Net Happenings

Following is a copy of the Net Happenings newsletter I sent out to folks who had asked to be included on my mailing list.

At the bottom are links to all prior issues.

Net Happenings sent out on July 4, 2002.

Hi,

As you requested, I am sending Net Happenings to you.

Please let me know if your e-mail address changes so I can
continue sending you Net Happenings. Also, let me know if
you'd rather NOT receive these postings. Remember, I will
never sell, trade, lend, or leak your e-mail address to any
other individual or organization.

To view prior issues of Net Happenings...
...go to my Web site at http://www.iteachyou.com
...click Net Happenings newsletters
...scroll to bottom and click link to each previous issue.

Gini Pedersen
San Diego Community College District
Instructor, Internet and Computer Applications
http://www.iteachyou.com

CONTENTS -- July 4, 2002

1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes
2 . . . Upcoming Events
3 . . . Interesting Site
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

How to Buy the RIGHT Computer
. . . . . 1 Monday, July 8 ---------- 1-5 pm
. . . . . This class is useful for anyone thinking of buying
. . . . . . . . a computer -- or just to learn more the computer you
. . . . . . . . already own.

PowerPoint (Beginning / Intermediate)
. . . . . 2 Mondays, July 8 and 15 ---------- 5:30-9 pm

Great Reference Sites on the Internet
. . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 9 ---------- 5:30-9 pm

Word (Beginning / Intermediate)
. . . . . 2 more Tuesdays, July 9 and 16 ---------- 1-5 pm
. . . . . There is still room in the class if you'd like to
. . . . . . . . . join us starting with Session #2 on July 9
. . . . . . . . . I can admit the first additional 15 who show up.

Improving Your Computer's Performance
. . . . . 4 Mondays, July 15, 22, 29, and Aug. 5 ------ 1-5 pm
. . . . . Helpful info for ALL computer users

Developing a Webpage
. . . . . 2 Tuesdays, July 16 and 23 ---------- 5:30-9 pm
. . . . . 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.

Access (Beginning)
. . . . . 2 Mondays, July 22 and 29 ---------- 5:30-9 pm

Word Tips and Tricks
. . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 23 ---------- 1-5 pm
. . . . . Pre-requisite: Word experience.

Excel (Beginning / Intermediate)
. . . . . 3 Tuesdays, July 30, Aug. 6 and 13 ---------- 1-5 pm

Using Effective Web Design Concepts
. . . . . 1 Tuesday, July 30 ---------- 5:30-9 pm

Upcoming Classes Taught by Others at North City Center
for Education and Technology...
- 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.

... Visual Basic (various levels)
... FrontPage (various levels)
... PowerPoint (various levels)
... Excel (various levels)
... Access (various levels)
... Word (various levels)
... Internet Basics
... Dreamweaver (various levels)
... Dreamweaver UltraDev (various levels)
... Fireworks
... Flash (various levels)
... Flash - Action Scripting (various levels)
... GoLive (various levels)
... HTML (various levels)
... Photoshop / Illustrator for the Web
... JavaScript
... Linux Scripting
... PHP and MYSQL (various levels)
... Digital Workshop for Artists
... Illustrator
... Photoshop (various levels)
... QuarkXpress (various levels)

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 must 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
July. Call to register now.

The August class schedule will be available the week of
August 19 and registration will open the same day.

Following are some upcoming classes at our Datel site:

... Computer Basics
... Dreamweaver (various levels)
... Mail Merge with Word
... Windows XP (various levels)
... Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access
... Internet Basics
... VBA for Access, Word, and Excel
... VB.NET
... CD Burning
... FrontPage
... Access Databases on the Web
... Searching the Internet
... E-mail Basics
... Digital Camera Basics
... ASP.NET
... Web Design with HTML Basics
... Project
... 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
Summer 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 . . .

PROGRAM . . . . . Q and A and mini seminars
DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 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
INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html

PROGRAM . . . . . TBA
DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, July 10 ---------- 6 pm
SPONSOR . . . . . Internet Special Interest Group of the
. . . . . . . . . . San Diego Computer Society
PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education
. . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Bldg. 2, Rms. L3/L4
MAP . . . . http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/jrrtc/facility/visit.htm
MISC . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome to this free event
INFO . . . . . http://www.isig.org
. . . . . . . . . . or Peggy Schauer at (858) 560-5360

PROGRAM . . . . . Wireless Technology for Business
DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, July 10 ---------- 6 pm
SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Public Library and Verizon
PLACE . . . Central Library - 820 E Street - 3rd Floor
MISC . . . . FREE; registration is recommended
INFO AND REGISTRATION: 619-238-6630

PROGRAM . . . . . Q and A and mini seminars
DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 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
INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html

PROGRAM . . . . . Windows class (and more)
DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, July 16 ---------- 6 pm
SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User Group
PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education
. . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Road, Room 401
MISC . . . . . Free
INFO . . . . . http://www.sdpcug.org

PROGRAM . . . . . Making Sense of the Census
DATE AND TIME . . . Saturday July 20 ------ 9 am
SPONSOR . . . . . Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego
PLACE . . . . . Tierrasanta Christian Church
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11445 Tierrasanta Blvd SD
MISC . . . . . FREE to visit; $25 first year to join
INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://www.cgssd.org

PROGRAM . . . . . Q and A and mini seminars
DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 20 ------- 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
INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html

PROGRAM . . . . . 9th Annual Southwest Regional User Group Conf.
DATE AND TIME . . . August 9-11
PLACE . . . . . Hilton Hotel -- Mission Valley
MISC . . . . Cost is $40 to $60 depending on how soon you register.
INFO AND REGISTRATION . . . . . http://www.swugconf.org

PROGRAM . . . . . Scanning and Photo Retouching
DATE AND TIME . . . Saturday August 17 ------ 9 am
SPONSOR . . . . . Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego
PLACE . . . . . Tierrasanta Christian Church
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11445 Tierrasanta Blvd SD
MISC . . . . . FREE to visit; $25 first year to join
INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://www.cgssd.org

3 . . . INTERESTING SITE . . .

GET A WAKE-UP CALL
http://1-800-555-tell.com (click Message Center)
After registering for free on this site, pick up the phone,
call 1-800-555-TELL and say 'wake-up call,' the time you'd
like to be awakened, and the phone number where you'll be.
At the specified time, the service will call to rouse you.

4 . . . NON-NERDY STATS . . .

Things you always wanted to know about humans,
but were afraid to ask ...
- 70 percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human skin
and hair.
- The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.
- The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
- Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
- Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
- It takes the interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human
speech.

5 . . . TIPS AND TRICKS . . .

*** CORRECTION ***
In the June 6 issue I incorrectly stated that data on a CD records
closest to the outer edge; it really records closest to the center first.
Also I implied that a broken or scratched CD would be unreadable.
The only way to make a CD truly unreadable is to melt it.

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MICROSOFT WORD -- OPEN A DOCUMENT CREATED
IN ANOTHER UNKNOWN WORD PROCESSOR
- Click FILE-OPEN.
- Click down arrow in Files of Type box.
- Click Recover Text from Any File.
- Click file you want to open; click Open.
- Note: If the file opens it will likely be stripped of formatting,
pictures, etc.

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MICROSOFT WORD -- INSERT A DROP CAP AT THE
START OF A PARAGRAPH
- Highlight first letter in a paragraph.
- Click FORMAT-DROP CAP and make selections.

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CHANGE A FILE FROM 'READ ONLY' TO WRITEABLE

When you transfer a file from a CD or DVD to your hard disk
drive, it may still be in a 'read-only' format. To convert the file
from read only to a writeable format, do the following:
-- Open My Computer on your Windows Desktop.
-- Open your hard drive window (usually C).
-- Branch to the location of the file you want to change.
-- Right-click on the name of the file and click Properties.
-- Click the General tab in the Properties dialog box.
-- Remove the check mark by Read Only and place a check
by Archive.
-- Click OK

6 . . . BITS AND BYTES OF HUMOR . . .

A group of senior citizens were exchanging notes about their ailments.

'My arm is so weak I can hardly hold this coffee cup.'

'Yes, I know. My cataracts are so bad I can't see to pour the coffee.'

'I can't turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck.'

'My blood pressure pills make me dizzy.'

'I guess that's the price we pay for getting old.'

'Well, it's not all bad. We should be thankful that we can still drive!'

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A father noticed that his son was spending way too much time
playing computer games.

In an effort to motivate the boy into focusing more attention
on his schoolwork, the father said to his son, 'When Abe Lincoln
was your age, he was studying books by the light of the fireplace.'

The son replied, 'Dad, when Lincoln was your age, he was
The President of The United States!!!'

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