Computer illiterate needs to do a school project

[angieanderic]

My daughter needs to hand in two type written pages. Sounds like no big deal except that I know nothing about computers. We use ours for email and internet,that is about it. Oh and for asking dip sh*t questions on the forums! So,how do I do this? Do I need some special thing to load into the computer. At this point I figured all I could do was tell her to type it like a long email in that format,and then just print it and cut off the email portion at the top. I know this seems kinda dumb but I just don't know anything about any of this stuff! Any suggestions,aside from a ride on the short bus?

 

[GWguy]

If you have Win XP, got to Start/Programs/Accessories, and you can use either NotePad or wordPad.

 

[kom526]

Don't you have MS Word or Corel?

 

[MrX]

If you have Win XP, got to Start/Programs/Accessories, and you can use either NotePad or wordPad.

Unless you have MS Office, Word Perfect, or a similar app installed the above is the way to go.

 

[juggy4805]

I think most systems come with Microsoft Works in the least. That would be perfect.

 

[desertrat]

My daughter needs to hand in two type written pages. Sounds like no big deal except that I know nothing about computers. We use ours for email and internet,that is about it. Oh and for asking dip sh*t questions on the forums! So,how do I do this? Do I need some special thing to load into the computer. At this point I figured all I could do was tell her to type it like a long email in that format,and then just print it and cut off the email portion at the top. I know this seems kinda dumb but I just don't know anything about any of this stuff! Any suggestions,aside from a ride on the short bus?

Right click on your desktop. You should see a menu, click "new" and you'll get another menu. Click "Microsoft word document" or if that isn't there click "text document". You can type in there and don't forget to save it!

 

[GWguy]

Right click on your desktop. You should see a menu, click "new" and you'll get another menu. Click "Microsoft word document" or if that isn't there click "text document". You can type in there and don't forget to save it!

I love how we all have our own way of getting around on a PC... there has to be at least 5 ways to do the same task!

 

[basher]

At this point I figured all I could do was tell her to type it like a long email in that format,and then just print it and cut off the email portion at the top. I know this seems kinda dumb but I just don't know anything about any of this stuff! Any suggestions,aside from a ride on the short bus?

You could also just post it to this thread and just print it out

 

[angieanderic]

You could also just post it to this thread and just print it out

I never even thought of that but I should have..she could have added cool smileys to it and everything!

 

[angieanderic]

If you have Win XP, got to Start/Programs/Accessories, and you can use either NotePad or wordPad.

When I do that,there is nothing like that there. All it has is a bunch of old pictures,etc. under Documents. No WordPad or anything. Dammit.

 

[RadioPatrol]

When I do that,there is nothing like that there. All it has is a bunch of old pictures,etc. under Documents. No WordPad or anything. Dammit.

word pad is a basic part of the system

 

[basher]

click on Start, click on Run..., then type "wordpad" or "notepad", then it should come up