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SECURITY TIPS FOR EMBER MONTHS

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:41:00 +0000

As I consider the period of the year that we are in and its well-known associated common happenings, I decided to make a brief and quick security alert and awareness update for our dear LearnSomethingOnline community members and readers.

First and foremost, the ember months as we know starts from the month of September to December and known to be festive period. This period is high in activities such as Marriage Ceremonies, Weddings, Birthday parties, freedom parties, even burials, remembrances, xmas celebration, etc . It's also a period of high market rush for traders and business men and women.

However, this period of the year is also characterised with high different social violence like armed robbery, kidnap, car high-jacking, ritual killings, rape, oppression and suppression, drunkenness, accidents (home, road, water, air, fire), reckless driving, false accusations and allegations, etc.

While it is true that the police and other security agencies continue to deploy measures to combat crime and protect lives and properties of citizens, there are several things we can do to reduce our exposure to these unwholesome activities especially during this festive period.

THESE POINTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED:

v Do not talk about cash transactions you have already done or about to do in public places and mind who knows about it.

v Carrying out a proper journey management plan and having a good knowledge of the area you plan to visit before embarking on any trip significantly reduces your risk.

v Before embarking on your trip, avoid talking about it in the public places and mind who is aware of it too.

v Ensure that vehicles are in good working condition and all particulars are valid – this includes driver’s license and vehicle particulars.

v Leave a copy of your travel itinerary with a trusted family member or friend.

v Avoid giving rides to / accepting rides from strangers – criminals have been known to use such situations to target unsuspecting people.

v Ensure that luggage and valuables are placed well out of sight.

v Do not mention how long you will be away from your home in public places especially if you will be off for long.

v Avoid night travels as much as possible – ensure all journeys are completed during the day or make advance arrangement for sleepovers.

v Avoid making unplanned stops e.g. bathroom breaks, especially at lonely areas / isolated routes. Populated areas are generally safer for such stops.

v Exercise restraints and be patient with government security agents during security checks to avoid unnecessary delays – be polite and courteous in your responses.

v Drive defensively and maintain high alertness throughout the journey.

v If you suspect you are being monitored or trailed, drive to the nearest police station or public place and seek emergency assistance .

v Avoid phone calls as much as possible when driving and DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE.

Finally, evaluated the need for any action against potential risks before commencing it. Remember that you are responsible for your personal security and that of your family. Enjoy the season!!!

WHAT YOU NEED TO START AN ONLINE BUSINESS

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:08:00 +0000

Running a successful online business has been the dream of many. But a lot of persons have not been able to kick start theirs or have started but not making anything out of it. If you have not started yours probably because you have not had any reliable information about it, click HERE to receive free updates on tips and tricks on what you need to start an online business.

If you have started but not making enough or already bored up with your business just click HERE.

In this lesson series, you will know what you need to start an online business as well as the tips and tricks for a successful online business. All you need to do now is just subscribe to my free updates by entering your email address in the box provided. Also like the facebook buttons.

First and foremost I will be sharing with you the basic requirement for running a successful online business.

Below are some of the things you need to put in place for you to start an online business. More may be added as we progress on the series- what you need to start an online business: Just subscribe to our free updates.

1. Computer set (Desktop or Laptop).

2. Internet connectivity (wireless or wired) or cybercafé.

3. Your own website or blog.

4. Your products.

5. Chose a regular convenient time for your update.

6. Generating leverages (audience).

1 Desktop or Laptop computer.

I will be discussing with you the first thing you need to know in this series of what you need to start an online business. The first thing is that you must have a computer set, which could be either a desktop or laptop. The reason for this needs not be over emphasized this is because to be able to be in the internet, one needs the computer set. After all if not computer what will on use? Is it television set? Of course not, although, it is common to find some phones with good features and capability to browse just like the computer set will do. But computer is still the better because it is only with the computer set one can clearly see all areas of the active page.

There is no special quality of computer (desktop or Laptop computer) to be used for this purpose. As all working computers can do the job. There is no RAM specification, Hard Disk, specification, or other forms of specification. What is required is provided the computer is working and can connect to the internet. Different methods of connections will be discussed later in the series.

2 Internet connectivity (wireless or wired) or cybercafé.

In this series of what you need to start an online business. I will assume that you have put in place your computer set, now you are ready to start your own online or internet business. But the computer set must be connected to the internet (Internet connectivity (wireless or wired) or cybercafé). Three known means of connections are known and are discussed below.

1. The first method of connection is wired connection. This connection is done using wire just as the name implies. In this case, the computer is connected to a source of internet network using a network cable (usually CAT 5e or CAT 6e network cable) crimped to an RJ45. This RJ45 is connected to the network adaptor at the back of the computer.

2. Wireless network can also be a very good and reliable source of connection to the internet since it eliminates the use of wire connections. However, this is only possible if the computer supports wireless network connection. Most latest desktops and laptops computers support wireless and blue tooth connections. Bluetooth device are also available for purchase in local computer accessories shops for manual installation on the computers without inbuilt wireless network device. But for your computer to be able to connect to the internet using a wireless connection there must be a wireless router put in place. It is this router that the computer connects to.

3. Modem connections have become the latest and most easily adopted method of connecting to the internet nowadays. This is because, they are not expensive and they have connections and internet browsing speed of up to 3G and above. A speed that supersedes those connection methods discussed above.

3 Your own website or blog.

In this series of what you need to start an online business, I will be sharing with you the next thing you need to start your own online business; and that thing is called a blog (blog or website). A blog is nothing but a website. A blog has a domain name just like a website ie www.yourname.blogspot.com. The blogspot part appear because the blog is hosted free of charge. That part of the domain name can be removed so that it becomes www.yourname.com. As I said before it is built just as a website is built. You can build yours for free online or contact me to build one for you only for a token. You can also subscribe for my free updates on how to build your blog or website free on the internet. Once that’s done you are ready to start your online business.

You may be wondering why you must have a website before you can do online business. The reason is simple. Anyone doing business on the internet must have a website or blog. It is your contact point or simply put, it is your office in the internet. This is because just like in real life situation, where business man or woman must have a contact point (office) where his or her customers can reach him or her, so also the website is necessary for any online or internet business man or woman to be reached.

4 Your products.

In this series of what you need to start an online business, I will be telling you what you need to place in your blog/website. This is what I called the products. Products vary in the internet depending on what you have in mind. Your product can be writing a regular content for your readers. This content can be sport, jokes/comedies, cookery, job alerts, news, etc just be creative enough to write something. It can be one hundred words in length or less or more there is no rule on that. What you must not do is don’t copy other people’s content.

After having your line of product in place, there are a lot of stuffs you will add to your blog that will be fetching you some cool dollar on regular basis. Please just subscribe to my free updates on these if you’ve not subscribe before.

5 Choose a regular convenient time for updates.

The next thing you need to know in what you need to start an online business is what I have captioned choosing a regular convenient time for updates. I will be sharing with you tips on how regular you should be updating your blog. Although, there is no rule on how regular one should be updating his or her blog. However, having a regular update of one’s blog is important in internet business.

You can decide to update your blog daily, every three days, weekly, every ten days, every two weeks, or at the end of every month. Whatever your convenient time is, make sure that your blog readers have something to read from you. This is important because it is through their reading that you will earn money.

WHAT YOU NEED TO START A RECHARGE CARD PRINTING BUSINESS

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000

Ever since the inception of the mobile phone and the GSM technology in Nigeria by the Obasanjo administration in 2011, different kinds of business abound. Business in Phones and phone accessories supplies, phones repairs were very common; phone call boots were even more common sites in Nigeria.

Another lucrative business came up when the GSM multinationals like Mtn, Glo, Airtel, Etisalat, and the CDMA like Multilinks, Starcomms and Visaphone started giving partnership licenses to Nigerians with interest in the printing of recharge cards as a business venture. Since then, a lot of Nigerians are still going into this business as numerous opportunities still abound in the business for interested persons.

To start this business, an interested person(s) only the need the following:

ü Internet facility or Cyber café,

ü Valid email address where your recharge card pins would be sent to you; to be downloaded for printing,

ü Printer (Colored or Black and White),

ü A Computer set (Desktop or laptop),

Recharge card printing software to be installed in your computer to enable you print the pins with your company name. I can get you a good one to use for just =N1000. Contact me with the contact form if interested.

HOW TO CONVERT COREL DRAW FILES TO PICTURE FILES

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:11:00 +0000

Do you have good artistic design in Corel draw and intend to use it as picture background for your computer? Or you intend to use it as a banner or background for your website or blogger header? But do not know how to convert it from the (.cdr) Corel Draw format to (.jpg) picture or photo format? Therefore you’ve decided to print it out to be scanned so that you can use it for your desired purpose?

Worry no more as those steps are time, resource and money wasting. They are therefore not necessary as far as I’m concern and you will agree with me by the time you read through this update and give it a trial. I have decided to share with my blog readers how to quickly convert Corel Draw (.cdr) file extensions to picture format in just few steps. Take note the converted work will have the (.jpg) file extensions showing that it has been converted to picture or photo format which can be used for the desired purpose. In addition, this converted file is better in appearance than scanned copy and they can be edited, cropped, resized, compressed etc.

Follow the steps below to convert your Corel Draw files to picture or photo format.

11. Open Corel Draw and locate your file (the one to be converted.)

22. Highlight all the area of the file to be converted. To do this, press Ctrl A.

33. Click on Bitmap on the Menu Bar.

44. Click on convert to Bitmap on the drop down menu.

55. A dialogue box appears, configure it as you want or just click on ok to take the default setting.

66. When you click on ok, the file is converted to Bitmap file. Sometimes it automatically opens in Core Photo paint which allows you to edit the converted file using the photo paint. If it does not open automatically, after its conversion, with the file opened in Corel Draw after its conversion, click on Bitmap and click on Edit Bitmap to open the converted file in Corel Photo paint.

77. When you are done editing the file in photo paint, Click on save as to save it in the .jpg or .jpeg ( Note there are other bitmap format available to choose from at the point of saving, for best photo or picture format, choose .jpg or .jpeg format.

That’s all.

IMPORTANT COMPUTER SHORTCUTS

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:09:00 +0000

A good knowledge of computer short cuts can greatly enhance ones interest when working on the computer especially when working with document. It can add some sense of professionalism to the way and manner the work is done. One saves time when using shortcuts to perform some actions on the computer.

Shortcuts can also save one the frustration one faces when the mouse is malfunctioning. I therefore decided to publish a post I think my blog readers would find helpful when working with the computer especially on a Microsoft Suits of packages like Ms Word, Excel, Power point, etc. Below is a list of these short cuts.

Ctrl + A ====== To select all or highlight all part of a document.

Ctrl + B====== To Bolden an highlighted text in a document.

Ctrl + C====== To Copy an highlighted part of a document.

Ctrl + D====== To Duplicate and object.

Ctrl + E====== Centre Alignment.

Ctrl + F====== To find word or text in a document.

Ctrl + G====== Go to page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic or other location.

Ctrl + H====== To replace a text or word found in a document.

Ctrl + I======= To italicize (to make fonts slanted or bent).

Ctrl + J====== To justify a document.

Ctrl + K====== To create links in a document.

Ctrl + L ======= Left Alignment.

Ctrl + M====== To move the cursor or text just like the Tab key would do.

Ctrl + N====== To open new blank document.

Ctrl + O====== To open old document or to search for an old document.

Ctrl + P====== To print document.

Ctrl + R======Right Alignment.

Ctrl + S====== To save document.

Ctrl + T====== To slide the hanging indent.

Ctrl + U====== To underline an highlighted part of the document.

Ctrl + V====== To paste a copied document.

Ctrl + W====== To close a document

Ctrl + X====== To cut a highlighted part of a document.

Ctrl + Y====== To redo changes or an action in a document

Ctrl + Z====== To undo changes in a document.

Ctrl + 1====== To place single line spacing in a highlighted area of a document.

Ctrl + 2====== To place double line spacing in a highlighted area of a document.

Crtl + 5====== To place 1.5 line spacing in a highlighted area of a document.

Crtl + ]} or Crtl + Shift + > ====== To increase size of fonts.

Crtl + {[ or Crtl + Shift + < ====== To decrease size of fonts.

Other important short cuts are:

Alt + F======= To open the File menu.

Alt + E======= To open the Edit menu.

Alt + V======= To open the View menu.

Alt + I======= To open the Insert menu.

Alt + O======= To open the Format menu.

Alt + T======= To open the Tools menu.

Alt + A======= To open the Table menu.

Alt + W======= To open the Window menu.

Alt + H======= To open the Help menu.

Alt + F4======= To quit or close a document.

Alt + F5======= To minimize a document.

Alt + Ctrl+ Delete======= Restart the computer.

Esc======= Ends or cancels a program.

HOW TO MAKE OR TAKE SNAPSHOT OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:18:00 +0000

The process of taking the picture of your computer screen is called snapshot. Are times one may have something in the computer system (desktop or laptop) to show to the audience or reader of such work, but does not know how to go about taking a picture of it.

One even wonders whether a camera should be used for such jobs. Camera is not required at all to make a snapshot. If you have been trying to take a snapshot of your computer screen, just follow the simple steps below:

1. Open the windows you wish to snap. It could be a website page, document, etc.

2. Press the Print Scrn (if you like you can press it together with the Alt key) on your computer keyboard. When you do this, it looks like nothing happened. But don’t mind. You’ve taken a snapshot of your computer screen. Go to step three.

3. Open the Microsoft Paint (to open it click: Start > Programs > Accessories > Paint) or (Start > Run >type: mspaint in the box that opens and press enter or click ok.)

4. Click on the Edit > Past. At this time, you should see your picture displayed on the screen.

5. You can save your picture to any location of your choice and thereafter use it as you want.

6. You can copy out a part or area of the picture that you want. To do this, simply click on the select tool in the tool box.

7. Then Click and drag to draw a rectangle over the area of your choice. You can then copy that area and past it onto another paint window or Microsoft Picture manager for further editing or you can paste it directly onto your desired location or document. Remember to always save your work.

HOW TO CREATE PRESENTATIONS WITH POWER POINT

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:13:00 +0000

I have posted on “HOW TO CREATE DOCUMENT” and “HOW TO CREATE SPREAD SHEETS” if you’ve not read that before or you do not know how to create document in word click HERE.

Microsoft Excel is not used for the same kind of jobs as the MS Word and Power Point. Power Point is used for presentation and slide shows. With power point, one is able to project once work on to a screen using the projector.

Follow these steps:

a. Check for the Ms Power Point icon on the desktop (monitor). If you find it go to step (c). If you can’t find it there go to step (b).

b. Click on start > All Programs or Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Power Point 20….

c. Select the layout that you want.

d. It’s important to save your work. To do this, click on file> Save as > Choose a location to save to i.e. desktop or document >Type a name for you sheet> Click on save. This enables you to be able to visit your work in future so that you can edit it. So, always save as you work.

It’s easy ok!

When you are done, just close the presentation. To edit your work, go to where you saved to and double click on your work or click once and press enter.

Remember, practice brings perfection, so continue to practice it soon you would be perfect on it.

HOW TO CREATE EXCEL SPREAD SHEET

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:10:00 +0000

I have posted on “HOW TO CREATE WORD DOCUMENT” if you’ve not read that before or you do not know how to create document in word click HERE.

Microsoft Excel is not used for the same kind of jobs as the MS Word. Excel is a tabular work area used to perform work that relates to tables. The horizontal ie from left to right are called rows while the vertical ie from top to bottom are called the columns. Where the horizontal and the vertical meet a cell is created.

From this explanation, the cell can be put in a layman’s term as those boxes in the Excel spread sheet. With excel one can create tables, make mathematical calculations, plot graphs, Histograms, Bar charts, Pie charts, Scattered graphs, etc.

Follow these steps:

a. Check for the Ms Excel icon on the desktop (monitor). If you find it go to step (c). If you can’t find it there go to step (b).

b. Click on start > All Programs or Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Excel 20….

c. Double click on it or click once and press enter.

d. Just start to type on the sheets that displayed.

e. It’s important to save your work. To do this, click on file> Save as > Choose a location to save to ie desktop or document > Type a name for your sheet> Click on save. This enables you to edit your work in future. So, always save as you work.

It’s easy ok!

When you are done, just close the sheet. To edit your work, just go to where you saved to and double click on your work or click once and press enter.

Remember, practice brings perfection, so continue to practice it soon you would be perfect on it.

HOW TO CREATE WORD DOCUMENT

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:34:00 +0000

Ever since the invention of computers, a lot of jobs that involves writing are being done very easily. This is very obvious because before the invention of the computer systems the manual type writing was the main reliance for printing.

Jobs done using the manual typing are not as beautiful and impressive as those done with computers.

These days, a lot of more beautiful jobs are done in a better and lesser time. Interesting as these may sound, it is still surprising to note that a lot of persons including professionals still do not have even the smallest skill in computer. These people can even put on the computer system. Some that can manage to do, can’t shut it down. A greater majority can’t even do simple jobs like writing a few lines of articles, Curriculum Vita (CV), Memo, etc using the Microsoft word suit.

The problems facing such people are enormous. These problems are not limited to the following:

v Reduced employment chances.

v They are underpriced where they managed to be employed.

v They may be placed in a department where they won’t like to work.

v Dependence on others to do computer jobs for them.

v Spending money to do computer jobs. etc

I therefore, decided to put forward this simplified step by step guide that I think would help computer illiterates overcome the computer illiteracy challenges facing them on daily basis.

Now, let’s face the topic, HOW TO CREATE DOCUMENT squarely. To create document simply means to use the computer office suite like Microsoft Office Word to do simple jobs like writing your CV, Letter, Memo, Article, etc. MS Word is of different versions and release ie Ms Word 95, 97, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010.

Although, their years of release are different, they are used in the same way. Though one will notice the differences among these versions, especially if one compares the older versions of MS word (95, 97, 2000, 2003, and 2005) with the most recent versions like 2007 and 2010 which have the same resemblance.

Haven said that, to create a document in word, follow the step by step below:

1. Put on the Computer CPU. To do this press on the start/ON button on the CPU just like you would put on other electrical device.

2. Put on the monitor. To do this press on the start/on button on the monitor just like you would put on your television set.

3. Allow your computer to boot (ie allow it to come up).

4. If it required PASS WORD type it in the space provided. If it doesn’t better!

5. Once your system has fully booted up.

Follow these next steps:

a. Check for the Ms Word icon (ie W on a paper background) on the desktop (monitor). If you find it go to step (c). If you can’t find it there go to step (b).

b. Click on start > All Programs or Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Word 20….

c. Double click on it or click once and press enter.

d. Just start to type on the page that displayed.

e. It’s important to save your work. To do this, click on file> Save as > Choose a location to save to ie desktop or document >Type a name for you document> Click on save. This enables you to be able to still visit your work in future so that you can edit it. So, always save as you work.

It’s easy ok!

When you are done, just close the document. To edit your work, just go to where you saved to and double click on your work or click once and press enter.

Remember, practice brings perfection, so continue to practice it soon you would be perfect on it.

LEARN COMPUTING

noreply@blogger.com (Endy) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:07:00 +0000

This century and millennium is characterized by the technology age or computer age as is referred to by most persons. But it is still surprising to see that illiteracy age in computing is still very high.

Among graduates, teachers, professionals and even professors it is almost unbelievable to see that computer illiteracy is still high.

I wish to contribute my quota in the eradication of computer illiteracy campaign currently going on around our globe. To do this, I have decided to start a series of training online that will benefit our blog readers. This online training will also touch some other interesting topics outside computing I'm very sure my blog readers will find them very interesting too. These training topics will be presented very concisely and precisely. All I request now is that my readers should use all the update media provided to get interesting updates on computer topics. To get these updates and related news making around , submit your email address in the box provided, you can also click on the facebook like buttons and the tweet buttons provided, and so on. You will be glad you did. Happy reading!