By Shana Helps
Free classes are available at BYU for anyone looking to become more computer savvy.
Every week attendees gather with BYU computer lab employees for one hour, to learn about a different computer program.
'We just thought it would be a good tool for students who aren''t as familiar with computers,' said lab attendant Diane Davidson, 19, a junior from Sandy, majoring in marriage family and human development.
Most students do not have to take a computer class while they are in school, said lab attendant Thomas Wheatley, 23, a senior from Draper, Salt Lake County, majoring in business management.
However, most of them will enter fields that require computer skills. The classes were created to help these students, he said.
Wheatley said the different programs teach users how to create spreadsheets, Web pages, class presentations, databases and reports.
The sessions are designed for students but others are welcome to come, he said.
Programs taught will include PowerPoint, Excel, FrontPage, Access, Microsoft Word, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, computer hardware basics, HTML coding and workings of the Internet.
The free classes began Summer Term and will start again in the fall, Davidson said. The class will be held in 240 TNRB. The exact time for the class has not yet been decided. For more information call 422-2774.