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Next meeting

 

Colour Software

 

When: 8.00pm 9 December 2008
Where: G A Wood Hall, 29 Bathurst Street, Hobart
Guest Speaker: Darren Alexander from Autec
Subject: Colour Software

APCUG Newsletter

 

Available now!

 

Click here for a copy of APCUG newsletter. We are now a member. File size is 2748KB.

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Newsletter/magazine/website of the month

 

 

Free Access

 

Though no longer available as a printed magazine, Free Access provides a wealth of articles on its website.

 

http://www.freeaccess.com.au

 

For more newsletter and magazines, check out our links.

 

Links

Run applications from USB key

 

Portable applications leave no data behind on the host computer's hard drive. Check your email from anywhere, scan for viruses, browse the internet, and have a full office suite at your disposal.

  • OpenOffice.org

  • Firefox

  • Thunderbird

  • GAIM

  • Sudoku

  • GIMP

  • ClamWin

  • Audacity

  • 7-Zip

  • VLC Media Player

  • Portable Apps Menu

  • Portable Apps Backup

  • And more ...

http://portableapps.com/apps

 

Contact information

 

Contact the President, Secretary, or Treasurer for more information.

 

Telephone  

President: 040 22 77 545    

Treasurer: (03) 6228 4891

 

Postal address

Hon. Secretary 

Hobart Computer Users Group Inc.

PO Box 3179,

West Hobart, Tas 7000 Australia

 

Electronic mail 

secretary(at)hobartpcgroup.org.au

 

Subscriptions

moderator(at)hobartpcgroup.org.au

 

Replace '(at)' with '@' in the above addresses.

Are your applications up-to-date?

Check the list in the Nov-Dec 2007 newsletter

 

Internet Explorer 7

You'll need to validate XP to install. Not available for early versions of Windows. Try Firefox instead.

Firefox web browser:

Support for version 1.5 has ended.

Install version 2.0.x.x now.

Thunderbird email client:

Latest version is 2.0.x.

OpenOffice.org 2.3 office suite:

Check out the extensions, too.

Windows users get Star Office 8.0 free through Google Pack

And other great software

Foxit PDF Reader - fast and small:

Version 2.1 with easy installer

CyberDefenderFREE

Advertising-supported security suite

Tutorials

 

Check out In Pictures free tutorials. No complicated text instructions, just pictures that show you exactly what to do.

 

Microsoft Office tutorials on Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Publisher; OpenOffice.org tutorials on Base, Calc, Impress and Writer: learn Dreamweaver and HTML with CSS; Photoshop Elements and Fireworks; MySQL Basics; PHP Basics; and Perl Basics - and all of them free.

 

http://inpics.net/

 

More tutorials

Email list

 

Subscribers to the email list can send messages by using the following address: hcug-mailing-list (at) hobartpcgroup.org.au.

 

To subscribe follow the link below.

 

Note: Non-subscribers messages will only be forwarded at the discretion of the Moderator.  

 

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Humour

 

The best computer and technology jokes, Dilbert, Garfield, Peanuts, and Glasbergen's hilarious daily cartoon are all here for your enjoyment.

 

What's your favourite technology joke? Send it to the webmaster and, subject to any copyright restrictions, we will add it to our pages. ...  

 

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Who we are

 

We are a senior- and beginner- friendly group of computer users, not geeks or gurus, who would like to help you get more out of your IBM-compatible personal computer. We offer meetings, newsletters, this website and more. Please check us out ... 

 

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