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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 -- June 27, 2010 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 . . . . Windows File Management (all versions of Windows) DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, June 28 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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 Tips and Tricks 2007/2010/2003 DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, June 29 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm PREREQUISITE . PowerPoint experience or a prior PowerPoint class MISC . . . In this class you will learn helpful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced PowerPoint users should find useful. . . . . . . . . We will be using PowerPoint 2007 in class, but the handouts . . . . . . . . will also include steps for PowerPoint 2003 and 2010. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Introduction to Computers DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 6 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 . . . . . Buying and Selling on eBay DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, July 12 and 19 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 2007/2010/2003 DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, July 12 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. . . . . . . . . We will be using Word 2007 in class, but the . . . . . . . . handouts will also include steps for Word 2003 and 2010. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows Basics (all versions of Windows) DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 13 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 . . . . . Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks 2007/2010/2003 DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 13 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. . . . . . . . . We will be using Excel 2007 in class, but the handouts . . . . . . . . will also include steps for Excel 2003 and 2010 INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management (all versions of Windows) DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, July 19 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 . . . . .Internet and Email Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 20 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 . . . . . Protecting Yourself on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 20 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 Note: No classes again until start of Fall 2010 semester on September 7. 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. … iMovie ... Photoshop Elements ... Photoshop (Intermediate and special topics) ... Flash (Intermediate) ... Final Cut Pro (Intermediate) ... QuickBooks (Intermediate) ... After Effects (various levels) ... Dreamweaver (Intermediate and special topics) ... InDesign (Intermediate) ... HTML and JavaScript (Intermediate) ... Windows 7 ... Illustrator (Intermediate) ... JQuery Framework ... 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 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 . . . . . Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 3 ------- 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 Security for WCF DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, July 6 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD .Net Developers Group PLACE . . . . . AMN Healthcare - 12400 High Bluff Dr. MISC . . . FREE to visit INFO . . . . . http://www.sddotnetdg.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . Questions - Answers - Education DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, July 7 ------- 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, July 10 ------- 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 . . . Various Search Engine Optimization topics DATE and TIME . . . varies - check website below SPONSOR . . . San Diego SEO Meetup PLACE . . . varies - check website below INFO. . . http://www.meetup.com/sandiegoseo/ PROGRAM . . . A Potpourri of Genealogy Research Tools DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, July 17 ---------- 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 . . . . .Picassa Tools DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 17 ------- 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 . . Advanced Queries plus Access 2010 Ribbons DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, July 21 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Access User Group of San Diego PLACE . . . Scripps Miramar Ranch Branch Library . . . . . . . . . . 10301 Scripps Lake Dr. MISC . . . . . $2 donation at the door INFO . . . . . http://www.augsd.org/ PROGRAM . . . . .LifeLock DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 24 ------- 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 SAVE A WORD DOCUMENT IN ANOTHER FORMAT OR IN AN OLDER VERSION OF WORD a. Click FILE - SAVE AS (OFFICE BUTTON - SAVE AS in Office 2007) b. Click down arrow in Save As Type box. c. Click format for saving this document and click Save. Note: Use Text Only (or Plain Text) if you are unsure of format you’ll need. The RTF (Rich Text Format) may maintain some of the text formatting but may not be readable by others. Note: User Word 97-2003 to save this document into an older version of Word. ----- INSERT AN ACCENTED LETTER WITHIN ANY PROGRAM Note: You will not actually SEE the accented 'e' below because special characters are often stripped out when you use them in an email message you send. You may see it when you type it within the email message but it MAY not appear as typed when some recipients open and read the email message at their end. The following tip allows you to automatically insert a letter with an accent mark in one step. For example, if you want to type 'Jose' with the accented 'e' try the following: a. Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Character Map b. Click on accented e in the chart and note the keyboard shortcut of ALT+0233 in the bottom right corner. Note: Thereafter, after you type 'Jos' portion, type ALT+0233 and you will see Jose with an accented 'e' on the screen. Note: Use the numbers on the numeric keypad portion of your keyboard -- not the numbers that appear horizontally across the top of the letters near the top of the keyboard. Many laptops embed the numeric keypad with the letters. For example, the number '0' may share a key with the letter 'M.' To use the '0' variation, you will probably need to press the NumLock key before typing the number. 4 . . . News You Can Use There is constantly news about credit card companies changing fees. To evaluate the various choices, check the following websites: - http://www.creditcards.com - http://www.cardhub.com 5 . . . Interesting Sites NEW SANITARY METHOD OF PROVIDING CPR http://snipurl.com/cprnew or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5huVSebZpM ----- AMAZING VIDEO OF HUMMINGBIRDS IN SLOW MOTION http://snipurl.com/hbird or http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hjnc1kHMDDo&feature=player_embedded (shared by Jim Mettler) 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor Max goes to his doctor complaining of aches and pains all over his body. After a thorough examination, the doctor gives him a clean bill of health. 'Max, you're in excellent shape for an 85 year old man. But I'm not a magician -- I can't make you any younger,' says the doctor. 'Who asked you to make me younger?' says Max. 'Just make sure I get older!' ----- The telephone rings at the synagogue office. 'Hello, is this Rabbi Schwartz?' the caller asks. 'It is.' 'This is the federal tax department. We wonder if you can help us?' 'I'll try.' 'Do you know Herman Cohen?' 'I do.' 'Is this man a member of your congregation?' 'He is.' 'Did he donate $25,000?' 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