screenshot, probably from Ex-Twitter but I saw it on NOSTR, showing a guy saying that training a zoomer to use a PC at work is as difficult as training a boomer, with a reply indicating that there is only one generation that can rotate a PDF and that knowledge dies with us

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The key concept they’re missing a lot of the time is that software sits within the file system and not the other way around.

    This is largely because apps hide this and data is generally stored in one place on your phone (the downloads folder).

    Best way to fix it - have 1–2 lessons entirely devoted to finding shit on their computer. My favourite activity is “ok, save your word file, close word, you now have 10 mins to find that file without opening word”.

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      2 days ago

      I’d at least start them with something simple like Paint or Notepad. Once they have that down, then you can throw the disaster that is the MS Office file save dialog at them.