Welcome to the 2009-2010 season for the Computer Club at Palm Creek!!
Posted December 10, 2009
We meet weekly on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 am in the San Tan Room under the leadership of Peggy Fetzer. Club fee is $10 and you get a red star on your badge to signify membership.
Our first two meetings were devoted to getting acquainted and hearing what the attendees were hoping to gain from the association. It seems the majority are beginners to computer lingo and the internet world so they're looking for helpful classes and information to make them more computer literate and take away the mystery of being "on line" and having access to the internet. Many are looking for more info on using their email to send and receive messages/photos from family and friends.
We held a brief presentation on Internet Explorer and demonstrated the advantage and use of Tabs, how to create fast access to our favorite websites through use of the Links Bar, and a bit of how to customize Internet Explorer for our personal preferences. Club members shared some of their favorite "tips" like using the Control Key and the Plus key to increase the font size of a web page. Another way to increase font size is to hold down the Control key and scroll with the mouse wheel. It seems we have trouble reading small print! Use Alt D to immediately highlight the address bar at the top of the page so you can enter a new address. Try these quick tips and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to see how well they work.
Club members have many questions we hope to address in future meetings. This is "your" club and the agenda will be set to cover as many of your questions as possible. Please feel free to submit your suggestions or questions through email to the club mailbox at: palmcreekcomputerclub@gmail.com
Agenda for December 16:
• Introduction of members and guests
• Email presentation including an intro to Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, and Gmail
• Use of "blind courtesy copy" feature to avoid broadcasting everyone's email address when sending to a group
• Using an attachment
• Forwarding an email without exposing addresses
• Creating a "group" email address i.e., to a group of family members
• Creating folders to save certain messages
• Creating and saving a draft email
• If time allows, we'll also discuss how to downsize photos for easier emailing
AND.....of course we want to save time for social discussion and to set up the next meeting agenda. We'll try to maintain this blog to keep everyone informed and invite newcomers to join us. Please help us spread the word.
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