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Club Email: pvscc@internode.on.net Website: http://www.users.on.net/~pvscc/pc_index.htm

Penrith Valley

Seniors Computing

Club Inc.

86 Station St

Penrith

NSW 2750

November 2016 Spring

Committee:

President:

Bryan Blake 47218878

Vice President:

Greg Corner 98342272

Secretary:

Lorraine Brown 47365541

Treasurer:

Doreen Leydecker 47333032

Members:

David Byrne 47326358

Robert Collins

John Craft

Bruce Soane

Anne Elliott

Webmaster:

Tom Lehane 47215375

Weekly Course Sched-

ule:

Monday 0930-1100

Basic Computing

Tutors: Lorraine Brown,

& Bryan Blake.

Tuesday 0930-1100

Basic Computing

Tutors: Ruth Cox, David

Byrne, & Bryan Blake

Tuesday 1115-1245

Movie maker

Tutor: Bryan Blake

Wednesday 0930-1100

Basic Computing

Tutor: Lorraine Brown

Thursday 0930-1100

Card making

Tutor: Violet Roffe

Friday 0930-1100

Basic Computing Paint

Shop Pro

Tutors: Bob Collins

Editor: Bryan Blake 47218878 Email: bryananddoreen@outlook.com.au

All articles and comments in this newsletter are not associated with the Penrith Valley

Seniors Computing Club Inc and are intended as opinions and items of debate only.

Information gained over the Internet from many Web sites.

Tips for picking a good value NBN Internet plan: 1. Check ISP quality

If you use the internet occasionally, most NBN products will suffice. However if

you wish to stream high definition videos you will need to measure the video per-

formance from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) for good quality.

Have a look at Googles video quality report shows the average

YouTube video performance over a 24 hour period for different

providers in your area. https://www.google.com/get/

videoqualityreport/

Or

Netflix’s ISP Speed Index is based on each ISP’s average delivery

content https://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/country/australia/

2. Get enough data

In December 2015 the average usage over the NBN was 128GB. It will continue to

increase. Choose a plan with enough data to meet your needs.. How to do this,

Just monitor your data usage monthly through your ISP provider.

3. Compare plans and costs

Some general Rules:

Avoid offers that split data into peak and off peak. (generally not good val-

ue)

Big Setup charges against monthly fees. Shop around as some ISP’s have

no setup costs and low monthly fees.

Make sure you compare products that offer similar download speeds.

Use comparison websites to compare product like:

Canstar Blue http://www.canstarblue.com.au/phone-internet/

internet/broadband/compare-australias-top-nbn-plans/

WhistleOut https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/

National-Broadband-Network-NBN-Plans

4. Beware bundled extras

They may look good but you may end up paying for something you will not use.

Like: VoIP (voice over internet Protocol) and Entertainment packages

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It’s Christmas Card Time Don’t have Greeting Card Factory, no problems just go to http://www.brother.com/creativecenter’ And its Free The Creative Centre from Brother helps you to create per-sonalised greeting cards, educate with fun learning templates through the Family Centre as well as print them.

Select Category and Template 1. you need to decide what you would like to create. Click on cards and invita-tions then holidays then select Christmas from the

Holidays categories. 2. Now select a card from the template list there are 91 to choose from so scroll down to see more.

3. Select the fold you want from the Customise tem-plate. ( I suggest you se-lect the half fold)

4. Once you start your project, you will see this screen while loading the template you choose. 5. When your card has loaded you will

see this screen

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Spring Penrith Valley Seniors Computing Club

November

Rose Barbaro

Carol Booth

Terry Camilleri

Vivian Cutler

Suzanne Freeman

Barry Leavett-Brown

Liam Nangle

Our Christmas Party is on

Thursday 15th December 2016 11:00 - 2:00pm

If you want to attend please add your

name and partners name to the At-

tendance list in the Computer Room

Kris Kringle’s gift box is now open.

If you would like to contribute please

leave a gift in the box.

There is no price limit per gift.

Please do not leave out of date food or

junk items in Kris’s box

Thankyou

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Add Photos and Images: To add a new photo or a new image to your template, click on an empty photo frame on your project. Please note that you need a photo frame on the page to insert a photo or an image. If you don’t have a photo frame on the page, you can click on the "Add photo frames" to get the selection from the applica-tion library. Click on the "Add photo & image" button to upload your photo or image to the frame.

Click the "Browse for new photos & images" button to select what photo or image you want to upload. You can select JPEG, GIF or PNG image file from the Creative Centre Photo Library or your own com-puter.

If you have already uploaded some photos and images to your project, the thumbnails will appear

in the dialog. You can select one and click on the "Add to frame" button to upload.

Click the “Search Photo Library” or “PC” to select the photos and the images you want to upload.

You can utilize the Creative Centre Photo Library which is a royalty free photo library in the Business

and the Home Centre. Just choose add from library option instead of the PC option. You can upload a

maximum 20 photos or images at one time.

Once uploaded successfully, the thumbnails will appear in the dialog. Please choose one and click the

"Add to frame". The photo or the image will appear in the frame.

To add a photo or an image to your project, select the photo or the image you want to use from the Pho-

to & Image Library and drag it onto the project canvas.

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Adding Text:

Edit a Text Box To edit existing text, click the text box and the "Edit text" button. Replace the content with your own mes-sage.

Or, double-click the text box and replace the content with your own message.

Manage Your Text Single-click the text you wish to edit – your selection will be highlighted on the canvas.

Change Text Box Size You can adjust the size of your selected text area (but not the size of your text) by dragging the arrows on the corners of the selection container. You can also rotate the selection by using the rotate toggle at the top. Edit text by using the Text toolbar.

Font Style To change the font style of your text, click the drop down arrow in the "Font" section. You can select from a list of fonts. Click the font you wish to use for your text on the canvas.

Text Editing Options Double-click inside the text box or click the "Edit text" button then highlight the text you wish to edit by click-ing and dragging. You can change the Font, Size and Colour of the text as well as other editing effects using the Text toolbar buttons.

Print Document Click on the "Print document" or the "Print page by page" button to send your project to print. * Only the "Print page by page" button will show if your project has 2 pages or more.

Font Size You can change the size of your font by either

using the up and down arrows, or by typing

your desired text size directly into the "Size"

section. As you move the numbers up and

down the scale, the size of the text on the

page will change accordingly.