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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 -- July 27, 2005 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 If you have a question about anything contained in this e-newsletter, please post your question on Our 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 North City Campus at 8401 Aero Drive -- one of SD Community College District's Continuing Education Campuses: Upcoming Classes Taught by Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Excel DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, August 1, 8, and 15 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 . . . . . Developing a Webpage using HTML DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, August 1 and 8 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Buying and Selling on eBay DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, August 2 and 9 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Top 10 Computer Problems and their Solutions DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, August 2 and 9 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 . . . . . Using Effective Web Design Techniques DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, August 15 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about what web design elements are effective . . . . . . . . . . and what should be avoided. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . How to Buy the RIGHT Computer DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, August 16 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . This class is useful for anyone thinking of buying a . . . . . . . . . . computer -- or just to learn more about the computer . . . . . . . . . . you already own. You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Tips for Finding Things on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, August 16 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . This class is open to anyone who has experienced . . . . . . . . . . frustration finding things on the Internet. ;-) . . . . . . . . . You will receive helpful handouts. 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. ... Open Lab every Saturday (8am-1pm) in Mac lab Room 150 ... CD and DVD Burning Basics ... Indesign CS ... Flash ActionScript (Intermediate) ... Dreamweaver (various levels and special topics) ... Dreamweaver MX ... Linux and Apache ... Linux Operating System with Ret Hat Linux ... Linux System Administration ... Mac OS ... Windows XP Office Integration ... Excel (various levels and special topics) ... 3D Studio Max (Special Topics) ... Access (Advanced) ... Introduction to Computers ... DVD Authoring ... Word ... Visio: Flowcharts, Org Charts, and More ... Marketing your Website ... Layout Techniques for Web and Print ... AutoCAD Lite (Intermediate/Advanced) ... Flash MX (various levels and special topics) ... Digital Photography - Shooting for Creativity ... E-Commerce ... Final Cut Pro (various levels) ... Visual Basic ... Photoshop (various levels and special topics) ... XML ... QuickBooks (Intermediate) ... Illustrator Animation in Photoshop ... Illustrator CS (various levels and special topics) ... Layout Techniques ... Website Design and Usability ... Spyware - Protecting your Computer WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY CLASSES? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering through the Spring 2005 semester. At the end of that list is a link to a list of all classes offered at the North City Campus of SDCCD Continuing Education on Aero Drive -- plus details about each class. -- Call (619) 388-1800, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . Upcoming Events PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, July 30 ------- 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 . . . . . Exploring SQL Reporting Services DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, August 2 ------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD .Net Developers Group PLACE . . . . . Qualcomm Inc. . . . . San Diego Design Center Aud. - Bldg. E (Main Building) . . . . 6455 Lusk Blvd., San Diego MISC . . . FREE to visit INFO . . . . . http://www.sddotnetdg.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, August 3 ------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . UCHUG (Under the Computer Hood Users Group) PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Rm. 401 (lots of FREE parking) MAP . . . . . http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/jrrtc/facility/visit.htm MISC . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . . Greg Skalka at uchug@juno.com . . . . . . . . . . or http://www.uchug.org PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, August 3 ------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Macintosh User Group PLACE . . . . . Ramada Inn -- The Madeira Room . . . . . 5550 Kearny Mesa Road MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . . http://www.sdmug.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, August 5 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego PC Users Group PLACE . . . . . 3249 Fordham Street, Bldg. 1, Room 3 MISC . . . . . FREE - Get help with your questions or bring . . . . . . . . your broken computer INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://sdpcug.org/workshops.htm PROGRAM . . . . . Painter Artistry DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, August 6 ---------- 12-3 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Adobe Photoshop User Group PLACE . . . . Art Institute of California . . . . . . . . 7650 Mission Valley Rd. (near 163 and Friars) MISC . . . . . FREE INFO . . . . .http://www.sdphotoshopusers.com/ PROGRAM . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, August 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, August 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 . . . . . QandA DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, August 16 -------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User Group PLACE . . . . . CompUSA Training Center (new location) . . . . . . . . 4240 Kearny Mesa Rd. . . . . . . . . Training Center entrance is located several doors . . . . . . . . south of the store, just south of Starbucks MAP . . . . . http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/jrrtc/facility/visit.htm MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . .http://www.sdpcug.org PROGRAM . . . . . Access Reports DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, August 17 ------- 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/ PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, August 19 -------- 6:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego PC Users Group PLACE . . . . . 3249 Fordham Street, Bldg. 1, Room 3 MISC . . . . . FREE - Get help with your questions or bring . . . . . . . . your broken computer INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://sdpcug.org/workshops.htm PROGRAM . . . . . Online Tools for Genealogists DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, August 20 ---------- 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, August 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 . . . Computer Training for the Visually Impaired DATE/TIME . . Ongoing -- Call to arrange an intake and schedule SPONSOR . . . . . San Diego Center for the Blind PLACE . . . (1) 5922 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego -- (619) 583-1542 . . . . . . . . . (2) 1385 Bonair Rd., Vista -- (760) 758-5956 MISC . . . . . FREE to the visually impaired/blind. No previous . . . . computer skills are required. Instruction in adaptive software . . . . such as Zoom Text, Window Eyes and Jaws is used to access . . . . word processing, data entry, e-mail and the Internet. INFO . . . .http://www.sdcb.org (or phone numbers listed above) PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Museum of America DATE AND TIME . . Tuesdays thru Saturdays ----- 10am-5pm SPONSOR . . . . . Coleman College PLACE . . . . . 7380 Parkway Drive, La Mesa ADMISSION FEE . . . . . $1-2 INFO . . . . . http://www.computer-museum.org 3 . . . Tips and Tricks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. Go to http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RESOLVING PROBLEMS WITH NEW BLANK DOCUMENT IN WORD The Normal.dot is the template for a blank document in Word. If your Normal.dot template in Word becomes damaged, the problem isn't resolved when you reinstall Office or Word. Instead you will need to delete it and then let Word automatically rebuild this file. To do this… 1. Close Word (if you have it open) 2. Locate and rename the Normal.dot (or Normal) file to Normal.bak, answering Yes to a confirmation message that may appear about the future stability of this file. - On Windows XP systems it should be located in… C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\ Microsoft\Templates Note: 'username' is whatever your profile was called when Win XP was installed. - With most other versions of Windows, it should be located in… C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates 3. Open Word which automatically creates a new Normal.dot template (blank document file). Notes: - When you delete and rebuild the Normal.dot file as described above, you may also lose any customizations you have done in Word. For example, macros you added to the toolbars. - If the new rebuilt Normal.dot works fine, then you can safely delete the Normal.bak you created above. If not, then rename Normal.bak to Normal.dot and get technical help from someone familiar with inner workings of Word. CURIOUS ABOUT WHEN A WEBSITE WAS LAST MODIFIED? (shared by steve@worldstart.com) 1. Go to a specific Website 2. Type 'javascript:alert(document.lastModified)' -- without the quotes -- in the address bar in place of the Web address and press ENTER. Note: This will work only if you have JavaScript enabled within your browser >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Got a question? Post it on Our Message Board. http://www.iteachyou.com Click Ask a Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 . . . News You Can Use PETAFLOPS??? Japan has plans to ... develop a supercomputer that can operate at 10 petaflops, or 10 quadrillion calculations per second, which is 73 times faster than the Blue Gene ... the world's fastest supercomputer ... capable of 136.8 teraflops, or 136.8 trillion calculations per second, according to Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. http://snipurl.com/ghoh 5 . . . Interesting Sites Amazing Pictures of Newly-Hatched Hummingbirds (shared by Bill Pack) Note: Be sure to click Next Page at the bottom of each Webpage. http://snipurl.com/4uhm or http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/ 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor 'If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked or plucked. It takes a lot of money to look as cheap as I do.' -- Dolly Parton ----- Getting fired from my first real job wasn't fun, but it was quick. The sports-information director of a university summoned me to his office. Without a trace of subtlety, he asked, 'Ken, not counting today, how long have you been with us?' ----- At my age, forget all the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get! Your source for life-long learning
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