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December 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

We have had a great year. Thank you to all our presenters, instructors, special interest group leaders, the Wednesday Lab helpers. MARK MATSON for updating our PC equipment and doing many things to keep us going. WARREN BRUNE for setting up our schedule of classes and all that is involved. Also, to PAUL SLEEPER who updates and maintains the MAC equipment. ELAINE DICKSON for starting our fundraiser social time. BRENDA SUTEU for offering us the opportunity to sell cinnamon rolls at the Farmers Market. Funds from this gave us enough money to upgrade our MAC equipment. And thank you, all you faithful friends and volunteers who attend our Monday morning Computer Users Group.

LAKE OSWEGO UNSUNG HERO: This year BOB GUYAN has been chosen as an Unsung Hero for 2007. He has set up and worked on the database of volunteers at the Lake Oswego Library as well as setting up our CLC database, which is used in sending out information to members of the User Group. He has been an instructor in many classes on digital photography and is a co-leader of the digital photography group that meets the third Monday at 12:30 p.m. We have many great volunteers. Who will be nominated next year?

The DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP cancelled meetings in November and December.

The INVESTMENT GROUP will meet on Friday, November 30th with a program on FOUR WAYS TO CUT TAXES. The program will teach you how to take advantage of tax breaks before they are gone. The group meets at 10:00 a.m. in the Computer Learning Center and everyone is invited.

On November 5th TODD FEINMAN of the Lake Oswego Library presented THE INVISIBLE WEB, Part 3. He opened the door for us to find a greater assortment of knowledge. Watch for the next presentation by TODD

VETERANS DAY was November 12th. The Center was closed for the holiday.

HOLIDAY PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS was our topic on November 19th, presented by REBECCA FORBES. Some suggestions: Take group shots early in the event. Try close-ups. Take several shots and avoid busy background. Some fun shot are candid shots of people getting into position. Flash works for about eight to ten feet on digital. To improve appearance, ask people to lean forward and raise their chins. Too bad if you missed this one; it was a good session, many more ideas were presented.

QUESTION and ANSWER on November 26th was hosted by BOB GUYAN and WALLY HELM. The meeting started with a short movie on the Rubik’s Cube. BOB worked through a question of sending information back to your home computer when you are away from home. One suggestion was to send yourself an e-mail. Discussed programs available as LogMeIn.com free. Need for passwords on many of these programs. Some software mentioned, Keepass and Roboform, both free. You should come to these QUESTION and ANSWER sessions with your questions and learn from other people’s questions. We enjoyed food at our Social today, which was provided by ELAINE DICKSON and DAR YOUNG.

DECEMBER 2007 COMPUTER USERS GROUP SCHEDULE: These start at 9:30 a.m. and everyone is invited==both PC and MAC users

  • December 3 THE INVISIBLE WEB, PART 4 presented by TODD FEINMAN of the Lake Oswego Library
  • December 10 MUSIC ON THE COMPUTER presented by BOB GUYAN and VINCE TYLMAN
  • December 17 HOLIDAY PARTY—our yearly celebration (on the house). Party is for all PC and MAC users, instructors, and LOACC staff Come and enjoy.
  • December 24 NO USER GROUP MEETING.------- NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 7, 2008

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP no meeting in December.

INVESTMENT GROUP December 28th at 10:00 a.m.

MAC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP December 13th and 27th at 12:30 p.m.

ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON, and if I may wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR. May we have a healthy and prosperous 2008.

KAY KERR, your editor

November 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

Have you been reading the TIP OF THE WEEK on the above web site? Even though MARY LOU SOLID is now in California, she has been providing us with new tips every week. You may also review the tips that are in archives.

I again got a notice that all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and we will be receiving sales calls. We will be charged for these calls. To prevent this, we must call 888-382-1222 from our cell phone. It is a National Do Not Call list. This one call will block your number for five years. It is sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission. Pass this information on.

On October 1st, RICHARD STEINGRABER presented the fifth and last part of THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD series. It has been very informative and gave the history of how the computer came to be.

REBECCA FORBES presented TRAVELING WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA on October 8th. Some tips:

  • Check your camera before you leave on your trip.
  • Read the manual that came with camera.
  • Pack enough media cards, extra batteries, battery charger, and manual.
  • Burn a CD at a camera store to back up your media card.
  • Take lots of shots—look twice and shoot once.
  • Best time is early morning, late afternoon, shade or clouds for best shots.
  • For best shots, stand with one foot in front of the other, hold camera still against face, elbows next to body.
  • Pay attention to background, what is behind heads.
  • Take shots from different directions, different angles, with or without flash.
  • Get close, then closer.
  • Take pictures of signs as an introduction to your pictures for location.
  • Tell stories about your trip.
  • Send pictures home by e-mail.
  • She recommends using the Picasa 2 software.
  • This can be downloaded free from Google. There is a plug-in available to make Picasa work with your MAC.

The October 15th program was MORE MAC—COMPARING THE MAC AND THE PC presented by PAUL SLEEPER, head of our MAC special interest group which meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 12:30. All MAC users invited. Our Computer Learning Center has installed the new MAC MINI on all MAC equipment. PAUL demonstrated what it could do. There are many shortcuts on this machine. Come to the group and learn.

MARK MATSON on October 22nd presented the program Lotus Symphony a new free Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Presentation program.

On October 29th the QUESTION AND ANSWER session was hosted by BOB GUYAN. He showed a slide show made up of pictures he had taken of the Computer Learning Center in the past. If you want to see cartoons about computer users, ED CAMPBELL has compiled twelve pages of them. Go to ed-r-Campbell@comcast.net. We had a discussion about JOTT and SKYPE. If you were at this session, you would know what these are for. All our sessions are worthwhile for PC and MAC users.

We want to thank BERYL DAHL and RENEE SLOAN for their contributions to the Coffeecake Social today. Profits reached $53 for our treasury and we all had fun. ELAINE DICKSON is looking for volunteers for the Coffeecake Mondays (last Monday of the month). You may contact ELAINE at Dickson.Elaine@hotmail.com or RENEE at renee97035@phreego.com to report your preferred date to provide goodies in 2008.

MAC GROUP: See note above for October 15th. PAUL SLEEPER announced that the new LEOPARD for MAC will be available soon. POWER MAX (1-888-769-7629) is a source for new and pre-owned MAC supplies. The MAC machines that were used in this center are for sale at a low price.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP: Photoshop Elements Lessons on a CD by JIM CALVERT were passed out at the session this month. We discussed some of the lessons. The MAC people may want to join this group.

INVESTMENT GROUP: DICK PARSONS presented REVIEWING THE BASICS OF INVESTING and there was a discussion on WHERE DO YOU THINK THE MARKET CYCLE IS NOW? This group is a good source for information.

NOVEMBER 2007 COMPUTER USERS GROUP SESSIONS: These start at 9:30 a.m. and EVERYONE is invited.

  • November 5th THE INVISIBLE WEB, Part 3 presented by TODD FEINMAN (this is good for PC and MAC users).
  • November 12th CENTER CLOSED for Thanksgiving Day Holiday
  • November 19th HOLIDAY PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS presented by REBECCA FORBES (for PC and MAC users).
  • November 26th QUESTIONS & ANSWERS hosted by BOB GUYAN and WALLY HELM
    • 9:00 a.m.—DR. IS IN for those who have individual computer problems.
    • 9:00 a.m.—COFFEECAKE SOCIAL—EVERYONE is invited.

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG) at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center

  • MAC GROUP: November 8th at 12:30 p.m. (one meeting this month because of Thanksgiving Day)
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY November 19th at 12:30 p.m.
  • INVESTMENT GROUP November 30th at 10:00 a.m.—SPECIAL PROGRAM ON 4 WAYS TO CUT TAXES presented by WILLIAM I. MEYER Take advantage of tax breaks before they are gone. Reduce paying tax on IRA distribution. Avoid capital gains tax on large asset sales. Cut income tax on investment earnings. Eliminate estate taxes. YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THIS SESSION. EVERYONE is invited. Become informed.
  • GENEALOGY GROUP November 14th at 10:00 a.m.--meets at Lake Oswego Library.

TUNE UPS: November 5th at 10:00 a.m. WINDOWS XP BASIC REVIEW

More than 500 of the best websites for people 50+--dealing with everything from classic 1950s TV shows to genealogy, Medicare and Social Security—have been collected by AARP in a database. To learn more, go to www.aarp.org/interestresources.

I hope you had a Happy Halloween and are looking forward to a tummy full and to give thanks for all of our blessings living in America on Thanksgiving Day.

KAY KERR, your editor

October 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

FUNDRAISERS: The crepe breakfast was very successful and we all enjoyed good food and socializing. Many of us helped which made it more fun. Also, the opportunity of selling the famous cinnamon rolls at the Farmers Market has done well for our treasury. We thank all who were involved. This will go on through October 13th.

On September 15th many of the computer people attended the memorial service for member BOB EICK who passed away on September 5th of a heart attack. He was one of Lake Oswego’s UINSUNG HEROES for all the time and effort he donated to this Computer Learning Center. We will miss him.

We were closed for Labor Day, so no meeting on September 3rd.

September 10th brought TODD FEINMAN of the Lake Oswego Library with THE INVISIBLE WEB, Part 2. Some useful websites and search features:

He also talked about the DEEP WEB. More and more information available. If you want a copy of the handouts, let me know, or we can meet at a Users Group for a copy.

Episode 4 of THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD was presented by DICK STEINGRABER on September 17th. The first personal computer was built by IBM in 1981. Many interesting facts about the history of computers. Do not miss the next episode.

QUESTION and ANSWER on October 24th was hosted by WALLY HELM and BOB GUYAN. Apparently it takes two people to replace MARY LOU SOLID. She is moving to Santa Barbara, California, and we will miss her. Her sessions have been fun. Many good questions. You can download www.CCleaner.com to defragment your computer, recommended once a week.

We want to thank GERDA EDWARDS for the five loaves of special breads and BRIAN McNERNY, who bought the streusel coffeecake and layered chocolate cake. Also, RENEE SLOAN for helping with clean up. Our profit for this gala event was $75.25.

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG): We had good sessions in all the groups. Come and join us and learn more things that you can do with your computer. COMPUTER USER GROUP SESSIONS for OCTOBER 2007 These start at 9:30 a.m. and EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

  • October 1st THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Part 5, last program of the series, presented by RICHARD STEINGRABER
  • October 8th TRAVELLING WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA, presented by REBECCA FORBES, professional photographer.
  • October 15th MORE MAC—COMPARING MAC and PC, presented by PAUL SLEEPER
  • October 22nd EVERYTHING (almost) YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT VISTA, presented by MARK MATSON
  • October 29th QUESTION AND ANSWER, hosted by WALLY HELM and BOB GUYAN. It would be fun if you all wore a costume to this session.
    • 9:00 A.M. DOCTOR IS IN for individual problems
    • 9:00 A.M. COFFEE CAKE SOCIAL

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)

  • MAC GROUP October 11th and 25th at 12:30 P.M.
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY October 15th at 12:30 P.M.
  • INVESTMENT GROUP October 26th at 10:00 A.M.
  • GENEALOGY GROUP October 10th at 10:00 A.M. at Lake Oswego Library

TUNE UPS: Please sign up in advance for these.

  • COMPUTER MAINTENANCE October 8th at10:00 A.M.
  • WINDOWS XP BASIC REVIEW November 5th at 10:00 A.M.

If you have an idea for a program or a class, let us know.

KAY KERR, your editor

September 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

FUNDRAISER to help upgrade our equipment: DEBRA SUTEU, the LOACC Director gave us the opportunity of selling the famous cinnamon rolls at the Farmers’ Market. JOLANN, the cook, will be there and we have several volunteers already to help but need more. If this is something that any of the PC or MAC people would like to help with, contact us immediately as we will be doing this Saturdays after Labor Day, 9/7 through 10/13/2007. I do not know who is in charge, but try WALLY HELM at WEHELM@MSN.COM

Also, please save September 16th for the other fundraiser—FOUNDATION CREPE BREAKFAST. Tickets will be $5.00 if purchased in advance or $6.50 at the door. They will be available on September 10th at the Computer Users Group Meeting. (Put a note on your check that it is for CLC.) Also, they would like to know about the time you will arrive for breakfast. Take out may be available if you do not want to wait. If you would like to volunteer to help with this, contact DICK STEINGRABER at stein0928@msn.com

We now have VISTA on most of the PC equipment. On August 6th, MARK MATSON and LARRY RUBY showed VISTA compared to Windows XP and 98. They may repeat this presentation. Watch the class schedule to see when the first VISTA class will be offered.

BOB GUYAN and WALLY HELM had a Question and Answer session on Digital Cameras on August 13th because REBECCA FORBES had to postpone her presentation. Before buying a digital camera, they recommend that you go to a store where cameras are on display and get the feel of the camera, weight and how it is used. You should carry batteries for back up.

August 20th was a QUESTION and ANSWER session hosted by MARY LOU SOLID because the LOACC will be closed for cleaning from August 25th through September 3rd. WARREN BRUNE and MAUREEN LONG provided the coffeecake. DAR YOUNG helped with the cleanup. .

CORRECTION AUGUST newsletter: Coffeecake was provided by ESTHER WOOD and ELAINE DICKSON. Thank you. Also, BERYL DAHL for her assistance in serving.

MAC GROUP: PETER ROHRS announced to the MAC Group that Apple released a large security update for a number of apps in the Panther and Tiger operating Systems. Click on the Apple icon in the top left of your screen, clicking on the UPDATE SOFTWARE choice, number 2, on the drop down menu and follow the on screen commands. Restart your computer after the install to save any work in process. Come to the next MAC group meeting for further details.

On August 23rd, the MAC Group was introduced to the new Mini Mac that replaces the tower. PAUL demonstrated what it can do. Hopefully, in the near future all the MAC equipment will be upgraded as well.

PETER ROHRS will be moving to Wisconsin on September 4th. He has sold his house in Lake Oswego and will be moving to be near his grandchildren. We will miss him and appreciate the effort he made helping with the MAC Group. His new e-mail address is peterrohrs@mac.com He left with the message of

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD HEALTH TO ALL. IT’S BEEN FUN.

PAUL SLEEPER will be the leader and may ask for assistance from some of you. Let him know if you are volunteering. We hope this group continues to grow.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SIG met on August 20th. JIM CALVERT did a presentation on ELEMENTS 4 and distributed a disc on which he has put lessons to follow in using this software. It can also be used with ELEMENTS 5. There will be a class on ELEMENTS 5; watch the schedule.

INVESTMENT GROUP: Because of LOACC was to be closed on August 31st, the Investment Group met on August 24th. STOCK CHARTS—PUBLIC CHARTS, using charts as an investment tool, was presented by JIM LIU. Also, a group discussion on WHERE DO YOU THINK THE DOW JONES INDEX IS HEADING IN 2008 AND WHY?

COMPUTER USERS GROUP SESSIONS for SEPTEMBER 2007 These start at 9:30 a.m. and EVERYONE IS INVITED!!

  • September 3rd CENTER CLOSED for LABOR DAY
  • September 10th LIBRARY—THE INVISIBLE WEB, Part 2, presented by TODD FEINMAN
  • September 17th THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Part 4, hosted by DICK STEINGRABER
  • September 24th QUESTIONS and ANSWERS hosted by MARY LOU SOLID
    • At 9:00, DR. IS IN for those who have individual problems
    • At 9:00 COFFEE CAKE SOCIAL

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)

  • MAC GROUP September 13th and September 27th at 12:30 p.m.
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY September 17th at 12:30 p.m.
  • INVESTMENT GROUP September 28th at 10:00 a.m.
  • GENEALOGY GROUP September 12th at 10:00 a.m. at Lake Oswego Library

TUNE UPS:at 10:00 a.m.

  • September 10th Internet Security Basics
  • October 8th Computer Maintenance
  • November 5th Windows XP Basic Review

Please sign up for these early.

I want to thank all the good people who help set up the room for our Computer Users Group sessions. Also, thank those who return the chairs to the outer room when we are finished. Everybody helping makes the task easier.

There have been a lot of small discussion groups going on during our computer sessions, which makes it difficult for some of us to hear the presenter. Could you wait for the BREAK time? Thank you.

September will be a busy month.for LOACC. Besides the two fundraising events above, there will be a Flea Market on September 8th 9:00 a.m. to3:00 p.m. with a Chili Feed and entertainment by Oregon Old Time Fiddlers.

If you are in town September 2nd, Foothills Park on the river will be hosting the Portland Festival Symphony concert at 4:00 p.m. ENJOY THE SUNSHINE WHILE WE HAVE IT.

KAY KERR, your editor.

August 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

We have had great attendance in our Computer Users’ Group on Monday mornings. We all learned something from the presentations that we can put to use. If you have a topic and you would like to do a presentation, let us know. Or, it might be possible that we could find someone to present the topic to the group. Send us your ideas.

RENEE SLOAN has been planning the programs for the Users Group for over three years and has recently resigned. So, now we need a volunteer to take over this important position. We have programs through September. Starting in October, a new person, or a committee of two or three, will be responsible for doing this. Renee will advise you what is involved. DICK STEINGRABER will take care of one of the weeks in October, to complete the OPB documentary on THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. One week in October will be a QUESTION & ANSWER session.

Have you been reading the TIP OF THE WEEK on the above web site? You can also find the Calendar of classes and much more information at this site.

The Lake Oswego Adult Community Center will be closed for cleaning from August 27th through September 3rd

On July 2nd, PAUL SLEEPER did a program on MAC vs. PCs. He did a good job of comparing the two types of computers for us. If you missed it, this may be repeated in October.

LAURA DICKSON (ELAINE DICKSON’S daughter) did a presentation on what she does on July 9th. She is a freelance television producer and has been part of the television program HISTORY DETECTIVES. Also, she did a video project for New Seasons Market in Portland.

E-MAIL ETIQUETTE was presented by ED CAMPBELL on July 16th. The documents are in pdf format which requires the Adobe Reader which you can download free. On July 18th, Bob Guyan sent to everyone on the newsletter mailing list lots of information about e-mail etiquette from Ed Campbell. You should review this important information and put it to use. See the note about giving out Social Security Numbers, which is a no no.

July 23RD DICK STEINGRABER did Part 3 of THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. This part brought this from about 1950 to 1970. The next part will be presented probably in October.

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS was the program on July 30th, hosted by MARY LOU SOLID. Many good questions and problems were resolved. RENEE SLOAN and WARREN BRUNE provided the goodies for the COFFEE and CAKE SOCIAL before the Q and A session.

MAC SIG GROUP met on July 12th and 26th. Some topics discussed were digital cameras, alternative software to MS Office, (some free to download,) templates. If you go to www.MACWORLD.COM (the MAC experts) you will find new articles daily of useful information worth your time to read.

We need more participants for this group. We have two well-informed leaders who give of their time for you. Come and see what we are doing and what you can learn to enjoy your MAC computer more. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 12:30.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP met on July 16th. REBECCA FORBS, a professional photographer and trainer, gave a detailed demonstration on the use of your digital camera.

INVESTMENT GROUP on July 27th, Dan Deymonaz, Registered Investment Advisor of Wedbush Morgan Securities, presented a program on TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.

COMPUTER USERS GROUP SESSIONS for AUGUST and SEPTEMBER 2007: These start at 9:30 a.m. and EVERYONE IS INVITED.

  • August 6th VISTA presented by MARK MATSON and LARRY RUBY
  • August 13th TRAVELING WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA presented by REBECCA FORBES
  • August 20th QUESTIONS and ANSWERS hosted by MARY LOU SOLID
    • At 9:00 DR IS IN for individual computer problems
    • At 9:00 COFFEE CAKE SOCIAL
  • August 27th CENTER CLOSED for cleaning
  • September 3rd CENTER CLOSED for LABOR DAY,
  • September 10th LIBRARY—THE INVISIBLE WEB, Part 2, presented by TODD FEINMAN
  • September 17th THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Part 4, hosted by DICK STEINGRABER
  • September 24th QUESTIONS and ANSWERS hosted by MARY LOU SOLID
    • At 9:00, DR. IS IN for those who have individual problems
    • At 9:00 COFFEE CAKE SOCIAL

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)

  • MAC GROUP August 9th and 23rd at 12:30
  • DIGITAL CAMERA GROUP: August 20th at 12:30
  • INVESTMENT GROUP to be announced
  • GENEALOGY GROUP August 8th at 10:00 meets at Lake Oswego Library

TUNE UPS: 10:00 a.m. on

  • August 8th PC Troubleshooting
  • September 10th Internet Security Basics
  • October 8th Computer Maintenance
  • November 5th Windows XP Basic Review

Please sign up for these in advance.

The Lake Oswego Adult Center Foundation has scheduled A BREAKFAST OF CREPES on Sunday, September 16th from 10:00 to 1:00. Cost will be $5.00 per person. They are asking for volunteers to help put this on. It should be a fun morning and you should see a lot of your friends and neighbors participating. Drop by and sign up to help.

KAY KERR, your editor

July 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

The Computer Learning Center will be open on July 2nd. See below for the program to be presented. It should be good.

I am sorry to report that VICTORIA SHORT BAUM has officially resigned as Chair of our Advisory Board. She is now working in a paid position for the American Red Cross, which takes, up most of her time. We thank her for the many hours she donated to our Computer Learning Center. We have enjoyed the web page that she set up for us and the many hours teaching and advising us. We have many volunteers to thank for our growth to where we are today. VICTORIA gave us many volunteer hours. That makes VINCE TYLMAN officially Chair of our Advisory Board.

MARK MATSON has been putting many hours working on our equipment—updating--so we can have Windows XP and VISTA on most of our PC’s. We hope to be able to update the MAC equipment soon.

VINCE TYLMAN and RICHARD STEINGRABER are now Directors in the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center Foundation. They announced that the LOACC will be having a fundraiser on September 16th. A breakfast from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Cost will be $5.00 for adults. They are looking for volunteers to help put this on. There are many jobs to choose from. There is a sign up sheet at the CLC. Come and help, be part of the action.

On June 4th, BOB GUYAN presented GOOGLE APPLICATIONS—MOVING TO THE WEB. You should have been here, it was great! The following is information from the handout:

Google Apps (web based) - Bob Guyan 6/4/2007

Google Apps (computer based)

On June 11th, REBECCA FORBES, a professional photographer and technology trainer, presented DIGITAL PHOTOPHOTOGRAPHY—THE BIG PICTURE. She gave us tips on getting better pictures. To make a more interesting picture, you should not put the subject in the center of your frame. She advised everyone to read your manual that came with your camera. Flash is good only 8 to 10 feet from your subject.

On June 18th DICK STEINGRABER presented Part 2 of THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD—Mouckly and Eckert –an OPB documentary. This has been very interesting seeing how the computer progressed from its beginning to now. There will be another part each month for the next few months. Check the program schedule.

QUESTION and ANSWERS hosted by Mary Lou Solid was on June 25th. This is always good and you most always learn something new or something that you have forgotten. Before the session we enjoyed the CAKE and COFFEE SOCIAL TIME and want to thank SUSAN LYDENAND and JOHN SMITH for their food donations, which was enjoyed by all.

SIGNIFICANT INTEREST GROUPS—

SIG MAC GROUP met on June 14th and 28th. This is always a good discussion group. It is too bad that more MAC people do not show for this. PETER ROHRS and PAUL SLEEPER are very informed and help work the attendees through problems or new ideas. All MAC users are invited to attend at 12:30 P.M. on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: BOB GUYAN and WALLY HELM chair this group. BOB GUYAN showed us how to do a collage using Adobe Photo Shop Elements 0.5.

INVESTMENT GROUP—Met twice in June. The June 1st session was an exchange of investment ideas. On June 29th, WILLIAM MEYER of the Strategic Group presented a seminar titled, 6 INVESTMENT MISTAKES TO AVOID. Many good ideas.

JULY 2007 PROGRAMS FOR BOTH PC AND MAC COMPUTER USERS GROUP Starting at 9:30 a.m. every Monday morning

  • July 2 MAC vs. PC—COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO presented by PAUL SLEEPER
  • July 9 PROGRAMMING FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, PBS, and OPC. Also, A VIDEO PROJECT FOR NEW SEASONS MARKET IN PORTLAND, presented by LAURA DICKSON (Elaine Dickson’s daughter).
  • July 16 E-MAIL ETIQUETTE presented by ED CAMPBELL
  • July 23 THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Part 3, PAPER BACK COMPUTER—an OPB documentary hosted by DICK STEINGRABER
  • July 30 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS hosted by MARY LOU SOLID
    • 9:00 a.m. DOCTOR IS IN for individuals with personal computer problems
    • 9:00 a.m. COFFEE and CAKE SOCIAL TIME.

SIG GROUPS

  • MAC GROUP will meet at 12:30 p.m. on July 12th and July 26th
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP will meet at 12:30 p.m. on July 16th
  • INVESTMENT GROUP will meet at 10:00 a.m. on July 27th
  • GENEALOGY GROUP meets at the Lake Oswego Library on July 11th

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND THESE GROUPS. GOOD FOR PC AND MAC USERS. Check the LEISURE NEWS for new classes you might want to take.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY. BE CAREFUL, BUT ENJOY.

KAY KERR, your editor

June 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

On May 7th Todd Feinman of the Lake Oswego Library did a presentation on THE INVISIBLE WEB, which consists of information you can obtain through libraries that subscribe to these sites. SEE BELOW**

Dick Steingraber, on May 14th, presented THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Part 1 GIANT BRAINS, an OPB documentary. This was the first of a series of five presentations on how the computer came to be. You will want to see the remainder of the series; next presentation will be June 18th.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS on May 21st started out with Mark Matson demonstrating VISTA operating system. He discussed the differences from XP to VISTA. You will be able to download a program to see shortcomings of hardware for XP and VISTA. All PC machines in the Center will have both XP and VISTA installed by the city and Mark. We want to thank him on his generosity of time for the Computer Learning Center. Without our wonderful volunteers, the Computer Learning Center would not be able to support all we do.

The coffeecake on May 21st was donated by Barbara Edison and Richard Steingraber. Everyone enjoyed the time together. Let Renee Sloan know if you would like to provide the coffeecake for a social in the future.

May 28th, the Center was closed for MEMORIAL DAY.

**Lake Oswego Public Library Online Databases

  1. Go to our Website: www.lakeoswegolibrary.org
  2. Click green tab near top of page called Online Services
  3. Click on Online Databases--third category down.
  4. The Online Databases page will open in a new window
  5. Click on a database of your choice--see list below.
  6. You will need your library card number for access

Available Online Databases:

  • EBSCOhost: Full-text magazine and newspaper articles, covering general interest, health, business, and academic topics. It also includes magazines for children and reference sources.
  • NewsBank: Archives of The Oregonian newspaper, 1988-Current. Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
  • Infotrac: Full-text newspaper articles: New York Times---current year, San Francisco Chronicle-- 1996-present, Seattle Times---1996-present, Financial Times--1996-present, Knight-Rider/Tribune News Services.
  • Biography Resource Center: Biography Resource Center contains brief and narrative biographies on more than 185,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
  • NoveList: A reader advisory database with over 100,000 titles to help you find reading material. Includes fiction for all ages.

*You will notice that some databases are for Lake Oswego Library patrons only, paid for by our Library only. A list of these databases is below. If you wish to access these, contact Lake Oswego Library. Phone: 503-636-7628 for Reference help: 503-675-2540

Databases available to Lake Oswego Library Patrons only: *Contact L.O. Library if you did not originally get your card from us.

  • Ref USA: A directory of companies and individuals. Company information is searchable by company name, type of business, geography, and size. Individuals can be searched by name, address, and phone number.
  • HeritageQuest2: This genealogy database includes family histories, genealogical serials, local histories, and primary sources in full image. Also included is the ability to search Federal Census page images, fully indexed by name. With resources on towns and families from all 50 states as well as Canada and the British Isles, the database includes 7.5 million fully searchable pages in addition to the census images.
    • *AncestryPlus database is also available on Library computers, but not from home.
  • OCIS2: Oregon Career Information System is a career exploration, research, decision-making and planning database.

Questions? Contact us! Library main number: 503-636-7628 Reference: 503-675-2540 Fiction / Adult Services: 503-697-6581 Our Web Address: www.lakeoswegolibrary.org

The MAC SIG met on May 10th and 24th. Discussion of saving forms as templates, converting audio tapes onto a CD. You MAC people are missing some good information by not coming to this group. We have two good leaders with loads of information available to you. Good questions are brought up and worked through.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SIG on May 21st, John Sanders presented a program explaining digital photo terms.

  • PIXEL Geek for PIXEL ELEMENT. This is the physical item that is recorded as an image on the camera sensor.
  • MEGAPIXELS--1 Million Pixels—a measurement of capacity or size of a file of pixels.
  • RESOLUTION--An expression of how close the pixels are to each other; the closer they are together, the greater the detail possible and the higher the resolution.
  • ISO Stands for INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION, and refers to the sensitivity of the camera sensor to light. ISO is to digital what ASA is to film. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive to light and the less light is needed to make a good exposure.
  • UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD Terms relating to moving data from the web to computers. Download comes from the web, and Upload, goes on line. Terms are also used to describe moving data from camera to computer and computer to CD or DVD.
  • JPEG Stands for JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP. It is the most common format for cameras balance between compression and quality.
  • TIFF Stands for TOTAL IMAGE FILE FORMAT and is a high quality format that takes more space on the computer, but has no compression or loss of quality.
  • RAW This is the highest quality format and requires LOTS of space. Usually not available on point and shoot cameras.
  • COMPOSITION Process of capturing light, putting it in a frame and arranging the elements to a pleasing photograph.

INVESTMENT SIG: The May meeting was moved to June 1st at 10:00 a.m. Everyone welcome.

JUNE 2007 PROGRAMS FOR BOTH PC AND MAC COMPUTER USERS GROUP Starting at 9:30 a.m. every Monday

  • June 4 GOOGLE APPLICATIONS Moving to the Web, presented by Bob Guyan
  • June 11 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY The Big Picture presented by Rebecca Forbes, professional photographer and technology trainer.
  • June 18 THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Part 2, Mouckly and Eckert--an OPB Documentary--hosted by Dick Steingraber
  • June 25 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, hosted by Mary Lou Solid at 9:30 a.m.
    • 9:00 a.m. DR. IS IN for help with individual computer problems
    • 9:00 a.m. COFFEECAKE SOCIAL

TUNE UPS: one session each, $6 for ACC members, $10 for non ACC members

  • June 13 REVIEW WINDOWS XP BASICS
  • July 11 PC MAINTENANCE BASICS
  • August 8 PC TROUBLESHOOTING

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS' SIG

  • MAC SIG June 14th and 28th at 12:30 p.m.
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SIG June 18th at 12:30 p.m.
  • INVESTMENT SIG June 29th at 10:00 a.m.
  • GENEALOGY INTEREST GROUP--June 11th at l0:00 a.m. at Lake Oswego Library

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO THESE GROUPS good for PC and MAC users.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT--The American Indians found out what happens when you do not control immigration. anonymous

REMEMBER, many of the PC User Group sessions apply to both PC and MAC computer users.

KAY KERR, your editor

May 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

We are through with our Federal taxes for another year. It was nice to have the computer help and helpers to complete the forms. Dick Steingraber was the instigator for this project.

Have you volunteered to bring coffeecake for the last Monday of the month social? You can show off your culinary ability for the group. Let Renee Sloan know which month you would like to do this. She can be reached at renee97035@phreego.com.

On April 4th Mikal Anderson presented a program on The Global Net: Site Internationalization, Localization, Automatic Translation Systems. Mikal headed up the Pan-Asian Hosting initiative for Princeton Review Asian franchises. In this position he designed and implemented a unified web content management system that spanned six Asian countries, used five language pairs (Traditional Chinese-English, Simplified Chinese-English, Thai-English, Korean-English, Japanese-English) and supported product sets tailored to each local market. He spent 15 years in Tokyo, Japan. He showed us how the computer can be set up to write not only in English, but other languages with symbols, very complicated, but doable.

Dick Steingraber, on April 9th, continued the progress of the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which will open in three months. The old 1950 bridge will be upgraded for earthquake safety, retrofitted, and will reopen in one year. This project will cost about $849,000,000. Tolls will be charged to help pay for it. His son has been on this job from 2001 to date. Magnificent engineering; computers involved. There have been no deaths to date, because they use extreme safety precautions.

Tips Review was the subject on April 16th presented by Mary Lou Solid with Bob Eick at the computer (audio-visual specialist). Go to the above website (http://lo-clc.org ) and you can read other tips by going to Archives. We also celebrated Wally Helm’s birthday. His wife brought in a beautiful cake for us all to share.

Here are the tips she selected:

March 5, 2007. Ever try to delete multiple entries at the same time in your favorites list in Internet Explorer (IE)? Can’t be done. Instead, do it through the Favorites folder in Windows Explorer (as opposed to IE). It's under Documents and Settings, inside a folder bearing name of the user. The icon for the folder is a star. Then delete like any other files with the control or shift keys.

February 26, 2007. Promotions Company CMS INC. reports that roughly 697 million Internet coupons were printed in 2006. Amazingly, only 6.2 million were redeemed. That's a huge pile of wasted paper. If you want to see what bargains you're missing, check out coupons.com, coolsavings.com and valpak.com.

January 22, 2007. If budgeting programs like Quicken are too complicated for your needs, try Microsoft’s Money Essentials. This is a stripped-down version of Money and is designed to track income and expenses against a budget in a simplified format. It can be purchased and downloaded from Microsoft.com/money for at last count $20.

January 15, 2007. If you are using the new IE7 browser, you won’t see the old familiar icons which are turned off by default in the new version. Revert to the previous version by going to Tools in upper right and click on Menu Bar. You can also customize the new setup by going to Tools>Toolbar>Customize. Add or remove from the lists of icons shown.

December 4, 2006. If you are thinking of buying a new computer with Windows Vista installed, you will need to think about transferring files on your current PC to the new one. A product called Detto Intellimover has been around for a while for just this task. But check when you are ready to see if it will work with Vista. And as always with brand new technology, good luck

November 13, 2006. One of life’s more annoying moments is reading email with tiny text. To increase size of the text hold down Control and move scroll wheel on the mouse toward you. If you do not have a scroll wheel, you need a new mouse

May 15, 2006. There are many photo sharing programs out there but a new one from Smilebox.com is worth checking out. It emphasizes design and use of ease. The basic version is free, but includes ads. It’s still in beta launching officially June 1 and promises 190 designs by then. One reviewer was impressed with its jazzy formats for everything from scrapbooks to postcards.

April 23, 2006. Browsing on 100-downloads.com is like finding things at Wal-Mart you never knew you needed. The site purportedly lists the 100 most popular free software downloads covering photo, security, audio and video plus Skype, Google Talk (beta), MSN Search Toolbar and preview version of IE 7. It’s fun to see what’s out there even if you don’t do the download. Yes, you do need to find dead links in your bookmarks because there is a program for that too.

On April 23rd, Mikal Anderson enlarged upon the subject of April 2nd.

Questions & Answers was the topic of our April 30th session. It was a fun session. Mary Lou Solid was back as host. Many good questions were answered. It was decided that you can have good results by having your ink cartridges refilled instead of buying new ones. Saves you money. If you bought a new laptop, you should charge the battery (may take up to seven hours) then let it run down to nothing, and charge it again. If using your laptop on an airplane, you may find surges. Some people leave their laptops on all the time. Some disconnect the Internet access.

Dick Steingraber announced that he has a 1993 OPB documentary on the start of computers. In 1950, in our race to get to the moon, the government spent money developing equipment for space travel. This will be shown in five segments, one a month. The first one will be May 14th.

We want to thank Wally and Marilyn Helm, Ken Handel and Bob Brown for the coffeecake served today. It was delicious.

Mark Matson announced that the PCs have been upgraded with the city donating flat screen monitors. All the PCs will have VISTA and WINDOWS-XP. Hard drives, memory and graphics cards will be updated. We were given a laser printer. Four of the old monitors were kept to be used when the MAC equipment is upgraded soon.

There will be a presentation on VISTA operating system in July.

The MAC SIG group met on April 12th and 26th. You can now download the free .Picasa for Mac software (http://picasa.google.com/download/mac ) Bob Guyan showed us how to install Picasa Web Albums Exporter for iPhoto by following these steps:

  1. Close all open iPhoto windows and make sure it is not running.
  2. Double click PICASA WEB ALBUMS IPHOTO PLUG-IN PKG from the disk image you downloaded. This will open the Installer. When the Installer finishes, you are ready to use the Exporter in iPhoto.

This is similar to iPhoto, purchased by google, free albums to share. Bob explained what you can do with this software. You can use their storage for 4,000 photos with each account.

There was discussion of Mozilla Firefox.

We have two faithful volunteer leaders to help you enjoy your MAC computers, learning new things and overcoming some problems you may be having. Come and share with us on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 12:30.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SIG group met on April 16th. One important thing brought up is that you should make a backup copy of your photos and give it to your children so that you will have it if you ever have a fire in your home. We discussed photosharing, CD, DVD, hard drive, external hard drive, Irfanview.

This group has been reorganized. Several new programs will be investigated in the future. Come and bring your questions and be ready to learn new techniques.

INVESTMENT SIG group: Because of the updating of our computers on April 27th, the meeting was rescheduled to May 4th at 10:00 a.m. Dave Park will review Fisher Investments 2007 Stock Market Outlook. Everyone is invited.

MAY 2007 PROGRAMS FOR BOTH PC AND MAC COMPUTER USERS GROUP: Starting at 9:30 a.m. every Monday

  • May 7 Library—THE INVISIBLE WEB—presented by Todd Feinman
  • May 14 THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD— Part 1 GIANT BRAINS—an OPB documentary hosted by Dick Steingraber (first of a series of five presentations on how the computer came to be!)
  • May 21 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 9:00 DOCTOR IS IN 9:00 COFFEECAKE SOCIAL
  • May 28 MEMORIAL DAY—Center is closed in observance.

TUNE UPS: (one session each, $6 for members, $10 for non-ACC members)

  • May 9 INTERNET SECURITY BASICS
  • June 13 REVIEW WINDOWS XP BASICS
  • July 11 PC MAINTENANCE BASICS
  • August 8 PC TROUBLESHOOTING

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)

  • MAC SIG May 10th and May 24th at 12:30 p.m.
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SIG May 21st at 12:30 p.m.
  • INVESTMENT SIG May 25th at 10:00 a.m.
  • GENEALOGY INTEREST GROUP May 9th at the Lake Oswego Library at 10:00 a.m.

Everyone is invited to these groups—good for PC and MAC users.

The flowers are blooming; the birds are chirping. We want to see your smile.

KAY KERR, your editor

April 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

We have had great attendance in our MONDAY Users' Group. We all learned something from the presentations that we can put to use. If you have a topic that would be good for the group, let us know. If you would like to do a presentation, let us know. Have you been reading the TIP OF THE WEEK on the above web site?

If you have taken a class in the Computer Learning Center, you may repeat it at half price.

Every Wednesday we have an Open Lab session starting at 12:30 p.m. We have PC and MAC volunteers to help you with individual problems. Did you know that people who give of their time and talent by volunteering live longer, happier and healthier lives?

Microsoft is extending the period in which it will offer support for the Windows XP. Consumers who own Windows XP machines already were entitled to get customer service on the software up until April 2009. Now they will be entitled to five additional years of extended support, this will include security fixes, but instead of free service from the Microsoft help desk, there will be a charge for most assistance after April 2009.

On March 5th we had a presentation on the 4-H TECH WIZARDS by Lisa Conroy of the OSU Extension Services 4-H Faculty. Elyce Wair also works on this project. In Washington County, there was a drop out rate of 87% among the Latino/Hispanic students before this program was started. Now 95% graduate and many go on to college. Their web site is www.4-HtechWizads.org It was started with a grant from Intel and IBM. If you would like to be a mentor or help with this project, you can call 503-725-2113 for more information or e-mail Lisa.Conroy@OregonState.edu.

Cherill Vencil presented a program on GENEALOGY on March 12th. Some helpful and interesting web sites are:

The Lake Oswego Library has a Genealogy Group on the 2nd Wednesdays of the month at 10:00 a.m.

On March 19th Mikal Anderson presented a program, INDIA'S HOLE-IN-THE-WALL project. In a slum area in India, children were inquisitive enough to work, without instruction, a computer which was set up in a hole in a wall out in the open.

March 26th brought another QUESTION AND ANSWER session with Wally Helm and Bob Guyan as hosts. .Good questions were answered. Thanks to Warren Brune and Maureen Long, their donations for the Social was enjoyed by all.

COMPUTER USERS GROUP SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 2007: (Mondays at 9:30 a.m.)

  • April 2 THE GLOBAL NET: SITE INTERNATIONALIZATION, LOCALIZATION, AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION SYSTEMS, presented by Mikal Anderson
  • April 9 AN UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE, presented by Dick Steingraber
  • April 16 TIPS REVIEW, presented by Mary Lou Solid
  • April 23 RULES FOR SAFE AND SECURE SURFING, presented by Mikal Anderson
  • April 30 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, hosted by Wally Helm and Bob Guyan
    • 9:00 DOCTOR IS IN for individuals who have a personal computer problem
    • 9:00 COFFEE AND CAKE SOCIAL SPECIAL

INTEREST GROUPS

  • MAC GROUP will meet at 12:30 on April 12th and April 26th Mac users can now partake of the web upload function from Picasa. As it is a great and free way to share photos.
  • DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY meets on April 16th at 12:30
  • INVESTMENT GROUP meets April 27th at 10:00

ALL COMPUTER USERS ARE INVITED TO JOIN ANY OF THESE GROUPS.

TUNE UPS, April 11 at 10:00 PC TROUBLESHOOTING

Check the class schedule and see if there is something new you would like to learn. Keep learning and keep your brain young.

Free TAX PREPARATION on the computer is still available. Call 503-705-3345 for an appointment and information.

KAY KERR, your editor

March 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

Have you been reading the TIP OF THE WEEK on the above web site? Mary Lou Solid has been responsible for all these good tips. If you have not been reading them, they are archived and there is a link to find the older ones. . Have you looked over the class schedule to see if there is something you have been waiting for in a class? If you do not find what you want, let Warren Brune know and it will probably be included in the near future.

If you are interested in doing your income tax report FOR FREE on the computer at the Computer Learning Center, you may call Richard Steingraber (503-705-3345) for an appointment. We are using FREE FILE SOFTWARE (enter FreeFileUSA.com after you have entered IRS.GOV) We have volunteers who will help you get started. They are not tax experts and may not be able to answer any questions you might have. You will have to sign a disclaimer sheet so that the CLC is not liable for any errors. If you had an income of less than $52,000 in 2006, your fee will be zero. If you earned more, the IRS will ask for a small amount, about $9.95, for the use of this program. You will be able to do both Federal and State taxes. The forms are in the software. It is well worth a try. You will be asked to bring in any 1099 forms, W-2 forms and a copy of last years tax forms. If you are over 62 years of age, all medical expenses are deductible.

On February 5th, Jane Carr and Claire Kellogg, Reference Librarians who are working on HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE LAKE OSWEGO LIBRARY showed us what will be available at the library. These are not on line yet. The web site will be www.ci.oswego.or.us/photos

Ed Campbell, on February 12th, did a program on MS ACCESS showing us what you can do with this software.

PRESIDENTS DAY was February 19th and the Center was closed for the holiday.

February 26th was QUESTIONS & ANSWERS with Bob Guyan and Wally Helm as hosts. We want to thank Mary Lou Solid for the many months she hosted this program. We had many good questions today. Beryl Dahl and Bob Ebby furnished the coffee cake for the social today at 9:00 a.m. which was enjoyed by all. This has been a good fundraiser and good for the group to get better acquainted.

SIG GROUPS:-- You are all invited to join these groups.

DIGITAL CAMERA met on February 20th

INVESTMENT GROUP will meet on March 2nd at 10:00 a.m. (February meeting date changed) Jim Liu will present STOCK DIVIDEND—SELLING CALL OPTIONS and WEEKLY CHARTS

MAC SIG GROUP met on February 8th and 22nd. Good questions and discussion both days. Some discussion of finding information on your MAC, having more than one window open at a time. Talked about selecting photographs to burn on a CD and sending e-mail.

MARCH PROGRAMS FOR BOTH PC AND MAC COMPUTER USERS: Starting at 9:30 a.m. every Monday

  • March 5 4-H TECH WIZARDS—preparing for tomorrow’s Leaders Today, presented by L. Conroy of OSU Extension Service
  • March 12 GENEALOGY presented by C. Vencil, Lake Oswego Librarian
  • March 19 INDIA’S HOLE-IN-THE-WALL PROJECT, The Internet and the Children of the Slums, presented by Mikal Anderson
  • March 26 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS hosted by Bob Guyan and Wally Helm
    • 9:00 a.m. DR. IS IN
    • 9:00 a.m Social
  • DIGITAL CAMERA SIG will meet on March 19th at 12:30 p.m.
  • INVESTMENT SIG Group will meet on March 30th at 10:00 a.m.
  • MAC SIG will meet on Thursdays, March 8th and 22nd at 12:30 p.m.

THERE IS ROOM IN ALL GROUPS FOR MORE PARTICIPANTS.

GENEALOGY INTEREST GROUP MEETS AT LAKE OSWEGO LIBRARY March 14th at 10:00 a.m.

TUNE UPS: Review and refresh your skills in the tune-up topic of the month.

  • March 14th at 10:00 a.m. PC MAINTENANCE BASICS
  • April 11th at 10:00 a.m. PC TROUBLESHOOTING

NOTE: There will be an HTML class and web-page-making in the near future. If interested, come to the Monday Users Group or call the Center.

We want to thank the people who help set up for our Monday groups and also thank the people who remove the extra chairs.

If you are changing your e-mail address, please go to the above web site and click on the Email List sign up where you can give us your new address.

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY TO ALL --March 17th-- remember to wear green.

KAY KERR, your editor

Febuary 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

Well, I think we have had enough winter for this year. If you want more snow, Mt. Hood is nearby. I am looking forward to the sunshine this week. What a glorious feeling in the sun. It gives new energy to seek new things, especially in the computer world. Have you looked over the classes being offered? How about the TIPS OF THE WEEK at the above web site? We have a great group and much to offer you. Come and join us for our Users Group every Monday at 9:30 a.m. You almost always learn something new or something that you have forgotten.

We did not meet on January 1st or 15th because they were holidays. On January 8th, Dick Steingraber did part one of TURBO TAX and part two on January 22nd. He took us through most of the items with good explanation on what to do. He showed us how if something were changed, the software would follow through and change the whole report as needed. The software would automatically carry over the information on the IRS form into the Oregon State form. Every year the forms change. You should retain a printed copy for your files and keep the software.

January 31st was a QUESTION AND ANSWER session hosted by Mary Lou Lord, her last session. She has turned this project over to Bob Guyan and Wally Helm. Thank you Mary Lou for being host for quite a while, we enjoyed your knowledge and humor. Question today was WHAT FOOD NEVER SPOILS? The answer was HONEY.
Prize today was a seat on the campaign trail of Hillary Clinton.

Thank Dar Young and Esther Wood for providing the treats for the Social before the Q&A session--enjoyed by all.

We discussed what donation money is used for new software, ink for the printers, paper and supplies, our Christmas party; updating the MAC equipment--the city only updates the PC equipment which we share with them in their staff training program on some Fridays. In 2006 we had to replace the bulb for the overhead projector, which cost about $500. The ACC Foundation is hiring a person to do fundraising. All donations to the LOACC are still tax deductible. If you make a donation, you can specify that it comes to the Computer Learning Center.

The new MS Vista operating system for the PC will be in stores this week. It is different from XP and you may need some training for it. There will be a new MAC operating system out soon. You may download Open Office until March. See above web site under Resources for information on this system.

INVESTMENT SIG The January 26th meeting was rescheduled to Friday, February 2nd at 10:00 a.m. Mary Lou Solid will present INVESTING FOR INCOME, FIXED, FLUID AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. The subject will cover bonds, including corporates and treasuries, preferred stocks and government agency securities. Please join us.

MAC SIG WE NEED MORE MAC USERS TO JOIN US. The group met on January 11th and discussed software updates and installation. Also, some keyboard shortcuts, how to make changes, using System Preferences. On January 25th we talked about printers, e-mail, using eBay to buy and sell, setting up payment through PayPal, credit card

The PHOTO PROCESSING SIG met on January 22nd Rebecca Forbes of Pixel Legacy was to be our speaker. She was unable to be with us and Kierstan Dodd of PhotoMax was her replacement. You may reach her at Karan@BigPlanet.com She explained what her company is able to do with photos, store, print, etc.

The Photo Processing SIG may be meeting in the evening starting in April. Check the April calendar at the above web site for date and time.

FEBRUARY PROGRAMS FOR BOTH PC AND MAC USERS' 9:30 A.M.

  • February 5 HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE LAKE OSWEGO LIBRARY presented by Jane Carr and Claire Kellogg, Reference Librarians
  • February 12 MS ACCESS presented by Ed Campbell
  • February 19 CENTER IS CLOSED, Presidents Day
  • February 26 QUESTION AND ANSWERS hosted by Bob Guyan and Wally Helm
    • 9:00 DR. IS IN for individual computer problems
    • 9:30 CLC SOCIAL everyone invited

INVESTMENT SIG: Will be meeting on February 2nd at 10:00 a.m. and February 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Check the February calendar at the above web site for any changes.

MAC USERS SIG: Meeting at 12:30 on February 8th and February 22nd. ALL MAC USERS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US.

PHOTO PROCESSING SIG: Because of the Presidents Day Holiday, meeting has been rescheduled for February 22nd at 12:30.

GENEALOGY INTEREST GROUP AT L. O. LIBRARY will meet on Wednesday, February 14th at 10:00 a.m.

REMINDER ..This month, all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone :888-382-1222 It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you are wanting to have blocked .You cannot call from a different phone number. HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS OR GO TO: https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

KAY KERR, your editor

JANUARY 2007--LAKE OSWEGO COMPUTER USERS’ GROUP NEWSLETTER
LAKE OSWEGO ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER http://lo-clc.org

We want to thank Elaine Dickson and Warren Brune for their cake contributions in November and to the generosity of our outstanding CLC group for the coffee cake social this past month. Our cash box is now $55.75 richer. Also, $26.00 came in through the dollar jar and Dick Steingraber donated $100. Our treasury is happy. Dick Steingraber will be our new treasurer as of 1-1-07. Thank you Ken Handel for the great job of treasurer in the past.

Bob Timm presented PHOTO EDITING, Part 2 on December 4th and showed us what you can do with the proper equipment. We saw an eagle flying over the ocean waves, etc.

FREE PROGRAM DOWNLOADS FROM THE WEB, Part 2 was presented by Bob Eick on December 11th. Here are some security sites for your computer. All FREE. He uses these programs instead of the costly ones, and has had no problems.

Firewall; http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?lid=zadb_zadown

For Anti-Virus; he has used this program for 5 years without problems. http://www.majorgeeks.com/AVG_Free_Edition_d886.html

For the rest of the bad stuff, "PrevX" cover Trojans, Worms & Hackers, Adware and Spyware, etc. http://www.download.com/Prevx-Home/3000-8022_4-10364927.html

This is the site to get "CCleaner". It clears out a lot of junk, cookies, temp files, Address Line history, etc. It also has a good Registry Cleaner.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4191.html

Another good Spyware program;
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

Here is a good "On-Line" system scan.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Bring words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with your Yahoo! Mail.

We had a good QUESTION & ANSWER session on December 18th hosted by Mary Lou Solid. BOB GUYAN and WALLY HELM will be our new hosts for future Q & E sessions. The HOLIDAY PARTY was an enormous success. Thank you to all who helped.

No session on December 25th, Christmas.

Our only MAC group this month was on December 14th. It was a good session, many good questions and discussion of problems with special characters needs. Do you know what you can find on your right click? The January 11th session will cover this. We hope more MAC users will join us. The group meets at 12:30 every 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Did you know that the Apple Bridgeport store has a free class every Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. where you can get information.

The Computer Learning Center was honored this year when two of our volunteers were selected among many submissions as UNSUNG HEROES. On December 19th at Lake Oswego City Hall, BOB EICK and ESTHER WOOD were presented with the award at the Council Meeting. Congratulations! You both earned it with your work in the Computer Lab on Wednesdays, etc. If you missed this, it will be shown throughout the month on Channel 28.

JANUARY USERS GROUP PROGRAMS FOR BOTH PC and MAC USERS Starting at 9:30 a.m.

  • January 1 CENTER CLOSED
  • January 8 TURBO TAX, Part I presented by Dick Steingraber
  • January 15 CENTER CLOSED Martin Luther King Holiday
  • January 22 TURBO TAX, Part II presented by Dick Steingraber
  • January 29 9:00 a.m. DR. IS IN and COFFEE SOCIAL
  • January 29 9:30 a.m. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS hosted by Bob Guyan and Wally Helm (our new Q & A Headmasters)

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS:

  • MAC group January 11th at 12:30 p.m. with information about the right click.
  • DIGITAL CAMERA January 15th at 12:30 p.m.
  • INVESTMENT January 26th at 10:00 a.m.
  • TUNE UPS at 10:00 a.m. on (Please sign up in advance.)
    • January 10 INTERNET SECURITY BASICS
    • February 14 REVIEW WINDOWS XP BASICS
    • March 14 PC MAINTENANCE BASICS
    • April 11 PC TROUBLESHOOTING
  • GENEALOGY INTEREST GROUP at Lake Oswego Library, 10:00 a.m. on January 10.

Have you been reading the TIP OF THE WEEK on the above web site? Another year, another chance to improve your computer skills. Look over the class schedule to see if there is something you have been waiting for in a class. If you have not found it, why don't you let Warren Brune know what it is and he will see that it is offered in the near future

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a JOYOUS, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

KAY KERR, your editor

 


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