Pulborough Computer Club
2011 Calendar
We meet on the first Tuesday and third Tuesday of each month.
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 |
Please note that the schedule can change. This web page is always accurate but a copy made months ago
might not be.
2011 |
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Tuesday 4th January |
Free stuff from MS. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 18th January |
Genealogy - using your computer and online resources to reveal your history. (Rodger Hunt and Bill Cutting) |
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Tuesday 1st February |
AGM and choosing meeting topics for the year. |
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Tuesday 15th February |
Basic spreadsheets using MS Excel 2007. (Stuart Crump) |
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Tuesday 1st March |
A look at using internet forums to swap ideas and seek support with a particular emphasis on the club's forum - which currently has tumbleweed blowing through it. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 15th March |
Using MS Word 2010 'properly' including templates, styles and tables. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 5th April |
Using presentation software with a focus on MS PowerPoint 2010. Shows basic operations and includes dos and don'ts. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 19th April |
PC Security including anti-virus, password security, keeping up to date and advice on software that you don't need. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 3rd May |
Back to Basics. A look at basic PC operations and short cuts. If you're a beginner, you need this. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 17th May |
Clearing the Clutter. Keeping your PC neat and tidy and running smoothly. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 7th June |
Email and moving ISP accounts etc. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 21st June |
Choosing a laptop. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 5th July |
Windows XP to Windows 7 conversion course. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 19th July |
Layers in Photoshop Elements. What are they, why do we want them and how do we use them? (Lesley Cutting) |
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Tuesday 2nd August |
Using eBay, the online auction website. (Bill Cutting) |
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Tuesday 16th August |
Computing glossary and jargon buster. (Rodger Hunt) |
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Tuesday 6th September |
Backup/restore strategies and tools including Dropbox and the cloud. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 20th September |
How to build / upgrade your own desktop PC. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 4th October |
Network setup, including NAS with example configurations. (Dean Smith) |
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Tuesday 18th October |
An introduction to the Kindle 3 ebook reader together with Calibre ebook library management software for PCs. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 1st November |
Scanning old photographic slides into your computer. (Peter Hoggan, guest speaker) |
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Tuesday 15th November |
Don't Panic! How to investigate and fix computer hardware and software problems rationally. (Jim Noble) |
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Tuesday 6th December |
Show & Tell - John Beard will demonstrate Avery label printing software and Peter Gregory will show how he
uses Excel in his work at Horsham Museum. Followed by mince pies and maybe more  .
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2012 |
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Tuesday 3rd January |
Informal evening (members only). Show off your new laptop, bring along your old one to ask advice or simply chat amongst yourselves. WiFi will be available. |
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Tuesday 17th January |
Picasa - FREE photo editing software - with a brief look at Picasa Web Albums. (Lesley Cutting) |
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Tuesday 7th February |
AGM and choosing meeting topics for the year. |
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Tuesday 21st February |
To be decided |
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Tuesday 6th March |
To be decided |
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Tuesday 20th March |
To be decided |