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MEETINGS are held on
the third Wednesday
of the month at 7.30
pm, in the Hall at the
rear of
St Mary’s Catholic
Church
Morphett Vale.
(Corner Bains Road
and Main South Road)
Visitors most welcome. After three visits,
visitors will be requested to become
members.
Cost $2 per person, which includes the
Newsletter, plus coffee/tea and biscuits.
Subscriptions for twelve months
Single $18 Family membership $24
Novice and experienced computer users will be
warmly welcomed
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS COMPUTER
USERS CLUB INC.
J u l y 2 0 1 4
Club Web Site http://sdcuci.com
Editors: Bib and Bub
Our next meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday 20th August 2014 at 7.30 pm.
Topic: Restoring old photographs
Vol. 14 No. 7
FAMOUS AUSTRALIANS BORN IN
JULY
1st 1949 - John Farnham - singer 6th 1951 - Geoffrey Rush - actor 10th 1977 - Schapelle Corby - convicted drug smuggler 12th 1907 - Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop - surgeon and Australian of the Year 14th 1960 - Anna Bligh - politician and descendant of ‘Mutiny of the Bounty’ William Bligh 20th 1953 - Marcia Hines - singer and ARIA Hall of Famer. 25th 1861 - Charles Brownlow - footballer and Brownlow Medal namesake
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The Committee in 2013 / 2014
PRESIDENT: Lionel Leddra [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT: John Kirby [email protected] SECRETARY: Trevor Francis [email protected] TREASURER: Cheryl McDonald [email protected] COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Emma Boss [email protected]
Lindsay Chuck [email protected]
Jim Greenfield [email protected]
Anne Leddra [email protected]
Lorraine Loader [email protected] Wanda McDonald [email protected]
Robert Zeugofsge [email protected]
Ann Zeugofsge [email protected]
NEWSLETTER EDITORS: Lorraine Loader (Bub) [email protected] Wanda McDonald (Bib) [email protected]
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Last month’s meeting - Word and Malware
We had a very good turnout again last month with 5 visitors and 2 new members. Welcome to Stan Beck and Irene Lowde. Jim Greenfield gave us a talk on Spyware and Malware. Some pointers made were: � He recommends to use Chrome or
Firefox rather than using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11.
� Jim recommended instead of Spybot program, use
Malwarebytes. www.malwarebytes.org � The main problem with Malware/Spyware is it hijacks your
home page, slows computer down, network slows down and you get more pop-ups.
� Be very wary about adding extra toolbars to your
computer, and never download tool bars from the internet. Only download a program from its genuine website page or purchase the disc or a magazine that contains a disc. There are many bogus sights around.
� Once Malwarebytes has been installed, run it every few days
even if it runs automatically. Do the same with your antivirus program - force it to scan from time to time.
Trevor Francis then talked about uses for Microsoft Word He showed us some of the following: � Office off-line interacts between 2003 and 2007 versions. � Trevor explained some of the shortcuts and ribbons and
offered information handouts to anyone who wanted them.
� It is possible to view two documents at the same time.
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Last month’s meeting, cont’d � We were shown some home page choices, for example : - font - paragraphs - styles - changing margins and indents - page numbers - headers and footers - section breaks - inserting table of contents - changing line spaces - inserting pictures or shapes - finding a document at a later date using a footer. I am sure all who were present found both presenters very interesting and I hope all learnt quite a lot - I know I did.
GOD BLESS DOCTOR JIM
Once again we are personally, deeply indebted to our computer guru. Over the last few weeks we began to notice that our laptop was slowing down, our home page on the internet had changed, and messages were popping up telling us, amongst other things, that we had free PC back up on our computer and did we wish to do it now ! !, that Windows had recovered from an unexpected shut down ! !, and a WARNING, Your files are not protected ! ! ! My e-mail account was still readily accessible, however, but trying to find out anything on the internet was practically impossible. SOS to Jim. He stayed behind after the committee meeting, examined our laptop and diagnosed that it was suffering from a virus. He had recently operated on several other computers, and in most cases they seemed to be suffering from a similar virus. In a few severe cases he found that a complete restore was necessary to bring our computer back to good health, however, thankfully our cure was more simple. Jim did a restore to a month ago then downloaded Malwarebytes, which identified many problem programmes that had been invading our computer, none of which we had downloaded. They have now been removed. He doesn’t know how we got the virus. So far everything appears to be back to normal. Thanks Jim XXX
Written by Bub
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TONIGHT’S MEETING - USES FOR EXCEL
Presented by Cheryl McDonald
Cheryl plans to briefly demonstrate the wide variety of uses that are available when using Excel. She has been ‘brought up’ on earlier versions of Office and has found that there have been quite a few changes made in more recent years. However we’re sure that you will gather lots of useful information from her presentation tonight. For example: � Create a spread sheet for your next holiday, using it to budget
for your expected fuel expenses and accommodation and/or caravan park costs.
� Calculate average fuel consumption, plan your itinerary and
keep a daily diary. � Keep a record of your household expenses � Record address and phone numbers and sort into numerical or alpha
order � Change columns to allow numbers, dollars or general data.
Reproduced with permission from Sands July 2014 newsletter
Extend Battery Life Between Battery Charges Turn off the below features to extend your battery life between charges. 1 Control the display brightness 2. Wifi — if you have finished accessing the internet, turn off the Wifi. 3. Bluetooth — Only turn on Bluetooth when you are using it. Golden rules for backing up your data.
1. Never have only one copy of anything. 2. The original and the copy should not be on the same computer drive. 3. Only plug the backup drive into your computer when backing up or restoring from the backup.
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THE YARDBROOM REPORT NO 7.
REPORT FROM OUR PRESIDENT
. Our Yardbroom and Dustpan have now returned from their sweeping holiday around Australia but unfortunately, not in time to write this month’s report. But, we expect a fantastic report from him next month, so Lionel, get your thinking cap on!! Enjoy your evening!
Bib & Bub on behalf of Lionel Leddra (The Yardbroom President)
DISCLAIMER - The information contained in this newsletter is of a general nature. You should do your own research and seek advice before proceeding on the information provided.
NEW VIRUS - WARNING TO THOSE BORN PRIOR TO 1950 Symptons ! 1. Causes you to send the same email twice (done that) 2. Causes you to send a blank email (yep that too) 3. Causes you to send an email to the wrong person (yes) 4. Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you (aha!) 5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment (bother) 6. Causes you to hit ‘send’ before you finished (oh no, not again) 7. Causes you to hit ‘delete’ instead of ‘send’ (and I just hate that) 8. Causes you to hit ‘send’ when you should ‘delete’ (bugga) It is called the c-nile virus Ps - did we already include this one in a previous newsletter???
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Committee Capers.
The tiny committee meeting was held on
Monday July 7th. No red cowbell this month
as our esteemed president was still away.
However, his position was filled by committeeman Robert
Zeugofsge while Lindsay stood in for Secretary Trevor. Subjects
up for discussion were:
� A Computer Security Course was recently held at the
Sands Lifestyle Village. Jim, Trevor and Lindsay officiated
on behalf of the SDCUC, and feedback after the session was
well received, especially the comprehensive notes that
Trevor compiled. This course is being considered for one of
our future meetings.
� Course notes have been revised and improved for the Word
course being held at the end of July.
� A Computer Basic 1 course is to be held in late July also.
� A wireless modem has been purchased to compliment the
use of the recently acquired Nexus Android tablet.
� Power cord checking needs to be updated as this was last
done in December 2012.
� Notes for the Secretary Course, to be held in August, have
now been completed and course flyers have been
distributed.
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Recipe Corner
APPLE CAKE
INGREDIENTS: 125g butter or marg Graded lemon rind 1 cup brown sugar ⅓ cup apple cider or juice 3 medium sized cooking apples, peeled & grated 2 eggs 2½ cups SR Flour ¼ cup wheatgerm ¾ cup walnuts Salt Icing Sugar METHOD: 1. Put all ingredients except icing sugar and walnuts into a large bowl.
2. Beat with electric mixer 3 - 4 minutes.
3. Stir in walnuts.
4. Turn into a greased 23 x 12 cm (9 x 5 in) loaf tin and bake in moderate oven 1 - 1¼ hours until done when tested.
5. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes, then turn out.
6. Leave until cold then sprinkle icing sugar over top.
7. Keeps moist and freezes well.
(an old favourite of my mum’s)
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Expert Assist List.
Keep this Contact list handy and phone these people first if you have a problem with any one of the subjects mentioned below.
Computer Courses for 2014. • Computer Basics I Tuesday July 22nd, 29th and Monday August 5th. • Microsoft Word to be scheduled for Monday July 21st and 28th • Photos: Camera to Computer Image Management Course • Possible Excel If you wish to attend any Course, please contact a Committee
Member If you have a special request regarding a program, eg Word, Publisher, Excel etc, please let a committee member know. We may be able to schedule a course to suit, sometime in the future.
Email, Windows Live Mail Lionel Leddra 8381 2821
Email, Thunderbird Trevor Francis 8327 6061
E-readers Lionel & Anne Leddra
8381 2821
Hardware & operating systems, re-loads, CD DVD fix
Jim Greenfield 8382 4912
Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Publisher
Trevor Francis 8327 6061
Microsoft Movie Maker Lorraine Loader 8382 7243
Photographic, Windows Photo Gallery, Paint Shop Pro
Anne & Lionel Leddra
8381 2821
Photographic, Photoshop Trevor Francis 8327 6061
Tablets John Kirby 7007 4819
Video programming to CD/DVD Cheryl McDonald 8382 3660
Wi-Fi connections & Tablets Emma Boss 8386 2723
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Answer on page 13
Who am I ?
You never appreciate what you have until it is gone - Toilet paper is a good example
SANDS COMPUTER GROUPSANDS COMPUTER GROUPSANDS COMPUTER GROUPSANDS COMPUTER GROUP
Coordinator: Lindsay Chuck◘ Email: [email protected] Website: http://lindsaychuck.wix.com/scg
� Born at Major’s Plain, Victoria in 1907 of Scottish heritage � Attended Stewarton Public Primary School and Benalla High
School. � Commenced pharmacy apprenticeship in 1924 at Benalla
Dunlop. � Won a scholarship in 1930 to study medicine at Melbourne
University. � Enlisted in Australian Army Medical Corp in 1939 and posted to Jerusalem. � Was prisoner of war in Java and helped the sick and wounded PoW’s working
on the Burma / Thailand railway. � He married Helen Ferguson in 1945 and they had 2 sons. � He received numerous honours and awards including OBE and Australian of
the Year. � He died in 1993 of pneumonia and was accorded a State funeral at St Paul’s
Cathedral in Melbourne.
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THE DISPOSAL OF TV’S AND COMPUTERS—City of Onkaparinga While the digital switchover has resulted in an increase of unwanted e-waste, the landfill bans and the Federal Government’s National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS) are designed to complement each other and ensure that this e-waste is recycled rather than discarded. The NTCRS involves a combination of government agencies and industry action to take responsibility for the collection and recycling of unwanted TVs, PC’s, printers and computer products.
Collection services under the NTCRS means householders and small business will be able to drop off these items for free at designated access points, which may include permanent collection sites, take-back events or through a mail-back option.
There are drop off points and events that will accept TVs, PC’s and computer products (such as printers and scanners), at no charge for community and small business. Limits of number of items per drop off apply .
Products ACCEPTED under the scheme: Televisions; Computers, including Computer monitors and drives; Laptops/notebooks, PDAs/Tablets; All other computers; Monitors & Projectors including CTR monitors and projectors (CTR= cathode ray tube) and LCD/flat panel monitors;
Printers, Scanners & Multi-functional devices (MFDs) Computer peripherals incl. power supplies, adaptors & UPS, Cables, Parts & accessories.
Products NOT ACCEPTED under the scheme: DVD Players, VCRs, Set-top boxes; Hazardous waste, incl. CRT TV’s that have been broken or damaged or removed from the case of the TV;
White goods; fridges, washing machines, dryers, microwaves; Vacuum cleaners; Other kitchen & household electronic appliances, packaging and other materials.
A list of drop-off points in Onkaparinga and surrounds is available from the committee.
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If you have something for sale, please let us know. Fill in the sheet at the front desk, or email:
Lorraine at [email protected] Or Wanda at [email protected] We will keep running your ad until you advise the item is either sold or “taken off the market”. Advertising on this page is FREE!!
MEETING RULES We are allowed to use the facilities at the Hall at the rear of St Mary’s Catholic Church Morphett Vale. (Corner Bains Road and Main South Road) in return of a small fee plus respect for their property. We ask for your co-operation in respect to the above. While we can not control what our members do away from our club meetings, Piracy of copyright material can not be condoned at our meetings.
Brother printers—two @ $20 each. Both in good order and run perfectly. Android tablets—two. Best Offer Dyson upright vacuum cleaner—$25.00 Gazebo, complete with 2 solid side walls and 2 mesh side walls—$200.00 For further information about the above items for sale, please contact Emma. Phone 8386 2723, mobile 0411 673 178
Jim Greenfield has a desktop and a laptop computer for sale.
If you are interested, please contact him for further information.
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What’s your problem ?
Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?
Customer: A white one.
Tech support: Click on the ‘my computer’ icon on the left of the screen.
Customer: Your left, or my left?
Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Jenny. I can’t print.
Every time I try, it says ‘Can’t find the printer’. I’ve even lifted the printer and
placed it in front of the monitor, but it still can’t find it!
Customer: My keyboard isn’t working anymore.
Tech support: Are you sure it’s plugged into the computer?
Customer: No. I can’t get behind the computer.
Tech support: Well, pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer: ! OK.
Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes
Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in.
Customer: I can’t get on the internet!
Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer: Yes I’m sure. I saw my wife do it.
Tech support: Can you tell me what your password was?
Customer: Five dots!
A customer called the Canon help line with a printer problem.
Tech support: Are you running it under Windows?
Customer: No, my desk is next to the door, but that’s a good suggestion.
The man sitting near me is under a window, and his printer is working fine!!
ANSWER Statue of ‘Weary’ at Australian War Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop Memorial.
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Kitchens and Furniture.
We customise kitchens and furniture. Entertainment units are our specialty.
Phone Craig McDonald for a free measure and quote.
Units 19-21, Aldenhoven Road, Lonsdale Ph: 8384 6440
Mobile: 0407 794 357 Email: [email protected]
www.woodform.com.au
WoodformWoodformWoodformWoodform
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