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Computer software for beginners - Part 4

Photo Editor:

A photo editor is a program (software) that basically manipulates and stores your photos. You can re-size your photos in an photo editor, blur, blend, add graphics, or text, to a photo and the many other options that are available depending on your program or software.

Popular photo editors are Photoshop, Gimp, and Paint. Paint is provided free with any Windows OS. If you scan photos into your machine, the scanner will have its own software too, your camera, and your video machine but you do not need all the different software if you use a good photo editor that can import your files from your camera, video and fax.

Email:

Is a software program for email messages, you can have your own email program or an online email program, they will enable you to send and receive messages to other people with an email address. Whenever you display your email address, online it is open to abuse, so if you do this, you will get Spam, which generally is unwanted messages, such as sales, porn, or medical pill pushing. Generally, if you have an all in Anti-Virus software package, most will have an anti- Spam prevention installed, for your emails but again you will need to check it is turned on and updated.

Browsers:

One of the most common browsers is Internet Explorer which comes free with Windows, Safari comes free with Apple Computers and there are many other browsers too, the most popular being FireFox, which is not affiliated to any but free to use and download. Browsers are software programs that browse the internet. There are settings within the browser you can adjust to make your browsing life easier, such as a ban for pop-ups, you can set your browser to display with larger text should you be visually impaired, there are many other things you can do with your browser, many, use them as they come but exploring and changing settings will lead you to a better browsing experience.

As you gain experience of using your computer you will want to add your own software that best suits your user experience. The software available today is literally too many to mention and for all kinds of user experiences. But I hope this article has gained and on improved your understanding a little.

Christine Maloney

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