Where Learning is Fun  
Hunters Run Computer Club
Issue 7
February 26, 2008
Editors:  Marilyn ross,  
                     Howard essig
HRCC Newsletter



On February 26, 2008, Bob Montgomery presented another informative and entertaining meeting to the members
as he demonstrated why a word processor is much more than a typewriter. The "Tips and Tricks" he presented not
only showed us easier ways to do tasks but also showed us new useful tricks.  He presented an overview on
Microsoft Works, Word Perfect, and Microsoft Word.  He then continued with editing and formatting text using
Microsoft Word.

He also talked about how a reader program is a necessary companion.  Most computers are equipped with Adobe
Reader, a Portable Document Format (PDF) which is now on version 8.  It lets you capture and view robust
information from any application, on any computer system, and share it with anyone around the world.  This is a free
program, and you can receive free updates to be downloaded.  He stated that this is a good program, but his
preference is a program called Foxit Reader which is also available for free. It is faster and smaller in size and does
not run in the background.  If you want to change, it is necessary to remove Adobe Reader from your computer
before downloading Foxit.  To remove Adobe Reader, right click on Control Panel and on the icon that says
"Add/Remove Programs".  When the list of programs appears, click on "Change/Remove" for Adobe Reader.  Once
this is done, you can download Foxit by going to Foxitreader.com.

Bob used Microsoft Word to demonstrate editing and formatting text since the program resides on the club’s
computer.  Although not all word processors are exactly alike, the similarities are greater than the differences.  For
example the version of Word that comes with Microsoft Office is more powerful than the version that comes with
Microsoft Works.

Following are some of the tasks Bob demonstrated.

    1.        The use of Headers and Footers;
    2.        Creating Templates;
    3.        Undoing and Redoing of previous steps;
    4.        Indenting of paragraphs;
    5.        Automatic Insertion of Date and Time;
    6.        Spell Check and Grammar Check.
    7.        Using AutoCorrect
    8.        Using and Managing Fonts
    9.        Printing of documents

We are looking forward to receiving from Bob his handout from the meeting and distributing it at the next meeting.




Safely Remove Hardware - An Important Reminder

Before you remove any device, such as a flash drive, or a thumb drive, that is connected to your computer via USB
cable, you should tell Windows that you are going to do so.  A Safely Remove Hardware icon appears in the
notification area of your taskbar.  This is located on the bottom right corner of your monitor.  

    1.        Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the taskbar to see a list of the devices you can remove.  
    2.        Choose the one you are going to remove.  
    3.        Click STOP.
    4.        A bubble will appear over the icon stating that “It is now safe to remove the hardware”.

Hardware and Flash Drives have been known to crash if this feature is not used before unplugging the device.
February 26th Program
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