BENTSEN GROVE COMPUTER CLUB
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MEETINGS MONDAY ROOM 3R BEGINNERS MEETING GENERAL MEETING |
SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS: If
you would like to meet in a small group to discuss one of the following subjects,
contact the following people.
If
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John Abbott….424-0537 Val Barron……519-2319 Harold Buechly.519-7375 George Kelly…584-7349 |
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UPCOMING EVENTS The Pizza SIG will meet the third Monday of each month throughout the season at Mr. Gatti’s |
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Last Monday Demonstrations By Harold Buechly, Scanners Using Visioneer’s
Paperport software 1. Create a new folder, 2. Scan a picture,
3. Scan documents, 4. Scan and e-mail as attachments, 5. Scan a hand full of
money, 6. One button to e-mail, fax etc. Using I-View 1. Acquire a picture, 2. Resize or edit
it. Using OCR 1. Using Word, activate the OCR software,
2. Scan 3 double pages (6 pages), 3. Convert picture of pages to text, 4.
Edit as necessary, 5. Use Windows Speak allows the written word to be spoken
through the computers speakers. Speak is part of Word 2002. |
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This week’s Demonstration. Photography by Bill Wiese. Be prepared for an interesting presentation by one of our own members. Bill will demonstrate several features of photo editing programs. If you were present at his last presentation, I know you will not miss this one. Bill has agreed to continue his presentation the next week if you would like him to. Be sure to let him know your desires. |
Barron's Bytes By Val Barron
Lousy
Weather If our
editor proofreads my column before publication he will not like the term “lousy”.
He might change it to something like “Cloudy Weather With a Chance of Rain”.
He would of course be in good company. Neither the The reason I mention this is because the great thing about lousy weather is that it gives us ample time to stay indoors and learn more about our computers and the World Wide Web. With that in mind I’ll offer up a few tips that I hope you find worthwhile. I Been Searchin’Seems to me that was the name of a rock and roll
song from the ‘50’s but I can’t remember who sang it. I do however know who
is responsible for the best Searchin’ advice that I
have recently come across. That would be Ellen Chamberlain, Head Librarian at
the Home PageEach of us
has a “Home Page” on our computer. The home page is the page we go to when we
open Internet Explorer or whatever browser we use. Some of us stick with the
one that comes with our computer, perhaps MSN.com,
or if we have AOL, that gives us AOL.com as
our default home page. Some of us like Yahoo
or CEO Express. Many of us use the
home page of our club. A few of us build our own home page with Microsoft
Word. From time to
time I’d like to offer up a page for you to consider as your home page. Some
pages will be “Portals” some will be “News” type pages that you might
personalize for local weather. There are literally millions of pages on the
web that you might find useful as a home page. Your home page should be the one
page on the web that you find most useful for your own use and that may well
change from time to time. The page I offer today is INFO321 at http://www.info321.com/. This
site is basically a Portal but with a difference. Things I like about this
site. First, it is free. Second, it has a great tutorial, just click on
Site Demo in the header of the page then click on Next after you read each
new topic. Another plus is that you can add your own links and customize it
in many ways. It has a capacity of several hundred personal links. There are
many other things to like about but I’m sure you’ll discover many things to
like here. Things I
don’t like about this site. My only real complaint is that the typography and layout seem
rather crude after I have used CEO Express for many years as my Home Page.
However, at the bottom of their pages is a link called “Contact Us” where you
can send an e-mail to the Webmaster. I’m sure you’ll find other things to
like or dislike here but I think it is a worthy candidate for your
consideration as a Home Page. Happy
computing, Val Barron |
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Wanted: Used EPSON printer model 980 or C80. Contact Richard Lehnhardt at 519-7588 |
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Visit www.bgrcc.com and click on TOP DOWNLOADS and TOP WEB SITES to view new pages on our site. Under TOP WEB SITES you will find: How Do I Do That http://www.shortcourses.com/how/contents.htm Offers many short courses mostly on image and photography. Some courses can be finished in a few minutes, others may take an hour or more. Please submit other downloads and web sites that are really special for listing on these web pages. |
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