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New Class Registration
SIG News  
President's Message
New Classes Added

New Fairway Center
Class Aides
Club's E-Mail
Address Change Notice
Free Online Classes
Tips

 

Look For Me.  I'll show you
WHAT'S UP for the month of July 

Computer Club Summer Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon,
Monday through Saturday


 

General Membership Meeting

Special Presentations

 

 

New Member Orientation/
Monitor Training

Class Registration

Held in the
 
Arizona Room

1st floor Fairway Recreation Center

Tuesday,  August 17, 9:00 a.m.

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Please Note:
Click Here for the New Procedure

All class registrations are available
on a walk-in basis anytime the club is open.
The class fee must be paid by check or exact cash
at the time of registration.

students should bring a USB flash drive to classes,
or they can purchase a 2 GB USB flash drive at the club for $10
(correct change, please).

Virus Protection  SIG
   
   
 

CD Burning  SIG


 

VIRUS  SIG Held -The Third Wednesday in
February, April, June, October, and December
Next one scheduled is
 Wednesday, October 20 , Room A - 9:00 a.m.

CD Burning SIG Held -The Third Wednesday in
January, March, May, September, and November
Next one scheduled is
 Wednesday, September 15 , Room A - 9:00 a.m.

     



PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FOR JULY, 2010

 



 

Hi, Everyone,

The General Membership Meeting held on July 16 was well attended, exceeding the quorum of 81 voting members present (118 total). The proposed Rules and Regulations for the computer club were all approved with two exceptions:

 I.          Executive Board

F. All Board members have voting privileges except for the President who has no vote except to break a tie.

 Proposed change: All Board members have voting privileges.

 The proposed change did not pass.

 VI.       Handling of Funds

B. Financial Records and Procedures

 An amendment was proposed by a club member and approved by the members to add the following statement:

5. The person who receives the check cannot be the signer of the check.

The revisions were incorporated into the proposed Rules and Regulations for presentation to the RCSC COC (Club Organization Committee) for review.

 The recently installed Cox high-speed internet was put to test by having all computers in the Members Lab (Room A), in Classroom C (Windows 7 Lab), and in the office accessing the internet at the same time. All were able to connect successfully—no crashes; no degradation of service.

 Thanks for making our club—your club, the best there is.


Barry Spinka
President

 

 

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    General Information From the Board       

 (1) Members are encouraged to attend the Round Table Discussions taking place on the first Friday of each month.
This group is led by Dick Faust, who is very knowledgeable about many facets of computers.
Bring your problems and questions to the Round Table Discussion group. You can always learn something here.

 (2) Not receiving e-mail messages from the Computer Club of Sun City?
It may be because we don't have your correct e-mail address, perhaps your mailbox is full, or our messages are blocked.
When a message is returned to us as undeliverable, that person's e-mail address is removed from our address list.
If your mailbox is full, you need to go to your inbox to delete unimportant messages.
Add the Computer Club of Sun City at ccsc@azquik.com to your address book so the computer club mail is not blocked as spam.
Did you get a new e-mail address? Please let us know so that you will receive important information from your club.
Send your new address to us at ccsc1@azquik.com.

 (3) The calendar changes and classes are added, changed, or cancelled throughout the month.
Be sure to check the latest information on the web pages.
Refer to the Calendar, Classes, News, and SIGs pages.
 

July Meeting

   Barbara Johnson  - Aides Coordinator
 

Class  Aides Needed

In the New Fairway Recreation Center , classes are being held in three classrooms.
Barbara Johnson  has volunteered to be the Aides Coordinator for our club.
This involves obtaining aides and computer operators for classes as requested by the class instructors.

Any Computer Club of Sun City member can volunteer to be an aide by contacting Barbara Johnson  by e-mail at:

suncitycomputerclub@gmail.com

Benefits for being an aide:

Skill refreshment by helping others (you do not need to be an expert in Windows 7, Vista, or XP).

Free class for members serving 16 hours as an aide or as a computer operator.

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New Classes Added

Check the Classes page for times and dates of these New Classes
 

Computing 101  - Beginning

Windows 7 Operating System

Explorer in XP

Digital Photography & CD Burning in Windows 7

PhotoShop Elements 7 - Lecture and Hands-on

Word 2007 - Beginning

Word 2007 - Intermediate

Word 2007 - Advanced

Excel 2007 - Beginning

Excel 2007 - Intermediate

Graphics in Word 2007

PowerPoint 2007

Creating DVDs from Anything

Open Office Writer

Quicken 2010

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Class Registration Procedure

end of long lines for Class Sign-ups.

You can walk into the club during normal club hours to sign up for all future classes.

 Classes that are available are in Individual Course Notebooks, located in the main lobby.

Each Notebook contains Registration Envelopes, Numbered, for the amount of spaces available in each class.

Do not take these envelopes home.

Envelopes must be completed in the Computer Club, with your check or exact cash enclosed and sealed in the envelope.

One envelope and one check or cash per student. Look in the course binder for the course fee.

Make Checks payable to "CCSC."

Fill out all blanks on the envelope, especially your  Phone Number and E-Mail Address, if you have one.

Give the completed envelope to the monitor who will deposit it into the specified file box.

students should bring a USB flash drive to classes,
or they can purchase a 2 GB USB flash drive at the club for $10 (correct change, please).

Sign-up is on a first-come, first-serveD basis

For a Printable copy of these procedures

Click Below

Sign Up Procedure

How To understand This Binder Setup

Our Instructors look forward to meeting all of you

and hope you have as much fun learning as they do teaching

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SIG NEWS

NEW SIG

Computer Backup & Restore
conducted by Bob Heath

Meetings will be on the 4th Thursdays
Room A,
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
There will be no SIG in August

The next Sig will be
Thursday, September 23, 9:00 a.m., Room A.

Computer Backup & Restore
 

NEW SIG

Computer Backup & Restore
 

The scope of this SIG will include the following:

1) Windows System Restore
2) Online Backup & Restore (e.g., Carbonite, Mozy, Cox, and Qwest online backup services)
3) Acronis True Image 2009 and 2010
4) Hard Drive Partitioning

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10


The Speak and Listen to Your Computer SIG

Meetings will be on the 3rd Monday
Room A,
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Speak & Listen to Your Computer SIG
will not be held  during
  July, August, and September.

Speak and Listen to Your Computer SIG


Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard

No meetings: July, and August and September


It is here, and it works. Talk to your computer, and it will type what you speak. Come join us in the Speak and Listen to Your Computer SIG, and learn about Dragon Naturally Speaking 10
and other talk-and-type programs.

If you can’t type but can talk to your computer, this is for you. It is easy to learn, it works, and  you will love it.

Vista/Windows 7 & E-mail SIG
conducted by Bill McLaughlin

4th Monday of each month
 Room A
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Vista/Windows 7 & E-mail SIG
will not be held in during
 June, July, and August
 


Vista/Windows 7 & E-mail SIG
 

On the fourth Monday of each month at 9:00 a.m. in Room A will be a
Vista/Windows 7 & E-mail SIG

No meetings June, July, and August

All issues relating to the new Windows & 7 operating system are discussed in this SIG.

The setup and use of the FREE Windows Live Mail e-mail program  (Note: There is not an email program included  as part of Windows 7) will be discussed. In addition, we will provide MSN, AOL, and Juno users an alternative method of browsing using Internet Explorer and the setup and use of the Windows Live Mail e-mail program.
 

 Round Table Discussion Group


1st Friday of each month
Room A,
9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Round Table Discussion Group

A Round Table, is a discussion group led by a moderator.
Anything involving computers may come up,
as questions and comments are encouraged.

If you have a problem or have learned something that might
benefit someone else, bring it to the Round Table.
You never know what might be discussed, and you may get your questions answered or learn something new.

Come join us in our Round Table Discussion Group!
 

The New Fairway Recreation Center

Click here to view the plans for the New Fairway Recreation Center

Phase 2 construction Started in July 2010.

 

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Computer Club's E-mail Address

The Computer Club's  E-MAIL ADDRESS for our members to CONTACT US is as follows.

Click here to send an e-mail:     ccsc1@azquik.com

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Do You have a New E-Mail Address or Change of Address?

Please keep your e-mail address up to date so we can notify you of Meetings, Events and Presentations at the club.

 Address Change Notice  - We have three ways to do this -      

1. You may fill out a Change Notice Form at the Club and turn it in to the Monitor.

2. You may e-mail the Club with your new address or e-mail changes.
     Click here ccsc1@azquik.com to send the Club an e-mail to notify us of your changes.

3. Your may print the Change of Address Form and bring or mail it in to the Club.
     Click here to access a printable copy of this Change Notice Form.


CHANGE NOTICE FORM
Use this form for reporting your new E-mail Address or any Address Change.
Please
Print this Form and turn it in to the Club Monitor to help us keep you informed.

Click here to access a printable copy of this Change Notice Form.

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Adobe Reader      

To obtain the Printable Calendar or Forms via the Internet, you need the Adobe Reader program installed on your computer.

This free program can be downloaded onto your computer using the Internet.
Check our Download page to download this program or to avoid downloading problems,
you can obtain the Adobe Reader  program on a CD for a 50-cent donation.

See the Monitor at the club in Fairway Recreation Center for your copy.

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Free - Online classes - HP learning center - classes available 24/7
    

This will give those of you who cannot make it to the club for lessons an opportunity to take online classes, free of charge.

Classes are available for beginning, intermediate and advanced courses.

Classes available in Word - Excel - PowerPoint - Access - Outlook - Publisher - How to Build your First Web Page - FrontPage -

Digital Photography - Adobe Photoshop  - Adobe Illustrator - Web Animation - Security - Networking  - IT -  Microsoft Visual Basic -

Combating Spam and Spyware and many more. Classes are subject to change.

Sign up and register at:  http://h30187.www3.hp.com/?mcID=em15  

Classes change monthly, so don't forget to refresh your web page every time you visit.

This is a great opportunity to get free classes while they last!

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SIG News

Genealogy SIG         Discover Your Family Tree

The Genealogy SIG, led by Tom Mulgrew, meets at 9:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.   
Anyone interested in doing their family history can join the Genealogy SIG to discover how family history records can be easily kept using various software programs.
I have used a few of these software programs in the past, and presently I am using Family Tree Maker for keeping up to date with my family history.
Genealogy as a hobby is enjoyed by many here in Sun City.
If you wish to get started searching your roots or if you already have a family history and would like to join us please check out our SIG.

Tom Mulgrew 

SIG NEWS

Digital Photography SIG      

This SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP covers all aspects of DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
It isn’t necessary to own a digital camera to enjoy the wonderful print enhancements available on your computer.
You can digitize your film either by scanning prints or requesting a CD at time of development.
Moving video and stills (slides) can be mixed in your final productions on DVD.
Come on out and join us. Digital Photography is an experience you will enjoy. Your computer is a darkroom with lights and no chemicals.
 No Digital Photography SIG meetings are held in June, July, August, and the first Tuesday in September.

A FEW WEB SITES ON THE SUBJECT
www.pricescan.com
www.cameraworld.com
www.outpost.com
www.videoguys.com
www.ulead.com
www.pinnaclesys.com
www.roxio.com
www.olympus.com
www.sony.com
www.hp.com
www.hplearningcenter.com/?mcID=em15

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 TIPS -- For Viewing Web Pages -- Shortcuts for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 - Windows XP and Windows Vista

 Increase or Decrease Text Size while viewing a Web Page

TIP: If you would like to Increase the Text Size you are viewing on a web page, Simply, Hold Down the CTRL* Key on your Keyboard,
          while Scrolling Backwards with your Wheel Button on your mouse. This will increase the text size to the largest size.
          To Decrease the Text Size simply Scroll Forward while Holding Down the CTRL* key.
          This should work in any of your Web Browsers such as Internet Explorer.


Use your Spacebar as a Shortcut for Scrolling a Web Page

TIP: Tapping the Spacebar in a web browser will Scroll Down One Page at a Time.
          Try reversing this!  Hold down the Shift Key while  Tapping the Spacebar will Scroll Back Up the Page.
          This is a great shortcut on a long web page.

 
Refreshing a Web Page       

       
When you view a Web page, it is stored in a cache on your computer. The next time you access that page,
           it is loaded onto your screen from     the cache.
          Therefore, you may not be seeing the latest version of the page.
TIP: Click on Refresh or Reload button at the top of your browser screen, or press the F5 function key at the top
          of your keyboard to refresh the page and see its latest version.
         
Control + F5 refreshes the current web page regardless of any time stamps.

Find box

TIP: There are a couple of different ways to open the Find box to find something on a web page. Control + F or F3 both work the same way.

Search Bar

TIP: Control + E will bring your cursor to the Search Bar; if an old search is typed in,
          it will highlight it so you can type in the new search without leaving your keyboard.

History

TIP: Control + H will show your History.

Stop a new web page from loading.

TIP: If you click the ESC key it will stop a new web page from loading.
          This comes in handy if you see it has content you don't want, if it is in a different language,
           it is loading slowly, or you just change your mind.

Full Screen

TIP: F11 toggles to and from "Full Screen" mode.

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Updated 07/27/2010 by Linda Williamson

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