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President's MessageThe Big Bear Computer Club is going forward in meeting the needs of our membership by providing training at our meetings. For years the main emphasis was to provide speakers from software companies telling us about their latest technology but it was

not what our members wanted, they want to know how to use their computers to the fullest degree. We are now glad to comply.

To go one step further, we would like to schedule a Beginner Special Interest Group (SIG) whereby members can continue their training outside of the General meeting day for a longer period of time. We would like to hear from you if you would like to participate in this Beginner SIG, please call me at (909) 878-5622. If we have enough interest, we will schedule it sometime in June or July.

We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to our newsletter Editor, Norene Lieser for accepting the opportunity to do the Bearly Bytes newsletter in a PDF format. Bill Flanagan our webmaster has done a fantastic job in doing the On-Line newsletter and we all wish to “thank” him for doing a great job.

The Southwest Computer Conference in San Diego that Karen Tangeman, VP, and I attended was one of the best. You will hear more about what we learned in a separate article.

Happy Father’s Day — Yomar Cleary

Award Winning Big Bear Computer Club Newsletter

Volume 8June 2008

Published Monthly • Edited by Norene Lieser www.bigbearcc.org

Inside..Word Tip................................................................. 2Excel Tip................................................................. 2Dumb Things to Avoid ........................................... 3New Members.........................................................3About Bearly Bytes.................................................4Editor's Corner........................................................ 4Calendars.................................................................4USB Flash Drives for Backup.................................5Officers and Key Leaders....................................... 6Help Lines...............................................................6Cash Flow............................................................... 6New Books..............................................................7Getting to Know You ............................................. 7Using Older Programs in Vista............................... 7Product Review.......................................................8May General Meeting Notes...................................9Member Review Program....................................... 9Adobe article...........................................................10Speaker at June Meeting......................................... 10

May Door Prize Winners

Dorothy Sirk—1 Large Black Tee-Shirt by AMD

Norene Lieser—1 XL White Tee-Shirt by PC Club

Bill Flanagan—1 Dual Power Calculatorwith handy pocket calculator by Spectra

Jeanie Saunders—1 Book Step by Step Windows Vistaby Microsoft

Carole Allen—Studio Plus Titanium Editionby Pinnacle

Fire Chief to Speak at June 10th MeetingFire Chief John Morley from the Big Bear Lake Fire Station will give a 30-minute presentation on behalf of The Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST). In light of the fire season, Fire Chief Morley will be giving tips to homeowners and business owners on how to create a defensible space around their properties, in addition to informing residents of the resources available to them. Public is invited to attend. Our normal computer training session will follow.

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The Paper ClipStationers

In the Stater Brothers Shopping Center909 866-0505

Excel Tips: Copying SubtotalsApplies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007Excel has a handy feature that allows you to automatically add subtotals to a data list. (How to create subtotals was covered in other issues of ExcelTips.) You may be wondering, once the subtotals are in place, how you can copy the subtotals to a different worksheet. This is actually rather easy to do, if you follow these steps:1. Add your worksheet subtotals as you normally would.2. Collapse the information in the list so that only the subtotals are showing. (Click on the small 2 in the outline levels shown at the top of the gray area at the left of the worksheet.)3. Select the range of cells containing the subtotals you want to copy. (Do not select complete rows or columns; just select the range of cells.)4. Press F5. Excel displays the Go To dialog box.5. Click on Special. Excel displays the Go To Special dialog box, 6. Make sure the Visible Cells Only option is selected.7. Click on OK. Excel selects just the visible information from the range you specified in step 3.8. Press Ctrl+C to copy the rows to the Clipboard.9. Select the cell where you want to paste the subtotals.10. Press Ctrl+V to paste the information. ■

Word Tip June 2008Changing the Return Address Location

Word includes an Envelopes feature that makes it pretty easy to create your own professional-looking envelopes. The feature makes certain assumptions about where different parts of the envelope should be printed. In a previous issue of WordTips I addressed how to adjust the number of lines available for the printing of the address itself. What if you want to change the positioning of the return address, however?

The Envelopes and Labels tool in Word depends on a predefined style when creating an envelope. The style used for the return address, appropriately enough, is named Envelope Return. When you click on either the Print or Add to Document buttons in the Envelopes and Labels dialog box, this style is grabbed and used for the return address area itself.

The style is defined to use a frame, and that frame is defined to appear at a very specific location on the envelope. If you want to change where the return address appears, simply change where the frame is defined to appear. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click on the New tool on the toolbar to open a new document based on the Normal.Dot style. (If you want to fix this problem in other templates, you should open the template directly or create a blank document based on that template.)2. Choose the Style option from the Format menu. This displays the Style dialog box.3. In the List drop-down list at the bottom of the dialog box, make sure you select All Styles. 4. In the list of styles, select Envelope Return.5. Click on Modify. This displays the Modify Style dialog box. 6. Click on the Format button and choose Frame. This displays the Frame dialog box. 7. Adjust the information in the Horizontal and Vertical areas of the dialog box to reflect the position you want for the return address. (Hint: Try setting Relative To equal to Page, and then typing values in the Position controls.) 8. Click on OK to close the Frame dialog box. 9. Make sure the Add to Template check box is selected, at the bottom of the Modify Style dialog box. 10. Click on OK. 11. Click on Cancel to close the Style dialog box.

Now, when you save your document or close Word, you

are asked if you want to save your changes to the template. Make sure you do this. Your envelopes, when created in a document that uses this template, should now have your return address exactly where you specified.

Tip applies to Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 ■

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Dumb Things to Avoid While Using Your Computerby Vinny La Bash, (Approx. 1,042 words)

Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

To paraphrase a recent TV commercial, we all do dumb things, but doing them with your computer doesn't have to be one of them.

Most of us know that our computers work better when they are plugged into an active electrical outlet, but ask any service technician how many times he or she has encountered that situation, and you may be surprised at the answer. Every one of us, no matter how experienced, has done at least one dumb thing with our computers. Maybe you pressed a wrong combination of keys and changed a setting you didn't mean to disturb. Maybe nothing much happened or you ended up crashing your system.

Whatever does or doesn't happen, paying attention to what you're doing combined with a dash of forethought can prevent most dumb mistakes.

David Letterman has his top ten lists. I offer my top six. My list will do little to entertain you, but it will help you to be smarter about using your system.

Dumb Computer Mistake # 6: Failing to install or keep your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs up-to-date.

Some people think that keeping these programs current is too much trouble. Others quibble because sometimes they have to disable their anti-virus program to install another application.

Don't be misguided. Viruses and spyware can gum up your system to a point where your machine can be rendered useless and inoperable. You could be a victim of fraud or risk turning your machine into a "zombie" where a third party can use your computer for criminal activities. Innocent people have been arrested and charged with downloading child pornography. They had no idea that their machines were compromised for illegal purposes, yet they found themselves in deep trouble.

Dumb Computer Mistake # 5: Indiscriminately installing freeware and shareware you find on the internet.

If you are guilty of this it's only a matter of time before you get infected with a piece of sloppily written software

that will cause your system to behave erratically or crash. If you follow dumb with dumber by installing pirated software, don't ask me for help.

Dumb Computer Mistake # 4: Share your files and peripherals with the immediate world.

Turn off file and printer sharing. Unless you do this you could open your computer to access by using a public wireless hotspot with your laptop. Even if you don't use a laptop be aware that Windows, by default, has administrative sharing for the root of each drive. You can turn this feature off in the Systems Administration portion of the Control Panel.

Dumb Computer Mistake # 3: Browse through the internet without a firewall.

People new to computers are most likely to make this mistake. They tend to be entirely unaware that they need a firewall because nobody told them what a firewall is or why they need one. This lack of knowledge exposes them to every virus, worm or malicious hacker in the computer universe. Fortunately, this exposure can be easily corrected. Many modems and routers have built-in firewall protection. Personal firewalls can easily be downloaded from the web. Go to www.avast.com and download one of the best all around network security programs in existence. The best part is that this excellent program is free to the general public.

Dumb Computer Mistake # 2: Picking weak passwords.

Every hacker in the known universe understands that many people use their children's or grandchildren's name as a password. Cracking that kind of security is as easy as breathing. Don't use a family member's birthday or social security number as a password either. It's the kind of information that is all too easy to obtain. Don't create passwords from a dictionary. Hackers have programs which automatically compare passwords against dictionary entries.

Passwords should be at least 8 characters long, and be a combination of upper and lower case characters and numbers. The common objection is that they are hard to remember. That also makes them hard to crack. Create a phrase that you can easily remember and use the first letter of each word along with logical numbers. For ample, "Our vacation in Jamaica begins on the fifth day of August" becomes OviJbot5do8. A password like that is impossible to guess and is not found in any dictionary.

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Editor's CornerHi, for those of you that don't know me yet, I am Norene Lieser and I am your new newsletter editor. When I so blithely accepted this post I had no idea the newsletter was an "award winning newsletter" and that it was about 8 pages or more long. EGAD!! Well,

Bill Flanagan is helping me get started and is teaching me a new publishing program to use so I'm sure it will get easier...right? I've done newsletters for many years but not such long ones and not one with an already established (is that enough excuses?).

I was thinking it would be fun (for me for sure) to get to know one another. So be thinking of your story of how you got started computing and the machines you started with etc, okay? I'll start so you can get an idea of how it will be. Go to "Getting to Know You!

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Guest Speaker tonight — Terry Currier

July 29 — Board Meeting1:30 pm at Bear Coffee and More

We wish to welcome our new members, ALAN CLARK SHARON TEETER BILL DUSEK

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Kudos for Rosemary LloydI want to tell everyone what a great class Rosemary gave on the Vista Operating System. She was well prepared and gave a very professional presentation which included a handout of all of the points she was going to discuss, screenshots and all. Great job — Norene Lieser

Mouse Tipif you have a mouse that has a scroll wheel, try giving the wheel a push. Yep, just press your finger directly down on the wheel and see what happens. Once you do that, you should see a big double arrow appear. You can then just move your mouse up and down and it will do an "automatic scroll" for you. That's right, once you click the wheel, you no longer have to actually scroll. Just move your mouse around and it will all be taken care of.

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Philipson & ErdmierAttorneys

• Criminal Law • Personal Injury • Family Law • Workers Compensation • Civil Litigation • Probate Law

719 Pine Knot Avenue, Big Bear Lake909 866-4140 — 909 878-2118

Dumb Computer Mistake # 1: Never backing up your data or system files.

Even if you never do any other dumb thing while computing, failure to back up your data can negate everything else if you lose important information. There are too many things that can go wrong for you not to be backing up your data. Hard disk crashes, fire or water damage, tornados, hurricanes, magnetic interference, and theft are just a few of the many things that can damage or destroy data.

Backing up data can be time consuming and inconvenient, but losing your data could be catastrophic. There are many strategies you can use to protect your data, but any strategy is better than none. Don't think that merely copying your data files to an external disk constitutes backing up. Make copies of your essential data to three CDs or three sets of CDs. Keep one set at home, but in a different room than where the computer is housed. Keep another set at the office if you work for a living. If you're retired ask a friend to keep a set for you. Do the same for your friend. The third set of disks should be kept in a secure place like a safe deposit box.

Data is the only irreplaceable thing on your computer. You can replace hardware, operating systems and application software, but you can't go to a store and buy a replacement copy of your data.

The dumbest thing I can remember doing is backing up my data files to a RAM disk.

This article has been provided to APCUG by the author solely for publication by APCUG member groups. All other uses require the permission of the author (see e-mail address above). ■

USB Flash Drives for BackupEveryone should backup important files

Everyone should know about Flash drives, (Jump Drive, Thumb Drive, etc)

A Flash Drive is like adding another hard drive to your computer. Files can be copied and deleted time and time again. They are a great alternative to burning CD’s that become obsolete after they have been used.

To access the Flash Drive, some computers will pop up an info box as soon as the Flash Drive is inserted. Otherwise, go to My Computer and the Flash Drive will appear along with your C Drive, CD Rom Drives etc. Open the Flash Drive so files can be copied. I open My Computer and open the folders/files to be copied, then open My Computer again and choose the Flash Drive. Make sure you can see both on the screen by resizing them and putting them side by side.

Use the flash drive to transfer data/photos to another computer. By copying files to the Flash Drive and then inserting the Flash Drive into another computer, you can transfer stuff any time. Great for trading photos or transferring files from work or home.

Save important backup files to the flash drive. In this case, leave the flash drive plugged in and use software to automatically save files you do not want to lose. A 2G drive or more is suggested for this use.

I use a freebe called Backup995. You can set it to backup your files anytime you think you will be using your computer the most on a daily or weekly basis. I have mine set at 8:30 am every day. It will pop up a notice to start your backup. This method is best for people who have just a few files that are important. For others who have a lot of files to save, maybe an external hard drive would be the answer. I have an external 80 G Western Digital where my files are sent.

A great web site to see for lots of info on Flash Drives is from Answers.com.

http://www.answers.com/topic/keydrive?cat=technology/.

http://www.backup995.com/

— Barbara Moore

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Bearly Bytes Help LineThe following members have generously offered to help you with your PC problems by Phone or by e-mailWindows Beginners........................................ Carole Allen866-7677 allenbnc@yahoo.com

Windows 95,98,ME,XP................................ Bob Kopolow584-7747 bobkopolow@yahoo.com

Outlook Express. ................................................ Joan Kiehl585-7894 dicjoa@earthlink.net

MS Outlook...................................................Bob Kopolow584-7747 bobkopolow@yahoo.com

MS Word.................................................. Karen Tangeman585-1734 ktangeman@charter.net

MS Excel.......................................................Yomar Cleary878-5622 ycleary@charter.net

MSPublisher..................................................Yomar Cleary878-5622 ycleary@charter.net

Digital Photos..............................................Barbara Moore585-7981 barbstuff@verizon.net

CD Burning......................................................Larry Smith584-1284 kg6erf@yahoo.com

Quicken......................................................Michael Homan584-2277 vpc@pineknot.com

Hardware.......................................................Bob Kopolow584-7747 bobkopolow@yahoo.com

BBCC Officers and Key LeadersPresident........................................................Yomar Cleary878-5622 ycleary@charter.net

Vice President.......................................... Karen Tangeman585-7413 ktangeman@charter.net

Secretary................................................... Rosemary Lloyd584-9358 rosemary@sugarloafpc.com

Treasurer..................................................... Barbara Moore585-7981 barbstuff@verizon.net

Reviews Editor.........................................Karen Tangeman585-7413 ktangeman@charter.net

Publicity........................................................ Yomar Cleary878-5622 ycleary@charter.net

Equipment Director........................................ Don Odekirk585-6728 djodekirk@hotmail.com

Technical Director...............................................Jim Lloyd584-9358 inquiries@sugarloafpc.com

Webmaster..................................................... Bill Flanagan866-9379 wiledwill@yahoo.com

Newsletter Editor..........................................Norene Lieser626-378-8178 bearcoffeeandmore@gmail.com

Membership Director..................................... Dorothy Sirk585-3449 dorothysirk@earthlink.net.

Parliamentarian..........................................David Philipson585-9389 philipson@philipsonerdmier.com

Historian...........................................................Nancy Hinz585-8095

Sunshine Coordinator.......................................Grace Fross(951) 769-1225 gcfross@verizon.net

May 2008 Cash Flow Statement Beginning Cash in Bank $3,228.52

Cash Received Membership Dues 200.00Fundraising Equipment 250.00 Donations 50/50 31.00 Donations 160.50Advertising 180.00

Total Income $210.00

Cash Disbursed Supplies 245.44

Total Expenses $245.44

Ending Cash in Bank $3,804.58

The Abacus GroupFor All Your Computer Needs

Jim Applebury909 584-1733

Getting to Know You ♫: Norene Lieser After having 5 children, I went to work as a full charge bookkeeper in 1974 at a court reporters’ agency.l I went on to other firms in that same capacity ultimately having my own clients and a bookkeeping service. It was a career I really liked.

My first computer was an Apple in 1986, don't remember the model number, but it was all one piece, keyboard and monitor (remember?? :0) and it ran on DOS.

From 1979 to 1980, I had 3-5 clients most of the time and I would go to their offices and pick up their checkbooks, invoices, bills, etc. and take it back in a day or so balanced and give them their financial documents. But...then they got their own computers and did their own books, and I had to go back to full time work. In 1989 I went to work as a legal secretary at a firm downtown LA (one of the top 10) and was there 11 years. I used Word Perfect and learned Word. I got my next desktop in 1996, a compaq.

In 2000, after considerable duress at the firm (a new employee was harassing me) I became so exhausted I would fall asleep at my desk. (you can imagine how those high faluting attorneys liked that, huh?)I took a month off to “rest up” but it didn’t happen. It was Fibromyalgia which includes Chronic Fatigue, and I slept for 18 hours every day for a month, it was unbelievable! I left work on a disability. Christmas 2004 my son-in-law, Alex, built me a really good computer with gigabytes instead of mb ☺ Ray and I now both got Dell laptops in 2006

I still have the disability, but it is manageable. Gave up sugar, getting more exercise and sleeping 8-10 hours every night.

I have 5 beautiful children, two of them are network en-gineers for large companies. From Left to right, Marti, Adan, Pam, Tim and Annette.

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New Book out by O’ReillyPhotoshop CS3 Accelerated

Photoshop remains the world's most popular digital photo software. The hands-on, practical exercises presented in this book will allow new users to quickly master the basics and move on to creating their own projects. Dozens of exercises will guide readers to on topics such as image editing, advanced retouching techniques, filters, color correction and special effects. All illustrated in full-color in an easy-to-follow tutorial.

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These books qualify for FREE SHIPPING within the US.

Using Older Programs in VistaProgram Compatibility Wizard in Vista.

If you have an older program that is not working with the new operating system, you can run it through this wizard to simulate earlier versions of Windows to try and get it to work again. To get to the wizard, just go to Start, Control Panel and click on Programs. Next, click on the option that says "Use an older program with this version of Windows" and the wizard will then open.

You can then just go through the steps and see if the program will actually work with Vista. Now, most of the programs that worked with XP also work with Vista, but you may have some trouble with a lot of the older programs. Also, you shouldn't use the wizard with any older antivirus programs, disk utilities or other system programs. Doing that could cause some security holes or even data loss. So, if you feel like you're in a rut with getting your programs to work with your new Vista computer, give this wizard a try!

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PRODUCT REVIEW:QuickBooks Pro 2008

Installation of QuickBooks Pro 2008 was very easy, very automatic and took no time at all. Some of the applications of QuickBooks Pro 2008 are as follows:

Purchases and Sales

QuickBooks Pro 2008 records purchases and sales of sole proprietorship. It produces reports needed for business planning, such as Profit & Loss, Balance sheet, Sales, and Purchases. It will also track inventory, posts it to accounts payable, and print checks to pay bills. It records all of your customers’ information for easy contact or maybe mailing lists. It receives credit cards at point of sale and deposits them straight into your bank account. You can download your bank to this program and balance your check book. You then can always search for a check when you have a need to review it, by check number, date paid, amount or customer name.

Payroll

QuickBooks Pro 2008 also provides a very trustworthy payroll system. You input the employee’s name, address, telephone, social security number and use this information and the hourly rate and you can produce payroll checks with little or no problem. It goes on to produce W2s, W4s, Payroll Tax Reporting forms, 1099s etc. This program provides the state and federal forms to transmit the W2s for the previous year. Quickbooks Pro 2008 is a wonderful tool for the business that does have employees.

Tax Reporting

As you enter your purchases and sales you post them to categories selected and you have all the information you need to file your taxes. It provides the 1040, Schedule C and all other forms you need for reporting.

Real Estate Management

QuickBooks Pro 2008 manages tenants and expenses for the landlord. It also helps with real estate investments.

My experience

I used the program to record my business’ daily receipts (sales of espresso, yogurt and ice cream). I also recorded all purchases of product and supplies by category and I noticed at any time I could look up to see how much I’ve

spent in a certain category. It is a Great planning tool.

What I like best about this program is the control it gives me over our monies and reporting needs. I don’t need all of the accounting uses it provides, but I do need the reports it provides for tax reporting purposes and possible loans for upgrading our business. I also use it to compare costs of items between two different stores I use. received this review copy of the software, but not a written manual. There is a manual on the program but you have to download it and with QuickBooks already being one large program to install I think it would be much better to include a written manual with the program. It’s much easier to look in a book for help and learning then to search for the manual file; then have to find the names of each inquiry you are trying to learn. Way too much work. I do much better with a book to browse through but I will print the manual out to minimize the trouble of finding a topic.

I would like to be able to post daily sales, in my categories, without having to create a Sales Receipt. It is cumbersome and then it requires me to print out the Sales Receipts, which I have no need of. I would like to post sales as easily as I post expenses and I would also like to be able to print out a monthly sales report as well as a monthly expense report.

I would definitely recommend this program to a business colleague for all of the benefits it provides. These benefits far outweigh the above-mentioned drawbacks. It is a reliable software program and has very good support. It has been easy to start posting but getting the info out has been troublesome. My suggestions for a future QuickBooks program would be to add a written manual, be able to post daily sales (in my categories) without creating receipts, and be able to print out both monthly sales and expense reports. If it is possible that I can do this with this program then the information must be somewhere in the downloaded manual which is why my concern for a written one. Otherwise, it is a very efficient program and as my business grows, it will provide all I need for business, Payroll, tax reporting and Tax returns.

Vista OS — Editor's NoteRemember, if you have Vista it will do automatic back-up for you, you don't need a separate program. Best method is to attach a flash drive or external hard drive just for this purpose.

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The Manufacturer’s Suggested retail price is $199.95The street price is most often $249.00-$299.00System requirements: XP or VistaRAM: Minimum 512 mbHard drive space: 1 GBManufacturer:

Intuit2700 Coast Avenue,

Mountain View, CA 94043Telephone: 650-944-5407Fax: 659-944-5055Website: Intuit.comA little about me:

I have been using computers since 1984, when I purchased an Apple. It was the one that was all one piece, keyboard, CPU and monitor, remember? It used DOS.

I joined Big Bear Computer Club this February 2008. I was pleasantly surprised to find it full of very knowledgeable people and great learning formats available at every meeting. It was more than I expected and more than I could have hoped for. A very nice bunch of people. ■

— Norene Lieser

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Club Member Product Review ProgramInstead of listing a few review programs that are available, I would like to inform you that any program you are interested in and would like to install on your computer is probably available for review. All you have to do is ask for it and review it. The program could be on landscaping, any kind of crafts, digital photos, video, any kind of home decorating, games, office or accounting programs, gift cards, label, and printshop programs, any program you are interested in having. All you have to do is let me know which program you would like to review. I will then contact the vendor and it takes about 10 days to receive the program.

Sometimes the vendor will grant the reviewer a license online and all the reviewer has to do is download the program. Reviews are not hard to write; in fact they are quite easy. You are given instructions on how to write a review plus I have many samples you can look at. Also if you need any help all you have to do is e-mail or call me. Writing a review is like telling someone about the new program you just received. You tell them what you like about the program, what you don’t like, and how the program could be better, that’s it. There’s your review. And you can review books, also.

— Karen Tangeman, Review Editor

May 2008 General Meeting Notes

Rosemary Lloyd did a presentation from Microsoft. The topic was Windows Live OneCare v.2.0. We learned about the new features available in this latest version of the security and backup suite. To learn more, check the Live OneCare web site at: http://onecare.live.com.

As usual, Karen shared about the review program at all of the meetings.

Thanks to all who participated in these training meetings. You have made them fine successes.

— Rosemary Lloyd

When Is Worldstart.com

you’ll find a listing of holidays from all around the world. Not only does it tell you when they are this year, but it goes all the way to the year 2020!

Navigation is pretty easy. Just select the type of holiday you want to look up from the following sections: Jewish Holidays, Muslim Holidays, Christian Holidays, Hindu Holidays, Buddhist Holidays and American Holidays.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, you can always use the Google search field they have provided, located just above the different sections.

I know this Web site is going to help me keep track of all upcoming holidays. Check it out today!

http://www.when-is.com/

About Bearly BytesBearly Bytes, past winner of SWUGC & APCUG newsletter contests. is the official publication of the Big Bear Computer Club. Views expressed in Bearly Bytes are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Big Bear Computer Club. Other computer user groups are welcome to reprint our articles as long as they give credit to the author and Bearly Bytes, Big Bear Computer Club.

Submissions: All BBCC members are encouraged to send letters, articles, questions, and comments to Bearly Bytes for inclusion in future issues. Submit as plain text in the body of an email and attach any graphics as JPEG or GIF format. Send to Yomar Cleary

Dear Adobe software owner:Please take note that Adobe has discontinued development and sales of Adobe® GoLive® web authoring software. This decision — effective April 28, 2008 — was made so we can focus our development efforts and sales resources on Adobe Dreamweaver® software, our web design and development application.

Dreamweaver plays a pivotal role in the web and cross-media workflows supported by Adobe Creative Suite®, as well as in Adobe’s platform for Rich Internet Applications, including Adobe Flex® and Adobe AIR™. Concentrating on Dreamweaver will enable us to better serve the needs of customers who want to create engaging websites and applications. Thank you.

Adobe Systems Incorporated

To the BBCC Board Just a note to thank you for my gift of

appreciation. The gift certificate and mug were so nice. Its always nice to be

appreciated for anything. Thank you, Carole Allen

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Bearly BytesBig Bear Computer ClubP.O. Box 645Big Bear City, CA 92314909 878-5822

New Mindshare SiteAPCUG May 18

The Microsoft Mindshare program's new website http://www.mindshare.codezone.com/ is now online. Check it out. Mindshare gives you opportunities to learn about the latest Microsoft products through newsletters and expert articles, presentation content, speakers, and software reviews. On the Mindshare site, you can find valuable resources to help with group presentations, create and host group events, and connect with other user groups. This web experience provides rich content with the latest technology news, blog posts, event announcements, free trial software, and more. Be sure to check back regularly—we are continually updating available resources, linking to new groups, and featuring content that helps keep your group in the know about the latest developments in Microsoft technology.

To get started, enter your Windows Live ID in the Sign In box. If you’re not already registered, you can register by clicking the Sign In button on the left. During the registration process, you will be prompted to create a profile that saves your site preferences. Be sure to choose the Consumer option in your profile to ensure that you have access to all the technology content you are most interested in seeing.

Pomona Computer Fair Dates2008 (Saturday and Sunday)June 7 & 8, 2008 Bldg 6July 12 & 13, 2008 Bldg 7August 23 & 24, 2008 Bldg 7 October 25 & 26, 2008 Bldg 7November 15 & 16, 2008 Bldg 7December 13 & 14, 2008 Bldg 7