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Good Evening and Welcome to
Technology Users Group Meeting May 16, 2002
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Welcome

• Good evening!
• Thank you for coming
• Please get comfortable
• Feel free to ask questions contribute
• Want you to get real value from these meetings
• Please enjoy!

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Introductions

• Meet ALG staff your hosts tonight
• Part of the value you will get from this meeting
  comes from networking with each other
• We encourage you to do that during breaks and
  after the meeting

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Agenda

• Technology News
• 1 - How to automate browser tasks with
  bookmarklets!
• 2 - How to burn your own music CD's!
• 3 - Five extremely useful business web sites!
• User questions discussion
• Door prize drawing
• Summary conclusion

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Technology NewsAOL Encrypted IM

• America Online Inc. will begin beta testing this
  month an encrypted version of its AOL Instant
  Messenger service targeted to enterprises.
• Known as Enterprise AIM, it will be sold to
  corporations.
• 20 percent to 25 percent of AIM users today are
  corporate users.

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Technology NewsOffice Wars StarOffice in Attack
Mode

• Sun plans to go on the offensive against
  Microsoft Office in the battle for enterprise
  office productivity users when its StarOffice 6.0
  software suite ships next week.

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Topic 1How to automate browser tasks with
bookmarklets!

• Bookmarklets are simple tools that extend the
  surf and search capabilities of Netscape and
  Explorer web browsers.

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Topic 1How to automate browser tasks with
bookmarklets!

• Bookmarklets are free.
• Bookmarklets work on all platforms (Windows,
  Macintosh, Unix,...)
• You do not have to download or install software
  to use Bookmarklets.
• Over 150 bookmarklets are available.

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Topic 1How to automate browser tasks with
bookmarklets!

• Bookmarklets allow you to
• Modify the way you see someone else's webpage.
• Extract data from a webpage.
• Search more quickly, and in ways not possible
  with a search engine.
• Navigate in new ways.

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Topic 1How to automate browser tasks with
bookmarklets!

• How do they work?
• Each bookmarklet is a tiny program (a JavaScript
  application) contained in a bookmark (the URL is
  a "javascript" URL) which can be saved and used
  the same way you use normal bookmarks.
• Where do you get them?
• www.BookMarklets.com

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Topic 1How to automate browser tasks with
bookmarklets!

• Lets go there now,
• Install two of them
• . . . And use them!

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Questions and Discussion?
Topic 1How to automate browser tasks with
bookmarklets!
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Topic 2How to burn your own music CD's!

• At last months meeting, several people asked
  about burning music onto CDs
• Need four things
• CD burning software
• CD burner (CD-RW)
• Blank CDs
• Music files

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Topic 2How to burn your own music CD's!

• CD Burning Software
• Click'N Burn Pro 2.0
• HotBurn
• Discribe 4.0
• Nero Burning ROM 5.5
• Easy CD Creator 5.0 Platinum
• SmartDisk MVP
• . . . Or MusicMatch!

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Topic 2How to burn your own music CD's!

• MusicMatchBox
• Free
• Download it at www.MusicMatch.com
• Very nice MP3 music player
• CD music burner
• Prints CD covers/jackets
• Internet radio

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Topic 2How to burn your own music CD's!

• Lets Use It Now!

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Lets Take a Break!
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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• Want the news from Argentina?
• Which celebs are hot in Slovakia?
• Jump to online version of magazines and
  newspapers from all over the world!
• Search by subject, region, or name.
• Customize your own free page with links.

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• AllYouCanRead.com

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• Most of us at some time need to find a physician
• Someone near where we work or live
• Someone that participates in your health plan
• Someone with a certain specialty

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• www.DocFinderPlus.com

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• Convert almost any measurement imaginable to
  another measurement

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• www.MegaConverter.com

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• Online dictionary
• Thesaurus
• Language dictionaries
• Specialty dictionaries for business, law, etc.
• Rhyming dictionaries
• And MUCH more
• All in one, convenient place

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• www.YourDictionary.com

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• Detailed troubleshooting and tips on fixing 16
  types of appliances
• From refrigerators and stoves to dishwashers and
  washing machines
• Figure out which gizmo is needed, and get help to
  order it

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Topic 3Five extremely useful business web sites!

• www.RepairClinic.com

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Any Other Questions or Discussion?
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Door prizes!

• Must be present to win
• A 15" LCD flat-panel color computer monitor!
• Full-day computer workshop valued at 189!
• Borders Book Store gift certificate!
• Regals Cinema movie gift certificate!
• ALG mouse pad calculators

Good Luck...
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Door prize 1

• ALG mouse pad calculators
• Two drawings!

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Door prize 2

• Regals Cinema movie gift certificate!

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Door prize 3

• Borders gift certificate for 25!

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Door prize 4

• 189 computer workshop of your choice!
• Select from 24-page catalog at front desk

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Door prize 5

• A 15" LCD flat-panel color computer monitor!

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Conclusion

• Thank you for being our guests at ALG this
  evening!
• We would like you to think of us as your IT
  support staff.
• When you need any kind of computer help or
  training that is beyond your internal resources
  please give us a call.

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Conclusion

• Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each month
• Next one is June 20, 2002
• If you didnt receive a postcard invitation,
  leave us a business card or register online at
  ALG.cc
• Thank you for coming!
• Remember to pick up your handouts
• Feel free to stay awhile and network
• Please drive safely!