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THE
CLUB CONNECTION A Monthly Publication of the Ocean Hills Computer Club May,
2008 E-mail the editor at: pkrunner1@sbcglobal.net |
Patti Kopcho, Editor |
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MAY CALENDAR
Thursday, May 1 at 10 am in the Ladies Club Room: "Genealogy", with Hal McCawley. Monday,
May 5 at 1 pm in the Ladies Club Room: Friday, May 9 at 10 am "Surfing the Web" in the Ladies Club Rm., with Dick Travis. Friday, May 9 at 1 pm: Club Board meeting. Wednesday, May 14 at 1 pm in the Ladies Club Room: "Digital Imaging Workshop". Thursday, May 15, at 10 am in the Ladies Club Room, "Training Workshop", with Dick Travis. Friday,
May 16 at 10 am in the Computer/Photo Lab: Monday, May 19 at 1 pm in the Ladies Club Room,“Computer Problems”, with Terry Brown and Hal McCawley. Friday,
May 23 at 10 am in the Computer/Photo Lab:
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May General Meeting "COREL
PAINTER " Open
Computer Lab for May
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MSWord
A friend called to say she received an MSWord document which had been typed in all capital letters, and asked if there was an easy way to convert it to traditional upper and lower case sentence structure. Yes;
by selecting the target text and pressing F3 while holding down SHIFT,
all the caps will change to lower case. Press F3 again, while still holding
down SHIFT, and the first letter of each sentence will be capitalized.
Another SHIFT-F3 will return everything to all caps. However, other capitalization
- such as names, places, and titles - will still need to be edited separately.
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System
Restore, System Recovery,
What the difference is between "System Restore" and "System Recovery"? The former
is a Windows tool that lets you return your system settings to an earlier date,
in case of a problem that can't be fixed by other means. "System Recovery" is a means of restoring a Windows-based computer to its original state in case of a non-repairable virus or a hard drive crash. All new computers come with one or more System Recovery CDs that can be used to re-install Windows and other programs that came with your PC. Speaking of HD crashes, they can occur at any time without warning, and are the main reason you should have an ongoing backup system in place to protect your important files. One approach is to copy the files to an external drive so they can be copied back on to a restored main HD or onto a new computer. Copying data to an external HD can be done manually on a piece meal basis, or you can buy an external HD that comes with software that backs up your files automatically on a regular schedule. Another approach is to create a "mirror image" of your PC's hard drive with a program such as Norton "Ghost" or Acronis "True Image." These programs create an exact copy of your existing hard drive, complete with its Windows operating system, other programs you may have installed, and all your personal data files. This kind of thorough backup can be critical for a business whose day-to-day operations depend on a fail-proof computer system.
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BETTER
SEARCHING WITH GOOGLE
You can convert currency, metrics, bytes and much, much more. For example, type in “teaspoons in a quarter cup” or “seconds in a year” or “5 USD in Euro” You can type the words “better than” (without the quotes) and then type your key word in quotes to find better products or services. You can type “reminds me of” to find Web pages you may not have thought of. This trick is neat. Use the Google image search to have Google show you, instead of tells you about a word. Just type the word “image” followed by a space and a word. For example, type “image jicama to see what jicama looks like. Track packages you sent out with FedEx, UPS, and USPS by just typing in the tracking number. You don’t have to log into the carrier’s home page. Here’s a great one – enter a product or service, a space, and the word “sucks” to get results from people who have a gripe with that product or service. Get local weather by typing the word “weather” followed by a space and Zip Code to get weather results for that Zip Code. You can also use a city name by typing something like “weather New York.” Type
in the word “define” followed by space and a word for word definitions.
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Was
this the FIRST Computer Program??
The British mathematician and engineer, Charles Babbage (1792-1871), designed computers in the 1830's, one of which he called the 'analytical engine'. Although he sunk vast funds into the project a successful working model was never completed. However, he and his collaborator, Lady Ada Lovelace, the poet Byron's daughter, were responsible for a major breakthrough on the project. 'The analytical engine has no pretensions to originate anything', she wrote in 1843. "It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform...it has no power of anticipating any analytical relationships or truths.' (Editors note: "that's why computers CRASH???") When inspired Ada could be very focused and a mathematical taskmaster. Ada suggested to Babbage writing a plan for how the engine might calculate Bernoulli numbers. This plan, is now regarded as the first "computer program." Letters
between Babbage and Ada flew back and forth filled with fact and fantasy. In her
article, published in 1843, Lady Lovelace's prescient comments included her predictions
that such a machine might be used to compose complex music, to produce graphics,
and would be used for both practical and scientific use.
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of General Meeting, The Computer Club meeting on 23 April was a great learning experience - we learned how to make Power Point Presentations. Dorothy Miller showed us step by step procedures to create a power point presentation using pictures, text, animations and sound. She made it look so easy - but it does take a lot of practice and the results are certainly worthwhile. Patti Kopcho,Treasurer, reported the bank balance of $5707.91 and the membership at 435. Gerardo Loza of InkjetLab told the club of his business of recycled ink cartridges. He gave out 10% discount coupons to the members. His business is located at 3211-2 Business Park Dr., Vista 92081. Phone: 760 599-4465.By using remanufacturedcartridges, you keep unnecessary items out of landfills! Our next meeting on May 28th will feature Karl Wester who will give a presentation on the Corel Painter program. Members were reminded about the genealogy meeting on the lst Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. Jim Mahlmeister talked about the MAC club and invited people to come into the computer lab and try out one of the MACs in there. Door prizes were won by Gary Baur, Peter Klaphaak, Ruth Gans and Faye Zimmerman. Refreshments were served ; Thank you Clarice for all the goodies! Meeting
was adjourned at 2:30 pm.
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Gerry Stier, Cornell Jaray, George Elliott,
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