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CONTENTS -- 2/21/02 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Interesting Sites 4 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats 5 . . . Tips and Tricks 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor If you have questions about anything contained in this e-newsletter, please post your question on my Message Board at http://www.iteachyou.com (click Ask a Question) And now to begin . . . 1 . . . UPCOMING FREE CLASSES . . . Following are highlights of some upcoming classes at the Career Center at 8401 Aero Drive -- one of SD Community College's Centers for Education and Technology ***ARRIVE EARLY -- SOME CLASSES FILL EARLY*** UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY GINI PEDERSEN TOPIC . . . . . Word -- 95/97/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, February 25, March 4 and 11 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Covers Beginning through Intermediate Word features INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Top 10 Computer Problems and their Solutions . . . . . . . . (Not listed on published schedules) DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, February 25 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . This class will help both home and business users . . . . . . . . . prevent and solve common problems, improve . . . . . . . . . performance, and generally help you become a . . . . . . . . . more-informed computer user. You will receive . . . . . . . . . helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Improving your Computer's Performance DATE . . . . . 4 Tuesdays, February 26, March 5, 12, and 19 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn how to improve your . . . . . . . . . . computer's performance, prevent and solve . . . . . . . . . . problems, and much more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Setting up an Internet Business DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 4 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn how to set up a . . . . . . . . . . transactional Website that can grow with your . . . . . . . . . . business. This class will be helpful to anyone . . . . . . . . . . who currently has or anticipates having a . . . . . . . . . . a successful business website. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Excel -- 95/97/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 3 Tuesdays, March 5, 12, and 19 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . Covers Beginning through Intermediate Excel features INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Promoting an Internet Business DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 11 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . In this class you will learn many strategies for . . . . . . . . . . promoting your business -- including getting . . . . . . . . . . good search engine placement INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Understanding E-Mail Attachments . . . . . . . . (Not listed on published schedules) DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 18 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . In this one-session class you will learn how to send . . . . . . . . . . and receive attachments that are virus-free and . . . . . . . . . . understand why some attachments are hard or . . . . . . . . . . impossible to open. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Finding Things on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 18 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is open to anyone who has experienced . . . . . . . . . . frustration finding things on the Internet. ;-) INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY OTHERS AT THE CAREER CENTER Notes: - These classes start within the next few weeks. - Click the link at the end of this list to see the date, time, etc. - Click the link at the end to see details about each topic. - All are at the Beginning level unless indicated otherwise. ... Mac Basics ... File Management ... Visual Basic (Beginning and Intermediate) ... MS Outlook ... Word (Beginning and Intermediate) ... Internet Basics ... DHTML ... Dreamweaver (Intermediate and Advanced) ... Dreamweaver UltraDev (Intermediate and Advanced) ... Flash (All Levels) ... GoLive ... HTML (Beginning and Intermediate) ... JavaScript ... Linux Operating System ... TCP/IP ... Web Server Security Basics ... After Effects ... Digital Editing Workshop for Artists (Part II) ... Digital Video Editing with Adobe Final Cut Pro ... Illustrator (Various Levels) ... Photoshop (Various Levels) ... Photoshop/Illustrator for the Web ... QuarkXpress ... Cascading Style Sheets IN ADDITION... 1 . . . . . We also offer many free classes with brand new computers at Datel Computer Center at 5636 Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa. For classes at this site ONLY, you may pre-register by calling (858) 627-2545 Mondays through Thursdays, 8 am to 8 pm or Fridays 8 am to 3:30 pm. Space is available for many classes still to be offered in February and March. Call to register now. The April class schedule will be available the week of March 18 and registration will open the same day. Following are some upcoming classes at our Datel site: Computer Basics -- CD Burning Basics -- Excel -- HTML ... plus many more. 2 . . . Highlights of some excellent upcoming classes at another of our Centers for Education and Technology include the following at West City Center (near the Sports Arena). Call 619-221-6973 for more info. -- A+ Lite, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-8:30pm, 4/9-5/30 Instructor: Stan Chrapkowski -- Help Desk Mod 2, Mondays & Wednesdays, 6-9pm, 3/11-4/29 Instructor: Jeff Mills, Room 21 -- Help Desk Mod 3, Mondays & Wednesdays, 6-9pm, 5/6-6/3 Instructor: Jeff Mills, Room 21 -- MCSE 51, Mondays & Wednesdays, 8am-1pm, 4/8-6/5 Instructor: Dea Brite, Room 21 -- MCSE 51, Fridays, 5-10pm plus Saturdays 9am-2pm, 4/12-6/8 Instructor: Dea Brite, Room 21 -- MCSE 52, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5-10pm, 4/9-6/6 Instructor: Russ English, Room 21 -- Prep for MCSE, Tuesdays, 5-10pm, 4/9-6/4 Instructor: Robert Slavin, Room 8 -- Outlook 2000, Tuesdays, 6-9pm, 3/12-4/23 Instructor: Evelyn Irving, Room 1 -- Outlook 2000, Tuesdays, 6-9pm, 4/30-6/5 Instructor: Evelyn Irving, Room 1 Students will learn calendaring, mailing lists, attachments, etc. -- Digital Design Workshop, Wednesdays, 1-5pm, Instructor: Harrison Watts, Room 2, 4/10-6/5 This is a design class. The instructor plans each workshop around specific winning designs and designers. WANT MORE INFORMATION? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering through the Spring 2002 semester. At the end of that list is a link to a list of all classes offered at the Career Center -- plus details about each class. -- Call (858) 627-2545, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . UPCOMING EVENTS . . . DATE . . . . .Saturday, February 23 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . General Projects SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Programmer's Local User Group PLACE . . . . . Linda Vista Library Meeting Room . . . . . . . . . . (Linda Vista Rd. and Comstock) MISC . . . . . Free DATE . . . . . Saturday, February 23 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . Q&A and mini seminars 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 INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html DATE . . . . . Tuesday, February 26 TIME . . . . . 8:30 am breakfast, 9-11 am seminar PROGRAM . . . . . Making Website Changes that Work SPONSOR . . . . . Webcriteria PLACE . . . . . LJ Regency at Aventine . . . . . . . . . . . 3777 La Jolla Village Drive MISC . . . . . FREE INFO and REGIS . . . . . http://www.webcriteria.com/answers/2 DATE . . . . . Wednesday, February 27 TIME . . . . . 6-8 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego . . . . . . . . . . (Advanced Level) PROGRAM . . . . . Tree View Control with Access PLACE . . . . . Ericsson . . . . . . . . . . 5751 Pacific Center Boulevard MISC . . . . . $1 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ DATE . . . . . Thursday, February 28 TIME . . . . . 11 am to noon PROGRAM . . . . . Web Accessibility in Web Development SPEAKERS . . . . . Mike Paciello and Bree Walker SPONSOR . . . . . Microsoft and Pangea Foundation PLACE . . . . . Microsoft - 9255 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 400 MISC . . . . . Free (bring your parking ticket for validation) RSVP . . (858) 467-9982 or sue@pangeafoundation.org DIRECTIONS . http://www.microsoft.com/usa/offices/sandiego.asp DATE . . . . . Thursday, February 28 TIME . . . . . 10 am SPEAKER . . . . . Microsoft Rep will demo Windows XP SPONSOR . . . . . Rancho Bernardo Community Computer Club PLACE . . . . . RB Library - 17110 Bernardo Center Dr. MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . 858-487-1711 DATE . . . . . Saturday, March 2 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . Q&A and mini seminars 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 INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html DATE . . . . . Tuesday, March 5 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Various .NET Topics SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Visual Basic User Group PLACE . . . . . Ericsson, Inc. - 6455 Lusk Blvd, Bldg. #E MISC . . . . . FREE; building doors close at 7 pm INFO . . . . . http://www.sdvbug.org DATE . . . . . Wednesday, March 6 TIME . . . . . 7:00 PM PROGRAM . . . . . Installing Monitor and Drivers SPONSOR . . . UCHUG (Under the Computer Hood Users Group) PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Rm. 202 (lots of free parking) MAP . . . . . http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/jrrtc/facility/visit.htm MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome to this free event INFO . . . . . Greg Skalka at uchug@juno.com . . . . . . . . . . or http://www.uchug.org DATE . . . . . Wednesday, March 6 TIME . . . . . 6:30 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Adobe will be presenting their latest . . . . Mac OS X compatible applications, such as Illustrator X, . . . . GoLive 6 and InDesign 2 SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Macintosh User Group PLACE . . . . . Cox Communications -- 5651 Copley Dr. DIRECTIONS . . . http://www.sdmug.org/directions.html INFO . . . . . http://www.sdmug.org/ DATE . . . . . Saturday, March 9 TIME . . . . . 10 am - 3 PROGRAM . . . . .TBA -- check their Website below SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Computer Society PLACE . . . . . Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd. (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . Free; stay for some -- or all -- of the presentations INFO . . . . . http://www.sdcs.org/present.htm DATE . . . . . Saturday, March 9 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . Q&A and mini seminars 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 INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html DATE . . . . . March 16 and 17 TIME . . . . . approx. 9:30 am to 6:30 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Photoshop World Conference PLACE . . . . . San Diego Convention Center MISC . . . . . Prices range from $79 for pre-conference sessions on . . . . . March 15 to $499 for entire conference INFO . . . . . http://www.photoshopworld.com or 800-738-1370 3 . . . INTERESTING SITES . . . FUN CLOCK http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html Not useful -- just fun! THE NEWBIE CLUB http://newbieclub.com/ Great info on a variety of Internet and computing topics 4 . . . NON-NERDY STATS . . . By 2002, 87 percent of consumers will use the Web to answer their questions, while only 13 percent will resort to using the telephone. Source: Forrester Research (http://www.forrester.com) Only 66 percent of Web addresses lead to live sites. Source: Network Solutions (http://www.networksolutions.com) Brazil accounts for over half of all e-commerce revenues in Latin America. Source: Boston Consulting Group (http://www.bcg.com) The number of domain names registered on the Internet passed the 30 million mark in September 2000. Source: NetNames (http://www.netnames.com) Most Web sites fail to incorporate the minimum standards for usability, links, and privacy established by industry leaders and Web experts. Source: Giga Information (http://www.gigaweb.com) 5 . . . TIPS AND TRICKS . . . ADDITIONAL ANTI-VIRUS INFO In the January 3, 2002 issue of Net Happenings I mentioned the importance of having a new, updated antivirus program installed on your computer. In this issue I included a link to a URL where Ken Loomis kindly created a Website with screen shots of how to set Norton antivirus for the most-beneficial level of protection. These screen shots covered the 2001 version of Norton. Ken has now posted screen shots for Norton 2002 antivirus at http://u-b-kool.com/Norton/2002/ You can read (or re-read) the entire details about this important tip about antivirus programs by doing the following: -- Go to http://www.iteachyou.com -- Click Net Happenings Newsletter link. -- Scroll to the bottom and click the link to read the January 3 issue. -- Scroll down to the Tips and Tricks section. CREATE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS TO PROGRAMS In Windows, you can program keyboard keys to automatically open a program, as follows: - Create a shortcut to a program on your Desktop. * - Right-click on the icon for the shortcut. - Click Properties. - Click Shortcut tab in dialog box. - Click in Shortcut Key field. - Press your choice of shortcut keys. Note: You can apply a shortcut to one of the Function Keys (F1, F2, etc.) or else to a combination of keys such as CTRL+SHIFT+A -- pressed all at the same time. - Click Apply. - Click OK. * Use the following steps if you don't how to create a shortcut on your Desktop: The easiest way to create a shortcut on your Desktop is to use the Find File feature to find the file you want the shortcut to and then to drag and drop it onto your Desktop as follows: - Minimize all open windows to the Taskbar so only your Desktop is visible. - To find files on your computer, try the following: WIN 95/98: - Click Start - Find - Files or Folders. - Type name of file in Named field (e.g.: Excel) - Verify that Look In box indicates your Hard Drive. - Verify that there's a check mark in Include Subfolders box. - Click Find Now. WIN ME: - Click Start - Search - All Files and Folders. - Type name of file in Named field (e.g.: Excel) - Verify that Look In box indicates your Hard Drive. - Verify that there's a check mark in Include Subfolders box. - Click Search Now (continues below). WIN XP: - Click Start - Search - All Files and Folders. - Type name of file in All or Part of the File Name field (e.g.: Excel) - Verify that Look In box indicates your Hard Drive; click Search. NEXT STEPS FOR ALL VERSIONS OF WINDOWS: - Drag and drop the bottom right corner of the dialog box to make it larger so you can view more columns. - Find the file in the list among the choices in the list. - Right-drag-and-drop (right mouse button) this filename onto your Desktop. - Click Create Shortcut Here. - Click FILE-CLOSE and notice that new shortcut is now on your Desktop. 6 . . . BITS AND BYTES OF HUMOR . . . Quotables and Deep Thoughts: -- The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life. (George Carlin) -- If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: 'I'm cheap!' (Delta Burke) -- You make the beds, you do the dishes, and six months later you have to start all over again. (Joan Rivers) -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. -- Don't be irreplaceable; if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted. -- Wealthy people miss one of life's greatest thrills . . . making the last car payment. -- The trouble with Sunday drivers is, they don't drive any better during the week. -- Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money. -- Fashion: Something that goes in one year and out the other. -- Creative marketing: A company that owns 15 donut shops and 4 weight loss clinics. Your source for life-long learning
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