer applications, social media, and internet trends. She loves learning about the latest and greatest, and poking at them until she understands what they are and why someone might want to use them.
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