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If you wish to go email by email:
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1 8 08 Slide Show
Extravaganza *
Hi Gang,
Attached is a sample Microsoft's
Photo Story 3 slide show.
Our Windows XP/Vista SIG will meet Tuesday at 7 pm.
And what a class it will be!
We will demo three free photo programs:
1. IrfanView.
2. Google's Picasa 2.
3. Microsoft's Photo Story 3.
Show you how to make a slide show
and burn it to a CD.
All of these programs are on the TIPS 2007 CD or download
them from:
IrfanView:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967
Google's Picasa 2:
http://picasa.google.com/download/thanks.html
Microsoft's Photo Story 3:
Kindest regards,
joe isaac
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Healthfinder:
The US Department of Health and Human Services and other
federal agencies developed Healthfinder as a portal to
reputable sites,
self-help groups, and information. Here's how to use the
site:
Good medical information:
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About 90 percent of people ages 5 to 17 use computers and
59 percent of
them use the
Internet. One out of four 5-year-olds uses the Internet.
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If you need to complain by phone to:
Amazon.com Call 1-800-201-7575.
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Windows Defender is a free
program that helps protect your
computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security
threats
caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It
features Real-Time
Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions
against spyware
when it's detected and minimizes interruptions and helps
you stay productive.
Microsoft's Windows Defender:
FREE Spyware Protection.
Windows Defender:
4.9 MB download.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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Q. After installing IE
#7
There is no longer a top "tool bar" where there
is
"file---edit---view---insert---"etc with their
corresponding drop
down windows.
A. Open IE then:
RIGHT CLICK on an empty space on your Tool Bar and click
on Menu Bar
and the "file---edit---view---insert---"etc
should appear and solve your problem.
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Q. A strange event has
me puzzled. I was typing an email as a Blind Carbon Copy,
when the list of names in my addresses list suddenly
flipped. It is now in reverse order,
ending with a name that begins with the letter A. I have
tried the obvious (to me), such as
Control Z when it happened and shutting down and starting
up anew. Short of going to
System Restore, is there a simpler way?
A. In OUTLOOK EXPRESS,
when you open a folder of names, if you click on NAMES
at the very top of the names, it will reverse their
order.
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Q. Every day I
get a ton Junk mail.
I delete them and block them but it comes back
the next day I bet I get about 20 of those if you could
help me
on this I would appreciated it.
A. 1. At the bottom of
most of the emails, you can unsubscribe, this is what I do,
and it works most of the time.
2. When you are viewing a piece of Junk Mail in OUTLOOK
EXPRESS, go to the top
and click on Message, then click on Block Sender.
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Q. I just got home
from The program at computer center.
Found this ad on Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI in my
email.
They sure make it sound tempting. What do you think?
A. It is a great
program but it is way over my head.
Try the free Microsoft Photo Story 3, Picasa 2, and
Irfan, these
are simple Free Photo Programs, and do a great job.
They are on the TIPS 2007 CD or you can download them.
After you master them and want more, then buy Paint Shop
Pro Photo.
Plus the New Microsoft Movie Maker, you won't believe how
easy it is.
You can make DVDs that play on your Television.
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If you ask me to show you pictures of just one of my
daughters, I have to go through dozens of folders to find
them.
If I add tags to my daughters pictures, I can bring them
up all at once from all the different folders.
Here are some links to help show you
how you can tag and organize your pictures in Windows Vista.
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Flash memory (also called solid-state memory) is more
durable because the memory uses no moving parts.
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Q. I miss getting emails
from you, I have used a lot of the
information you sent me, is it possible to get back on
your mailing list?
A. Sorry Ann, I've been
having trouble with AOL, sometimes
they think I'm a spammer. I'm sending you the last 2
emails.
You're back on the list now.
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Q. Joe, do you have both XP
and Vista installed on the same computer?
Better yet, do you 2 PC's and each program installed on each
one?
A. I kept my old XP
computer, bought a new one in January with Vista.
I do not have both operating systems on one computer.
When someone ask me a XP question, I turn the XP computer
on, but I really don't like to use it anymore, Vista is
so much more user friendly.
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Q. I used Movie Maker to make
a movie with music just to see if I could.
But I still have to find out how to have the music end at
the same time as the pictures.
A. Congratulations on
using Movie Maker.
The music is hard to end right.
Sometime you have to add or subtract photos, sometime
just
end it on a phrase, and sometime choose another song.
I'm so glad you made a movie with Movie Maker.
In January would give a 5 minute talk on how you did it.?
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Q. I cannot download Microsoft
Office 2007 SP1 update because it is so large, 218 MB
and my computer times out before it finishes downloading.
Do you have any suggestions for me?
A. I downloaded it to a
CD.
If you send me your address, I'll mail it to you.
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Suggestion:
I received an email that was very
interesting, I enjoyed it very much,
but it had 4 forwards in it.
Recipients would be much happier if you didn't send
emails with 4 forwards in it.
It is a little trouble but if you would go through the 4
forwards until you reach the the one with no Fwd: FD: in
attach title, then click on the tab Forward. Now you can
add or delete anything and your email will open on the
first click.
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Q. Is there a way to separate the audio and video in a
file.
I have a file with lousy video (a ceiling) but great
sound
(relatives
talking). How can I save the audio as a wav file or something
similar, so that I can add it as background to some
pictures when I make a slide show or movie (in place of music).
A. Import the video into
Movie Maker, at the bottom left, be
sure you are in the timeline mode, now drag the scenes
you
want into Audio/Music timeline.
Now you will have the sound only. Now you can put photos
or a silent video in the video timeline. You will see the
videos or photos and hear the audio.
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From Myra Engle: WONDERFUL
site!!!
http://www.krysstal.com/inventions.html
Once you click on a link (i.e. 10,000 BC to 4000 BC]),
scroll down for the information. Fun stuff
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Microsoft to
Release IE 8 Beta 1
The first beta version of the Internet Explorer IE8 browser
will be released in the first half of 2008.
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Q. I just spent the last
10 minutes trying to determine the
version I have of Windows Media Player. I do not like the
new explore layout of Vista.
No where could I find the version. In any program in XP,
you
used to be able to click on HELP and ABOUT. Why would
they change that?
Are you able to spot a version on your computer?
Grrrrrr!
A. Open Windows Media Player.
At
the top, right click on an empty space on the Tool Bar or at the bottom,
right
click on an empty
space way
to the right or left of the Play Button,
click
on Show Classic Menus.
Now
click on Help and About Windows Media Player.
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From
Myra Engle: Christmas Rocking Horse:
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1064839742313
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Compression makes
your Video fuzzy.
Adobe Flash
Software is the dominant vehicle for video on the web.
H.264 is Apple Quicktime upgrade to make video
better.
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1 8 08 Slide Show Extravaganza Review *
Dear
Classmates,
It
sure did my heart good to see such a great crowd.
It
was a cold wet windy night with storm warnings.
George
Humphrey did a great job doing a demo of Windows Movie Maker in XP.
It
showed him as a young sailor in China aboard a destroyer. It also showed the
Great
Wall of China.
George
introduced his lovely wife Norma.
Thanks
to Cloyd Raymond, Harold Washburn, Wayne Bell, Joe Pilla, Jo Stratton,
Sigrid
Kunev, Alice Swim and other classmates who help out during class.
If
you want information about a wireless printer or Windows Live OneCare
contact
Wayne Bell w.bell@insightbb.com
We
discussed Windows ReadyBoost, Printer Drivers, Downloading Norton AntiVirus,
using
your electric wires as a router, Microsoft Windows Defender, Windows
Compatibility,
System
Restore, Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) due to be released this year, and
Windows
Internet Explorer 8 which will be out this year.
Insightbb.com
free Virus and Spyware protection, Firewall, Buddy Maples wanted to know
if
someone would take over the CKCS web Calendar, it would be good experience for
someone
and
would help the club out.
I
was amazed when I ask how many people were still on dial up and only a couple
people
put
up their hands, same goes for how many visited the www.ckcs.org
We
have a cool bunch of classmates.
Class
Photos at bottom of page.
Remember
there is no meeting in February.
Kindest
regards,
Joe
Isaac
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If
you are looking for a bargain in a new Vista computer check out page 26,
upper
right hand corner, in the Best Buy Insert in last Sunday's paper.
$699.97
after $170 instant
rebate.
It
is a Dell with:
1.
AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual-Core Processor 4400.
2.
19" LCD Widescreen Monitor.
3.
Epson All-in-One Printer.
4.
Windows Vista Home Premium.
5.
Not 1, not 2, but 3GB DDR2 Ram (memory)
6.
320GB Hard Drive.
7.
Reads and Writes dual layer DVDs and CDs.
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No matter which slide show program you
use,
you should first;
RIGHT
CLICK your Desktop, go down to New, and click on Folder, name it Slideshow.
Collect
"copies" of the photos you are going to
use in this folder.
If
your photos need resizing, cropping, or red eye reduction.
Go
to Start, Programs, Open IrfanView, on the left side click on the yellow
folder,
at
the top of the window where it says Look In: Browse to Desktop then find and
click
on the Slideshow folder.
Then
click on the first Photo.
just
put add an e to the file name.)
Demonstrated
this in class:
Just
today I received Christmas Party photos from my niece that were
1,500
KB, using the above we reduced the photos to 96 KB in .jpg.
and
you could hardly tell the difference.
CROP: Now click on the first Photo, to crop the photo, put your
cursor
in the upper left corner of where you want the photo to
Start,
and drag down to the right to where you want it to stop.
Red Eye Reduction:
First
enlarge photo by clicking on the Red + sign at the top of page