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April 2008InsideIOGEAR Digital Scribe Review . 3Crabby Office Lady .4Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks . 6When It Rains It Pours .13Finding Ghost In Your Computer .14Smart Computing Tips .16Dumb Things To Avoid .17Improve Computing Pleasure withFree Widgets for Windows and Mac.19Automobile Computers .20Southwest Computer Conference 22Would You Sign This Contract.23Fountain Valley Branch Library17635 Los Alamos,Fountain Valleymeetings on 3rd Saturday10:00 am to 12:30 pmFuture Meeting DatesMay 17June 21July 19MembershipAnnual membership is 20 forindivduals: 5 for each additionalfamily members.Sling MediaBlake and Jason Krikorian, brothers from San Francisco and devoted San Francisco Giants fans,envisioned the concept of theSlingbox during the 2002 MajorLeague Baseball season. Travelingfar from home, they faced missingthe best games of the season, andsought a solution. The Slingboxwas born. ― Take your living roomwith you is a slogan that explainsthe purpose of the Slingbox. Thisis ―Digital Convergence, betweenTV-Satellite-Cable-DVRs-LaptopPC and mobile devices with noservice fee.Clip Sling gives users the ability to ‘placeshift’ their televisioncontent to a desktop or laptop computer located just about anywhere.SlingPlayer 2.0 is packed with newfeatures: in addition to the revolutionary Clip Sling, SlingPlayer2.0 will include a program guideof channel listings and a localvideo buffer that gives customersDVR-like controls. The programguide allows Slingbox owners tosee exactly what shows are available on their home TV, no matterwhere they happen to be. BecauseSlingPlayer 2.0 uses a broadbandInternet connection to stream videoto the PC, Sling Media is able touse that same connectivity to givecustomers an easy-to-navigateview of their programming guideand supplemental content. Just likea DVR, the new SlingPlayer 2.0video buffer allows users to pauselive TV, fast forward or rewindinstantaneously. The video buffer, temporarily stored on the PCor Mac, gives customers completeviewing flexibility even if theydon’t have a DVR at home.The Slingbox PRO-HD is itsnext generation product that iscapable of streaming HD contentfrom a home television source,including over the air HD digitalsignals, HDTV cable or satellite receivers, or HD DVR’s, to a laptopor desktop computer in and aroundthe house. In addition, when paired
Board of DirectorsPresidentSteve Delastevede@aol.comVice-PresidentTerry Currierwinnersug@aol.comSecretaryGerry Brettsgbretts@juno.comTreasurerMax Lockiemlockie@pobox.comBoard MembersEthel Kamberethel@kamber.fastmail.fmKen Kamberkenkamber@gmail.comLouise McCainLMcEnterprises@aol.comEd Koranedk246@aol.comCharles Schreibercschreib@csulb.eduRobin rgwith Sling Media’s new SlingCatcher, Slingbox PRO-HD willtransmit the HD signal to anotherTV in the house. In fact, customerswho have a high speed broadbandconnection that features uploadspeeds of 1.5 – 2 Mbps or higher,Slingbox PRO-HD can even streamin HD outside the home to the office, to a hotel room or even to a remote TV when using SlingCatcher.Multiple InputsConnect and control up to four video sources, including your DVR,digital cable, satellite receiver, andDVD player.Sling Media is also announcingSlingStream 2.0. It allows theSlingbox PRO-HD to adaptivelystream high quality television content across virtually any networkconnection. With SlingStream 2.0,audio/video quality is noticeablyimproved for remote clients operating in a low bitrate environment aswell as high definition players on ahome network. The Slingbox PROHD preserves the original resolution of the feed and delivers it to aHD-compatible laptop or desktopcomputer or secondary TV whenpaired with a SlingCatcher.Built-in Cable TunerFeatures an integrated analog tunerfor access to your basic cable lineup without changing your set-topbox channel on your home TV.The product includes standardWINNERS, contributors and(4:3) and widescreen (16:9) videoeditors of Notepad do not assumesupport and features multiple inteliability for dameages arising from grated sets of audio-video inputsthe publication or non-publicationand outputs (ATSC/QAM HDTVof any advertisement, article, edito- Tuner, S-video, composite video,rial, or other item in this newsletter. component video and either analogAll opionions express are those ofor multi-channel, 5.1 surround,the individual authors only and dodigital audio) and features integratnot necessarily represent the opion- ed looping outputs for each input.ions of the WINNERS, its Board of Slingbox PRO-HD transformsDirectors, the WINNERS Notepad, PCs, laptops, Macs and a varietyor its editors.of smartphones (including the justWINNERS a computer association, announced RIM BlackBerry ) intois a volunteer organization providpersonal, portable TVs and buildsing a forum for sharing informaupon the goals of the originaltion and experiences related toSlingbox – to give consumers theWindows-based software, andfreedom to view their home cable,hardware, encouraging ethical usesatellite or DVR programming onof computers and software, offering a wide range of devices anywhereservice to our communities.they can access the Internet.HD Component InputConnects to any one of your highdefinition sources for great picturequality on your laptop, desktop, ormobile device.*No Monthly FeesWatch and control your TV and itsprogramming on your compatiblecell phone, PDA, laptop or desktopwith no monthly subscription fee.SlingPlayer MobileEnd of Article - End of Article - End of Article - End of Article
IOGEAR Digital Scribe ReviewBy Rebecca FeinsteinI was thrilled when I first found out there was a digitalscribe product at the last WINNERS meeting. Asmany of you recall, I was well, somewhat reluctantshall we say, to give up the raffle donation item. At the35% discount I could not wait to get it.The IO Mobile Digital Scribe took six days to get herefrom the Illinois. It comes with the pen, cable, mobileunit, two program CDs something that looks like agreen tipped stylus (turned out to be the pen/refill),two small (hearing aid size) batteries and a Quick StartGuide.Installation of the software was easy, Mobile DigitalScribe (Note Management) and My Script Notes Lite(handwriting recognition software); as was chargingthe mobile unit and installing the batteries into thepen. However, installing the pen was a bit puzzlingas in the reference guide, IOGEAR never shows theactual size of the refill in the pictures. It also tooka few e-mails to Customer Support and productmanagement to find out where you can purchase there-fills as well.With all this practice under my belt, I decided it wastime to haul out the big guns, – WORK! As a technicalwriter, as with many other positions, I attend a lot ofmeetings. My expectations were high for my new tool.No more having to rewrite all my notes into electronicformat for distribution. I was armed and I was readyfor combat. After receiving permission to install thesoftware on my office unit, I got set up and ready torock. I attended three meetings that day.On the big plus side, it was very nice to have my notesappear in e-form without having to transcribe them atall. This made putting them into agenda form a breeze.On the problem side of using the scribe, a majordrawback is the mobile unit clips are made to onlygrab a few pages of paper at a time. Unless you areintending to take one page’s worth of notes, you haveto remove the mobile unit to turn pages to take morenotes. This proved to be distracting and inconvenientin one of my meetings. And I found it to be veryunwieldy when I was standing to take note as themobile unit added weight to the top of the paper pad.The pen, which is thicker than I’m used to (standardstationary pens) felt unwieldy in my hand to beginwith. The button that allows you to switch betweenpen mode and mouse mode is located in the lower partof the pen, towards where it writes on the paper andI kept inadvertently clicking it as I was writing. Sosome of my notes from the first meeting resembled aword game puzzle.Another problem, though a lesser one, is the quickreference guide itself. The print is so small, I hadto borrow a friend’s magnifying glass to read someOkay, I got it up and working, I did a few test runsof it. Keith Renty was correct when he said at ourwith it at home with the mobile unit attached to themeeting that the user information was not writtencomputer. The note management software requiredwell. Nowhere in the users guide, or quick referencea bit of a learning curve, but still was fairly easymaterial is a description of everything that was toto use. Included with the software is a .pdf userscome with the kit (the graphic that points to everythingguide for the entire kit (58 pages). The handwritingin the kit to make sure you know the stylus is actuallyrecognition software was pretty impressive. With mythe pen cartridge). There is no technical supporthandwriting I expected it to have a problem with myinformation listed in the users guide, but contactconvoluted shorthand as well as my capital Is, js andmy contractions. To my surprise, the software only had information is listed in the back of quick start guide.a problem with the Is. It even captured my signatureOverall, I’m pleased with the performance, and not soscrawl quite well! As with a regular pen, the programpleased with the customer support.doesn’t erase; but recognizes crossed out informationas crossed out.
10 Office features you should not dowithoutThe Crabby Office LadyFeature #1: The editor inside thebox: Use the Spelling checker.especially if you’re writing tome! If I’ve said it once, I’ve saidit 100 times: Please, if you’re sending e-mail, writinga letter, or creating a Web site, please make use of thespelling checker. Either turn on this feature so that itautomatically notifies you when you’ve misspelleda word, or press F7 to launch the spelling checkeryourself before you’ve completed your task. It’ssimple, it’s quick, and it’s the courteous thing to do.More information about the spell checkerOutlook: Check spellingWord: Turn on or off automatic spelling and grammarcheckingVisio: About checking spellingAccess: Set spelling optionsExcel: Check spelling on a worksheetPowerPoint: Check spellingFeature #2: Say it, don’t spray it: The Bcc boxNow this one I KNOW I’ve mentioned before. Bccis an abbreviation for blind carbon copy. If you add arecipient’s name to this box in an e-mail, a copy of themessage is sent to that recipient, and the recipient’sname is not visible to other recipients of the message.Consider using the Bcc box when:You want your mailing list to remain private.You want to protect your recipients from possiblygetting on a spammer’s list. Consider this: If you sendout a message to 10 people (and you don’t put theire-mail addresses in the Bcc: box), if each of those10 people forwards it to 10 other people, and if eachof those 100 people forwards it to 10 more people,your original 10 e-mail addresses are now available to10,000 strangers. (This is how a version of that “sixdegrees of Kevin Bacon” game gets started.) Chancesare pretty good that one of those 10,000 recipients is aspammer.Of course, there are other reasons to use the Bcc box,but I’ll leave you and your sneaky mind to come upwith those.More information about the Bcc boxUse Bcc effectivelyDemo: Use Bcc to keep names off the To lineFeature #3: I came, I saw, I rewrote: Revision marksWriters and editors have to work together; it’s a lawof nature, like gravity or a rained-out wedding. Usingrevision marks in Word is one way to keep track of allthe changes — agreed upon or otherwise — that you,as a writer or a reviewer, talk about as a documentis written. Using Word’s built-in reviewing tools,such as comments or tracked changes, is a lot easierthan getting out the red pen or using strikethroughformatting (or whatever). Make use of this handyfeature; it really facilitates the reviewing process.More information about revision marksAbout tracked changes and commentsKeep your imperfections private: Obliterate revisionmarks in WordGet rid of tracked changes and comments, once andfor allAnd listen, while some of you Word 2003 and Word2002 users prefer the way Word 2000 handled revisionmarks (no balloons, just strikethrough formatting fordeletions and underlining for insertions) you can setup your version of Word to use the Word 2000 style ofrevision marks:On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click theTrack Changes tab.In the Use Balloons (Print and Web Layout)box, select either Never or Only for comments/formatting.Note In Word 2002, clear the Use balloons inPrint and Web Layout check box.Feature #4: Get yourself some insurance: Protect yourworkSecurity is a big word these days, and you’d be wiseto pay attention. There are many aspects to computersecurity, and being who I am, I’m here to encourageyou to make your Office documents as secure asyou can. Some of the ways you can do this are topassword-protect your documents, presentations andspreadsheets; lock your shapes in Visio and preventchanges to files; protect your InfoPath form designs;and Sign up for security bulletins on the MicrosoftSecurity site .I’m not going to say that security is a simple, straightforward topic; it isn’t. But if you read the informationwe have out there and follow some of our guidelines,you can rest assured that your Office documents willbe a lot more secure than if you just close your eyes
and hope for the best.More information about Office securityHelp protect yourself: Security in OfficeSecurity and Office: Find out how to help protect yourdataFeature #5: I know what I mean: AutoCorrectThis is one handy feature that I use a lot, and I use it intwo ways:I type “Crabby Office Lady” a lot; all day long, in fact.But since I’ve created an AutoCorrect entry for it, allI have to do is type “COL” and my Office programdetects what I really mean and fills in the full phrasefor me.I can also use AutoCorrect to automatically detect andcorrect typos, misspelled words, grammatical errors,and incorrect capitalization. See, I tend to type fastand quite erroneously. I often type “teh” instead of“the” and “nac” instead of “can.” Since I’ve set upthe AutoCorrect to note that, it changes the wordsback to what they should be. Does this make me lazy?Perhaps. But it saves me time, too.More information about AutoCorrectTurn on or off AutoCorrect optionsAdd an AutoCorrect entry (This topic refers toPowerPoint but you can apply it to any Officeprogram.)Troubleshoot automatic correctionsFeature #6: Help me, I’m drowning: AutoArchiveYour mailbox is growing and growing.and growing.You need a place to store all those items that you can’tdelete but don’t need on a daily basis, and you needa way to do it automatically. AutoArchive in Outlookis the way to handle it. It’s on by default and runsautomatically at scheduled intervals, clearing out oldand expired items from folders. Old items are thosethat reach the archiving age you specify. Expired itemsare mail and meeting items whose content is no longervalid after a certain date, such as a meeting you hadfour months ago that still appears on your calendar. Ilike to think of it as spring cleaning, but it’s easier andcan happen more frequently, at any interval you desire.More information about AutoArchiveBack up Outlook e-mail messagesReconnect your old Outlook data fileFeature #7: Decorating made simple: The FormatPainterThe Format Painter, which looks like thison theStandard Toolbar, is one of the most handy littlefeatures I know. It’s a way to copy any formatting youwant to duplicate — fonts, shading, borders, and more.You basically select the text that you want to copy,click the Format Painter button and then select thetext to which you want to apply formatting. If youwant to apply the same formatting to more than oneitem, select the formatting you want, double-clickFormat Painter, and then select each word, phrase,or paragraph you want to apply formatting to. Whenyou’re finished, press ESC. No guessing, no multiplesteps, and you can use the Format Painter in justabout any Office program.More information about the format painterDemo: Copy formatting in a single click with FormatPainterFeature #8: Leverage someone else’s work: Use atemplateWhen time is of the essence (and when is it not?),no one is a better friend to you than a template. Ina nutshell, a template is a pre-designed document,spreadsheet, presentation or any other type of Officedocument that’s been created by a template elf. It hasall the colors, layouts, bullets, fonts, and whateverelse you want to make your Office document sparkle.All you have to do is plug in your content and awayyou go. A template saves you the burden of havingresearch and design skills, and it saves us the burdenof reminding you that you need to brush up on yourresearch and design skills.More information about using Office templatesMicrosoft Office Online Templates homepageHELP! for templatesFeature #9: Show, don’t just tell: Use some Clip artI often get e-mails from folks asking me if theycan use the clip art on our site for their documents,spreadsheets, e-mail signatures, etc. People: If it’s onour site, you can use it. Why would we have it there?Just to tempt you? Yes, use our clip art for all yourartistic needs!More information about using clip artMicrosoft Office Online Clip Art and Media homepageClip art and media assistanceClip Organizer assistanceFeature #10: Say it loud, say it proud: Give feedbackI know: You think we’re not listening, that we justmake these products year after year, without thinking
about you or your needs. That just isn’t true. In fact,some of us spend a majority of our time listening toyou and your ideas. But we can’t listen if you’re nottalking. So please, make the effort and tell us whatyou like, what you don’t like, and what you wish youcould have.More information about saying it loud, saying itproudWelcome to Office Online: Now start talkingProvide suggestions and feedback to MicrosoftContact Microsoft to give feedback or get help withOffice“A human being has a natural desire to have moreof a good thing than he needs.” — Mark TwainAbout the authorAnnik Stahl, the Crabby Office Lady columnist, takesall of your complaints, compliments, and knee-jerkreactions to heart. Therefore, she graciously asks thatyou let her know whether this column was useful toyou — or not — by entering your feedback usingthe Was this information helpful? tool below. Andremember: If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.Get the Crabby Office Lady’s bookRead all the Crabby Office Lady columnsGet Crabby’s columns via RSSView Crabby’s videosEditor’s note: this is actually an old article of hers, butI found it still to be relevant and very good.The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and PranksThese online spoofs and shams have made the roundson Web sites and through e-mail. Perhaps you evenbelieved one or two of them yourself.By Steve Bass, PC World Columnist and AuthorStevebass(at)earthlink.netObtained from APCUG with the author’s permissionfor publication by APCUG member groups.Though some of these deceptions originated yearsago, the originals--and dozens of variants--continueto make the rounds. If you keep a patient vigil overyour e-mail, you too may eventually spot a messageurging you to FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONEYOU KNOW!!! And if you haven’t had enough whenyou finish reading this article, take a hoax test at theMuseum of Hoaxes, and then hop over to Snopes, thepremier myth-dispelling site for coverage of zillions ofother falsifications.Hoaxes 1 Through 5From the supposed last photo taken at the top of theWorld Trade Center to the endlessly revised requestfor assistance from a Nigerian functionary, here areour top five Web and e-mail hoaxes.1. The Accidental Tourist (2001)Quite possibly the mos
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