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It is advised that
you enrol early and only undertake one course per
month.
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Contact:
Fay Graham (03)325-2395 or Margaret Hatton (03)
381-7533 or send Fay an email
or
write to
Course
Co-ordinator, SeniorNet Mac, PO Box 475
Christchurch, 8140
SPECIAL
NOTES
Any member enrolling
& paying for two courses in advance will
receive a 3rd course FREE of charge
providing you pay for two courses in advance - See
Course Costs further down this page
For those who have never used
a Apple Macintosh Computer before can have a
special two hour workshop FREE of charge - The
purpose of this is to make you familar with the
computer. This workshop is by arrangement and you
receive one on one tuition.
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November
10th - December 4th
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"Getting
Started OS X" -
Class 1 - See course details below
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10 Nov - 1
Dec
Mondays
2-4
pm
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"OSX Mail"
- See course details
below.
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11 Nov - 2
Dec
Tuesdays
10-Noon
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Pages - See course
details below.
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13 Nov - 4
Dec
Thursdays
10-Noon
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COURSE
COSTS
Beginners Getting
Started Workshop of 2 hours (for those totally new
to Macs) $
No Charge
All other courses
$30
Repeating a course
you have previously undertaken $20
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If you wish to enrol in a
course please first inquire about
availability.
Courses are held in the "Learning
Centre", the concrete block building (which is nick named
the 'Pool room'), at the rear of the Cranmer Centre car park
(off Montreal St.) at the corner of Montreal and Armagh
Streets.
Descriptions
of General Courses:
"Pages"
- (New
Course)
- Pages replaces AppleWorks Word. It is a easy to work
with and brilliant in putting together
newsletters
Address
Book - iCal" - (New
Course) -
Learn the latest features of Address Book. iCal will
assist you with diary appointments etc.
"Getting
Started in OS X" - There are
several versions of this course including OS10.3 and OS10.4
The course introduces you to basic features of Mac computers
and Mac OS X. It includes mouse skills, working with menus,
icons, using windows and the dock and using programmes such
as Appleworks 6, Calculator, Address Book etc. How to use
CDs, setting-up System and Programme Preferences and an
introduction to the Internet and E-mail are also
included.
"Beginners
Revision" This course is a
repeat of "Getting Started" for those students who would
like further practice. It is available to anyone and there
is a reduced charge for students who have done "Getting
Started" and no other courses.
"Outlook
Express E-mail" Deals with
procedures for working in Outlook Express 5, sending,
receiving, saving, forwarding, replying to, saving and
printing email messages, attaching files and maintaining an
address book using Outlook Express 5 in computers running on
Mac OS 9 or earlier.
"E-mail"
- Deals with the use of Mail, the Apple e-mail
programme. It includes sending, receiving, saving,
forwarding, replying to, and printing email messages,
attaching files and maintaining an address book .
"Internet"
- Uses the Internet Browser "Safari", and deals with Web
Sites, Basic Navigation, Saving Text, Bookmarks &
Favourites, Organising Favourites, Saving a picture,
Searching the Web, Introduction to Web mail. Logging in,
Receiving and Sending Web mail, Checking your own email,
Advantages of Web mail, News groups, and Printing Web
Pages.
Appleworks
Courses:
Appleworks is a composite programme with 6 parts, Word
processing, Spread sheet, Database, Drawing, Painting and
Presentation.
"Getting
to Know AppleWorks 5 & 6" builds
on skills and background of the "Getting Started" basic
course and gives an overview of word processing, databases,
drawing, and painting. It introduces menus and tools for
working in text and graphics, with tasks that include
setting out a letter with envelope and making a database,
letterhead, business cards, mailing labels and greeting
cards.
"An
Introduction to Word Processing - AppleWorks 5 & 6
(ClarisWorks)"
(Code
WP) is for people who have some
basic skills. It teaches the techniques for creating
documents and covers topics such as: Page set-up, Document
set-up, Text display, Line spacing, Text alignment, Saving
and printing, Tabulation, Bullets, Editing, Accents, Headers
and Footers, Spell Checker and Thesaurus, Creating Footnotes
and Using Graphics.
"An
Introduction to MicroSoft Office
2001"
(Code
MS) is for people who have some
basic skills. It introduces you to Word program, Excel (a
Spread sheet program), Entourage (a e-mail program &
Optional) and Powerpoint which is a presentation
program
"Graphics" - (Using
AppleWorks 6 )" extends the Draw and Paint coverage of
"Getting to Know AppleWorks 5 & 6". As a fuller study it
teaches skills and techniques with Draw and Paint tools and
menus, enabling more advanced students to draw objects, make
diagrams, and display text for a variety of uses. Drawing
talent is definitely not a prerequisite!
Spreadsheets
This course is new having just
been produced and deals with all aspect of Spreadsheets.
Spreadsheets are used widely for working with finance,
numbers and can even be used as a data bases.
Data Base - This
course uses ApplwWorks Data Base application. Ideal for
keeping records such as membership records etc.
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2008 Courses