SCScompA Newsletters
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Newsletter Date
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Newsletter Topics/Comments
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August 8, 2007
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- Moving to High-Speed Internet Connection
- The "New" AOL - Late 2006 / First Half 2007
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Selected pictures taken during a vacation trip To Scotland, April 2007
- An early look (during construction of) The Castle Course, St. Andrews Links Trust, Scotland
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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October 31, 2006
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- Forums and Bulletin Boards
- Backing Up and Using DVD/RW
- Recipes - Cooking - Using Them!
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Calendar 2007
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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February 25, 2006
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- Paint Shop Pro And Shortcuts
- Scanning and Modifying/Saving/Using Scanned Information
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Scanned Examples
- Some Winter-In-Mid-South Views - Heading Towards Spring
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
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December 20, 2005
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- Year-End Comments, 2005
- Highlites of My Recommended Home-Computer-Oriented PC System
- PC Applications That I Use Daily - As A Home Computer User
Word Processing: Microsoft Word
Web/eMail: America Online
PaintShop Pro
Nero or something for burning CDs and/or DVDs
WinZip
- Using Mirror Images for Printing On Back-side of Paper
- Calendar "Template"
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Putting Together Scanned Images Using PaintShop Pro
- Modifying an Image Using PaintShop Pro - Overcast Sky to be Blue Sky
- A Few 2005 Pictures
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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April 20, 2005
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- Updated Comments Regarding Recent Upgrades To My Home Computing Environment
- Example of using a scanner to assist in reading small-written documentation
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Examples of Spring Digital Photography.
- Scanner example including some basic HTM(L) examples.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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November 30, 2004
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- Recent Upgrades To My Home Computing Environment
PC
Printer
Scanner
Digital Camera
VirusScan and Firewall
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Examples of Scanning - Holiday Related Materials
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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June 30, 2004
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- Vacation-Oriented Pictures and Showing them On PC/Web
- Two Common Image Manipulation Matters Taken Once Your Pictures Are In Your Computer System
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- An Example of Scanning a Catalog/Magazine and Using the Scanned Picture
- April/May 2004 Vacation-Oriented Pictures
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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March 31, 2004
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- OK - You Bought/Have a Digital Camera. Now What?
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Try -again- to show on a computer display a comparison of a 2-meg-pixels digital camera image as compared with a 1-meg-pixels digital camera image.
- Pictures -to- a Paper Calendar
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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December 31, 2003
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- An Update on How I Move Images From Digital Camera to my Laptop/PC
- What PC-System I Would Have Ordered end-2003
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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October 31, 2003
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- Clickable Images Shown From HTM Tags
- PC Viewing Your Images as a Slideshow or "Photo Album"
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Receiving an Image Through the Network (eMail) and Viewing that Image. This example involves a .mim sent from an Apple system to a Windows system.
- Scanning and Using the Scanned Images From a Calendar
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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August 31, 2003
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- Popups - "Messenger" popups
- Comments Regarding Upgrading AOL Versions
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Merging Separate Images Into One - And Adding Text
- Example of Scanned, Small Non-Flat Items and Further-Related Comments
- Photos as Compared With Scanned Images
- Other Examples of a Close-up Photos
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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June 30, 2003
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- Using a Second Computer in Your Home Computing
- Shortcut Keys - Revisited Once Again
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- A set of vacation-oriented images.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters.
- Comments Regarding:
Firewall pop-ups
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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May 31, 2003
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- Example of Using a Screen Capture Application
- Windows' Folder and "Long" File Names
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- An Example of using PaintShop Pro's Animation.
- Using Your Scanner to Build a Post Card.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Comments Regarding:
Web pop-ups
Registration for viewing Web pages.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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March 31, 2003
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- Using Microsoft Word to Create a Calendar
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- More Digital Camera Image Examples.
- Examples of Using PaintShop Pro and its "Snap to Grid" Feature.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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January 31, 2003
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- Hot Keys / Shortcuts, Re-Visited
- Comments Regarding Finding an Application-Need Solution
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Puzzle progress -- and Orchids again!
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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December 31, 2002
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- Example of a 5-Year Old Home Computing System
- Example Saving Food Recipe Or "record"-type Information In a Home Computing System.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Miscellaneous images resulting from end-of-2002 holiday pictures. Especially showing examples of close-up pictures taken in digital camera "Macro" mode.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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November 30, 2002
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- Additional Comments Regarding Use of America Online's Mail Controls and Selected Other Matters Related to eMail.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Scanning - To Obtain a Particular Image
- Examples of scanned items and pictures taken as the 2002 holiday season starts.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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September 31, 2002
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- Some Final Comments Regarding America Online's Free Web Space as Compared with a "Dot Com"
As a home computer user and very-small business owner.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Scanning - To Obtain a Particular Image
- Miscellaneous photos that are in contention for my personal "Favorite Photos of 2002" collection.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Example of Using WineWin.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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August 31, 2002
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- "Dot Com" Discussion - From My Perspective
As a home computer user and very-small business owner.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Camera - Tripod.
- Scanning and Picture-taking of a Small Quilt.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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July 31, 2002
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- Small Example of Using PaintShop Pro to Create an Image
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Some Recent Examples of Using a Scanner
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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June 18, 2002
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- Discussion Regarding Home Networking Using Telephone Wiring.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Some quilt pictures and related information.
- A photo update of a recent "seed" (from trees) harvest and nurturing.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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May 20, 2002
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- Further Comments Regarding Laptop/Journal/Digital Camera/Images as Part of a Vacation.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Vacation-Captured Examples.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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March 31, 2002
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- Example of Using HTM (Web-page-displayable) Format for a Cooking Recipe.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Photos of Spring Springing!
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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February 28, 2002
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- Selected Examples of Using Microsoft Word
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Examples of Scanned Items and Modifying Items Using PaintShop Pro.
- Pictures Taken Indoors of Orchids
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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January 31, 2002
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- Further Comments Regarding What are -- and, some examples of using -- my "Top 5" home computer/laptop applications?
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Examples of Vacation Pictures Using Digital Camera at a 1.3 Megapixel Setting.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters:
- What Home Use PC Operating System Do I Use and Recommend to Persons I Work With?
- Comments Regarding Offsite Backup.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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December 20, 2001
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- What are -- and, some examples of using -- my "Top 5" home computer/laptop applications?
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- An exercise aimed at your saving/modifying a Web page image. It happens to be a "golf rules quiz" for those of you who are golfers -- but, feel free to do the exercise even if you are not a golfer.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in September/October:
- A Few Miscellaneous Matters
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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November 28, 2001
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- What do I Use a Scanner For in my Home Use of a PC System?
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Digital camera examples. Including use of Olympus Camera: "Normal" mode and "Macro" mode.
- Example of using PaintShop Pro's Screen Capture support.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in September/October:
- Example of Using Microsoft Word to Print Address Labels
- A Few Other Miscellaneous Matters
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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October 21, 2001
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- Current Home Computer Applications I Use the Most.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters:
- Example of a scanned greeting card and showing that as a Web page.
- More examples of scanning information at a particular scan-level (pixels) and then manipulating the scanned image using PaintShop prior to viewing/showing the scanned images.
- This month's Great Golf Hole.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in September/October:
- Summary Comments Regarding Installation/Getting Started Using McAfee Virus Scan.
- Example of Saving a Web Page and Using it Later.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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September 23, 2001
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- One Important Matter - See the Newsletter
- Examples of Scanned Items and Digital Camera Photos Including this month's "Great Golf Hole".
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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August 1, 2001
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- Some Microsoft Word Items
- Update Regarding Last Month's Comments Regarding Unwanted eMail and an Example of Using AOL's Mail Controls' Support
- Examples of Scanned Items and Digital Camera Photos Including this month's "Great Golf Hole".
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in July/August.
- Brief comments regarding:
- This month's-used good web page.
- Update Regarding PC Configurations Recently Configured for Home Use
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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July 1, 2001
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- Why do I use Freecell!
- Comments on Installation/Use of a New Replacement Scanner
- Examples of Scanned Items and Digital Camera Photos Including this month's "Great Golf Hole".
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in June/July.
- Un-wanted eMail and eMail "senders".
- Brief comments regarding:
- This month's-used good web page.
- An additional comment on using the Enter key rather than a PC mouse click.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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June 1, 2001
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- Examples of Using a Home PC and its Connected Printer and some Windows-related Matters.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters.
- Comments regarding steps I take while working with digital-camera pictures when on vacation.
- More Scotland-vacation picture examples.
- This month's "Great Golf Hole" (My favorite Par-4 we play in Scotland).
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in May/June, including:
- Brief comments regarding:
- eMail and use-of eMail.
- A good Web page: Newspaper's web pages.
- Keeping multiple Windows (windows!) open and why I do that.
- PC Mouse use -- in conjunction with the Enter key.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- A short comment regarding SP2 download time and installation of SP2 on my Windows Professional systems.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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May 1, 2001
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- Comments and examples resulting from recent experience of using laptop/Web while traveling on vacation.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters.
- A scanned image - at various scanned details (DPI).
- A few vacation pictures from Scotland.
- This month's "Great Golf Hole".
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in April, including:
- Brief comments regarding:
- HTM ("Web format" information) used by any home computer user.
- Listening to USA's Major League Baseball on Web radio.
- Word (Microsoft Word) items that came up recently.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Reminder about backup and shutdown when leaving home for more than a "short time".
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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April 1, 2001
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- Comments Regarding Why I use America Online.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters.
- Example of using PaintShop Pro to modify pictures using Enhance Photo-->Auto Contrast support.
- Panoramic picture: Multiple pictures put together using PaintShop Pro. (Pictures used are of a great golf course in Scotland).
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in March, including:
- Brief comments regarding:
- Weather and the Web
- AOL and leaving it "active" when working on another matter on your PC.
- AOL and Sounds and backing up AOL's "organize" file.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- AOL and Web Graphics preference setting.
- Leaving your PC powered on when you are not specifically using it.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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March 1, 2001
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- Comments Regarding Home-User and (Quite) Small Business Oriented Web Pages.
- Further Examples of Using Paint Shop Pro.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in February, including:
- Comments regarding:
- America Online and its Homeplace.
- Printing -- "Offline" and "Online".
- A few Web pages (worth mentioning) that we used this month.
- Home use of Windows 2000 Professional
- Miscellaneous matters.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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February 1, 2001
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- Some Recommended 2001 Objectives for Home Computing Users.
- This Month's Example of Viewing Scanned and/or Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in January, including:
- Comments regarding:
- PC system backup.
- Compression factor for JPEGs (JPGs).
- Fonts
- Search engine listings
- Miscellaneous matters.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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January 1, 2001
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- Another example of Viewing Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in December, Including:
- Updated Comments Regarding My Early Experience with Microsoft Office 2000 Standard.
- An Experience with Moving CD-music to PC.
- Shortcut Key Use Examples in Place of Mouse Clicks.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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December 1, 2000
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- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in November.
Including:
- Updated Comments Regarding my home PCs and Windows Millennium.
- One Week's Experience with Microsoft Office 2000 Standard.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Another example of Viewing Digital Camera Pictures using HTM (Web page) parameters.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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November 1, 2000
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- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in October.
Including:
- My home PCs and Windows Millennium.
- Web browsers and Language Packs.
- Specifications I use about pictures on Web pages. Plus, a reminder that Web pages can be viewed locally -- it is not necessary to be online to view a local Web page -- and, comments on why you may want to view Web pages locally.
- Maintenance matters that came up this month.
- Another example of Using HTM (Web page) parameters to view/show information.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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October 1, 2000
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- Another example of Using PaintShop Pro: Manipulating Pictures via a Puzzle.
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in September.
Including:
- Using AOL's provided-to-the-user web space.
- Comments regarding old pictures put on photograph contact sheets and, then, moving the contact sheet to the PC and, possibly, to the Web for sharing with friends/family.
- Some PC maintenance matters that came up in September, 2000.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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September 1, 2000
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- The PC Application Used The Most At our Home in August 2000. This month: PaintShop Pro
- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Home Computer Use Matters that Came Up in August
Including:
- Comments on updating to Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.
- Some Web pages of interest recently viewed by me.
- Comments regarding eMail etiquette.
- An Example of Using HTML.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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August 1, 2000
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- Comments regarding applications and experiences with those applications recently used on my home PCs.
- Update on comments related to PC configurations aimed at being a primary home computer.
- Further examples of pictures placed in a small HTM for sharing with friends and family.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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July 1, 2000
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- Miscellaneous Comments Regarding Matters/Discussions That Came Up Recently. Including:
- Windows 2000 in conjunction with America Online -- on a home user's PC.
- Some reasons for multiple screen names with America Online.
- Some reasons for offline use of America Online or your Internet provider.
- Comments regarding keeping your PC powered on "24 hours a day".
- Some Comments Regarding Internet Search/Use.
- Example of a small Web page and associated pictures.
- Summary of what is in the SCScompA Lab 10: "Getting Started with America Online".
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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June 1, 2000
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- Some Comments Regarding Getting Started with the Internet and eMail
- Using the PC to Store/Save/Look-at Old Family/Other Photographs and Other-Such Material.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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May 1, 2000
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- Laptop Use While on the Road in UK/Scotland
- Digital Camera Examples: Pictures of Orchids
- Comments Regarding America Online Use in April, 2000
- Backup
- Comment Regarding Sending a Word Document Over the Internet
- Examples of Using Digital Camera Pictures: Placing Multiple Pictures Into One Image.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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April 1, 2000
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Installation of Windows 2000 on my laptop. Previously, all my Windows 2000 work was on my PC.
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Miscellaneous matters including examples of scanning items and using PaintShop Pro animation to build a greeting card, experiences with the America Online support for Windows 2000 and:
- Explanation of Dogwoods!
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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March 1, 2000
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Comments regarding this month's featured SCScompA lab exercise which is aimed at helping the home PC user get started with HTM and using their America Online-provided Internet disk space.
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Final comments on Windows 2000 testing/uses now that we have installed the officially-released Windows 2000 product.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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February 1, 2000
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Discussion on use of a PC-fax program and some additional examples of using a scanner.
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More on Windows 2000 testing/uses which we completed in January.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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January 1, 2000
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Additional Comments Regarding Home Computer Use at Our Place.
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Comments on my first experiences with Windows 2000.
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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December 1, 1999
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Comments Regarding Home Computer Use at Our Place
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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November 1, 1999
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Home Computer Configurations
- Freecell Game/Deal of the Month.
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