The topic is TBA

See the Mobile Wireless SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

Sylvia Nimmo will be back again and will present: “Working Online with Maps and Place Names.” During her presentation she will demonstrate the available map and place name features in:

• Family Tree Maker 10™
• Legacy 7 Deluxe™
• AniMap 3™
• SiteFinder™
• Genealogy Software Compairson Chart

See the CCA Genealogy SIG page for location, contacts, etc

See the AustinGenSIG site for expanded coverage directly from John

AGENDA  

A review of the essential components of the Windows XP including:

o What is Windows anyway, and why do I need it?
o Understanding the Desktop
o Terminology and definitions.
o Icons, Start Button, Quick Launch Bar, Task Bar, Systray and more.

See the Windows SIG page for location, contacts, more.

AGENDA
o How to get police alerts on activities in your neighborhood.
Be aware of local crime and help the police at the same time.

o Another virus that attacks your wallet.
How to avoid this virus, and what to do if you didn’t.

o Internet popup ads can infect you, even if you close the ad.
A look at how this happens, and how you can protect yourself.

o Google may know all, but what does it know about you?
A visit to the site where you can see what Google has collected on you.

o Mints on the Pillow

See the Grab Bag SIG page for location, contacts, more.

The Offfice SIG will not meet this month.

See the Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

Spreadsheets for Number Crunching: We’ll introduce you to Spreadsheets which make working with numbers as easy as word processors work with words. You’ll want to throw away your calculator once you’ve tried spreadsheets. (Well, almost.) Spreadsheets are the easiest way to do income tax tallies, mortgage & amortizations, balance sheets, income statements, ledgers, small mailing lists, bids, invoices, graphs and much more.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

Windows Basics: We’ll review key concepts from the last meeting then explain the Windows user interface, aka “Desktop.” You’ll learn the meaning of Icons, what the Taskbar and Systray are telling you from the bottom of the screen, how to exploit the Quicklaunch bar and how to use the Start button to do most anything on your PC.

See the Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc.

Dr. Gary Chapman will share his views on Privacy in this New Century.

Dr. Chapman is the Director The 21st Century Project in the LBJ School of Public Affairs.  Among many other endeavors, he also writes a bi-weekly column for the Statesman.  His full biography is available here.

See the General Meeting page for location and more.

AGENDA
o MS Word
Word has many features that are most helpful if you know how to use them.
We will look at the following:
Margins
– The various types and settings, and how to master them.
Rulers
– Great for layout work.
Hidden Symbols
– How to find them.
- What they mean.
- How are they useful.

See the Beginners MSO  SIG page for location, contacts, etc

On the slate this month:

-  Discussion of the newest version of Linux Mint, which is a reworked and even easier-to-install version of Ubuntu.  I’ll have CDs of LM 8 (Helena), which corresponds to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic).

-  More tweaks and comments about command-line tools.

- Unison vs. Rsync for synchronizing data between two computers or two disks.

- Using Kubuntu v4.4 beta instead of the default v4.3.

As usual, snacks and coffee will be available.  I even promise the house will be warm.

See the Linux Beginners SIG page for location, contacts, etc