Mark Your Calendar

COMING EVENTS

Mark Your Calendar

Coming Events

Annual Computer Club Picnic:

When: WEDNESDAY, June 6, 2001

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Where: Meeting House

Sign up to attend!     $14 .00

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PC Expo, June 25-28, 2001

When: Wednesday, June 27, 2001

Where: Javits Center, New York City

Bus: Sign up at the Activities Desk

RT $14.25

• MAC users: FYI = There will be MAC representatives at this Expo.
• To eliminate long wait lines at the Javits Center, register now and receive your badge/pass before you leave the Village.
• See Bob Greene for your tickets to enter the show, otherwise it will cost $75.00
  
• If you encounter problems, you can get assistance from a helper at The Web Open House on Thursday or Friday, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

To Register go to: www.techxny.com

Source Code: DMPB

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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

June 13, 2001 10:00 a.m.

Heritage Hall Speaker: Phil Dilloway

Topic: Analyzing Stocks on your computer.

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CLASSES

Basics of Digital Cameras (demo-workshop in the WEB)

May 18, 21 and 23

3 to 5:00

$10.

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Computing Basics I (hands-on)

May 21, 23, 25, 29, 30 and June 1

9 to 10:30

$20.

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Internet Basics (lecture-demo in the WEB)

June 4, 6*, 8, 11, 13 and 15

9 to 10:30

*except for June 6, which is 8 to 9:30

$10.

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Doing Email with Microsoft Outlook (hands-on)

June 18, 20 and 22

3 to 5:00

$10.

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Computing Basics I (hands-on)

June 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29

9 to 11:00

$20.

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Creating a Newsletter in Publisher (hands-on)

June 25, 28 and 29

3 to 5:00

$10.

A TIP ON DELETING FILES:

While Selecting (highlighting) a file you want deleted, hold down the Shift Key while touching the Delete Key and you can delete files without sending them to the recycle bin (for MSIE) or the Trash bin (for Netscape).

Just remember --- >> there is little chance of recovery if you do this.

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DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WEB PAGE?

If you do, I strongly suggest that you have your graphics checked at the following website to speed up your site loading time. You can do this at least once, for free. http://uswest.gifwizard.com

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May 2001 is Older Americans Month.

This year's theme is "The Many Faces of Aging," in recognition of both the promise and the challenge posed by the cultural and generational diversity of America's aging population. We take pride in our role as a Government program that keeps almost 40% of older Americans from slipping into poverty, and acknowledge their contributions to American life.
              From the:   http://www.ssa.gov web site

Government Websites of Interest:

http://www.whitehouse.gov

http://www.house.gov

http://www.senate.gov

http://www.census.gov

This one is a currency converter = (and uses several languages)

http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic

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INTERNET DICTIONARY:

XML

Statements define data content; defines "what it is".

<firstname>Maria</firstname>

<lastname>Roberts</lastname>

<datebirth>5-1-2001</datebirth>

Note: the forward slash in </> indicates that this statement is ended.

HTML

Lines deal with fonts and boldface, i.e. defines "how it looks".

<font size="3">Maria Roberts</font>

<b>May 1, 2001</b>

Note: the <b> means BOLD; the </b> means the bold ends here.

TCP/IP

(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

A communications protocol developed under contract from the U.S. Dept. of Defense to internetwork dissimilar systems. Invented by Vinton Cerf & Bob Kahn, this UNIX standard is the protocol of the Internet and is the global standard for communications. TCP provides transport functions, which ensure that the total amount of bytes sent is received correctly at the other end.

How are the youngsters doing?

Survey Shows Mixed Use Among Wired Schools

Recent survey suggests the rate at which colleges are wiring their classrooms to the Internet lags behind their primary and secondary school counterparts, but experts say broader access to technology on college campuses makes up for the difference.

New data show 64 percent of colleges say they have Internet access in their classrooms, up from 49 percent in the 1999-2000 academic year, according to a survey done by education research firm Market Data Retrieval. Elementary and high schools have wired 63 percent of their classrooms, up from 3 percent in 1994. The K-12 efforts are funded in part by the federal e-rate program, which provides discounts for Internet connections.

One hundred percent of colleges reported they have Internet access in their libraries, 94 percent said their computer labs are wired and 40 percent said their dormitories have online access, according to the survey.

The survey, however, did not ask colleges to explain the extent of their Internet connections, so classroom connectivity could range from a telephone jack in a lecture hall to an Internet port at every desk. "It probably varies dramatically depending on the college."
                                                  By REBECCA S. WEINER, April 18, 2001
                                                             Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company

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What to say if you get caught sleeping at (or on) your computer:

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MSWord 2000 shortcut:

(I wonder if it works on earlier versions)

Have you ever typed something in lowercase and then realized you wanted the text to be in UPPERCASE or Title case? You can change the text case without retyping it. Select the text you want to change. Press SHIFT+F3 until you get the case you want: UPPER, lower, or Title.

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WANTED

Contributing Writers

Typists

Graphic Artists

The Club needs your help to continue to report all of those things that interest its members. Many hands make light work. How about sending in your questions, problems, or solutions (about your computer), and we can print them in the next Newsletter for all to learn something new together. You can send email with (if they are virus free), or without, attachments to Diana Scott : scottie2@att.net or telephone at 264-2134 (leave a message) or drop off stuff at 289C.

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Be sure your current E-mail address is sent to Gerry Schnutt: gerrysc@aol.com or telephone him at 264-0423 and tell him you will volunteer for the telephone tree, which means making several calls a month.

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Welcome New Members

Joan Burns
Nancy J. Crane
Gene & Marge Dunscomb
Herb Garber
Joyce Lyons
Patsy R. Morris
Marvin & Charlotte Shapiro
Diana Scott
Virginia Tutschulte
Helen & Gerald Vasquez
Margaret Williams

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CREATIVE "BULLETS" IN MS WORD 2000

(& POSSIBLY EARLIER VERSIONS AS WELL):

First, Select (highlight) the items you want to add picture bullets to.

For example:

• On the Format menu
• click Bullets and Numbering
• and then click the Bulleted tab.
• Click Picture
• and then click Pictures tab, scroll down to find what you want.
• Then select and insert the picture bullet you want.

You can also add little icons, like the hearts above, by clicking on FORMAT, BULLETS, click on any one of the selections available, Click on CUSTOMIZE, then BULLET, then choose a font of either Webdings, Wingdings1, Wingdings2, or Wingdings3, or whatever you have listed that will show little pictures. If you click on a picture/icon it will enlarge and you can either choose it and insert it, or click on a different one. (they're so small, can anyone see these things?)

The spacing of the bulleted lines is controlled by clicking anywhere in the paragraph (or Selecting (highlighting) the paragraph), FORMAT, PARAGRAPH, INDENTS AND SPACING, SPACING, "BEFORE" [change from Auto to 0 or 6]; "AFTER" [change from Auto to 0 or 6]; or choose something from "LINE SPACING".

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Members of the Board

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The trouble with your leisure time is how to keep other people from using it.

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S.O.S. - HVCC Help Line:

Ken Pelletier 264-2310 Bob Greene 264-9747
For Web TV call Bob Young 264-6999

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The Board of Directors has been asked to clarify Club policy regarding services involving computer problems. The names posted above are volunteers who will try to walk you through a computer problem that you may be experiencing. If that does not resolve the glitch, it is suggested that you bring the specifics of your problem to one of our Open Houses (Thur. 1-3 p.m. and Fri. 1 - 3 p.m.). Members are encouraged to offer volunteer assistance when they are able. If none of these suggestions fixes the problem, your only recourse is to seek professional help. It is not the Club's policy to recommend professional computer technicians. Usually the best technical help will come from the manufacturer of your computer and you may even be under a warrantee program.

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