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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 -- October 15, 2008 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . Interesting Sites 5 . . . 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 . . . . . Protecting Yourself on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, October 20 TIME . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . Learn about how to prevent viruses, spyware, hackers . . . . . . . . . . phishing, and other online security threats. Antivirus . . . . . . . . . . software is not enough! INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, October 20, 27, and November 3 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Word is Microsoft's popular word processing . . . application that is bundled with all versions of MSOffice INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, October 21 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 . . . . . Introduction to Computers DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, October 21 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 Excel DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, October 27, November 3 and 10 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 . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, October 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, October 28 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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. 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. … Photoshop (special topics) … Photoshop (various levels) … Photoshop Elements (Intermediate) … Illustrator (various levels) … Design Portfolios and Self Promotion … iLife … Rapid Website Development … Dreamweaver (various levels) … Dreamweaver (special topics) … Programming with VB and C+.Net … PHP and MySQL … Internet Marketing (special topics) … ASP.Net … Flash (special topics) … Flash (various levels) … Digital Photography … QuickBooks (Intermediate) … VBA for Office 2007 ... Open Lab every Saturday (8 am - 1 pm) in Mac lab Rm 150 ... 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 High Availability Best Practices DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, October 16 --------- 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 . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, October 17 -------- 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 . . . . .Google Earth plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, October 18 ------- 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 . . . . . Mini Fair DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, October 18 ---------- 9 am -------- 3rd 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 . . . . . Photo Bucket DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, October 21 -------- 7 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User Group PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Room 306 (lots of FREE parking) MAP . . . . . http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/map.asp MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . .http://www.sdpcug.org PROGRAM . . . . .How to Send/Receive Faxes DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, October 25 ------- 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, November 1 ------- 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, November 5 ------- 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/map.asp MISC . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . . Greg Skalka at uchug@juno.com . . . . . . . . . . or http://www.uchug.org PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, November 7 -------- 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, November 8 ------- 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 3 . . . Tips and Tricks DISPLAY GRIDLINES ON THE SCREEN IN WORD Office 2000/XP/2003: a. Click VIEW-TOOLBARS; click (if necessary) to place checkmark by Drawing. b. Click Draw button in Drawing toolbar. c. Click Grid. d. Click Display Gridlines on Screen. e. Make changes as needed and click OK. Office 2007: f. Click VIEW - GRIDLINES (in SHOW/HIDE section). ----- LOCK AN ENTIRE EXCEL WORKBOOK Office 97/2000/XP/2003: a. Click TOOLS - PROTECTION and follow directions on screen. Office 2007: b. Click HOME - FORMAT (in CELLS section). c. Click PROTECT SHEET (in PROTECTION section) and follow directions on screen. ----- 4 . . . Interesting Sites NOT SURE ABOUT MEANING OF A FILE EXTENSION http://filext.com/ For example, if you receive a file with the name abc.tif you can search the .tif portion at this website to see what type of a file this is. ----- THE MEANING OF SLANG EXPRESSIONS http://www.slangsite.com 5 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor Harold's wife bought a new line of expensive cosmetics guaranteed to make her look years younger. After a lengthy sitting before the mirror applying the 'miracle' products, she asked, 'Darling, honestly, what age would you say I am?' Looking over her carefully, Harold replied, 'Judging from your skin, twenty; your hair, eighteen; and your figure, twenty five.' 'Oh, you flatterer!' she gushed. 'Hey, wait a minute!' Harold interrupted. 'I haven't added them up yet.' Your source for life-long learning
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