One thing I have learned is that I have to go step by step to learn all these things. So all of you who feel the world is whizzing by while you are trying to catch on, join me in a learning journey.
When I first braved the internet, it was just to email and someone else set it up for me. I have Windows XP and I used Outlook for email. I also had an email address provided by my cable provider. This was fine as long as I was home. But I found out that if I wanted to access my email from any other computer I could only see the new messages and could not refer to anything I had saved. So, I had to get another email address. Gmail or Hotmail works. There are also others out there. I also had to learn how to set this up myself.
I didn't have time or opportunity to take a class (which I recommend if possible) so I did the next best thing and bought a book. I underline, highlight and put sticky tabs on pages of vital information. Yup, the book is an inch and a half thick and looks like a porcupine along the top and right sides with all the tabs. But it is an easy book to understand -- it's all pictures!
The book is Master Visually Windows XP. The website address is
http://www.hungryminds.com/ which will take you to Wiley website. Enter the words master visually into their search box and it will bring up alot of books.
This book gives you a picture of the actual page and red arrows with explanation for everything.
So little by little I started to go through this book as I ran into things I wanted to do. I would work on it and if I didn't get it I would leave it alone for a few days and let it jell. Most of the time when I came back to it and started over again, it would fall into place.
For those of you that learn like I do, you will understand this. Take it at your own pace a little at a time. You are never too old to learn if you want to.
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