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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 -- November 3, 2005 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Tips and Tricks 4 . . . Interesting Sites 5 . . . 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 . . . . .Internet Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Nov. 7 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . . . You will learn lots of shortcuts and hints to make . . . . . . . . . . your experience on the Internet faster, more versatile, . . . . . . . . . . and more fun--for both new and experienced users. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Microsoft Word DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, Nov. 7, 14, and 21 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 . . . . .Windows Basics DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Nov. 8 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 TOPIC . . . . . Great Reference Sites on the Internet DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Nov. 14 TIME . . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . This class is useful for anyone doing research on the . . . . . . . . Internet or just looking for interesting and fun information. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Windows File Management DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Nov. 15 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 backup up . . . . . important files on your system, and much more. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . Excel DATE . . . . . 3 Mondays, Nov. 21, 28, and Dec. 5 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 . . . . . Excel Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Nov. 22 TIME . . . . . 1-5 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Windows Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, Nov. 22 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC . . . . . Suggested prerequisite: Windows experience. . . . . . . . . In this class you will learn useful tips that . . . . . . . . experienced Windows users should find useful. . . . . . . . . You will receive helpful handouts. NOTE . . This class was not listed on some class schedules. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .Word Tips and Tricks DATE . . . . . 1 Monday, Nov. 28 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. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . .PowerPoint DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm MISC . . . PowerPoint is Microsoft's popular program for creating . . . . visual presentations that can include text, images, movies, . . . . sounds, and much more. PowerPoint is included in MSOffice. INSTRUCTOR . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Buying and Selling on eBay DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 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 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 Elements - Album ... Digital Workshop Problem Solving for Artists and Developers ... Digital Photography (special topics) ... PHP and MYSQL ... Video Production ... Photoshop (various levels) ... Visual Basic VB.NET ... Working in 3D ... Excel Programming with VBA ... Flash ... Flash (special topics) ... QuickBooks (Intermediate) ... Studio 3D Max ... XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets ... Dreamweaver ... Dreamweaver (special topics) ... Illustrator ... Illustrator (special topics) ... Microsoft Certified Desktop Technician Prep ... ASP.NET ... Linux Programming with BASH ... AutoCAD Lite (various levels and special topics) ... PowerPoint (various levels) ... Internet Basics ... Portfolio Enhancement ... Cisco Academy 2 - Router Configuration ... Open Lab every Saturday (8 am - 1 pm) in Mac lab Rm 150 ... Open Lab every Sunday (8 am - 1 pm) in Mac lab Rm 150 ... Open Lab every Friday (5:30 pm - 9:30 pm) in Mac lab Rm 150 ... plus additional new topics each week throughout the semester ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Note: For those of you who have requested that Intermediate and Advanced levels of Excel be offered in the evening, our Dean, Jim Vincent, has responded by adding the following to our upcoming Spring 2006 schedule: Intermediate Excel 2 Thursday evenings, 5:30-9 pm April 20 and 27 Advanced Excel 2 Thursday evenings, 5:30-9 pm May 4 and 11 Excel Forms 2 Thursday evenings, 5:30-9 pm June 1 and 8 Jim Vincent is working on the additional requests for Intermediate Word and Access classes also. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 through the Fall 2005 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 . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, Nov. 4 -------- 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, Nov. 5 ------- 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 . . . . . Special Topics DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, Nov. 5 ---------- 12:00-3:30 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, Nov. 8 --------- 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 . . . . .Questions and Answers plus mini seminars DATE AND TIME . . Saturday, Nov. 12 ------- 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 . . . . . Imaging Products DATE AND TIME . . Tuesday, Nov. 15 -------- 6 pm SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User 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 . . . . .http://www.sdpcug.org PROGRAM . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Wednesday, Nov. 16 ------- 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 . . . . . TBA DATE AND TIME . . Thursday, Nov. 17 -------- 5:30 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Assn. of Information Technology Professionals PLACE . . . . . Sun Microsystems - 9515 Towne Centre Drive MISC . . . . . $15 for non-members INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://www.sandiego.aitp.org/ PROGRAM . . . . . Computer Workshop DATE AND TIME . . Friday, Nov. 18 -------- 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, Nov. 19 ------- 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 . . . . Annual Meeting and Celebration DATE AND TIME . .Saturday, Nov. 19 ---------- 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 . . . 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BACK UP OF EMAIL MAILBOXES AND CONTACTS If you want to back up your email mailboxes and contacts, following is the location of email mailboxes and contacts on most Win XP systems: Outlook Express... C:\Documents and Settings\ Application Data\Identities\ Outlook... C:\Documents and Settings\ Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Thunderbird... C:\Documents and Settings\ Thunderbird\Profiles\ Eudora... C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora For those with Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, or Juno Web accounts, the mail is stored on their server and must be individually downloaded/saved to your hard drive if you want to keep a copy on your computer. ..... SPECIAL SYMBOLS IN WEB ADDRESSES Symbol: ~ (tilde) Purpose: Usually means the Webpage resides in someone's personal folder on a server. Example: http://www.bigfoot.com/~pedersen Symbol: ? and = Purpose: Often indicates the site is using scripts or small automated programs to take data entered by the user and create a page from the info provided. For example, when you search for keywords in Google. Example: http://search.microsoft.com/default.asp?boolean=ALL Symbol: / Purpose: A single forward slash appears after the .com or .edu portion of a Web address if you are viewing Webpages that are embedded inside one or more folders/ Example: http://www.iteachyou.com/rosebud/index.html ..... SHOULD YOU USE FORMATTED OR FANCY EMAIL? Go to http://www.iteachyou.com/tt/fancy.htm 4 . . . Interesting Sites TOXIC ITEMS THAT CAN HARM PETS (shared by Bill Pack) http://www.sniksnak.com/plants-toxic.html SEE THE PATH OF RECENT HURRICANES... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7845030 5 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor An elderly, wealthy woman was boring fellow beachcombers as she bragged on and on about her two remarkable grandchildren. Unable to stand it any longer, a fellow sunbather interrupted her. "Tell me, Mrs. Rosenwasser, how old are your grandsons?" Mrs. Rosenwasser gave her a grateful smile and replied, "The doctor is four and the lawyer is six." .......... Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? Met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it. (author unknown) Your source for life-long learning
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