Add Bookmarks to
Your Document, Nancy DeMarte, Sarasota Technology User Group (Approx. 455
words). If you have composed a multi-page Word document, especially if it has a
table of contents, you can make it easy to go to specific locations within the
document by adding bookmarks. A bookmark is used to jump to a place in a
document. It is a cousin to a hyperlink, which is most often used to go to a
specific place on the Internet.
Block calls on your
phones and other options, Bart Koslow, Channel Islands
PCUG (Approx. 590 words). Whether cell phone or landline phone, we all receive
many nuisance calls daily. It is a simple matter to block unwanted calls on
most phones once you know how.
Care and feeding of
a digital library – How did this occur? Andy Toth, Channel
Islands PCUG (Approx. 714 words). The Phonautograph was the first recoding
device, invented in 1857. Twenty years later an idea for playback was
presented. In 1877 the era of analog sound began…..
Customizing Your
Android Home Screen, Tom Burt, Sun City Summerlin Computer
Club (Approx. 827 words). Tom was recently working on the handouts for his
‘Android for Beginners’ seminar and making quite a few screen shows on his Android
phone. As he got to the material about Display Settings, he got to thinking
about what options were available to customize his Home Screen. He uses an LG
phone and the article details steps to customizing the Home Screen.
Digital Camera Processing,
Dick Maybach, Brookdale Computer UG (Approx. 1877 words). This is the 3rd
article in Dick’s series on digital cameras. This article covers the camera
applying significant processing to correct defects in the image and enhance it.
Don’t Buy Identity
Theft Insurance, David Kretchmar, Sun City Summerlin
Computer Club (845 words). First Equifax fails to secure many millions of
individual data files and now that they have been proven to be untrustworthy,
they want to charge a monthly fee to assure you your data has not been
comprised. I would just say NO!
Graphical Disk
Usage Analyzers, Cal Esneault, Cajun Clickers Computer
Club (Approx. 331 words). If you use a Linux distribution based on GNOME,
included software should have a program called Disk Usage Analyzer which gives
a menu-driven, graphical representation of file usage on any disk drive.
How to remove GPS and other Data from
Photos on Your iPhone or iPad, Bill Crowe, Sarasota
Technology User Group (Approx. 519 words). The general term for data saved with
your picture is Exchangeable Image Format, also known as EXIF. It’s a set of
data that’s attached to every image you take.
Interesting
Internet Finds – July & August, Steve Costello. (447 words/July –
503 words/August)
LibreOffice – a
Free Office Suite, Joel Ewing, Bella Vista Computer Club
(Approx. 1660 words). Almost everyone today that is computer savvy has heard
of, or is even a user of, one or more of the classic components of the MS
Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Access. Although there are other
computing products, the MS Office products are still the purchase choice for
many businesses but, it’s expensive. Enter LibreOffice, an alternate that is
free.
Life without the Internet, Dan
Douglas, Space Coast PCUG (Approx. 476 words). Have you wondered what life
would be like without the Internet at our fingertips? Go with Dan as he takes
us through that very situation.
Online Music Radio
Stations, Len Nasman, Bristol Village Computer Club (Approx. 227 words).
If you have a computer connected to the Internet there are thousands of radio
stations to choose from. His article contains some examples.
Organize Your
Pictures, Phil Sorrentino (Approx. 1029 words). How to organize your
pictures has been a question since we have had pictures to organize. Before
computers, the choices were: put them in an album, or leave them in the packet
they came in, or maybe just put them into an old shoe box with all the other
pictures. I’m sure many of you have looked through a shoe box of old photos;
you might even have inherited a box or two. Many of the pictures in albums or
shoe boxes were very precious because there were very few of them.
You might want to try Phil’s suggestions on how to organize your
pics.
Photography: Make
the most of your flash, David Stonier-Gibson,
Melbourne PCUG (Approx. 401 words). Most cameras these days have a built-in
flash. And we all know a flash is there just for those occasions when there’s
not enough light to take a good photo, right?
Problems with
Cryptocurrencies, Joel Ewing, Bella Vista Computer Club
(Approx. 1352 words). There has been much hype about cryptocurrencies in
general and Bitcoin in particular. Enough so, that BVCC had a recent
presentation on the topic, with one of the conclusions being that as an
investment Bitcoin is highly speculative and should be limited to what one can
afford to lose.
Security Tips for June,
David Shulman, Westchester PCUG (Approx. 531 words). The June issue of Consumer
Reports has a cover story entitled ‘Protect Yourself from Scams’ and a subhead
containing the words “smishing, spoofing, and shimmers.”
Software (Apps) Upgrades, Jim
Cerny, Sarasota Technology UG (Approx. 496 words). Software – those programs
and apps that you use every day – almost every one of them will require you to
upgrade or download a newer version sooner or later.
Tech on Travel II – The Return of the
Chromebook, Greg Skalka, Under the Computer Hood UG (Approx. 1611 words).
We use a lot of technology in our everyday lives. When we travel away from
home, we often want a lot of those tech devices to accompany us on our journeys
– or do we.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Cal
Esneault, Cajun Clickers Computer Club (Approx. 466 words). Reviewed by Cal.
Using the iPhone or
iPad Keyboard to Enter Text, Jim Cerny, Sarasota
TUG (Approx. 802 words). There will be many times when you will want to enter
text on your iPad or iPhone. You probably have already used your screen
keyboard many times. Jim’s article has some helpful things you may not know
your keyboard can do.
What version of
Windows do I have? Rosita Herrick, Sarasota TUG (Approx.
263 words). To check the version of Windows 10 that runs on your computer,
Rosita tells you how to find it.
Yes! I am a bit old
school! Joe Isaac, Central Kentucky Computer Society (Approx. 314
words). My daughter wanted to delete some old programs and get them off her
computer, but she couldn’t remember how. Windows 10 is a great program, but
there have been many changes to where things are located.
Your Cloudy Computer,
reviewed by Frank Petrie, YMP Now (Approx. 730 words). Running out of hard
drive space on your laptop or Mac? Frank’s review covers a way to increase your
capacity seamlessly.