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CONTENTS -- April 25, 2002 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 a question 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 . . . . . PowerPoint DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, April 29 and May 6 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Learn how to create great . . . . . computerized presentations INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Developing a Web Page DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, April 29 and May 6 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is useful for people interesting in just . . . . . . . . . getting started, for people who have previously used . . . . . . . . . a Web editor and now need to learn how to 'clean up' . . . . . . . . . the HTML code...and you will receive helpful . . . . . . . . . handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . How to Buy the RIGHT Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not listed on published schedules) DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, May 7 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is useful for anyone thinking of buying a . . . . . . . . . . computer -- or just to learn more the computer you . . . . . . . . . . already own. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, May 7 and 14 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Access DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, May 13 and 20 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about this powerful database program. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Using Effective Web Design Concepts DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, May 13 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about what design elements are effective . . . . . . . . . . and what should be avoided. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Improving your Computer's Performance DATE . . . . . 4 Tuesdays, May 14, 21, 28, and June 4 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 UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY OTHERS AT THE NORTH CITY CENTER FOR EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY 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 for Web Publishing … Digital Camera Basics … Scanning Basics … Visual Basic for the Office … Access (Intermediate) … Excel (Intermediate) … PowerPoint (All Levels) … MS Project … Word (Advanced - Forms) … Access Databases on the Web … Dreamweaver (Intermediate) … Dreamweaver UltraDev (Intermediate/Advanced) … Flash (Intermediate) … Action Script & Case Studies … FrontPage (All Levels) … GoLive … XHTML … JavaScript … Linux Desktop Basics … Linux Operating System … Web Server Security Basics … Acrobat … Digital Video Editing with After Effects … Illustrator (Intermediate) … Photoshop (various levels) … Prepress … QuarkXpress IN ADDITION... 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 April and May. Call to register now. Following are some upcoming classes at our Datel site: … Computer Basics … Intermediate Excel … Create a Web Page with Word … Internet Basics … Digital Camera Basics … Windows XP Basics … Build a Photo Album with HTML … Outlook Basics … and many more 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 North City Center for Education and Technology on Aero Drive -- plus details about each class. -- Call (858) 627-2545, Monday through Friday. 2…UPCOMING EVENTS . . . DATE . . . . . Saturday, April 27 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 . . . . . Wednesday, May 1 TIME . . . . . 6:30 pm PROGRAM . . . . . TBA 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 . . . . . Thursday, May 2 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Macromedia Tools for the Web SPEAKER . . . . . Matt Robold, Macromedia SPONSOR . . . . . World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) PLACE . . . . . SD City Schools Education Center Auditorium . . . . . . . . . . 4100 Normal St. (several blocks west of Texas St.) MISC . . . Free for members; $10 for non-members (pay at door) INFO . . . . . http://www.sdwow.org/meeting.html DATE . . . . . Saturday, May 4 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, May 7 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Curious about .NET? SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Visual Basic User Group PLACE . . . . . Ericsson, Inc. - 6455 Lusk Blvd, Bldg. #E MISC . . . . . FREE; doors close at 7 pm so please arrive early INFO . . . . . http://www.sdvbug.org DATE . . . . . Thursday, May 9 TIME . . . . . 6-8 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego PROGRAM . . . . . Queries PLACE . . . . . Ericsson . . . . . . . . . . 5751 Pacific Center Boulevard MISC . . . . . $1 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ DATE . . . . . Thursday, May 16 TIME . . . . . 8 am to 4:30 pm PROGRAM . . . . . TECH 2000 -- Solutions for your Current or . . . . . Upcoming IT Projects SPONSOR . . . . . Technology Integration Group (TIG) PLACE . . . . . La Jolla Marriott MISC . . . . . FREE INFO AND REGISTRATION. . . . . (800) 858-0549 or . . . . . http://www.tig.com/Events/article1.asp?eventID=77 3…INTERESTING SITES . . . WHAT A HARD DRIVE SOUNDS LIKE WHEN IT IS FAILING http://www.eco-datarecov.com/data_recovery_faq.htm Click one of the Hard Drive Noises links on the bottom left corner of the Webpage VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY LOW-COST ONLINE CLASSES http://vu.org/calendar.html VU has announced its Spring 2002 calendar of online classes which begin Monday, May 6. Classes run 4-6 weeks and cost a mere $15 for up to 3 classes. 4…NON-NERDY STATS . . . SPAM A 1998 eMarketer study revealed the following amazing stats: - 9.4 billion e-mail messages were sent in the U.S. - 7.3 billion of these messages were commercial. - 7 billion of the 7.3 billion (96 percent) were probably (UCE) unsolicited commercial e-mail AOL - It took AOL 12 years to reach 10 million members. - It took them only 1.5 years to grow from 20 million to 30 million members. (from The Industry Standard, July 9-16, 2001) WHO'S MOST WIRED? (Yahoo! Internet Life, May 2002, page 70) #1 San Francisco, CA #2 San Jose, CA #3 Austin, TX #4 Boston, MA #5 Seattle, WA #6 Salt Lake City, UT #7 Washington, DC #8 San Diego, CA #9 Las Vegas, NV #10 Los Angeles, CA 5…TIPS AND TRICKS . . . CREATE SHORTCUT TO SPECIFIC PART OF A WORD DOCUMENT Note: This (or similar wording) works with Office 2000 and with Office XP -- and likely with other versions too. - Get to Windows Desktop. - Open a specific document into Word. - Click Restore button (top right corner of document's title bar so this document no longer hides entire Windows Desktop. - Highlight portion of Word document you want to create the shortcut to. - Right-drag and drop highlighted portion to visible portion of Windows Desktop. - Click Create Document Shortcut Here. CREATE KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO A PROGRAM OR DOCUMENT Note: This works with most versions of Windows and can only be applied to existing Shortcuts on your Windows Desktop -- those icons with a curved arrow in the bottom left corner. - Get your Windows Desktop. - Right-click on a Shortcut. - Click Properties. - Click Shortcut tab in Properties dialog box. - Click in Shortcut Key field. - Press keys you want to assign to the shortcut. (For example: SHIFT+CTRL+O; or you can use some of the 'F' keys at the top of the keyboard; however, some are reserved for Windows-related shortcuts). 6…BITS AND BYTES OF HUMOR . . . Interesting Facts from the 1500s.... (Part 1 of 2) -- Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. -- Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children--last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, 'Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.' -- Houses had thatched roofs--thick straw--piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof-hence the saying 'It's raining cats and dogs.' -- Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man 'could bring home the bacon.' They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and 'chew the fat.' -- Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Your source for life-long learning
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