Right and Left Click

There is much confusion amongst my students about whether to right or left click.

In case you are one of those people. Let me make it simple for you.

Left click to tell the computer where you want to type, what you want to look at and to make menus go away when you don't want them.

Double left click- usually a tap tap, quite close together if you want to open a document or folder, or navigate to a website from a website address

If you make a mistake about which button to click- there is no need to panic or worry- you won't do any damage, all that will happen is that a menu will open. You can just left click anywhere to make it go away. If you do want to use the menu that you get if you right click, you can then usually cut, copy, paste, save and delete from the menu on the list.

Try it now! Don't be afraid! That's just the way children learn- press all the buttons and see what they do!

Back to school

September is the start of a new school year. Not just for children either! I have had lots of enquiries about computer lessons in the last couple of weeks from people eager to learn new skills after the summer break. Many of them have to pluck up courage to call me and reveal their fear of computers and most are relieved at how they can overcome this very quickly after the first lesson! Mrs PC is well rested after her summer break and ready to help!