1. How to set up our audio-visual equipment
Both John & Graham presented this subject, with a hands-on demo.
There is info about this already on our main U3A website.
In the Office cupboard, there are laminated instruction sheets also.
2. Setting up a shortcut on the Desktop to use the Microsoft Windows
calculator.
The program for this is hidden in the list of programs, under the
heading "Accessories".
Click on your Start button > All Programs > Accessories > Calculator
A right mouse click on Calculator will bring up another menu ...
click on Send To > Desktop (create shortcut)
(this is the process for Windows Vista & it's similar for Win XP).
Now go to your Desktop where you will see a new icon for the calculator.
The tiny little arrow at the base of the icon, indicates that this is
a shortcut.
Double click on this to bring up your calculator.
You can move the calculator to a new position by clicking on the top
edge of it and dragging it to where you'd like.
You can safely delete this shortcut by a right mouse click > Delete.
You can also have a look at the scientific version of the calculator,
by clicking on View > Scientific.
... ... (click on a photo to see a larger version)
You can use this method to create Desktop shortcuts for other programs
that you like using.
3. One of our members asked for a good website that does currency conversion.
Here is the one I use from time to time ... www.xe.com
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In two weeks' time we'll have a look at a couple of photo-editing topics.
The session after that will be about
My Windows Vista talk will be in June.
JH & GG (many thanks, Graham)
