Pulborough Computer Club
2009 Calendar
Discussion Thread
From this year onwards, we meet on the first Tuesday and third Tuesday of each month (with the exception of Wednesday 18th March 2009).
Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are in the Rother Hall of Pulborough Village Hall and commence at 7:30pm. The hall is available from 7pm for setting up equipment. Please click here for directions.
| 7:30-8:45ish | Tutorial |
| 8:45ish-9:00ish | Refreshments |
| 9:00ish-9:50 | Burning questions about any topic and hopefully, answers |
| 9:50-10:00 | Clear up |
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Tuesday 6th January |
Spring cleaning your PC. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 20th January |
PowerPoint presentation software and how to use it as a visual aid, tutorial or slide show. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 3rd February |
AGM and choosing meeting topics for the year. |
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Tuesday 17th February |
Building a community website with blogs and forums using a free and simple system & template. (Stuart Crump) |
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Tuesday 3rd March |
Future Technologies - a look at what's here, what's coming and how accurate last year's predictions were. (Ian Greenslade of the Village Computer Club) |
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Wednesday 18 March |
An early look at Windows 7 - which will be the successor to Windows Vista. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 7th April |
A beginner's guide to word processing using Microsoft Word 2003. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 21st April |
Recorded music in a PC - how to obtain it, manage it, play it and create CDs. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 5th May |
Gmail - a look at this free web based email system and how to manage and search its archives. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 19th May |
Security basics - firewalls and antivirus and antimalware software together with a pinch of common sense. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 2nd June |
Backups - protecting your system and your data. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 16th June |
Programme change Remotely controlling a PC over the internet - very useful for providing help and support. (Stuart Crump) |
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Tuesday 7th July |
Video Editing - Basics, a look at the software available and demonstrations of Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Elements and Pinnacle. (Jim Noble and Peter Leeke) |
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Tuesday 21st July |
How to use search engines and directories effectively, using Google and DMOZ as examples. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 4th August |
More word processing. Showing how to use tables (to ease formatting) and templates. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 18th August |
Choosing a PC; desktop or laptop, criteria to look out for. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 1st September |
Ubuntu Linux and it's application software - a free alternative to Windows. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 15th September |
Spreadsheet basics - what they do and how to use them (Rodger Hunt) |
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Tuesday 6th October |
eBay. A look at this popular auction website and how (and how not) to use it. (Bill Cutting) |
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Tuesday 20th October |
How to use Picasa - the free photo processing software and its internet archiving capability. (Lesley Cutting) |
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Tuesday 3rd November |
Informal laptop night. Bring your machine along and we'll wirelessly connect it to the internet and maybe resolve any problems. |
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Tuesday 17th November |
Managing investment portfolios and using online resources to keep track of them. (Rodger Hunt) |
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Tuesday 1st December |
Geo locating and organising photographs (Stuart Crump) - followed by mince pies and maybe more  .
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Tuesday 5th January |
Back to basics - essential knowledge for managing a home computer (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 19th January |
Comparing web browsers - Internet Explorer 8 vs IE7 vs Firefox vs Chrome. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 2nd February |
AGM and choosing meeting topics for the year. |
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Tuesday 16th February |
Email clients, OE, Outlook, Windows mail, Thunderbird etc. - which to choose, and basic lesson. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 2nd March |
Future Technologies - a look at what's here, what's coming and how accurate last year's predictions were. (Ian Greenslade of the Village Computer Club) |
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Tuesday 16th March |
A look at peripherals such as keyboards, mice, scanners, printers etc. (Dean Smith) |