by Colin MY COMPUTER TUTOR
Here we are again. Christmas Day and 7 more days to 2012.
I've spent Christmas Eve doing final bits of shopping (yup, a man's Christmas Eve!) and cooking. I've done two carol services this week and Christmas Day is a full working singing day, so I had my Christmas Dinner on Christmas Eve. Very civilised - and cooked for me, too!
Computer tuition kept going up to Thursday - I've had a couple of appreciative presents from clients, which was very gratifying.
Family time now, which involves some travelling with a bootful of presents. (That's a 'trunkful' for my US readers!)
Hope you all have a peaceful Christmas - don't forget there are 12 days to spread peace, goodwill and humbugs around. When I come back home I must sort out my December charity.....
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by Colin MY COMPUTER TUTOR
Shouldn't you be blogging? ...someone reminded me yesterday!
Well yes, I should. And a month has flown by since the last post.
The Last Post would have been played on 11/11/11, I suppose.
And this picture reminds me of my last trip to London, although this pic isn't in London, as you'll see if you point to it.
Hereford Cathedral Choir was invited again to sing at the Royal Military Chapel for their Advent service - and very fine it all was.
The last time I went to London was exactly a year before, for the same event! I really must get out more - it's ages since I explored London.
But then I haven't "got out much" because the work has been flowing steadily, which of course is a good thing. It's my living, after all.
And late November/December is the Season of Address Labels for computer tutors! My clients start talking about all the Christmas cards they're going to send...and it gives me an opening to suggest that they could put their computer and printer to good use: make an address database and then merge it with labels on a 'Word' document. This ensures at least two more lessons - one to show them how to set up a spreadsheet and another to create the merge.
Most of my clients have Word 2007 - if they have Word at all. But you can do a mail merge with the Microsoft Works suite too, and that's free. I've recently helped a client to do this successfully with Word 2000, whose user interface looks really ancient now!
Still no camera. Longing to show you all the car!
I'll save Christmas greetings for nearer the season - it will make sure I blog again before too long!
Colin
Shouldn't you be blogging? ...someone reminded me yesterday!
Well yes, I should. And a month has flown by since the last post.
And this picture reminds me of my last trip to London, although this pic isn't in London, as you'll see if you point to it.
Hereford Cathedral Choir was invited again to sing at the Royal Military Chapel for their Advent service - and very fine it all was.
The last time I went to London was exactly a year before, for the same event! I really must get out more - it's ages since I explored London.
But then I haven't "got out much" because the work has been flowing steadily, which of course is a good thing. It's my living, after all.
And late November/December is the Season of Address Labels for computer tutors! My clients start talking about all the Christmas cards they're going to send...and it gives me an opening to suggest that they could put their computer and printer to good use: make an address database and then merge it with labels on a 'Word' document. This ensures at least two more lessons - one to show them how to set up a spreadsheet and another to create the merge.
Most of my clients have Word 2007 - if they have Word at all. But you can do a mail merge with the Microsoft Works suite too, and that's free. I've recently helped a client to do this successfully with Word 2000, whose user interface looks really ancient now!
Still no camera. Longing to show you all the car!
I'll save Christmas greetings for nearer the season - it will make sure I blog again before too long!
Colin
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