Skype for beginners (tutorial)

How to use Skype?

Knowledge, how to use Skype is really important for beginners. They should know how to download, what equipment is necessary to work Skype's property and how to call someone.

How to download Skype software?
 The First thing what people should do is, press on the desktop internet icon (can be Google chrome, internet explorer, opera or Mozilla Firefox etc.), next thing is (as shows on the graphic) write in Google Skype download or write HTML: www.Skype.com If they chooses Google way on the imagine below is shows which website They should go in.

When they chooses one of the way, might be on Skype website. There people can choose, on which device they want to download Skype, below on the graphic underlined in red colour information that means people can use only one Skype account for all devices. Below inside of blue rectangle shows the devices which they might download; inside of another orange rectangle people can check what Skype can give them after download and installing. And finally! Skype download button! Also we can create new account pressing 'Join us' button.

When we press the button, below of the browser we can find downloaded Skype-setup application, however, sometimes many people have problem with connection, then try again and check if setup is finally downloaded. Inside of blue rectangle Skype shows steps how to open already the downloaded file.

After pressing Skype-setup button, will be open installer. You can change language of Skype or accept option 'Run Skype when computer starts'. We accept 'I agree - next' button and we dismiss other applications from there.

Installation may take few minutes, so we wait patiently.

When finally installing is done, on the screen we can see log-in table. Also can we sign in with Facebook or create new account if we didn't do that earlier, do it now. When you will have an account, write Skype name and password under log-in. Press enter at the end and wait for connection.

When you are on, click continue to check speakers, microphone and video camera.

Another window shows us details about these three devices ( Speakers - We can do test sound to check if everything is alright. Microphone - It show us a table with strength of microphone signal. Video - check how screen of camera looks good or not (e.g. too much glowing or darkness.).

Last part of setting up your account is to add a profile picture, you can do it now but it isn't necessary to do it now.

But if you click 'continue' in another window you can choose a profile picture. How?  If you want to have an image from Google or picture that you did someday, press 'Browse' and find this file. Click open and on the black screen your choice will be there. However if you want a personal picture, on the black screen (if you have installed camera already) camera will be register everything what may catch. After decision press take a picture and done.

Done! You have downloaded, installed and checked everything. Last part how to use Skype is adding contacts. So, purple arrow show button where we can write nicknames of us friends Skype. Red arrow shows a 'Search' where can be found contacts that you want find from your all contacts (easy way to find them). Green arrow shows yours Skype status (Online, off-inline, busy etc.) Blue arrow shows group calling which is allowed only if you'll be pay extra for the Skype. Orange arrow shows 'Recent', there is recorded last contacts which  you called or writes. Inside of red box you have every contact that you have allowed or not from other side.

Equipment's:

Video Camera - Is used to video conversations
 used by Skype and taking pictures.

















Microphone - Is used to transfer the voice on your conversation from you to someone e.g in other countries or cities.














Headphones - Used when you talking by conference. Is easier to hear when e.g in the room is too many people around. Sometimes to headphones have added a microphone. However it isn't necessary when you are alone somewhere, you can use speakers to listen what people saying. 










Sometimes people have problem with conversation on the Skype, but why? 
Of course many downsides are created by things like:

Internet connection - Sometimes us computer slow down when we turn on video camera it can hang up the conversation, however if you turning off it that will be works as normal. 




Weather - We can include bad weather as a problem for Internet connection when raining, snowing or too fast winding, Skype can not connect to the internet.



Time Zone - Time is important for people who use Skype. Someone might say '' Why?'', because e.g. In UK is Early morning but in Japan will be early night. It can be problematic when you must call to people in other countries because they can sleep. 

Cost - Skype is free for everyone but when you want to do a group conversation (more than 3 people), you must pay for that. 

Skype is used for business, to talk with a friends or doctors. Also people can use Skype because is easier to communicate when they playing online games because they don't wasting time on writing. People might play in the games such as league of legends, dota2 or smite etc.
Many people recording when they play online and later is uploaded to website called Twitch.
Another point is when e.g. family from Germany moved to Russia, they can talk by Skype to members of the family including video conversation to see for example if everything is alright.

Video conference will be a better way to communicate for people that might be around the country or when e.g. someone broken arm in Africa but they don't have doctor. He can do online operation, when video camera is switched on, doctor can tell these people who trying operate patient. Skype can be use for everything, medicine, doctors, games, families etc.

How IT was increased over 25 years on the world?

People still improve IT devices or communication over 25 years. We can use everything now for free but few years ago we hadn't free for example Wi-Fi in the buses or in public places. Also by the time people increased mobile communication that was sent by radio waves and after few years by satellite waves which is available everywhere around the world. The speed connection is better than few years ago; in 2000 we hadn't online shops, but now we can buy everything by internet including delivery to home. Also now we can find everywhere in the shops, banks etc. electronic devices such as laptops, tablets or even printers with scanner inside. Another step in the time was create mobile telephonic cards like GSM SIM card, 2G/3G/4G that give us connection to the station by radio or satellite waves. Before 1994 was created Bluetooth, in parts of time this was increased Bluetooth devices, distance of waves or devices that can be connected together to sending every files.

Dangers for people using websites. 

However if we have advantages of increase IT also we must got a many problems that people can give to others. Most dangerous things that we can heard is phishing, and online shopping. Maybe it is strange but e.g. we have Christmas, people buying gifts by internet because is sometimes cheaper than in shops. So when shopper sent money on the account, now have problem. Seller take money from him/her but don't sending this item/s and don't answered on the emails or posts etc.
Another problem is phishing, most problematic thing. Sometimes on the email account is sent mail addressed form the bank and for example to have special offers, they must give account number or credit card number. They don't know it is fake mail and after few days moneys on the account is taken. And people have problem because they don't know what happened.

Sometimes we can find many mails that are called Spam. Spam is unnecessary message or advertisement that can be sent now around 4 million times to many people per year. People hate when on the website they press something what just in one sec was made and sometimes is download application without asking us about allowed it. Later people can have problem with computer, strange websites will be opened without with normal tab etc.

Potential threats from using Skype

Sometimes when for example 18 years old girl trying find a boyfriend by internet, she can meet someone who have for example 30 years men. She live in UK, he is US; they can use Skype for meeting but problem is started when she will be taking clothes off and shows her body for him. It is called grooming. She don't know if he recorded it, also when he upload it on the internet everybody on the Earth will be can watch this film. This men later can blackmail her to pay or to meet him and give sexual things.

However many people thinks, that Skype isn't secure and is easy to hack him. So for example if she will be talking with him by the Skype someone can record this conversation and blackmail both of them.

How to create a Blogger (User Guide)

How to use Blogger?

This booklet is create for people who never used blog websites and now they need know how to use them. The booklet have important information with explenations of how to create the blog here etc.

How to create an account?

 First thing what we must do is press on the desktop internet icon of browser (might be any as you like). Then use google.com to search Blogger website as on the image .

However we need google account to sign in on Blogger. 

In this blue rectangle we can create this account.

 We must put personal details, username and password etc.

When we've done the account, now we are allow to use Blogger.com. Red arrow on 'New Blog' button create for us new blog on Blogger.com and also to create new posts press the button with the pencil ( Red arrow shows this button). Green arrow shows 'view Blog' button, we can check how our blog looks and if everything is alright and works properly. 

To go to setting press gray square with person inside ( Green underline). Now we are in main setting of blogger account. Here we can change background and avatar, pressing the button that is on the green square and rectangle. This big blue rectangle gives us few options to share photos, links, videos etc, however  by little rectangle (above of big one) we can check every video, links etc. posted there.

When we press inside of long green rectangle button called change cover, new window will be open and now we can change background clicking on one of these graphics and selected by clicking 'select cover photo'. Also we can upload any background cover from our computer or image used already in a blogger. And done, now we heve new background cover.

When we press inside of the green square, button looks like little camera, will be open the window that looks like for the cover change but here we can upload from our computer image or picture, we can choose new one by clicked on the button in the middle of the window. When we've done that now just press the 'set as profile photo'' button and is done. Of course we can do picture used web camera or like we did for the cover can we use already existed in a blogger image. 

Go back to how create a new blog, when we click on the new blog button, could be open new little window as shows on the image bellow. We must write title and adress. Choose now Template and create new blog.

Main page looks like in Microsoft Word document, however we have few different things here, that Word don't have. Let's start how everything works.

Every post could  have Post title (red underline shows this place) which people can check what is all about in here. When we've done post we could click on save button however it will be automatically saved. We press only Publish button when we finish the post. 

By pressing ' View blog' we might check last post on the blog. HTML button change sheet on website Description of the work but leave it, it's too hard. Right side of the window where is blue rectangle  we might find Post settings. From here we've got options like adding labels or locations etc. We can close the post by pressing 'close' button, also preview button is the same like before we can check how our blog looks etc. 

On this image I showed how to change font. We can find seven different font formats that we can change to have better look when we writting here.

Here is font size that we can change to have letters largest or smallest.

On here we can change format of the letters for example we can do heading , or minor heading etc.

Green arrow shows 'Bold' button that when we press him everyting what we stressed will be bolding.

Yellow arrow shows 'Italic' button that when we press him everything what we pointed will be tilted. 

Blue arrow shows 'Underline' button, this mean when we stressed sentence and we press this  button, will be underlined.

Last, red arrow  shows button called 'Strikethrough'. When we press him evertyhing what was pointed will be crossed.

Here we can change alignment when we writte something onto blog, on left right or centre.

Here we've got two different list. We can numbered (yellow colour) and bullet (green colour) sentence when is necessary.

Also we can text the colour when we stressed the letters, word or sentences...

... and colouring background text.

Now I'll be describe how to add image and film onto blog. 

To add the videos from the websites we must press 'Link' button and after few seconds we can see Edit Link window. There we can write  text to display also we must paste link form the website were we want to take a video and when we've done press OK.

Now this link will be available for the readers the blog.

However is another way to paste the video onto blog, click on the 'Instert a video button' (red arrow shows that).

In this window we can upload video from You Tube, own computer files , from the telephone or webcam. When we choose one of these options press 'Select' and done.

And now both videos are available for people on my blog. To Add  image onto blog click 'Instert image (short blue arrow).

Click choose files if you want to upload image from your computer. In 'open' window choose image by clicking on him and press open. 

Now you could have it on your 'select a file' window, so click on the image or images and Add selected. Also like we did before we can take from the phone, this blog or URL etc.

'Jump break' button joining the two sheets to have looks like one long sheet.

When you've done everyhing press Publish and it's done.

When you press 'Preview' this is how your blog  it looks for other people.

The last thing what you should know is how to delete the post or Removed to draft. In main posts menu we have little bin, so when we tick the box nex to start of the title and we press the bin we can delete the post. In draft mode people cannot look at this post because is still in progress.

Now you shoud know everything about how do to Posts etc. If you still don't know go back to the part where you are strugglin with check twice how to do that.

How to change the look of a blog? (User Guide)

 How to change the look of a blog?

  On here I show for beginners how to change the look of a blog that can be more interesting and colourfu.

First thing what we should do is im main menu press the 'Viev blog'

Now we will be see on the screen window that viewers see when they read the blog. Press 'Design'

 to open another window.

Here we can change background cover when we write the posts on 'the edit page'. Click on the one of the simple background covers and apply to the blog. To change more on the 'view blog' page press Customise that red arrow shows it.

To change Templates that you change the colour of the page in 'view page' window press one of the already done templates and press on him. Now you can change background by click on the 'Background' subtitle.

Press this little arrow to open the window with background image. 

Now you can choose one of the examples of background image, click on one of them and click 'Done'.

Next part of work is a Layout. From here we can change body layout that blog post can be in the right side of corner or the 'Blog Archive' or 'About Me' on the left side etc. and also we can change footer layout to have one or three 'Attribution'.

Here we can change the size of the of the Right sideba and Entire blog via shift the slider that is on the middle to the right to have bigger or to the left to have smaller size of page.

Last thing what we can do to change the look of the blog is Advanced setting were we can change the font of the text colour of the letter or size of the letters, also size of blog title or colour of the background and more.

To add the user go back to the main menu with the post and press settings. Now click on the add authors and write e-mail of the new author sent it and after his/shes accept now can check everything on your blog etc. However I don't want to give permission somebody who can put on my blog racist or illegal things or even change my words that I can latter have problem with law because of them. Make sure you know these people and you can trust them. 

If you have a problem and you want to ask me about something, write on my e-mail: xxAxwellxx@gmail.com.