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APCUG is pleased to announce that we
                                                                 will be having online workshops during
                                                                 the summer and fall.






             Getting to Know Windows from An Insiders Point of View

         The second Wednesday of the month at:                   them and find out if it is the best browser. We’ll also
         9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET                   learn how to earn $$ by using Bing.

         May 13, 2020                                            The next series of workshops will be on Home
         June 10, 2020                                           Automation for Seniors – same time, same
         July 8, 2020                                            place on:
         August 12, 2020                                         September 9, 2020
                                                                 October 14, 2020
         Moderator: Bill James, APCUG Advisor, Region 8          November 11, 2020
                                                                 December 9, 2020
         The four 2-hour workshops will be on how to get the
         best out of Windows 10. There will be how-tos,          Week 1 - Why do I need it?
         hands-on demos, and discussion with ample time          Week 2 - Where do I start?
         for Q&A.                                                Week 3 - Lights, doorbells, locks, and cameras
                                                                 Week 4 - Doing It Myself vs Having It Done
         Week 1
         What’s new with Windows 10, the 2004 Spring fea-        We will begin by explaining why home automation
         ture update.                                            is important to Seniors. What products are on the
         Have you customized your Start menu, Taskbar,           market, costs, security, and some real-world testi-
         and Notifications? What are those  Hidden Icons?        monials. In the second week, we will talk about how
         How can I immediately get back to my Desktop?           to go about planning your home automation project
         Can you easily see your mouse pointer? How about        and best practices. In the third week, we will talk
         the Display text size? We’ll also take a look at the    about applications using lights, doorbells, locks,
         powerful Search options.                                and cameras. Lastly, we will talk about the benefits
                                                                 of making it a DIY project or having a professional
         Week 2                                                  install.
         Settings
         We’ll explore the many options you can change to
         make your computer more secure. Do you know
         how much Ram you have? What version of Win-
         dows? What about the Security & Update area, do
         you take a look at every once in a while?
         Do you check your custom settings after the spring
         and fall Feature update?

         Week 3
         File Explorer
         Back-in-the-day, Bill Gates told us to think of our
         hard drive as a file cabinet and to organize our files.
         File Explorer is our handy file cabinet. We’ll dig into
         File Explorer to see how it can help us with our daily
         life with our computer. Have you added the helpful
         checkbox?

         Week 4
         Edge
         It’s now a Chromium-based browser. It brings a lot
         of new features to the table. We will explore all of

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