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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 -- March 18, 2009 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . News You Can Use 5 . . . Interesting Sites 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor And now to begin . . . 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 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 . . . . . Buying and Selling on eBay DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, March 23 and 30 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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 . . . . . Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 23 TIME . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Suggested prerequisite: Word experience. . . . . . . . . In this class you will learn useful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced Word users should find useful. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Internet and Email Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 24 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, March 30 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, March 31 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm PREREQUISITE . . . . . Excel experience or a prior Excel class MISC . . . In this class you will learn helpful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced Excel users should find useful. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Microsoft Excel DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, April 13, 20, and 27 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Excel is Microsoft's popular spreadsheet . . . application that is bundled with all versions of MSOffice. . . . It can be used for many tasks such as budgets, charts, . . . databases, and more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Introduction to Computers DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, April 13 TIME . . . . 5:30-9 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, April 14 TIME . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Suggested prerequisite: Word experience. . . . . . . . . In this class you will learn useful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced Word users should find useful. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Protecting Yourself on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, April 14 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! 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. … Adobe Acrobat PDF Forms … Flash (various levels) … Photoshop (Advanced) … Illustrator (various levels) … Photoshop … Photoshop Elements (Intermediate) … Premiere Pro … Blogging for Profits … After Effects … PHP and MySQL … Digital Photography … Dreamweaver … Excel Forms and VBA … Cascading Style Sheets … ASP.Net … Access … Final Cut Pro … InDesign (various levels) … Internet Marketing (various special topics) … QuickBooks … iLife ... Open Lab every Saturday (10 am - 1 pm) in Mac lab Rm 150 … Open Lab every T W Th (8:30 am-12:30 pm) in PC lab Rm 117 ... plus additional new topics each week throughout the semester 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 Friday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events PROGRAM . . . . . SQL Server Profiler DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, March 19 --------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD SQL Server User Group PLACE . . . UCSD Sorrento Mesa Extension . . . . . 6925 Lusk Blvd. (AT and T Building) MAP . http://www.extension.ucsd.edu/image/img_mapLaJolla.gif MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdsqlug.org PROGRAM . . . . .Password Managers DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 21 ------- 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 . . Digital Imaging and Editing Live Webcast DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, March 21 ---------- 9 am SPONSOR . . Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego PLACE . . . . . UCSD (see map on website) MISC . . . . . FREE to visit; $25 first year to join INFO AND MAP . . . http://www.cgssd.org PROGRAM . . . . . Q and A -- NEW DAY AND LOCATION! DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, March 26 -------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego PC Users 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) MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . .http://www.sdpcug.org PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, March 28 ------- 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 . . . . . First Look at Windows 7 DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, April 1 ------- 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, April 4 ------- 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, April 11 ------- 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, April 15 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego PLACE . . . Scripps Miramar Ranch Branch Library (new location) . . . . . . . . . . 10301 Scripps Lake Dr. MISC . . . . . $2 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ 3 . . . Tips and Tricks SHARING FILES IN VARIOUS VERSIONS OF OFFICE If you are using Office 2007 and want to share files with colleagues using an older version of Office, you should download the Compatibility Pack from http://snipurl.com/mscomp (or go to http://www.microsoft.com and search for Office 2007 Compatibility Pack). ----- CHECK CAPACITY OF YOUR HARD DISK DRIVE IN WINDOWS a. Double-click to open My Computer (or click Start button - Computer in Win Vista). b. Right-click on icon that represents your hard disk drive (usually C Drive). c. Click Properties; click General tab. 4 . . . News You Can Use CREDIT CARD FRAUD (shared by Ken Loomis) In my experience with credit card fraud and Internet scams, I am reminded again and again of a couple of simple things to remember to protect yourself from these things. 1) Legitimate credit card companies and banks will NEVER contact you by email or phone and ask for any kind of information, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, username, password, credit/debit card number, account number, security code. If you are ever contacted and asked for information like this, ask for an incident reference number and tell them you will contact the company yourself using the contact information or your credit/debit card, monthly statement, etc. 2) NEVER trust a link in an email that asks you to login in to a secure account, i.e., eBay, PayPal, VISA, MasterCard, bank account, etc. Legitimate requests to login in to your account will always tell you what links to follow on the company's website to access the information you need. To access their website, use your normal procedure to access their web site, for example, typing the web address into your browser or using a proven bookmark/favorite. Most people think these scams are being perpetrated by petty criminals, but in reality, Internet and credit card fraud is a huge industry overseas. The profit potential is enormous and attracts the potential of some very talented, though unscrupulous, criminals and criminal organizations. Their job is to appear legitimate in order to gain your trust in emails and phone calls, and they are very good at what they do. Unfortunately, as the economy gets worse, scams like this will be on the rise, so it is even more important now than ever that we all keep our guard up. 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor Fun Quotes from Famous Folks I never think of the future -- it comes soon enough. -- Albert Einstein (1870 - 1959) It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office. -- Shirley MacLaine (1934 - ) Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse. -- Lily Tomlin (1939 - ) The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. -- Hubert Humphrey My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. -- Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004) The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided. -- Casey Stengal US baseball manager (1890 - 1975) Why is it when we talk to God we're praying -- but when God talks to us, we're schizophrenic? -- Lily Tomlin (1939 - ) When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. -- Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004) Your source for life-long learning
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