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DECEMBER 2004-LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://www.lo-clc.org

Do not forget to check the Computer Learning Center Web Page (http://www.lo-clc.org) for all the latest in classes and up-to-date news. Here you will also find a new feature —TIP OF THE WEEK—which changes every week and might give you some helpful hints that you can use. If you have a tip that you would like to share or a question you would like to see addressed, send it to Mary Lou. Tips will be archived in the Tips Archive for future reference.

IMAC users are starting a Users’ Group of their own. The first meeting on November 5th went well. They decided to meet once monthly, next time in January. Look for the time and date in the January newsletter. All iMAC users are invited to attend. You will be able to ask questions and give each other support. Learn new things. Watch the “What’s Happening” column in the LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW for the next meeting date and time. It will be in the Calendar Section of www.lo-clc.org also. Victoria has added an iMAC Resources Section to the Resources page (page 8) on our web site.

DECEMBER USERS’ GROUP PROGRAMS:

• December 6 MAIL MERGE, Dick Steingraber presenting
• December 13 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (30 minutes) hosted by Mary Lou Solid
  Followed by a HOLIDAY GET TOGETHER (10:00 to 11:00)
• December 20 NO MEETING
• December 27 NO MEETING

JANUARY USERS’ GROUP PROGRAMS:

• January 3 NO MEETING
• January 10 TURBO TAX, presented by Jerry Trageser
• January 17 Holiday
• January 24 Internet Security Victoria Short Baum
• January 24 Q&A, Mary Lou Solid

SIG: The Digital Photography group will not meet in December. Watch for the January newsletter for the next meeting date.

The Investment Group will meet at 10:00 a.m. on December 10th.

Both of these groups are open to all interested seniors.

Our November Users’ Group meetings were very well attended. You never go home but that you have learned something, either something new or something that you have forgotten about. The group sessions start at 9:30 a.m. and continue to 11:00 a.m.

• On November 1st, Victoria Short Baum presented a program on SERVICE PACK 2. This is an upgrade for Windows XP. The group spent time explaining firewalls, the need for it and how it is used. Information on this can be found in the Resources Section of the web site above.
• Dave Park of Intel brought us Dr. Genevieve Bell, a senior researcher with Intel. On November 8th, her topic was TECHNOLOGY USE IN ASIA: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: She shared with us her experiences in other countries, how they use their computers and how they live.
• Evelyn Metzger, an iMAC user did a presentation on INVESTING on November 15th. Dave Park of Intel also found her for us. She talked about her own experience over several years on using the computer for information on what to buy and sell. Some of her favorites are
  • Quantum Investment Service, http://QuantumOnline.com Securities and
  • Exchange Commission. EDGAR. No cost but you must register.
  • Wealth of information, site continually changing.
  • REIT—Come to the Investment SEG and find out more about this.
  • ALD—AlliedCapital@yahoo.com Allied Capital
  • Corporation is the nation’s largest business development
  • company Yield—8.6%
  • PFH—J.C.Penney Trust CABCO trust certificates Yield—7.6%
  • BAC—Bank of America. Recently split 2 for 1 Yield—4.0%
  • BAC+a—Bank of America Preferred. Yield—6.3%
  • CIL—WAMU Corp Trust Yield—7.3%
  • EPR+a—Entertainment Properties Preferred REIT Yield—8.9%
  • EOP—Equity Office Properties REIT Yield—7.0%
  • KMP—Kinder Morgan Limited Partnership Yield—6.4%
  • MAA+F—Mid-America Apt. Preferred REIT Yield—8.4%
  • SPG—Simon Property REIT Yield—4.4%

There were no group sessions on November 22nd or 29th because of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Hope you didn’t eat too much and that we will be seeing you on December 6th.

CDs that are currently available at the CLC for a one dollar donation include:

• WINDOWS SERVICE PACK 2
• OPEN OFFICE
• TYPE FASTER

You may pick one up after the Monday Users’ Group after 11:00 a.m. or during the Wednesday Lab between 12:30 and 2:00. Please do not disturb a class in session to purchase these CDs. You may come to the Wednesday Lab if you are having a problem. There is usually someone there who can help you work through it.

Come and join us for a Holiday Get-Together from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 13th in our Computer Learning Center.

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR. Come and spend some time taking classes, learn something new and keep your brain young. Prove that old “dogs” CAN learn new tricks.

KAY KERR, your editor

NOVEMBER 2004--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS' GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://www.lo-clc.org

The Computer Center is working on a MAC Users’ Group. We have compiled a short list of MAC users from our classes in the past. If you know of anyone who might be interested in joining this group, please notify us. It will work on the same principles of the PC Users’ Group. You will have a source to bring your questions and problems for help in solving them. The first group will be Friday, NOVEMBER 5th from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Lake Oswego Computer Learning Center in the lower level of the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center. E-mail will be sent to those whose e-mail addresses we have. This will be a get acquainted session.

Walter Bell stated: “The purpose of the MAC Users’ Group would be to promote MAC computing, exchange ideas, review new software and hardware, and to invite our members to do presentations to the group on a topic of mutual benefit and choice.

“An additional benefit would be to promote our MAC instructional program through the development of a cadre of instructors, the procurement of new equipment, and the acceptance of donated equipment which the MAC Users’ Group could either use or sell.

“We could also plan other activities such as visiting the various MAC Stores to find out about new software and hardware, repair and maintenance of equipment, and sources for the purchase of new, used and refurbished equipment both locally and online.

“We could invite speakers for various computing topics, visit or join the Portland MAC Users” Group, and any other activity of interest to the MAC Users’ Group.

“When you contact MAC members, it would be very helpful if you got not only their telephone number but their E-MAIL ADDRESS as well and send that information to Walter Bell at wbell5@comcast.net or Carol Higgins at cahigg2@netscape.net.”

PC USERS’ GROUP--On October 4th, the program was “DEALING WITH SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH YOUR COMPUTER” presented by Victoria Short Baum. She showed us how to delete unwanted programs that were installed when you purchased your computer. You may go to http://www.lo-clc.org , click Resources for further information.

On October 11th, the program was “WHAT TO CONSIDER IN BUYING A DIGITAL CAMERA” presented by Bob Guyan. This too you can get from the http://www.lo-clc.org by going to Resources and Digital Cameras. The Computer Learning Center has a class on Digital Cameras also a Digital Photo Special Interest Group that meets every third Monday at 12:30 p.m. The next meeting will be Monday, November 15th. If you are using a digital camera, it is suggested that you keep extra batteries on hand. You can also purchase rechargeable batteries. There are many articles in www.geocities.com and Google.

October 18th, the program was ‘OPEN OFFICE” reviewed by Victoria Short Baum. This is a free word processing program. You may purchase a CD of the software at the Center for a one-dollar donation. It is similar to Microsoft Office software, but free.

“QUESTIONS & ANSWERS” was the program for October 25th, hosted by Mary Lou Solid. Many questions were covered. Time was spent on exploring some inexpensive telephone long distance plans using your computer. Also, you may go to the web site http://www.lo-clc.org and click on “Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer” that Victoria will download and have a link for you.

NOVEMBER PC USERS’ GROUP PROGRAMS:

• November 1 SERVICE PAC 2 presented by Victoria Short Baum
• November 8 TECHNOLOGY USE IN ASIA: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE” Presented by Dr. Genevieve Bell*, a senior researcher at INTEL
• November 15 INVESTING presented by Evelyn Metzger
• November 22 & 29—NO MEETINGS DUE TO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

SIG: DIGITAL PHOTO November 15th at 12:30 p.m.

INVESTMENT GROUP Nov-Dec meeting on Dec 10 at 10:00 a.m.

* Dr. Genevieve Bell just completed two years of ethnography fieldwork in seven Asian countries to find out how different cultures think about and use technology. There are three articles discussing Dr. Bell and her work for Intel. You can reach this site at www.intel.com/update/contents/rs05041.htm

Her discussion will be fascinating based on the work she does. Articles will be put on our website so you can familiarize yourself with her phenomenal work prior to her presentation. We would like to have a good turn out for this. Dave Park of Intel helped facilitate this speaker and we thank him.

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."— Helen Keller

Look over the new class schedule on the web site if you do not find a class that you want, let us know and we will try to fit one in next quarter. We hope to see you at our PC Users’ Group Meetings, Mondays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m..

KAY KERR, your editor

OCTOBER 2004-LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://www.lo-clc.org

We were closed September 6th for Labor Day holiday.

On September 13th, Ann Flore’s presentation was SECURITY ON THE WEB. If you were unable to attend this group meeting, a copy of the handout is available by going to www.sophos.com/spaminfo/bestpractice/phishing.html. Phishing is an increasingly common type of spam that can lead to theft of your personal details such as credit card numbers or online banking passwords. It attacks work by the scam artist sending “spoofed” emails that appear to come from a legitimate website that you have online dealings with such as a bank, credit card company or ISP—any site which requires users to have a personal identity or account. The email may ask you to reply with your account details in order to “update security” or for some other reason. It may send you to another website for purpose of stealing your personal information.

Never respond to emails that request personal or personal financial information. It is also important for users with a broadband connection to install a firewall.

On September 20th, STYLES & TEMPLATES IN MS WORD was presented by Richard Steingraber. Computers have a NORMAL template and style set up in them. He showed us how to modify a document template and change styles. Go to MS WORD and click HELP. Type in TEMPLATE or STYLES and follow the directions. The content of existing documents is not affected by changes you make to the templates they are based on. Word will update modified styles when you open an existing document ONLY if the AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE DOCUMENT STYLES option is turned on. NOTE; Set this option before you open an existing document by clicking TEMPLATES AND ADD-INS on the TOOLS menu.

GETTING HELP FROM THE MS WORD HELP MENU:

Just click MICROSOFT WORD HELP on the HELP menu. To type a question in the HELP window, click the ANSWER WIZARD tab. To scroll through a table of contents for help, click the CONTENTS tab. When you want to search for specific words or phrases, click the INDEX tab.

• The HELP in MS WORD will give you directions to
• Create a document template
• Modify a document template
• Apply a different style
• Apply the styles from another template by using the Style Gallery
• Use settings from another document or template

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS was the topic for September 27th. Mary Lou Solid did an excellent job with help from the group in answering most of the questions. This is always a good session because we all learn from each other’s questions.

OCTOBER USERS’ GROUP PROGRAMS:

• October 4 DEALING WITH SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH YOUR COMPUTER presented by Victoria Short Baum
• October 11 WHAT TO CONSIDER IN BUYING A DIGITAL CAMERA
• October 18 OPEN OFFICE (a free word processing program) presented by Victoria Short Baum
• October 25 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS hosted by Mary Lou Solid

SIG: DIGITAL PHOTO October 18th at 12:30 p.m.

INVESTMENT GROUP October 29th at 10:00 a.m.

Let us know if there is something that you would like presented in the future. Computer Users’ Group is held every Monday at 9:30 a.m. in our Computer Learning Center. You learn something every week. Hope to see you there.

KAY KERR, your editor

SEPTEMBER 2004-LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://www.lo-clc.org

Do not forget to check the Computer Learning Center Web Page (http://www.lo-clc.org) for all the latest in classes and up-to-date news.

If you are sending e-mail from another city that is not your home base, be sure to ask for a local phone number or you will be charged long distance toll from your home base. There may be an 800 number you can use.

In the August Newsletter, I noted that MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP Home Edition is available for $16.00 and WINDOWS 98 for $10.00. These are books, not the software package. These are excellent books with concise, visual, step-by-step instructions for handling all the tasks you’ll need to accomplish.

On August 2nd, Bob Eick presented a program on EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YAHOO. He suggested that you set up a second account for miscellaneous newsletters you receive. This will save space in your regular e-mail address. When sending e-mail to a group, put your own address first and all others as blind copies (BCC). That way you are not exposing all e-mail addresses. Also, if forwarding e-mail that you have received, copy and paste only the body of the mail onto the new one. Do not copy the previous addresses to whom it had been sent previously.

Vince Tylman presented INTERFACING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA WITH YOUR COMPUTER on August 9th. Classes are held in the Computer Learning Center so you can learn to do this also. Check the web page (http://www.lo-clc.org ).

On August 16th Todd Feinman presented LIBRARY’S NEW WEBSITE AND DATABASES. Now you can renew books, CD’s, Videos and periodicals on line. You can also request a special book to be put on hold for you. Also, a library card can be issued to you, which you will have to pick up in person and identify yourself. The library is connected to www.ConsumerSearch.com so you can get product reviews and reports by Consumer Search. Also www.Google.com has internet archives, Wayback Machine has old articles available. www.webopedia.com is also available.

There were no Users’ Group meetings on August 23rd or 30th.

SEPTEMBER USERS’ GROUP PROGRAMS:

• September 6 CLOSED for LABOR DAY
• September 13 SECURITY ON THE WEB presented Ann Fiore
• September 20 STYLES & TEMPLATES IN MS WORD presented by Richard Steingraber
• September 27 QUESTION & ANSWER Session

Digital Camera SIG: September 20th at 12:30 p.m.

Investment SIG: September 24th at 10:00 a.m.

Hope you had a great summer of sunshine and some Oregon rain lately. Come and join us and keep your brain cells young and healthy.

KAY KERR, your editor

AUGUST 2004—LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://www.lo-clc.org

Do not forget to check the Computer Learning Center Web Page (http://www.lo-clc.org) for all the latest in classes and up-to-date news.

There was no Users’ Group on July 5th because of Independence Day. Hope you had a chance to enjoy some fireworks.

On July 12th, Herman D’Hooge of Intel Corporation was the featured speaker. USER CENTER DESIGN was his topic. He is an innovative strategist leading Intel’s User Centered Design Group and has worked at changing the way employees do business by changing their working environment. Removing the cubical environment, he has set the stage for products of the future. It is nice to know what is in store for us. We hope to have more speakers from Intel.

Donlan Jones presented HINTS FOR TRAVEL & A MATHEMATICAL APPLICATION OF EXCEL on July 19th. Some of the good web sites he used were:

• www.rudymaxa.com
• www.hotwire.com
• www.orbitz.com
• www.priceline.com
• www.travelocity.com

Warning—if you make a reservation for hotel or flight, it is usually non-refundable. Shop around first.

For flight information, go to www.portlandairportpdx.com. You can use www.flytecomm.com/webtrax to display accurate flight status information, real-time aircraft position, departure and destination points, aircraft type, altitude, speed, departure time, and estimated time of arrival.

The mathematical problem: Consider a square with unit sides. Now draw a circle with radius R and center coincident with the center of the square. What value of R will minimize the area included in either the square or the circle, but not common to both? The answer: 0.171573653 square meters. Is that what you got? He used Excel.

July 26th was a QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION presented by Mary Lou Solid. Many questions were asked about firewalls, browsers, web mail, problems with e-mail. Before changing your e-mail internet provider, you need to notify the people in your address book/list by sending them a message with your new e-mail address. You should also send a message to your own new e-mail address.

The Computer Learning Center is selling several copies of MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP Home Edition ($16.00), also one for WINDOWS 98 ($10.00). See Warren or Jerry.

Our booth at the Lake Oswego Farmers’ Market has been doing well with many people stopping by. We are still looking for several more volunteers to work in the booth. Dates available are 7/31, 8/21, 8/28, 9/18, 9/25 and 10/2. Two people are needed in the morning (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) and two in the afternoon (11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.). If this is something you would like to do, drop by the Computer Learning Center and sign up.

AUGUST COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP PROGRAMS:

• August 2 EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YAHOO presented by Bob Eick
• August 9 INTERFACING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA WITH YOUR COMPUTER presented by Vince Tylman
• August 16 LIBRARY’S NEW WEBSITE AND DATABASES presented by Todd Feinman
• August 23 NO USERS’ GROUP MEETING
• August 30 NO USERS’ GROUP MEETING
• SIG: Digital Camera Monday, August 16th at 12:30 p.m.
• Investment Group No meeting in August.

Be sure to check the web site (http://www.lo-clc.org ) for the latest news of activities and classes. Also, for any changes in the schedule, look at the calendar. Hope to see you at our next Users’ Group meeting. Come before 9:30 a.m., if possible, to not disturb the program in progress.

KAY KERR, your editor

JULY 2004—LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://www.lo-clc.org

On June 7th Ed Srebnik presented a good program on the USE OF POWER POINT FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. This is a nice way to have a slide show for your family, etc. You have to download READER, which is free from Microsoft to be able to show your Power Point. If enough people would like to take a class on this, one will be scheduled. Ed recommended this book: HOW TO DO EVERYTHING IN POWER POINT by Ellen Finkelstein Osborne. It costs $24.99, but if you go to Borders Book Store, tell them you are with us and they will give you a 20% discount. There is one in Lake Grove near the I-5 Freeway.

Jerry Trageser led a QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION on June 14th. Many good questions were introduced. You should not miss these sessions because they are usually very informative. Every question provides benefit to everyone. The Center has some computers for sale. If you are in the market for one, check with Jerry. Again, we are asked what presentations you would like to hear. Send an e-mail to the CLC Webmaster. Also, if you like to be a presenter, let us know.

On June 21st, Karl Hoffmann was not available, so, we talked about viruses. Jerry Trageser chaired the session. It was recommended that you have your virus protection program on an automatic check-up. Many of the virus scares end up as a hoax. Check Victoria’s input on our Web Page.

June 28th BASIC INTERNET SECURITY—Viruses, Firewalls and pests was presented by Victoria Short Baum. Most of what she covered can be found on the CLC Web Site: http://www.lo-clc.org. Look under Resources and Security. There is some free software that can be downloaded, such as Adaware from Lavasoft. Also, a free Windows Firewall, such as Zone Alarm. She recommended that you always install new updates to your computer programs.

JULY COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP PROGRAMS:

• July 5 CENTER CLOSED for Fourth of July—Independence Day
• July 12 Presentation by Intel’s Innovation Strategist, Herman D’Hooge
• July 19 TRAVEL PLANNING presented by Donlan Jones
• July 26 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS by Mary Lou Solid

SIG:

• Digital Camera Monday, July 19th at 12:30 p.m.
• Investment Group Friday, July 30th at 10:00 a.m.

We will have a table/booth at the Lake Oswego Saturday Farmers’ Market in Millennium Square on 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, 8/21, 8/28, 9/18, 9/25 and 10/2. If you would like to help, let us know. We will need two people in the morning (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) and two people in the afternoon (11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.). One of each group will have ability to run the Power Point Program showing activity in the CLC. This will let people in Lake Oswego know what we are doing in our Computer Learning Center. There is a sign-up sheet at the Center.

In the June newsletter, we had a problem with the margins and the credit for presenting on May 17th INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER was somewhat eliminated. I wanted to give credit to Wally Helm and Mary Lou Solid who did an excellent job.

Be sure to check our Web Page or the bulletin board for new classes. If you do not find what your are looking for, let us know. HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

KAY KERR, your editor

JUNE 2004-LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS' GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://www.lo-clc.org

May 3rd our program was a QUESTION & ANSWER session with Jerry Tregaser presenting. Many good questions and many good answers, as usual. These are good meetings to attend, especially if YOU have a question.

On May 10TH Tom Wilser presented a program on SEARCH ENGINES. Some he used and talked about:

• www.theweb.com -- only major search engine that uses webcrawled results. Advanced search includes audio, video, and file types (including computer software).
• www.Altavista.com -- Best at seeking out hard to find facts and figures.
• www.altavista.com/web/text -- for dial up and faster results.. www.Babelfish.altavista.com -- language translator
• www.Aol.com -- You don't need to be an AOL member to use AOL Instant Messaging.
• www.Alerts.aol.com -- Reminder e-mails.
• www.Finance.aol.com -- Track your investments.
• www.Askjeeves.com , www.ask.com -- Best plain engine search engine.
• www.excite.com -- Searches 11 sites and then combines them into one result
  • www.movies.excite.com www.Tv.entertainment.excite.com www.myway.com , www.iwon.com -- other sites owned by Excite.
• www.google.com -- a good one, we use frequently.
• www.Images.google.com -- enter name or phone number and see what shows up.
• www.Yahoo.com -- good one
• www.health.msn.com -- your health questions
• www.zone.msn.com -- games

There are many more but no room here to print them. You should have attended this meeting.

We had a good demonstration of what is INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER presented by Wally Helm and Mary Lou Solid on May 17th. We were shown what was inside the box and how it is put together. They also warned us not to play with the power area.

May 24th Victoria Short Baum presented the program WINDOW SETTING CONTROLS. For a complete copy of the presentation go to www.lo-clc.org and click on go. When the Computer Learning Center Web page comes up, click on GROUPS in the left hand column. Then go to Users' Group | Meetings Archive | May 24th | Presentation Outline. A hand will point to pdf or doc, right click and you will see the 13 pages of SELECTED WINDOWS SETTINGS, which you can print out for future reference. There will be a two-session class on this on June 22nd and 24th at 12:30 pm. The class is called MORE WINDOWS.

May 31st was MEMORIAL DAY and the Center was closed.

JUNE COMPUTER USERS' GROUP PROGRAMS:

• June 7 USE OF POWER POINT FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS presented by Ed Srebnik
• June 14 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS presented by Jerry Tregaser
• June 21 INFORMATION from Karl Hoffmann, subject to be announced.
• June 28 BASIC INTERNET SECURITY, firewalls, viruses, etc. - presented by Victoria Short Baum

SIG (Special Interest Groups):

• DIGITAL CAMERA, June 21st at 2:30 pm
• INVESTMENT, June 25th at 10:00 am

Do not forget to check the Computer Learning Center Web Page (http://www.lo-clc.org ) for all the latest in classes and up-to-date news. We need to thank Victoria for doing an outstanding job of setting this up for us. Warren Brune would like you to send any suggestions for classes, programs for the Users' Group, or let him know if you are interested in volunteering for presentations, etc. Also, it is planned to include the Computer Learning Center during the Saturday Market in Lake Oswego Millennium Park on Saturdays. Maybe you would like to help with that. Volunteer, have fun!

KAY KERR, Your Editor

MAY 2004--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS' GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER                       http://www.lo-clc.org  

Jerry Trageser did a good presentation of Turbo Tax on February 2nd. Several people there had also used it before and were happy with it. The deluxe version has an audio included in the explanation of the software, which takes you through the steps. In the basic version you have to read the directions yourself. They said it is also quite full proof in helping you through the steps.

On February 9th Bob Eick led a Question and Answer session. These are always good because we all learn from the questions. He gave us keyboard shortcuts and I am including them in this newsletter:

If your hands are already on the keyboard, sometimes it's easier to use keyboard shortcuts than it is reaching for the mouse. You may want to print this as a handy reference. I have done this, and then made up a *cheat-sheet* of the ones I use to have handy until I learn them, or use a High-Liter on this printout. Bob (¤.¤)~~/

Shortcuts built in to applications and Windows

• Ctrl+N New
• Ctrl+O Open
• Ctrl+S Save
• Ctrl+P Print
• Ctrl+Z Undo
• Ctrl+X Cut
• Ctrl+C Copy
• Ctrl+V Paste
• Ctrl+A Select All
• F1 Help
• Alt+F4 Close Window
• Windows Key Start Men

Shortcuts with the program Winkey (www.copernic.com/winkey/)

This is a memory resident program and will show up in the system tray on the taskbar. Several standard shortcut are already set in the program

• Windows Key + D: Show Desktop•
• Windows Key + E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Key + F: Find Files or Folders...
• Windows Key + M: Minimize All Windows
• Windows Key + Shift+M: Undo Minimize All
• Windows Key + R: Run...
• Windows Key + Tab: Select Task
• Windows Key + Break: System Properties
• Windows Key + F1: Windows Help

Presidents’ Day was February 16th and the Center was closed.

February 23rd Mary Lou Solid showed us how to repair a printer. She went to www.HOWSTUFFWORKS and looked up the name of a printer. This went into demonstrations and what you should look for--troubleshooting. We also discussed ink jet refilling yourself. Several in attendance have been doing this with good results. A few have had “accidents” and have painted their hands as they learned, but have kept on and are satisfied doing it. FRY’s has supplies.

Special Interest Groups (SIG):

• Digital camera group meets on the 4th Monday from 2:30 to 4:00. Next March 22nd.
• Investment user group meets on the 4th Friday from 10:00 to 12:00. Next February 27th.

The programs for March 2004 are:

• March 1 “HTML—Second Look” presented by Bob Guyan
• March 8 “Word Perfect Overview” presented by Victoria Short Baum [Changed to CLC web page preview – Webmaster]
• March 15 “Questions & Answers” – always good; we learn from each other
• March 22 “Spreadsheets” presented by Dick Steingraber
• March 29 “High Speed Downloads and CD Burning” presented by Jerry Trageser

SEE WHAT CLASSES THE COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER HAS ON THE NEW SCHEDULE.

The User Group is open to all seniors at no cost and you do not have to be a member of the Center, but it would be nice if you are.

HOPE TO SEE YOU ON MONDAY at 9:30. KAY KERR, your Editor

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FEBRUARY 2004--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS' GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER

With the new year, the snow came. I hope you all had an easy time of it. We live on a cul-de-sac, which was not plowed, so we had to wait for the rain to wash the ice away. If it were not for the computer, I would have had cabin fever. Fortunately, our electricity was on during the storm.

Steve Anderson really made an interesting presentation at the January 5th Users' Group Meeting. He did a good job researching LINUX and several of the attendees were new faces who also knew something of LINUX.

January 12th was a presentation on "Investments" by Evelyn Metzger. Some of her favorite sites are
REITs, NAREIT.COM, Yahoo Finance, Google search, Fool.com, Dogs of the Dow, Quantumonline.com, Morningstar.com, Investor.Reuters.com, Hoovers.com This brought up an idea of the Computer Center having an Investors' User Information Group. No money will be involved, just discussions on the market. If you are interested, come to their first meeting on Friday at 10:00 a.m. and share your experiences of using the computer for investing. Quantumonline.com is a source of information aimed at fixed income investments. It will give you backgrounds on companies. There is no cost to register.

Martin Luther King holiday was January 19th, so there was no Users' Group Meeting.

On January 26th, Richard Beckwith of Intel gave us an explanation on "Wireless Networking," how it started and what its future might be. There is no end to what this might do. Mr. Beckwith is a psychologist and has been working on how people are using technology. He told us that next year or the year after, everything that communicates will also compute and everything that computes will also communicate. There is a small radio in computers of the future.

The programs for February 2004 are
February 2 "2003 Turbo Tax" presented by Jerry Trageser
February 9 "Questions and Answers" **
February 16 HOLIDAY--Presidents' Day--center closed
February 23 "Do It Yourself Printer Repair" presented by Mary Lou Solid
** "Questions and Answers" are always good sessions. We learn from each other.

Please take a few moments to tour Victoria Short Baum's first cut at a WEB PAGE--
http://www.loclc.shortbaum.com/ACC.html. [loclc.shortbaum.com]
3/28/2004 new address: lo-clc.org
Jerry says for us to give her some feedback at the next meeting.

FROM A NOTE RECEIVED, I GIVE YOU:
"I am passing this on to you because it has definitely worked for me...
And at this time of year we all could use a little...calm!!! By following the simple advice I read in an article, I have finally found inner peace...the article read:

"The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you've started."
So I looked around the house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished....and before coming to work this morning I finished off a bottle of red wine, a bottle of white, the Bailey's, Kahlua and Tia Maria, my Prozac, some valium, my cigarettes and a box of chocolates. You have no idea how freakin good I feel....
You may pass this on to those you feel are in need of Inner Peace..."

And with that, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE NEXT USERS' GROUP MEETING.
KAY KERR, your editor

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JANUARY 2004 NEWSLETTER
from the LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER USERS' GROUP
of the LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER

If you haven't been coming to the User's Group meetings, you have missed some good programs. December 1st was a Question & Answer session by JERRY TRAGESER. We learned that there is a place called FREE GEEK at 1731 SE 10th Avenue in Portland, OR (503-232-9350) where you may pick up used hardware, parts and connectors, etc. for your computer at cheaper prices. They will also take your old computers for recycling--may charge you $10. You may call first to see if they have what you are looking for. Also discussed buying a Dell product which is now at a reduced rate. Be aware that you might want other software and components that are not included in the sale price which will run the cost up.

WARREN BRUNE was awarded a LAKE OSWEGO UNSUNG HERO AWARD for 2003. This was well deserved and we are proud that the city acknowledged him.

On December 8th, BILL MacKENZIE, Communications Manager of INTEL informed us of a great future for INTEL in Oregon. It is one of their major campuses and they look forward to more expansion here. Founded in 1968. Investment in Oregon is $9,000,000. They have plants all over the world which helps sell their product. The trend now is more laptops. It is Oregon's largest employer--14,500 employees--located near Hillsboro on 460 acres. In Oregon, everything that Intel does, is done here.

On December 15th, TERESA O'HALLORAN talked about QUARK EXPRESS 6.0 (QuarkXPress) which she uses in her work here at Center in composing the LEISURE NEWS. We had a great business meeting following the User's Group.

There was no program scheduled for December 22nd because it is too close to Christmas. The December 29th Group meeting will be a Question & Answer Session.

You have received a copy of the new 2004 class schedule, for you to ponder and decide which classes you would like to enter or assist with. If there is something you would like a class in or a subject you would like covered in the User's Group sessions, let us know. Also, we are always looking for volunteers to teach or assist with a class. By assisting, you learn some of the things you forgot.

The Adult Center is also looking for volunteers to help with their many fun chores that you may be capable of helping with. Drop by and see how you can fit in as a volunteer. Or, sign up for programs offered.

Don't forget about our Computer User's Group on Monday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. and the Supervised Lab on Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. for students and former students.
If you are having problems with something, don't forget that you can bring your problems to the Questions & Answers sessions. There is usually someone here who can work you through your problem. We all learn from all questions. If you have a digital camera, you might want to join the group which meets the third Monday here from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. This is a special interest group that is free.

January User's Group sessions will be:
January 5 "Operations System" presented by Steve Anderson
January 12 "Investments" presented by Evelyn Metzger
January 19 CENTER CLOSED--Martin Luther King Holiday ("Wireless Network" presented by Richard Beckwith is being rescheduled.)
January 26 "Questions and Answers)

MAKE IT A 2004 RESOLUTION TO COME TO THE USER'S GROUP ON MONDAYS. SEE YOU THERE. KAY KERR, Editor.