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Tampa Bay Computer
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7/15/2007
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Monthly Meeting
This Week!
Tuesday, 6:45 PM
at the
Largo Cultural Center!
(map)
Speaker: Henry
Elam
from Voice Factor/PCS Inc.
(speech recognition software)
Plus:
"Fun Stuff from the Internet"
Plus:
Q&A Session starts at 5:30!
Doc is going to teach Windows Explorer from 5:30 to 6:30!
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Everyone's
invited to join us at
Denny's after the meeting!
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We recycle ink &
toner cartridges!
Please bring your cartridges to the to the Resource Center or to the
Cultural Center the night of the monthly meeting.
We also recycle your
cell phones & chargers!
We give them to a group that
puts them back in circulation as 911 help for seniors (through
county services). If you donate a cell phone, please remember to
bring the accompanying charger.
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1) General Interest
Back To
Basics week at TBCS
June Hollister's Online Business Class - STARTS THIS WEEK!
3) SIG Stuff
Computer Autopsy, THIS Wednesday, July
18th, 10am 'til noon
4)
Educational Opportunities
The
Palm Harbor Computer Users Group - THIS MONDAY!
FREE
Seminar: Using Windows - THIS SATURDAY
Back To Basics week at TBCS
We still have many of our members who do NOT understand
Windows fundamentals. From time to time I think we will have to
re-visit the basics. New people are always coming on board, and
established users often need a refresher. I'm going to try to see
that they get that.
This week will be a big push in that direction.
I'm going to be speaking about Basic Windows 3 times this week:
1. Tuesday afternoon at the Resource Center from 1 to 3
pm when I do the Novice SIG.
2. Tuesday evening at the Largo Cultural Center from
5:30 to 6:30 pm when I attack Windows Explorer Basics before the main
meeting.
3. Saturday morning at the Palm Harbor Library from 10am
'til noon I will do Windows Basics once again.
On one hand, it's the Windows Explorer seminar on
Tuesday evening that's the most important. Windows Explorer is the
heart and soul of Windows - if you understand it, then so many Windows
tasks like saving files, copying files, creating CDs, manipulating your
photos, etc. are trivial tasks. When you don't understand Windows
Explorer, then you don't function competently with computer. I've
never tried to shoehorn this seminar into only 60 minutes, but I'm going
to give it my best shot this week. It's free and open to EVERYONE
(even non-members).
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June Hollister's Online Business Class - STARTS THIS WEEK!
5 Friday nights starting July 20th from 7 - 9 PM
This Friday night will be the start of June's Advanced
Online class. However, the first class will be essentially a review
of June's Basic Online class. It will be reviewed by John Lowe &
Joel Mikesell. June will return on July 27th to teach 4
more weeks in a row.
Since this class is now FREE it's almost filled
up. If you plan on attending, but you haven't yet registered, you
could get shut out at the door. You MUST register to reserve a spot
(see directions under "TBCS Classes" below)
While June has generously consented to teach the class
for free, ALL students should plan on giving her $5 for the handouts that
she will give out (a total charge - NOT a weekly charge). I think
that it's only fair that she not be stuck with all of the expenses of
producing handouts for this course. Let's keep this simple, can we?
Can everyone please just bring a $5 bill this Friday? And, NO, I'm
not writing receipts. Thanks.
Doc
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Slide
Shows using Proshow Gold by Stan Ashbrook
8 hours over 2
consecutive Saturdays: July 28 & August 4th, 9am-1pm $40
This is a hands-on course in our computer lab.
You must register in advance.
We have many ways today to share our photographs.
One that is gaining popularity is creating a slide show with your digital
images. An affordable but powerful software program for creating digital
slide shows is Photodex’s Proshow Gold. This class will teach all aspects
of creating a slide show including: importing images, making minor
enhancements, selecting transitions, timing, captions, adding panning and
zooming, a soundtrack, and voice over narration.
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Classroom Registration
All of our classes meet at our Resource Center in Clearwater.
The full class fee is due at the first session (cash or check please).
All classes come with a money-back guarantee if you're not happy with the instruction for any reason. You will find more info about our classes at:
http://tampa-bay.org/classroom.htm. In order to register for any of the classes (or if you have questions), please send an email to the Club Secretary.
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Our SIGs (Special
Interest Groups)
all meet at our Resource Center
(map:
http://www.tampa-bay.org/maps.htm).
All of our SIGs are free to our members.
SIGs are a great place to get more personalized attention, and get your
questions answered. The following SIGs will meet this week:
Monday, July 16, 7-9pm
eBay
SIG. Led by Jim Boynton
Tuesday, July 17, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by
Bill De Lucia
Doc will be filling in again. The first hour and a half will be
devoted to Windows Basics. We'll play with Web 2.0 for the last half
an hour.
Tuesday, July 17, 6:45pm
Monthly Meeting at
Largo Cultural Center (map)
Wednesday,
July 18, 10am-noon
Digital Video
SIG. Led by Tom Lembke
Computer Autopsy with Roger Leer this meeting!
Roger is going to disassemble a PC. He'll gut it, clean it, filet it, and then re-assemble.
He'll identify the internal parts, discuss functions, and provide general
information about how a PC works, how to make it run better, and how to
make it last longer for you. Come on out and see what's inside one
of those rascals.
Wednesday,
July 18, 7-9pm
Photoshop Elements SIG. Led by Stan Ashbrook
Adobe made Camera RAW 4.1
available for Elements, and we’ll look at the advantages of capturing your
images in the RAW format. We will also look at some techniques for
creating interesting derivations of our photographs. You are also
invited to bring some photographs that we will hang on the window boards
in the Resource Center. Those who attended the Photoshop SIG brought
some and they are being displayed, but there is room for more. Bring
2 or 3, unmounted 8 X 10s. Also bring any problems and problem
images that you need help with.
Stan
Thursday, July 19, 1-3pm
Beginning Embird
SIG. Led by Florence Osier
NOTE: Flo moved this SIG from the 3rd
Monday of the month to the 3rd Thursday.
Thursday, July 19, 7-9pm
Genealogy SIG.
Led by Howard T. Smith
Friday, July 20, 10am-noon
Basic Windows Classes. Instructor: Phil Sullivan
SIG is dark until Phil returns from vacation - date unknown.
Friday, July 20, 1-3pm
Intermediate Computer SIG. Led by Carol King
Carol has returned. Bring her your questions.
Saturday, July 21, 2-4pm
Microsoft Office
SIG. Led by Ray Danen
The SIG will be dark July, August, & September. Ray will return in
October
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The Palm Harbor Computer Users Group -
THIS WEEK
Monday, July 16th, 6:30-8pm
We meet at the Palm Harbor Library. Doc leads this informal group that
provides a forum for you to ask questions about computers, software, & the
Internet. We also provide software and hardware demonstrations etc.
Come join us, no matter what your level of expertise. Free & open to
the public; no registration required. You will find a map at:
www.palmharborlibrary.org/AboutUs/library.htm
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FREE Seminar: Using Windows - THIS
SATURDAY
Saturday, July 21st, 10am - noon
Doc teaches the fundamentals of Windows.
It doesn't matter which version of Windows you're using, this popular
seminar will be helpful. It takes place at the Palm Harbor Library, and
is free & open to the public; no registration required. You will find a
map at:
www.palmharborlibrary.org/AboutUs/library.htm.
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See you at the Largo Cultural Center!
Doc (Dave Dockery)
President, Tampa Bay Computer Society www.tampa-bay.org
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