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For the Beginners
Introduction to PCs
This course is intended for people who need to know more about using, maintaining, and troubleshooting their home PCs. It is suitable for beginners as well as those who have some first-hand experience with personal computers.
Introduction to Computer Systems, by Sean Donnellan
A lecture only course where students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of hardware, software, multimedia, and digital communications for information retrieval and transfer. This course will provide a foundation in the organization, function, capabilities and limitations of computers as a productivity and communications tool.

Netiquette
Netiquette Tutorial

Search Engines
Power Searching 101
Your ability to find the information you seek on the Internet is a function of how precise your queries are and how effectively you use search services. You will find everything you need about searching in this tutorial. Index is at the end of the page.

Operating Systems

Windows 95/98
Complete Windows 98
This course is intended for people who desire a mastery of Windows, and Windows 98 in particular. It is especially useful for those who already know their way around Windows 95, and simply want to make sure the are no surprises for them in the newer version. Also, we hear from people who want to extend their proficiency with Windows--this course answers that need.
Windows 95Introduction , by Brian Brown
From The Central Institute of Technology's Self-Study Life-Long Learning on the World Wide Web course center. The sample tests are at the end
An Introduction to Windows95, from Eastern Illinois University

There are four sections to this tutorial.

  • The first section gives an introduction to the Windows95 desktop and its icons.
  • The second section presents information on how to get started in Windows95 and how to open and close programs and files.
  • The third section discusses Windows Explorer and how it can be used to manage programs and files.
  • The last section presents information about how to locate help information in Windows95.
Windows 95 Introduction
This online tutorial introduces you Windows 95. It discusses the Windows work environment, file, directory and windows manipulation, color and arrangement set-ups, as well as primary Windows utilities and features. Also it provides an introduction to computers and disks, in general.
Windows 95 Tutorial
An excellent and very extensive Windows 95 tutorial - well presented, easily navigated and lots of information for everyone from beginner to the more advanced.
Windows 95 Manual
An extensive Windows 95 tutorial, with everything from using your mouse to learning about the Recycle Bin. If you're new to computing then this is a very useful resource.
Introduction to Windows 95
This workshop is designed to enable you to find your way through the basic features of the Windows 95 operating system.
Windows 95 LessonsThis is a short course designed to introduce novice students to Windows 95. The course begins with an introduction to the use of the mouse, and continues with a description of the different types of windows and icons.
Introduction to Windows® 95 , From Chicago Library System
Windows 95 Tutorial
This is a good tutorial for beginners, giving some good information from such things as how to check that a disk is write-protected to explaining how to make new folders etc.

Windows NT
Windows NT Networking
This self paced learning module on WindowsNT and Networking includes all the information you need to learn about and support Windows NT server v4.0, assisting you to learn quickly and effectively, and is packed with heaps of examples, inter-active tests, and a complete set of notes.

UNIX / Linux  
Mastering Linux
This is a thorough course in Linux programming, using Red Hat Linux. Students can expect to spend between 1 and 2 hours on each lesson, including the time for doing the hands-on examples and exercises. Typical completion time for the course is about 2 quarters, or 24 weeks.
Introduction to UNIX
From the University of Texas, although aimed primarily at students of the university you will still find lots of interesting information on how to find your way around UNIX.
Linux Documentation
A very good Linux tutorial, with everything from installing Linux through to a System Administrator's guide. Also lot's of "How To" information which is updated every week.
Enough Unix for Your Résumé, by Pam Statz
Pam demonstrates the Unix basics.
Introduction to UNIX for Web Developers, by Selena Sol
This is a free three part course designed by Selena Sol, suitable for webmasters and web developers with little or no UNIX experience.
UNIX Help for Users
An experimental service designed to provide helpful information to new users of the UNIX operating system, developed from work funded by the ITTI.

Office Applications

Microsoft Word
Introduction to Word 7
This is a basic, introductory course in Microsoft™ Word 7.0 and its variations, including Word for Office 97.
WORD for Windows 95
From The Central Institute of Technology's Self-Study Life-Long Learning on the World Wide Web course center.
This module is an introduction to Microsoft Word. It has sample exercises and demonstrates how to use Word to create simple documents.
Getting Started with Microsoft Word , from University of Texas
This handout provides an introduction to Microsoft Word 97. It covers the Word interface, selection techniques, paragraph and character formatting, spell checking, and printing.
Advanced Microsoft Word , from University of Texas
This handout discusses advanced features of Microsoft Word including tables, headers and footers, footnotes, and styles.
Microsoft WORD Basics, from BayCon Group, Inc.
This course teaches Microsoft Word basics. While knowledge of how to navigate in a windows environment is helpful, this course was created for the computer novice.

Microsoft Excel
EXCEL for Windows 95
From The Central Institute of Technology's Self-Study Life-Long Learning on the World Wide Web course center.
This module is an introduction to Microsoft Excel. It has sample exercises and demonstrates how to use Excel to create simple spreadsheets.
Getting Started With Excel , by Dr. Sharon H. Garrison.
By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, a basic understanding of Microsoft Excel should be achieved

Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint '97 Tutorial
This tutorial is designed to get the user up and running with MS PowerPoint '97 (henceforth simply "PowerPoint") in a rapid fashion. It is assumed that users of this tutorial are proficient in working with Microsoft Windows '95, Windows '98 or Windows NT and with MS Excel '97. This includes the use of the keyboard and mouse. The tutorial is based on Microsoft PowerPoint '97 which is part of the Microsoft Office '97 Professional suite that also includes MS Excel, MS Word and MS Access.
PowerPoint 97 Tutorial , from Eastern Illinois University
This tutorial will help you with some of the fundamentals of using the PowerPoint 97 to create presentations and transparencies.
PowerPoint Tutorial
This tutorial is copyrighted by the Department of Computer Science at The University of Rhode Island. It may be freely copied and used providing that acknowledgement is given to the URI Dept. of Computer Science and that it is not used for profit. Question should be sent to Dr. Vic Fay-Wolfe (wolfe@cs.uri.edu).

Microsoft Access
Introduction to the MS Access '97
This tutorial is designed to get the user up and running with MS Access '97 (henceforth simply "Access") in a rapid fashion. The four basic modules of Access are demonstrated: Tables, Forms, Reports and Queries. A business example is discussed first which provides a background for developing a simple database.

Microsoft Access Tutorial, by Michael Brydon
The goal of these tutorials is to provide you with sufficient skills to build a simple database application for processing business transactions.
The tutorials are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You can download them individually or as a set. To view the files, you need the Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded from the downloads pages of this site.

Microsoft Access 97 Comprehensive
This tutorial comes from Oklahoma State University. The material is im PowerPoint format. Viewing the presentation requires either Microsoft PowerPoint installed or free PowerPoint Player.
You can download Microsoft PowerPoint Animation Player for ActiveX from the downloads pages of this site.

Web Browsers

Internet Explorer
Learning to use Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5 , from Southwestern College

Internet Explorer Tutorial, Eastern Illinois University

This tutorial is divided into two sections.

  • Section I contains all the Commands And Functions for Internet Explorer.
  • Section II contains some special features in Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer
This tutorial is intended mainly for students at the SUNY Institute of Technology
A Tutorial on Web Browsing with Microsoft Internet Explorer , from The ALN Workshop on Internet Basics
Internet Explorer Basics
In this tutorial, you will find out how to use Internet Explorer in order to 'surf' the web. from Kat's corner

Netscape Navigator
Handbook: Learn Netscape
A long, comprehensive, text based tutorial from Netscape
Netscape Navigator Tutorial 4.0 , from Rochester Institute of Technology
Netscape Tutorial , by R. Scott Wennerdahl (May 1995)
Netscape Navigator
This tutorial is intended mainly for students at the SUNY Institute of Technology
A Guide to Using Netscape Navigator , from The ALN Workshop on Internet Basics
Netscape Navigator Tutorial:The Browser , from Dr. Thomas E. Hicks, Computer Science Department, Trinity University

Utilities

Internet Utilities
Using WS_FTP
From The ALN Workshop on Internet Basics
Winzip Tutorial
From The ALN Workshop on Internet Basics

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