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Quote of the day:
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men
do.. - B.F. Skinner (www.brainyquote.com)
The meeting opened at 10:00 AM with 22 members in attendance. John
Barker opened the meeting with a few of his funny groaners.
Announcements
John Sturges announced that he is moving away from Elliot Lake in about
two months. So, we need volunteers for Recording Secretary and
Web Master. John offered to train anyone who feels they need some
help with Front Page or Open Office/MS-Word as long as the training is
finished by mid-August
The position of Treasurer is also open, so if you can help please let
us know
From one of our members: “If any of you audiophiles want to create
your own personal web radio station, check out Pandora at www.pandora.com “
John Barker then opened the floor to Questions
John then opened the floor to questions:
Name |
Q&A |
Details |
OS |
| M.I.G.S. |
Q |
What keyboard shortcut closes a message window? |
All |
| Bob |
A |
The short answer may be : ALT+F4, but try it and if it doesn't
work as expected, try :
To search Google for “Windows keyboard shortcuts”.
In Start > Help and Support, type “keyboard shortcuts” into
the search box. |
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| Al Davis |
Q |
When I try to scan a document with my HP scanner, and open in Word
Perfect to edit, I get garble. Why? |
All |
| Bob |
A |
It sounds like you are saving the document as a photo or other
file format that Word Perfect doesn't recognize. You should
check and see if your scanning software supports OCR, (Optical
Character Recognition) which converts a scanned document into editable
text.
Open your scanning program and click on the Help tab to learn
more about its features and available file types. |
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| M.I.G.S. |
Q |
Why doesn't Google Earth show as much detail in North America as
in Europe? |
2000> |
| Bob & Sturg |
A |
Google Earth assembles it's images from the latest images it
finds on the web. It then creates a map of the world using
the images as tiles, so it is actually a mosaic.
Many of the “tiles” are older satellite images
of Canada and the USA that didn't have the camera resolution that
the newer European satellites use.
Over time, the old images will be replaced with the latest images.
You probably noticed some tiles are grayed out, that's because
they were taken so long ago they weren't even colour, they were
black and white images. |
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| M.I.G.S. |
A |
I want to start using the free Open Office (www.openoffice.org)
instead of an old version of Microsoft Office. How do I set
OO up to read and write files in MS-Office format? |
All |
| Sturg |
Q |
Step 1:
In Open Office, click on the Tools tab > Load/Save > Microsoft
Office and you should see this:
Check all the boxes as shown above to enable MS-Office compatibility
and click OK.
Step 2:
When you use OO to create a file, make sure that you set the “Save
as type:” as shown:
Tip: Always check this setting if your saved files end
in ”.odt” instead of “.doc”. ”.odt” is
OO's native filetype |
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11:00 AM: Coffee Break
Re-convened at 11:15AM.
John Barker demonstrated Gmap Pedometer at: www.gmap-petometer.com which
is part of Google Maps and Google Earth. It allows joggers,
ATV riders and snowmobile users to map their routes and calculate distances,
etc.
A lengthly discussion followed on using Google Earth. John Barker
also mentioned that will be away for the next meeting.
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