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Sydney PC User Group Incorporated ~ Members helping Members for over 22 Years ~ Visitors are always welcome
*WEEKLY SIG MEETING UPDATE 2 - 8 AUGUST 2009*
1st Floor *Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts* *280 Pitt Street, Sydney* http://www.sydneypc.com/indexnew.html Sydney PCUG's Blog *UPCOMING SIG'S* *9 - 15 August 2009* Stock & Shares Programming Friday Seniors Communications Web Design MAIN MEETING Door Prize Warren Wyllie *MAIN MEETING PRIZE* Five Licences LogMeIn Pro Pentti Kivela John Lucke John Burton Clare Wagemans Elaine Rush John Burton, Elaine Rush & Clare Wagemans ASCCA 11th ANNUAL CONFERENCE Powerhouse Museum 18 - 19 August 2009 PHOTOGRAPHERS Don't forget ASCCA competition photos must be emailed to Roger by the end of August. GOOGLE WAVE Read more... THE FIFTH ELEMENT The Future of Desktop Office Suites Read more...	Hello and Welcome, The Tuesday Main Meeting was presented by Seth Shaw from LogMeIn who gave an extensive presentation of the LogMeIn products and also donated five LogMeIn Pro licences for members to enjoy. Seth took us through the 'ins & outs' of LogMeIn Pro and showed us how limitless the applications of his software are. Because it enables remote access it can be used by every piece of hardware that connects to the internet. Vehicle-bound servicemen can access their work computers, support staff can sort out problems on blackberries by being granted access by the owner, the man on the road can log in to his home computer to download his emails, web surf, and transfer needed files from that computer to his laptop. The Pro version even has the facility for people to transfer photographs to the website for easy download for all those to whom they send the link. LogMeIn comes as a free version without all the 'Bells & Whistles', LogMeIn Pro costs $84 per year per computer, but the website has a special offer 5 PC's for $23.75/month (or $240/year). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Webmaster, Steve South reported that he has now uploaded the complete new club's website to our server. It will run in conjunction with our existing site during this final testing period. While the site has already been tested satisfactorily using five popular browsers, members are asked to thoroughly check all pages and report any bugs. Thanks to all members who have assisted with suggestions and advice in bringing this new website to fruition. Special thanks to Warren Wyllie for the original design concept and his guidance on colours and font selection, also to Bob Backstrom for tirelessly analysing and sanctioning every step of the design. The new site includes these changes: Fluid pages adjust to fill any screen size Navigation menus always viewable (except for older IE browsers) Only news/content areas scroll Horizontal scrolling only needed with wide images Direct, one-click links between all pages More current page content and pictures More colourful logo and mini-banner External, SIG related "Quick Links" open in a new window Site search box installed (will be redirected to new site on changeover) Sydney and Penrith weather forecasts - 2 hours to 15 days All page coding validated to W3C - XHTML Transitional standards. We hope you enjoy using our club's new website and will visit often. Go there now and check it out. http://www.sydneypc.com/indexnew.html Note: Steve has advised not to click on the new site's HOME link during the testing period as it will take you back to the old site. It's not a fault - just the way things work! jl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Tip of the Week* How to get Office Ultimate 2007 Its a total steal at $75.00 AUD and it is perfectly legal, of course there is a catch you need to have an e-mail address ending in ".edu" , if you know a student/academic with one and will allow you to use it, run your mouse over the 'Am I Eligible" link for more information. If you require discs it will cost another $16 AUD approx., but still a cheap offer considering Office Ultimate 2007 costs approx. $979.00 AUD. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember if your e-mail address is changed for any reason at all, unless you tell me your new address then you will not receive these weekly updates! Any change of address should be notified to changedetails@sydneypc.com This is one of the rare weeks when there are no SIG's scheduled, so until next week, health and happiness Cheers Elaine Please e-mail this newsletter to all your friends. Simply click Forward, add their e-mail addresses. Then click Send
Information for Members and Visitors: Sydney PC User Group's FREE newsletter: Subscribe Send to Friend Un-subscribe Go to Sydney PC User Group's: Website Events Calendar Please note that all Meetings, except where specifically stated, are held on the 1st Floor, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Sydney PC User Group Incorporated

~ Members helping Members for over 22 Years ~

Visitors are always welcome

WEEKLY SIG MEETING UPDATE 2 - 8 AUGUST 2009

1st Floor
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
280 Pitt Street, Sydney
http://www.sydneypc.com/indexnew.html

Sydney PCUG's Blog

UPCOMING SIG'S

9 - 15 August 2009

Stock & Shares

Programming

Friday Seniors

Communications

Web Design

MAIN MEETING
Door Prize

Warren Wyllie

MAIN MEETING PRIZE

Five Licences LogMeIn Pro

Pentti Kivela

John Lucke
John Burton

Clare Wagemans
Elaine Rush

John Burton, Elaine Rush &
Clare Wagemans

ASCCA 11th ANNUAL
CONFERENCE

Powerhouse Museum
18 - 19 August 2009

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Don't forget ASCCA competition photos must be emailed to
Roger by the end of August.

GOOGLE WAVE

Read more...

THE FIFTH ELEMENT

The Future of
Desktop Office Suites

Read more...

Hello and Welcome,

The Tuesday Main Meeting was presented by Seth Shaw from LogMeIn who gave an extensive presentation of the LogMeIn products and also donated five LogMeIn Pro licences for members to enjoy. Seth took us through the 'ins & outs' of LogMeIn Pro and showed us how limitless the applications of his software are. Because it enables remote access it can be used by every piece of hardware that connects to the internet. Vehicle-bound servicemen can access their work computers, support staff can sort out problems on blackberries by being granted access by the owner, the man on the road can log in to his home computer to download his emails, web surf, and transfer needed files from that computer to his laptop. The Pro version even has the facility for people to transfer photographs to the website for easy download for all those to whom they send the link.

LogMeIn comes as a free version without all the 'Bells & Whistles', LogMeIn Pro costs $84 per year per computer, but the website has a special offer 5 PC's for $23.75/month (or $240/year).

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our Webmaster, Steve South reported that he has now uploaded the complete new club's website to our server. It will run in conjunction with our existing site during this final testing period. While the site has already been tested satisfactorily using five popular browsers, members are asked to thoroughly check all pages and report any bugs.

Thanks to all members who have assisted with suggestions and advice in bringing this new website to fruition. Special thanks to Warren Wyllie for the original design concept and his guidance on colours and font selection, also to Bob Backstrom for tirelessly analysing and sanctioning every step of the design.

The new site includes these changes:

Fluid pages adjust to fill any screen size
Navigation menus always viewable (except for older IE browsers)
Only news/content areas scroll
Horizontal scrolling only needed with wide images
Direct, one-click links between all pages
More current page content and pictures
More colourful logo and mini-banner
External, SIG related "Quick Links" open in a new window
Site search box installed (will be redirected to new site on changeover)
Sydney and Penrith weather forecasts - 2 hours to 15 days
All page coding validated to W3C - XHTML Transitional standards.

We hope you enjoy using our club's new website and will visit often. Go there now and check it out. http://www.sydneypc.com/indexnew.html

Note: Steve has advised not to click on the new site's HOME link during the testing period as it will take you back to the old site. It's not a fault - just the way things work! jl

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tip of the Week

How to get Office Ultimate 2007 Its a total steal at $75.00 AUD and it is perfectly legal, of course there is a catch you need to have an e-mail address ending in ".edu" , if you know a student/academic with one and will allow you to use it, run your mouse over the 'Am I Eligible" link for more information. If you require discs it will cost another $16 AUD approx., but still a cheap offer considering Office Ultimate 2007 costs approx. $979.00 AUD.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please remember if your e-mail address is changed for any reason at all, unless you tell me your new address then you will not receive these weekly updates! Any change of address should be notified to changedetails@sydneypc.com

This is one of the rare weeks when there are no SIG's scheduled, so until next week, health and happiness

Cheers

Elaine

Please e-mail this newsletter to all your friends.
Simply click Forward, add their e-mail addresses.
Then click Send

Information for Members and Visitors:

Sydney PC User Group's FREE newsletter: Subscribe Send to Friend Un-subscribe

Go to Sydney PC User Group's: Website Events Calendar

Please note that all Meetings, except where specifically stated, are held on the 1st Floor,
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney.