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AUGUST--Your Time to Get Involved

Join Us on Wednesdays in August--- Let Coach know your interests:

1. Get you ready for a new job.
2. Help you start your new business.
3. Help your kids with back-to-school.
4. Connect with friends and family.

Coach can welcome you to webconferences that are OPEN--no fees, just a FREE Trial. This time allows for learning to operate the new service, adding your suggestions to the calendar, deciding to become part of a group or making a group of your own. For example:

10:00AM:-Take a look at Windows XP or add your project to the discussion.

4:00PM:-Take a look at Mac OSX - the Leopard - or add your project to the discussion.

Here is where you can Enter as a Guest:

• Share your computer screen.
• Chat with others in your group.
• Bring your computer buddy to the group.
• OPEN on Wednesdays at 10AM and 4PM for free trials - we want to know what you think

CLICKBOON is a new name - Click: like the point-and click that represents the computer responses with a quickness usually expected. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. BOON chosen to represent availing yourself with the resources needed to add to computer skill sets needed to operate the laptops, desktops, smart phones, social networks and more that provide communication in the current world. Visit clickboon.net and make your way to resources available below:

Computers - from Desktop, to Laptop, to Smart Phones

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IF You Can Remember THE 60's You Probably Weren't There

Try celebrating 45 years after High School Graduation memories (1965) with sound samples from YouTUBE below or make your request to Coach. If we can find it a link will return to you!!

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PROJECTS Can Go from GOOD to GREAT With FREE SOFTWARE

Sometimes we fret because the budget won't allow for the purchase of software that will help with a special project. If your creativity is your individual responsibly, software you can use to get the job done is available free. If you manage your own creativity choosing to pay when it isn't a deductible business expense doesn't make a lot of sense.

Here you will find a few choices that may allow you to add that professional look without adding professional expense. Investing the time it takes to add to your project could be worth it

• Check out GIMP where you'll find image editing tools much like Photoshop. The GIMP download is Free.
• Check out NVu, a free download, where tools for creating web pages with Dreamweaver-like tools. Dreamweaver offers tools that make adding Flash and Javascript behaviors that are not automatically available with NVu. A bit of creativity and a visit to a javascript source can help
• Javascript behaviors can be added to you pages with a visit here: http://javascript.internet.com/ where you can add code to your pages after viewing options available. There is one of several resources that surface when you GOOGLE for JavaScript.
• Microsoft OFFICE now at 2007 for PC and 2008 for Mac has a look-alike suite that is a free download at OpenOffice.org

Here we've shown a few examples of what open source tools are available. There are others you may have the time to investigate while searching for cost effective ways for getting the required tools to accomplish your project. Remember to check that the source of any download you consider comes from the developers of the tools. As this is written, each of the tools listed come as FREE downloads. Only you can decide if your needs are met.

Microsoft OFFICE-2007

Microsoft OFFICE 2007 is the suite of software designed to help you with a variety of tasks for activities that can help you run an office. Many of you are likely to have experienced Microsoft OFFICE 2003. Improvements made with 2007 can make tasks easier to complete with options that are readily available. Microsoft WORD is discussed below. Excel Access and Powerpoint complete the most well known of the OFFICE suite although other software programs and tools are included.

Word processing is the basic function of WORD---for creating the ".doc" file. Basic layout of options is presented in what is called "The Ribbon"- shown in a YouTUBE option below:

This is important to notice as other programs in the OFFICE suite, ncluding Excl, Access, and PowerPoint have similar reorganization. Familiar options like Mail Merge in WORD offer options that may require a bit of study before using them.

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Now take things a step further.

With most tasks on your computer there is usually more than one way to get anything done. Microsoft OFFICE 2007 gives you reorganized ways to complete tasks that are familiar.

Add to your choices something called iWork from Apple and you have even more new ways to get familiar projects done:

Check out your software as compatibility. In some cases a document originating in one program may be readable in others. For example: Excel files may be readable with Numbers from iWork.

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