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The program will feature “Tools and Techniques for the Mac” and be presented by club member Frank Murphy. Topics will include: managing photo files from memory cards, enhancements to the Finder and clipboard, text editors, and synchronizing calendars across a network.
         See: Files, Tools, and Techniques.html

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Still using the space bar to position text? Too busy to learn how to save time? Join Kedron Bryson for a tour of Word's clever features and learn how to shift your text docs from dim to dazzling.

Overview, with tips and tricks, includes:
Formatting with Finesse // Sizzling Search and Replace // Happy Fingers Keyboard Commands // Stylin'! // The Boon of Auto Correct

Meet Mr. Pilcrow, reduce your toil and trouble with the bewitching Scrapbook, and splash around with the Format Painter. We'll look at both Word 2004 and 2008, and take a drive by Pages word processing (iWork '09) to compare features.

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"Pages is both a streamlined word processor and an easy-to-use page layout tool. It allows you to be a writer one minute and a designer the next, always with a perfect document in the works."

http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/

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Dick Crowell will will demonstrate how the judicious use of video special effects, music, transitions and images from the web can enhance your finished video programs and make them more interesting and more enjoyable to watch. He will screen some of his recent projects to illustrate the techniques he uses to make movies that are fun to watch-- and "not just your father's travel films"!

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Apple’s immensely clever Digital Audio Workstation is a pixelated kitchen for cooking up all things sonic. At this month’s meeting, Kedron will take us through basics of editing music tracks, creating a movie score, and making a podcast. We’ll learn how to apply effects (echo, reverb—and Helium Breath!), fade, pan and even shoot some loops.

Whether you want to soup up songs, customize ringtones, record a baby’s gurgles (or your own) for your progeny, you can do it with GarageBand. The latest version is 5, in the iLife ’09 suite, but our little junket will encompass earlier versions.

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The Program for July10 is PGAS Hillary Bennett who will speak on aspects of Social Networking.

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Sue will talk about InDesign for desktop publishing (newsletter, brochures, etc.) and also touch lightly on the other two softwares that come with Creative Suite 2---Photoshop and Illustrator. She will explain why InDesign is superior to Word for accuracy in layout and printing.

Specifically, she will show samples of what she has desktop published (a cookbook), a publicity postcard, newsletters, and how to make a master for the work that determines uniformity for the pages.

Visit Sue's website:  www.ideas-and-images.com

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Dick Crowell demonstrated how to easily convert a vinyl disc onto a CD using a new ION Turntable and Golden Records software.

Bruce Belknap demonstrated how to convert an audio cassette or vinyl disc onto a CD using an older turntable & cassette player with Sound Studio software.

Jerry Gifford demonstrated how to convert VHS video directly to iMovie using a digital camcorder with firewire output.

CLICK HERE for a list of hardware & software for converting analog to digital media

Canterbury Woods Auditorium, 651 Sinex Avenue in Pacific Grove

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Gary Carlsen presents genealogical research strategies and software. 

• Where do I begin my search for ancestors?
• What are some places I can find information about my ancestors?
• How can I use the Internet to find my genealogy?
• How much does it cost?

Click here for MUCH more information about sources of genealogical research web sites

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Using iChat and Skype, Hillary will demonstrate how to connect MacBooks to each other using software which is free.  Why wait until next month?  Make calls from your computer — free to other people on Skype and cheap to landlines and cell phones around the world.  Download free Skype.  Also see list of steps and procedures to begin using Skype and AIM.

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Ron will show how to create a free website using the new on-line "Google Sites".

For those who cannot wait for Feb 13th, visit
http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html  (Click on the video.)

See example sites - Ski club - Team project - Classroom - Play Group - Family website
• Single-click page creation
• No HTML required
• Customizable look and feel
• Settings for accessing and sharing information
• And it's free!

Use Google Sites to:
•  Plan club meetings and activities
•  Collaborate on a team project
•  Stay connected with family members
• Create rich web pages easily
• Collect all your information in one place
• Control who can view and edit

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CMoM bus to MacWorld Expo & meeting upon return

On January 9, 2009 Club Mac of Monterey will take our annual bus trip to the Mac World show in San Francisco. As this is a Friday, our usual CMoM general meeting will be held after we get back.

As of the date this is posted, there are seats available.

We need to have all the signups and money in hand ASAP.

Make your reservations for the 24-passenger bus by email to our MacWorld bus chairman, Jerry Gifford, CMoMAmb@mac.com (Please use "Macworld Bus" in the subject line.)

Send your check to Club Mac of Monterey at P.O. Box 2107, Monterey, CA 93942.

The take off and landing spot for the MacBus will be as usual; the parking lot at the Pacific Grove Adult Education School, 1025 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove.  Riders are encouraged to carpool to the school and park as much out of the way as possible so that there will be sufficient space for students and parents to park during the day for their school classes. The bus should arrive onsite by 7:45 AM.

We will leave from the Pacific Grove Adult School at 8 AM sharp!!  The time of our arrival back in Pacific Grove is dependent on the effects of traffic on the way home from SF. We will leave San Francisco sometime between 2:45 and 3:00 PM.  We expect to arrive home  between 5:00--5:15 PM.

As this is a Friday, our usual CMoM general meeting will be held after we get back.   However, a "dinner meeting" will  begin earlier than usual, between 5:45--6:00 PM with hot pizza and cold beverages for the benefit of the travelers and members who are on the bus. Our regular CMoM general meeting will begin at 7:00 PM with Q&A and sharing what we saw and learned in San Francisco. 

Given the cost of gas and parking in SF, the price of $25 for club members and $45 for guests is quite reasonable. If you are not currently a member and would like to participate this would be a good time to join (membership is only $20 for the year).

You should get your FREE Expo ticket soon as we do not know how long this offer will stand. Even if you are not now certain if you are going, since it is free, get the ticket anyway.  Please let us know if you find another source.

Please *CLICK HERE * to send an email to our CMoM Ambassador and request the CODE for a free ticket to enter the Expo main floor. Please enter "Free ticket code" in the subject line. 

For more general information, visit: http://www.macworldexpo.com