Peakeasy Training offers friendly, personal, individualised IT and computer tuition from beginners’ levels to advanced training.

We start from where you are, and will design a tuition programme to suit your individual needs and requirements.

We will literally start at the beginning.  If you haven’t got a computer yet, we will provide advice on how and where to buy a computer; then  how to connect up the various parts (if it’s a desktop system), and how to connect it to the Internet; how to switch on, ‘boot up’ and check your system; how to put your system into ‘standby’, ‘hibernation’ or switch off (and what these terms mean), etc.  Or we can start with email accounts, or using Internet search engines and browsers, or word processing in Microsoft Word – or at whatever point you wish.  If you have problems with any aspect of your hardware or software, we will solve those for you first.

• We will carry out a preliminary computer system check-up – to ensure that your computer it set up correctly and all software is working properly; this includes checking and troubleshooting your email accounts and ISP broadband connection.

We can then offer tuition at a Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level on:

• Common software programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook,
  Outlook Express, Powerpoint, etc.;
• The Start-up menu, desktop icons, launching programs
  
• Saving and copying files
• Creating folders and directories
• How to attach files to emails
• The Control Panel - how to use it
  
• Installing and uninstalling programs
• Antivirus software, spam filters, firewalls
• System backups
• How to cut, copy and paste from one document to another
• Useful and essential keyboard short-cuts
• Web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox
• Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines
• Choice and registration of domain names
• Website hosting options
• Management of e-mail accounts
• How to set up a template-based website or design bespoke website;
• How to submit a website to Google and optimise your website for search engines
• How to set up eBay and PayPal accounts and begin buying and selling on eBay
• Using digital cameras and video camcorders with computers
• Adjusting file size and resolution of digital photos and graphics files
• Setting up and using a YouTube account
• Blogs and blogging – how to set up and write an online blog
• E-commerce and selling online
• Secure online payment systems