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COMPUTER PALS FOR SENIORS EPPING INC.
A Computer Club for Seniors to Learn & Socialize
CLICK ON LINK TO SEE REQUIRED COURSE:
This is a obligatory class for all new members.
It explains Computer Pals for Seniors Club Epping - Inc., its functions, classes and use of equipment.
It also introduces the very basics of computers and how to use them.
While it is designed to teach members with little or no knowledge of computers, it is also intended to enable those with more knowledge to brush up on their prior knowledge and skills.
It covers the basics of Word processing, the use of files and folders, also playing games to improve mouse and keyboard skills.
This course is designed just for new members and is not available to repeat.
Members who need further practice on basic computing after completing this course, are recommended to take either Introduction Stage 2 or Managing Your Computer.
This course is based on the Microsoft Office 2010
Word Program with help offered for those who have Word 2007.
Word Program with help offered for those who have Word 2007.
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Customising the Word Screen
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Opening and Saving in Word 2010
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Exploring ribbons
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Page setup, page breaks & page borders
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Formatting Fonts, paragraphs & line spacing
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Header and Footer
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Inserting page numbers, date and time
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Inserting graphics & illustrations
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Using the Drawing Canvas
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Word art
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Breaking text into columns
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Watermarks
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Prerequisites: Students should have completed the basic courses and have access to Word 2007 or
Word 2010.
This course is not suitable for those using Word 2003
This course is based on the Microsoft Office 2010 Excel Program with help given for those using Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2003. It is not an accountancy course but aims to introduce students to the various ways in which the Excel program can be used. A few of the many uses are —
Lists for: shopping, trip details, books, music, group memberships, Christmas cards. Keeping records of shares, loans, home expenses, insurance and budgets of all types. Becomes very simple to add lists of figures and add, alter or delete details.
Some of the topics covered are —
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Worksheet cells, rows and columns
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Entering information in a worksheet
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Formatting cells
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Formatting data
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Sorting information
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Formulae and calculations
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Running totals
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Editing an Excel Worksheet
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Working with multiple worksheets
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Printing options
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Other functions in Excel include creating graphs and charts.
This course is research and assistance using a private collection of CD’S and Programs
During this course the files you will have access to include:
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Australia Vital Records Index NSW 1788-1888;
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Vic 1837-1888:
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Tas 1803-1899: WA 1841-1905
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Australia Include Convicts, Paracensus, AGCI
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NSW BDM Pioneers & Federation 1788-1919: Between Wars 1919-1945 (no Births)
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NSW include Rookwood & other cemeteries, Gazette 1843, 1850 and 1865, Greville Directory 1872
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Queensland Pioneers BDM index 1829-1899
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S.A. Index Births 1842-1906, Deaths 1842-1915 & Marriages 1842-1916 & 1917-1937
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Tasmania BDM Index 1803-1899
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Victoria BDM Index P1 1836-1888, Fed 1889-1901 EDW 1902-1913 GW 1914-1920
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Victoria include Ballarat BDM, Melbourne General Cemetery, Inquest Index 1840-1985
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W.A. Pioneer BDM Index 1841-1905
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W.A. Include Passenger Arrivals 1839-1890 & 1895-1925
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Many listings from England, Ireland Death index pre 1855, Scottish Parish records
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Also Soldiers died in the Great War plus Great War Magazine CD’s 1 to 10
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Prerequisites: Students should have completed the Introduction to Computing Course and should have basic word processing skills and be familiar with basic file operations.
This course provides a general introduction to genealogy and family research with advice and tips and traps in locating family information.You will learn to use the Legacy family tree program also we will touch on the Latter Day Saints Genealogy program Personal Ancestral File 5.2 (PAF) program.
During this course you will also practice Internet searches as you learn to explore the best ways to use some of the many sources of family history information available today.
During this course you will also practice Internet searches as you learn to explore the best ways to use some of the many sources of family history information available today.
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Using the Legacy Program (free from the Internet) you will learn to:
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Enter an individual’s basic details - names, birth, marriage, death
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Add parents, siblings, and children
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Expand details - places, events, add notes
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Display reports - family trees, family groups, descendant and ancestor charts, books, and more
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Enhance and add photos, also copy text from other programs
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Back up your precious files to CD or Flash Drive
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Prerequisites: Students should have completed the Introduction to Computing Course and should have basic word processing skills and be familiar with basic file operations.
This course deals mainly with Windows 7, however
much of the content is applicable to other operating
systems. Reference is made to other Microsoft operating systems where differences exist.
much of the content is applicable to other operating
systems. Reference is made to other Microsoft operating systems where differences exist.
Topics covered are:
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The Desktop
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Creating/Deleting Shortcuts
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Customising the Taskbar
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Installing new programs
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Adding/Removing Programs from Start menu
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Using Search
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Managing Files and Folders
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The Control Panel
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Managing Printing
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Using Help
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Burning a CD
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Maintenance Tasks
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Virus Protection
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Prerequisites: Students should have completed the
Introduction to Computing or Basic Courses.
This new course will show you how to organise and edit your photos in quick simple steps. You will learn how to arrange your photos into folders and albums and make enhancements using the useful editing tools. Picasa Albums will help you share your photos online with family and friends.
Topics covered will include -
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Organising photos in Picasa
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Importing your photos
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Quick and easy editing
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Crop, red eye removal, enhancements,etc.
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Displaying photos, Collage, Posters
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Adding music to video clip
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Gift CD
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Emailing your photos
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Printing your photos
This course will cater for members who have a digital camera.
Participants must be prepared to take photographs in the classes and participate in the post processing procedures in your camera and in the graphic program in the computers to enhance the finished prints.
In class you will explore many facets of photography, and open new horizons for the use of your digital camera.
Exercises will include -
Participants must be prepared to take photographs in the classes and participate in the post processing procedures in your camera and in the graphic program in the computers to enhance the finished prints.
In class you will explore many facets of photography, and open new horizons for the use of your digital camera.
Exercises will include -
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Taking group photographs with your camera and downloading them to the club’s equipment
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Trimming and enhancing your photos in your camera
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Exploring your camera
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Macro photography from a tripod
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Panoramic photography and stitching with a graphics program
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Portrait photography
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Copying photos from your camera
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Exploring digital and optical zoom
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Displaying your photos in a slide show
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Saving photos onto external devices
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Printing out photos in thumbnail format
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We will explore as many of the above topics
as the 9 week course will permit
Experience with a graphics program
would be an advantage.
as the 9 week course will permit
Experience with a graphics program
would be an advantage.
Prerequisites: Students must be prepared to bring and use a digital camera as described above, and also bring the instruction book.
In this course we will be learning how to use the internet with Internet Explorer.
Topics covered will include -
Topics covered will include -
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Basic emailing
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Downloading programs & information
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Creating a home page
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Using favourites
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We will check out various sites including -
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Video
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Music
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Games
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Auctions
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Photos
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Google Earth
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Google Maps
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Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing and graphics program for creating documents, invitations, greeting cards, calendars, publications, flyers, newsletters, personal stationery, business cards, banners, certificates, labels, programs, and booklets.
Help will be given on Microsoft Publisher 2003 and Microsoft Publisher 2010
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Review of basic principles
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Creating a flyer, using clipart, moving, locking frames
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Letterheads, business cards
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Use of wizard to produce Greeting Cards
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Use of background, foreground, page numbering, auto flow, scaling and layering
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Prerequisites: Students should have completed the
Introduction to Computing or Basic Courses.
Also completion of Microsoft Word would be an advantage
The aim of these workshops is to help you to remove some of the stress from your life and feel more secure when out and about on your own, by understanding and becoming confident in using some of the more useful features of your mobile phone.
This will help you communicate more effectively with your family and friends and may even give you some “STREET CRED” with your grandchildren.
If you attend all the workshops, you should be able to understand how the mobile phones work, make and receive call, send and retrieve voice messages and change your phone profile. You should also be able to organise your Message Bank, add new names and numbers to your phone’s address book, and send, receive and reply to text messages.
We will also cover use of the camera feature, which is now so common on these devices.
You are asked to bring your instruction book and phone charger to each lesson if possible.
Please Note: We will not be covering anything to do with the Internet, emails or downloading music.
An up to date course on Communicating Online
Over the term we will explore areas such as:
MSN/Hotmail and other popular Webmail emails.
You will learn how to download, install and set up so that you maintain control of your computer setting.
Social media, like SKPYE, FACEBOOK and Immediate Messaging. Again download, install and setup.
Learn about the safety and security of using these products
Prerequisites: Students should have completed the Introduction to Computing or Basic Courses and have sufficient word processing and file operation skills.
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This course is based on Microsoft Greetings 2002. This version is a very comprehensive greeting card program which allows access to the other Microsoft programs on your computer for clipart, wordart, photos and other greeting card templates. It allows input from scanners and digital cameras.
It incorporates some Picture It!, Microsoft’s photo editing software, and incorporates its own wordart type of program which encourages you to do great things with type. (The complete Picture It! is now a separate Microsoft program.)
The finished products can be printed or e-mailed.
The object of this course is to encourage you by repetition to be able to produce first class cards and projects of all descriptions quickly, and of a quality you will be proud to put your name to, give and/or send to your friends and family.
Prerequisites: Students should have completed the Introduction to Computing or Basic Courses. It would also be an advantage to have completed a word processing course.
It incorporates some Picture It!, Microsoft’s photo editing software, and incorporates its own wordart type of program which encourages you to do great things with type. (The complete Picture It! is now a separate Microsoft program.)
The finished products can be printed or e-mailed.
The object of this course is to encourage you by repetition to be able to produce first class cards and projects of all descriptions quickly, and of a quality you will be proud to put your name to, give and/or send to your friends and family.
Prerequisites: Students should have completed the Introduction to Computing or Basic Courses. It would also be an advantage to have completed a word processing course.
The object of this course is to add, expand and fine tune skills acquired in Stage 1 so as you can produce first class cards and projects of all descriptions, quickly, and of a quality that you’re proud to put your name to, give and/or send to your friends and family.
The finished products can be printed or e-mailed.
Stage 2 completes all aspects of the program.
Prerequisites: Students must have satisfactorily completed Microsoft Greetings 2002 Stage 1 course:
The finished products can be printed or e-mailed.
Stage 2 completes all aspects of the program.
Prerequisites: Students must have satisfactorily completed Microsoft Greetings 2002 Stage 1 course:
In this course we will explore ways to improve or enhance photos using a Windows Live Photo Gallery
The syllabus will include:
The syllabus will include:
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Transferring your photos from your camera
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Editing photos & retouching photos
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Straightening, cropping and rotating photos
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Red eye removal
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Creating a panoramic photo
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Adding special effects to photos
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Emailing photos
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Displaying and sharing photos using Sky Drive
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Making a movie from still photos using Windows Live Movie Maker
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Prerequisites: Students should have attained a degree of competence in using the computer
Weeks 1 & 2- Fun with Windows 7
In this course we will explore some of the gadgets and gizmos that are new with Windows 7
In this course we will explore some of the gadgets and gizmos that are new with Windows 7
Weeks 3 & 4 - Power Point
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Create effective slide show presentations
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Adding Text
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Transitions
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Weeks 5 & 6 Photostory 3
This is a free program from Microsoft which enables you to turn your favourite still photos into a video presentation.
The Course will include:-
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Downloading and installing the program
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Adding music or commentary
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Creating various effects and transitions
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Week 7 -Buying & Selling Online
WORD 2007/2010
Your first step was joining our club and coming along to the Introductory Course. If you are pretty new to computing, there is still a lot to learn, and you might like to consider a “second step” in the lessons in this course.
The pace is kept a little slower, and there is opportunity for you to review and build on what you have already been shown. The overall basis for these lessons will be to learn more about the program Microsoft Word and its use in different situations, but will also include:
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What your computer is and does
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A review of the operating system you are using
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Learning the basics of Microsoft Word
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Using simple graphics
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A brief review of the web and email services
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Prerequisites: Students should have completed the Introduction to Computing and/or Basic Courses, and have a sense of humour and willingness to try.
Note: Not all Courses are available each term ---
Check “Term Timetables” on the “Classes and Groups” page.