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Following is a copy of the Net Happenings newsletter I sent out to folks who had asked to be included on my mailing list. CONTENTS -- January 11, 2010 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . Interesting Sites 5 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor And now to begin . . . 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes *** The SPRING 2010 class schedule is available. *** Call our office at 619-388-1800 or visit our *** website at http://www.sdce.edu Following are highlights of some upcoming classes at the North City Campus at 8401 Aero Drive -- one of SD Community College District's Continuing Education Campuses: Upcoming Classes Taught by Gini Pedersen -- all in Room 130... TOPIC . . . . Windows Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, January 12 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is most useful for people just starting out . . . . . . using computers or anyone who wants to just understand . . . . . . a bit more about the Windows operating system. You will . . . . . . receive a helpful handout that covers various versions . . . . . . of the Windows operating system. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Internet and Email Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, January 19 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is designed for people who are truly new to . . . . . . . . . . the Internet. The only prerequisite for this class is . . . . . . . . . . a class in Windows Basics or equivalent experience. . . . . . . . . . . You will receive a helpful handout. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Introduction to Computers DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, February 1 TIME . . . . 1-5 pm MISC. . This class is designed for beginners who either . . . . . . . . haven't worked with computers much...or at all. . . . . . . . . It is also geared to folks who have used a computer . . . . . . . . for very specific uses in the past but still aren't sure . . . . . . . . about the variety of things they can do on a computer. . . . . . . . . You will receive a helpful handout. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, February 1 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm PREREQUISITE . . . Windows Basics class or some experience . . . . . . . . working with Windows MISC . . . Learn how to copy, delete, and move files, . . . . . check file sizes and other details, set up new . . . . . folders, work with different drives, how to back up . . . . . important files on your system, and much more. . . . . . You will receive a helpful handout that covers various . . . . . versions of the Windows operating system. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Microsoft PowerPoint 2007/2003 DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, February 2 and 9 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . PowerPoint is Microsoft's popular program for creating . . . . visual presentations that can include text, images, movies, . . . . sounds, and much more. PowerPoint is included in MSOffice. . . . . You will receive helpful handouts. We will be using . . . . PowerPoint 2007 in class, but the handouts will also include . . . . steps for PowerPoint 2003. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Buying and Selling on eBay DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, February 2 and 9 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . eBay has become a favorite pastime for many and a . . . . . profitable business for others. Come learn what it is all about. . . . . . Topics covered will include setting up a buyer's and a seller's . . . . . account, how to bid on items you want to buy, and how to post . . . . . items you want to sell. Also learn how to accept payments . . . . . when selling on eBay. You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, February 8 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is most useful for people just starting out . . . . . . . . using computers or anyone who wants to just understand . . . . . . . . a bit more about the Windows operating system. You will . . . . . . . . receive a helpful handout that covers various versions . . . . . . . . of the Windows operating system. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Protecting Yourself on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, February 8 TIME . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about how to prevent viruses, spyware, hackers . . . . . . . . . . phishing, and other online security threats. Antivirus . . . . . . . . . . software is not enough! You will receive a helpful . . . . . . . . . . handout in class. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen Upcoming Classes Taught by Others at North City Campus of SDCCD Continuing Education ... - These classes start within the next few weeks. - Check the paragraph at the end of this list to access info about dates, times, details, etc. - All are at the Beginning level unless indicated otherwise. ... Flash (various levels) ... Dreamweaver (various levels) ... Dreamweaver (special topics) ... Photoshop (various levels) ... Typography ... Digital Photography ... Second Life ... Access VBA ... Open Lab every Saturday (1 pm - 4 pm) in Mac lab Rm 150 ... Open Lab every T W Th (8:30 - 12:30 pm) in PC lab Rm 117 ... plus additional new topics each week throughout the semester... including the following 1-session class with a guest speaker: TOPIC . . . . . Graphic Design in the Real World: . . . . . . What it Takes to Land a Job! DATE . . . . . 1 Saturday, February 27 TIME . . . . 8:30 am to 12:30 pm ROOM . . . 150 GUEST SPEAKERS . . . . . Sean Ashcraft and Kristin Barret . . . . . . Principals at Ideaworks in Carlsbad WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CLASSES? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering during the current semester. At the end is a link to a list of all classes offered at the North City Campus of SDCCD Continuing Education on Aero Drive -- plus a brief description of each class. -- Call (619) 388-1800, Monday through Thursday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events PROGRAM . . Social Networking in Genealogical Research DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, January 16 ---------- 9 am SPONSOR . . Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego PLACE . . . . . UCSD (see map on website below) MISC . . . . . FREE to visit; $25 first year to join INFO AND MAP . . . http://www.cgssd.org PROGRAM . . . . . Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, January 16 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . . SQL Injection: A new angle on a popular . . . . . database attack vector DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, January 21 --------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD SQL Server User Group PLACE . . . TBA MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdsqlug.org PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, January 23 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . . Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, January 30 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . . .Net Fundamentals plus Q&A DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, February 2 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD .Net Developers Group PLACE . . . . . AMN Healthcare - 12400 High Bluff Dr. MISC . . . FREE to visit INFO . . . . . http://www.sddotnetdg.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, February 3 ------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . UCHUG (Under the Computer Hood Users Group) PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms (new location!) . . . . . . . . . . 2404 Loring (between Hwy 5 and Pacific Beach) DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) MISC . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . . Greg Skalka at uchug@juno.com . . . . . . . . . . or http://www.uchug.org PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, February 6 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, February 13 ------- 9:30 am SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join DIRECTIONS . . . Highway 5 to Grand/Garnet/Balboa exit . . . . . . . . . . West on Garnet (for 0.5 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Soledad Mt. Rd. (for 0.6 miles) . . . . . . . . . . Right on Loring (for 0.2 miles) INFO AND MAP . http://home.roadrunner.com/~scg/events.html 3 . . . Tips and Tricks PASSWORD PROTECT AN EXCEL OR WORD FILE a. Click FILE - SAVE AS (or OFFICE BUTTON - . . . . SAVE AS in Office 2007). b. Click down-facing arrow to right of Tools button in top toolbar . . . . (or click Tools button at bottom of dialog box in Office 2007). c. Click General Options (or Options in some versions). d. Type password in the Password... box and click OK. ----- SELECT MULTIPLE FILES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER IN WINDOWS a. Display list of files on your screen. b. Click on the name of the first file in the list you want to select. c. While holding down the SHIFT key on your keyboard, . . . . . click the mouse on the last file to select. ----- SELECT MULTIPLE FILES THAT ARE NOT ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER IN WINDOWS a. Display list of files on your screen. b. Click on the name of the first file you wish to select. c. While holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard, . . . . . click the mouse on each additional file you want to select. 4 . . . Interesting Sites DEL MAR FAIRGROUNDS HAS MORE THAN JUST A YEARLY FAIR AND HORSE RACES... CALENDAR OF ONGOING EVENTS AT THE DEL MAR FAIRGROUNDS http://www.sdfair.com/ ----- DO CONVERSIONS ONLINE http://www.onlineconversion.com/ 5 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor After this issue of Net Happenings I will remove my yearly link to a huge collection of holiday humor... until next holiday season. Go to... http://www.iteachyou.com (click Holiday Humor) ----- You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on... If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like this: COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: Thanks I'm setting up an office in my den . . . . and I'm thinking about buying a computer. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou. ABBOTT: Your computer? COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one. ABBOTT: Mac? COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou. ABBOTT: What about Windows? COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here? ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows? COSTELLO: I don't know.. What will I see when I look at . . . . . the windows? ABBOTT: Wallpaper. COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer . . . . . and software. ABBOTT: Software for Windows? COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use . . . . . to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. . . . . . What do you have? ABBOTT: Office. COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything? ABBOTT: I just did. COSTELLO: You just did what? ABBOTT: Recommend something. COSTELLO: You recommended something? ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: For my office? ABBOTT: Yes. COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office? ABBOTT: Office. COSTELLO: Yes, for my office! ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows. COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! . . . . . OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and . . . . . I want to type a proposal. What do I need? ABBOTT: Word. COSTELLO: What word? ABBOTT: Word in Office. COSTELLO: The only word in office is office. ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows. COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows? ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'. COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't . . . . . start with some straight answers. What about . . . . . financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track . . . . . my money with? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: I need money to track my money? ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer. COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer? ABBOTT: Money. COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer? ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.. COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? . . . . . How much? ABBOTT: One copy. COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money? ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money. COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money? ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT! (A few days later) ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you? COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off? ABBOTT: Click on 'START'............ (shared by Deborah Gostin and Steven Hunter) Your source for life-long learning
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