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Have fun talking with kids and grandkids or parents, using a webcam and the free Skype video program

Create a newsletter in Microsoft Word

Set up a database so you can create mail labels, envelopes and personalized letters for your club, organization, business, or for holiday cards.

Learn to burn a CD/DVD or back up onto a flash disk

Make a DVD that you can enjoy watching on your TV

Send attachments with your emails

Set up a template for your letterhead and envelopes – so you can print these more easily from your computer

Discover what you can do in Google besides searching for articles

Design a greeting card in Word, Print Shop, or other software

Upload (send) photos to online printing places like Costco

Give you a jump-start when someone gave you a computer and you don’t know where to begin.

Organize Bookmarks/Favorites.Trash the ones you don’t need anymore.

Go online to order just about anything

Set up your computer’s calendar program to give you reminders of important occasions like birthdays and anniversaries

Create mail labels in Word, AppleWorks, Address Book, or other programs

Find out what to do with Photo Booth

Learn about all the extras that come with your PC – mostly in the Accessories folder

Check out all the extras that come with your Mac or PC – like Stickies and Dictionary and a calculator

Scan with your all-in-one printer unit or a scanner – to put your own photos into projects, or scan documents and recycle tons of paper

Download podcasts from iTunes, iTunes U, audiobooks, music, and more

Download music from www.amazon.com

How to get photos from your digital camera into your computer, then send these pictures to others.

Set up parental controls in a Mac or PC

Discover hidden features of Address Book and Preview

Explore the new features of Leopard – or go back and learn things you didn’t know you could do in Tiger or Panther

Do cool stuff in Vista like customizing Gadgets or making a movie to show off to friends and family

Write signatures (a few lines of text) that automatically go out with every email you send

Send emails so that all of your email addresses are not passed around the world.

Stop a lot of junk mail that comes into your email.

Listen to radio stations live and online (streaming) while you work

Find out what’s an RSS feed and what to do with it

Do all kinds of fun things with Dashboard on a Mac – keep track of weather anywhere, check your horoscope, learn the Word of the Day or discover This Day in History, track an airline flight, work a crossword puzzle

See how easy it is to add or remove items on the Dock

Learn what to do with Smart Folders

Customize your own System Preferences and Control Panels for fun and efficiency – from changing Desktop backgrounds to making your computer more energy efficient

Set up a .Mac account as your personal web page

Get help deciding which computer to buy

Send and receive faxes from your computer

Let your Mac read documents aloud to you

Please call 805 541-9225 or contact us if you have something else you’d like to learn.