Silver Surfer – useful information

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For PC and Apple Mac users (including all laptops)

'Safe to download' free programs

• Adobe Acrobat for reading .pdf files
• LibreOffice - word processor, spreadsheet and
  presentation

For Windows computers (not required on Macs)

• Advanced System Care - protect and repair
• Avast - antivirus
• Firefox - internet browser
• Skype - internet video telephone
• Thunderbird - email

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'Safe to download' files

• .pdf - portable document format … Acrobat Reader
• .jpg, .png - picture/photo/graphic
• .doc, .docx – word processor … Microsoft Word word processor
• .ppt, .pps, pptx - presentation … Microsoft PowerPoint
• .mp3 - sound/music
• .wmv, .m4v, .mov, .avi - movie/video
• .rtf, .txt - text
• .html - web page

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Shortcut keys in most programs

• Ctrl (or cmd) and 'A' - highlight everything
• Ctrl (or cmd) and 'X' - cut highlighted/text/image/file
• Ctrl (or cmd) and 'C' - copy highlighted text/image/file
• Ctrl (or cmd) and 'V' - paste
• Ctrl (or cmd) and 'P' - print (brings up the printing box)
• Ctrl (or cmd) and 'F' - find text in web page or document
• Esc key, don't panic, press Escape (exits most boxes)

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Using a browser

• Use a Fn/F11 to use Full Screen mode
• Ctrl (or cmd) and '+ to increase size
• Ctrl (or cmd) and '-' to decrease size
• Ctrl (or cmd) and 'F' search for text on page

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