Skype, Facebook and PDF Documents

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Skype

SKYPE is one of the most popular programme used for chatting, internet phone calls and communication with everybody around the World.

You can download the programme for free at: www.skype.com

 

Once at the homepage of the “Skype” click on the green button “Download Skype” and the programme will start downloading. When downloading is completed double click on the icon “skype.exe” and the programme will run on your computer. The screen shown on the right will appear: The next step requires that you register by choosing a username and a password of your own. The procedure is the same as when registering for an e-mail account. When you insert your credentials then the next screen will appear.

When accessing it for the first time with your new username and password then a tutorial how to use will be started on your preferred language. You can choose the language from the Menu Tools of the programme each time. The programme supports more than 32 languages.

For example we registered as user “keycomkit”. After click on “Finish” button the next screen will appear:

 

You can star with the Skype test call. You can add contacts using the button with the same name. If you want to call somebody please click on “Call Phones” icon. You can call without charge to every skype user. The green headphone is to start the call and the red one is to finish the call. In order to make conversation you should have a microphone and speakers.
If you want to chat via typing text with someone please click on the user from your list and then click on blue icon with lines.
Then the following screen will appear:

If you want to sign out just go to File menu and press on “Log off”

Exercise 16

• Try to set up you own account

• Find and add your friends and try to call them or to type a message to  them.

 

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking website. To become a facebook user all you need is a valid email and age above 13.Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, and school or college.
Register yourself on Facebook

1. Go to the Facebook homepage – www.facebook.com
2. Enter your full name.
3. Enter your email address and password.
4. Your password must be at least 6 characters long and must include both letters and numbers. More at Facebook Help Centre: Facebook Signup - "What is the minimum password strength? How can I make my password strong?"
5. Select a gender:Male or Female.
6. Insert your birthday date and year.
7. Click on the Signup button.
8. Go to your email that you used to join Facebook.
9. Open the registration confirmation email from Facebook.
10. Click on the verification link.
11. Now you can access Facebook and find your friends online.

 

Search for friends

1. You can also search Facebook for people that you know who are registered on Facebook. Facebook lets you search by the person's name, search people who attended your school or people who work at a place of employment.
2. To search everyone registered on Facebook, enter the name of the person who you want to search for in the Search field and click on the Search Facebook icon.
3. To search for a classmate or co-worker, click Friend Finder.Facebook
4. The Find People You Know on Facebook screen is displayed. In the Search for People section, a list of your schools and employers is listed. Click the school or employer that you want to browse.
5. A list of people matching your search criteria is displayed.
6. To add the person displayed as a friend, click Add as Friend.
7. If you want to add a personal message with your friend request, click Add a Personal Message.
8. To add as a friend, click on the Add Friend button.
9. An email is sent to the friend for them to approve your request to be added as a friend.

Finding friends by using your email address

1. Click on the Find Friends button.
2. Note that for web based email applications, you are directed to your email provider to enter your password directly on their site. Many email providers require that you sign an agreement allowing Facebook to access your email account.
3. Click the checkbox next to each friend you want to add or click Select All Friends. If you do not want to add any of the friends displayed, click the Skip button.
4. To add the friends you have selected, click on the Add as Friends button.
5. An email is sent to the friend for them to approve your request to be added as a friend.

 Exploring the Facebook Toolbar and Tabs

1. Use the Facebook button to return to your Facebook homepage. You can also use the Home button to return to your home page. Your Facebook page displays information about your Facebook friends. A series of tabs are displayed at the top of the screen that allows you to easily navigate through your Facebook page. There are five default tabs for your Facebook homepage.
2. News Feed - This tab displays stories about your friends such as when they add friends, post updates or write a friends wall. The amount of information displayed about a friend depends on their privacy settings. You can customize the amount of news that you receive about a particular friend in your News Feed.
3. Status Updates - This tab displays status updates posted by your friends. It does not include other stories about your friends, such as when they join a group or add a new friend.
4. Photos - This tab displays your friend's photo albums. The photo albums displayed in this tab depends on the privacy setting selected for the photo album.
5. Posted Items - This tab displays all stories posted by friends.
6. Live Feed - This tab displays all news stories about your friends, such as status updates, friends they have added, and groups they have joined.
7. To add additional application tabs to your Facebook page- select the arrow at the far right of the tabs. From the drop down list, select the application feeds you want displayed on your tabs. The tabs are added to your Facebook page.

See on the next screen an example of registered facebook user:

 

Receiving and sending email messages via Facebook

1. Press the button “Messages” to read messages and send messages to your friends. Messages are a way to communicate with a friend, but mind that messages posted on their wall are accessible publicly.
2. From the Inbox menu, select Compose New Message.
3. Enter the name of the person you want to send a message to, the subject and the message.
4. Click the Send button.
5. To read messages sent to you, select View Message Inbox from the Inbox menu.

 

More information about the Facebook features could be read via: http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-use-facebook

 

Exercise 17

1. Try to register your own facebook account;
2. Try to find your friends from the school
3. Try to send a message to them.

PDF documents

What is a PDF Document?

There are a couple of very good reasons to use PDF Documents.
Firstly, PDF is far more secure than other types of documents such as word, html or text, all of which can be changed within a couple of seconds.
Secondly, as mentioned above, the formatting of the original document is maintained across all computer operating systems and platforms. So for example, a PDF document that has been created on an apple Mac computer can be emailed to someone using a pc and opened without looking any different on the recipient's computer. The same could not be said of a word document.
Thirdly, PDF documents are generally quite small thus making it easier when sending them via email.

What you need to read the PDF document?

In order to successfully read a PDF document all you’ll need to download and install an updated version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The versions of Adobe Acrobat can be obtained from the address: http://access.adobe.com.
Note that Adobe is constantly being updated so you should check their website to see which version is currently available.

 

Install the version of Adobe Acrobat reader Once you have downloaded from the above website, you will need to install the downloaded programme. You can do this by simply locating the file and selecting it. Follow the installation instructions, you can accept the options given to you by the computer, i.e., you don't need to change anything in the installation options. When the software has been installed, reboot your computer to ensure that all system files are updated.

Accessing PDF documents

A PDF document is accessed in the same way as you would access any other type of document such as MS Word or HTML. Simply press enter on the document if it has been downloaded to your machine or if it's on a website, navigate to the link that takes you to the document and press ENTER on it.

Exporting PDF documents to text You can, with some PDF documents, export the content to a text file for later editing or reading. To do this, choose the "export to text" option from the file menu. Note that this option will only be available if the author of the PDF document has allowed it. The other option is to use the functionalities of url: http://www.pdfonline.com/ There you can convert the files from Doc to PDF or visa versa.

Printing

You can print a PDF document in the same way, as you would do with any other type of document.
Simply either choose the "print" option from the File menu
or press Control + P
or choose your printing preferences

If you are ready for the self-assessment quiz please go to section TEST of the web platform.