Welcome to the SCScompA newsletter. The intention of this newsletter is to include summaries of information related to home computer use and other matters I believe to be of interest.
If you are reading this, you probably have a general idea who SCScompA is and what are our assistance offerings. This newsletter is aimed at providing information which has come up as part of our assistance offerings or which we have come across while reviewing other-than-SCScompA sources of information. It is intended to always give "credit" to the information-source -- but, I apologize in advance if I miss-credit something or someone!
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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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