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Night
Meeting -
Friday, 9 MARCH at 7:30pm
Creating an Online Photo Album
Using Google and Picasa - naming, searching, privacy, emailing the link, and backup
Presented by: Robert Castles
Day
Meeting
- Saturday, 24 MARCH at
1:00pm
An Introduction to Blogging
The questions "What is it?", "Why?" and the "Wherfor?" will be dealt with.
Presented by: Alan Saunders
QUESTION & ANSWERS will also be a feature at both meetings. So have those questions ready, written down preferably.
If you can do this, the question and answer will probably be included in the newsletter as a letter to the editor for future reference.
Ideally you should e-mail your question to the editor, who will pass it on to the relevant member so it can be properly researched.
Visitors
are most welcome!
Your first visit is FREE then a door charge of $5 applies to non-members.
For further details, contact a committee
member:
| Q & A FORUM (Members only) |
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When: The Monday after each Day meeting, commencing on 27 February 2012
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Timing: 9:30 - 11:00 am in the Computer lab.
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Costs: A coin donation for morning tea.
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Enrolment: Members wishing to participate must indicate attendance with the Secretary no later than the relevant day meeting.
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Attendance: Maximum available places is 6 per session; a further 2 places are available if members bring their laptop.
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the ICE Newsletter is published 11 times a year (February to December)
in hard-copy format and posted to all financial ICE members and supporters.
Click
here to view the ICE Newsletter in PDF format
Your
Contributions Please! Be
part of this Newsletter by contributing a short, informative (100 to 200
word) article about
your experience with computers or something you have read. Please make
sure you understand the item you contributing
and provide your name and indicate the source if it not your own work.
Articles may be edited if they are too long.
Please submit them by the 15th of each month.
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All courses take
place in the UFARA computer lab, which can be accessed through the Community
Centre’s front office, unless otherwise advised.
Fees quoted are for members (in brackets are for non-members). Fees
include a manual unless otherwise stated.
COURSE SYNOPSIS – Here’s is a short synopsis
of some of our courses, with the following prerequisites to all course;
special ones are listed with the respective course.
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Students
need to bring with them pen, notebook, a formatted CD R/W or USB flash
drive.
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Classes
will not commence until there is minimum of 3 enrolments unless otherwise
stated.
In
order to make our education program more flexible, the committee has implemented
the following:
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A
member who enrols in more than one course will be entitled to a 10%
discount off the tuition fee for the second and third course.
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If
a member enlists 3 or more students to do the same course then that
member would do his/her course free of charge.
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The
enrolment form can now be downloaded from our web page at http://www.illawarrapcug.org.au/education.html
Long course (a long course is defined as being three or more lessons in duration) manuals are now available to members
(with the exception of ‘Create Envelopes and Labels’ and ‘Train the Trainer’) for $25 as a self-paced module; all required files are included. These must be ordered and pre-paid and can be collected the next club activity.
Below are modules that are offered as self-paced modules only.
A Self-Paced Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010
In this module you will learn about
- What’s New
- Performing Basic Calculation
- Formatting Worksheets
- Manipulating Data
- Advanced Calculation
- Making Data Visible
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A Pictorial Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007
In this module you will learn about
- Performing Basic Calculation
- Formatting Worksheets
- Manipulating Data
- Advanced Calculation
- Making Data Visible
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A Self-Paced Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
In this module you will learn how to:
- What’s New
- Create a Presentation
- Customise Presentations
- Work with Animation
- Prepare a Live Presentations
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A Pictorial Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
In this module you will learn how to:
- Create a Presentation
- Customise Presentations
- Work with Animation
- Prepare a Live Presentations
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A Self-Paced Introduction to Microsoft Publisher 2010
In this module you will learn about:
- What’s New
- Publisher Basics
- Enhancing Documents
- Formatting text
- Refining Documents
- Brochures and Newsletters
- Changing defaults
- Employing AutoShapes
- Employing Pack and Go
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A Pictorial Introduction to Microsoft Publisher 2007
In this module you will learn about:
- Publisher Basics
- Enhancing Documents
- Formatting text
- Refining Documents
- Brochures and Newsletters
- Changing defaults
- Employing AutoShapes
- Employing Pack and Go
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A Self-Paced Introduction to Microsoft Word 2010
In this module you will learn:
- What’s New
- Format words
- Format paragraphs
- Use bullets and numbering
- Adjust page settings
- View pages
- Format text with styles
- Find and replace
- Insert breaks
- Employ headers and footers
- Employ tables
- Print envelopes and labels
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A Pictorial Introduction to Microsoft Word 2007
In this module you will learn: Format words
- Format paragraphs
- Use bullets and numbering
- Adjust page settings
- View pages
- Format text with styles
- Find and replace
- Insert breaks
- Employ headers and footers
- Employ tables
- Print envelopes and labels
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One-on-One Training
is available on all courses offered by ICE, with the training done in
the computer lab.
The fees are $6.00 ($12.00 non-members) per hour plus $5.00 for the
manual. For example Word 1 is of 6 hours duration, the fee would be
$36.00 for the tuition plus the manual, making it a total of $41.00
The advantage of this option is that the training usually could be arranged
on the day the fees are paid. However the training can take place only
on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday.
The following courses are available on a ‘One on One’ basis
only.
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ACCESS 2 (Database) – Costs: $48 ($96), 4 x
2 hrs = 8 hrs
Prerequisite – You must have completed ACCESS
1 and it continues to a more advanced level.
The following topics will be covered.
Lesson 1 – Use of various field types in table
and table relationships.
Lesson 2 – Working with queries including using
more than one table and various types of query
Lesson 3 – Creating forms and reports in design
view.
Lesson 4 – Macros
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2 (Word Processing) – Costs: $36 ($72) 4 x 1 ½
hrs = 6 hrs.
4 weeks in length, this course takes the user to the more advanced
aspects of word processing: importing graphics such as clip art and
pictures; writing in columns; designing a 3-fold pamphlet; using frames
and tables; page numbering and headers or footers; word art. Mail
merge is not covered.
ACCESS
1 (Database) - Costs: $23 ($41), 4 x 1 ½ hrs
= 6 hrs. The
Access course will consist of 4 lessons on the basic concepts
of Access.
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Lesson
one on table building, two on forms and data entering, three
on analysing data through queries and four on reports.
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Participants
will need to bring about 12 names, addresses, phone numbers,
and birthday dates with them.
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COMPUTER
BASICS – Cost $23 ($41), 4 x 1 ½ hrs
This is for beginners and introduces students to
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EXCEL
1 (Spreadsheet) – Costs: $23 ($41), 4 x 1 ½
hrs = 6 hrs
This course introduces the basic ideas people need to know about
how to use a spreadsheet. Concepts include entering and editing
text data; entering and editing numerical data; formatting text
and numerical data; sorting data; using simple formulae; creating
graphs.
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PHOTOSHOP
ELEMENTS (Graphics Editor) – Costs: $29 ($53),
4 x 2 hrs = 8 hrs
This 4-week course introduces participants to the basics of graphics
editing. Trainees learn how to:
Identify
elements of the opening screen (2 sessions);
Resizing
your pictures;
Working
with filters and layers.
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POWERPOINT
(Presentation) – Costs: $23 ($41), 4 x 1 ½ hrs = 6
hrs
You will be introduced to the features of PowerPoint, creating and
saving a presentation, using a design template, inserting text and
graphics, creating a folder to store a presentation, previewing
and printing a presentation. |
PUBLISHER
(Desktop Publishing) – Costs: $29 ($53) 4 x 2 hrs = 8 hrs
You must be competent in word processing to do the course. You will
be introduced to the features of Microsoft Publisher, and learn
skills that enable you to create a wide variety of publications,
including newsletters, brochures and flyers and stationery. |
TRAIN
THE TRAINER – Costs: Free ($41) 3 x 2 hrs = 6 hrs
This course is for people who wish to become volunteer trainers
for their club. It assumes a basic knowledge of several programs,
and delves into teaching techniques. It is mainly about “How
to Teach” rather than “What to Teach”. |
WORD
1 (Word Processing) – Costs: $23 ($41), One on
One: $41 ($76) 4 x 1 ½ = 6 hrs
This 4-week course is part one of a two-stage course, and introduces
participants to the basics of word processing.
Trainees
learn how to modify the appearance of text using italics, bold
print and underlining; by changing print font and size
They
then proceed to formatting text by altering the margins, bulleting
and auto numbering.
Spelling
and grammar checking are also covered, as are filing and editing.
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CREATE
ENVELOPES AND LABELS (Word Processing) – Costs:
$17 ($29) 2 x 2 = 4 hrs
All about Envelopes
Customise
Envelopes
Why
use labels?
How
Many Labels?
Create
custom labels
Printing
a sheet of labels |
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Each of the following courses is of 2 hours duration – cost
$11 ($17), One on One: $17 ($29) |
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CREATE-A-CARD
You will be taught how to create greeting cards using the American
Create-A-Card program. |
PRINTING
OPTIONS IN EXCEL
How
to print a selection
How
to format your page in Excel
How
to print in “draft mode”
How
to use “page set up” |
FILE
MANAGEMENT
How
to create new folders
How
to drag and drop files from folder to folder
How
to delete folders and files |
HYPER-LINKING
DOCUMENTS (Word Processing)
How
to create table contents
How
to create an “index”
How
to link documents |
BURNING
CDs (Nero)
Backing-up
your files to a CD
Copying
from one CD to another CD |
SENDING
AND RECEIVING E-MAILS
How
to send and receive e-mail
How
to attach document or pictures
How
to send an e-mail to multiple recipients
How
to add contacts to your address book |
PHOTOSTORY
(Creating your own “videos”)
Photo Story helps you create exciting video stories by adding panning
and zooming effects to your pictures. Use Photo Story to record
narration for your pictures, add titles and background music to
your story. You can also share your story in a variety of ways. |
PICASA
(Photo Editing)
This course will cover how to remove red eye, crop photos, rise
or lower brightness and contrast, transform coloured photos to B&W
or sepia, and add numerous special effects such as blurring and
background tinting. |
MAIL
MERGE (Word Processing)
You use mail merge when you want to create a set of documents
that are essentially the same but where each document contains
unique elements. You will be shown how to create a set of:
labels
or envelopes
form
letters, e-mail messages, or faxes
numbered
coupons
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CREATING
AND FORMATTING TABLES (Word Processing)
Useful for rosters, stock control and many other applications |
For
starting dates of the ICE Computer Courses make enquiries at the education
desk at any of our meetings, e-mail
the Secretary or download them from our website at http://www.illawarrapcug.org.au/
Please follow these steps.
- An
Enrolment Form must be completed for each course you wish to take and
be accompanied with the relevant fees.
- If
the course has been given a date (otherwise you can only record an expression
of interest), pay the Treasurer for the course and record your receipt
number on the Enrolment Form.
- Hand
the completed Enrolment Form with your cheque (made out to Illawarra PC
Users Group) in at the education desk at our meetings or mail it to the
Honorary Secretary
Illawarra Computer Enthusiasts
9 Ursula Road
Bulli 2516
To
record an expression of interest in a course, you can do the following
Make
it at the education desk.
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