February 2017


This class is taught by a Member from the Computer User’s group of Redding  
http://cugr.apcug.org.  

 newComputing for Seniors Tuesdays

Classes by Instructor  Jane Quinn  Tuesday at 12:30pm – 2pm.   It will be held on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12:30pm.
The class material will cover usage and the basics for Smartphones, Tablets, iPads , iPhones , as well as Laptop to transfer data from you devices to it.  The first lesson will be on terminology and resources for self-help. A list of topics for class discussion are on this Blog site on the Smartphone and Tablets section.


Send an email to one4cugr@gmail.com if you have questions about the class or something you’d like solved

New Windows 10 and Google 6 week class beginning Feb 16th
Taught by Ed Beaulac. It’s an open forum on Google and Windows 10. So bring your questions or eMail them to one4cugr@gmail.com
sample of Tablet with Windows 10 
Windows 10 March 23rd Thursday 1pm – 3pm Instructor Jane Quinn

·        Find the Control Settings
·        How to Use the Start tiles, the taskbar, and change the appearance of your desktop
·        How to use File Explorer
·        How to setup Accounts
·        How to Use the Photo App
·        How windows 10 works with your Smartphone or other devices.
·        Add Apps or remove them
·       One Drive on an iPhone

Windows 10 on a tablet


 This student needed an APP that would convert his MP4 video that was transferred to this tablet from his smartphone. He wanted to add titles and captions to the movie made with the smartphone.

Waking up your computer from Sleep mode 

Windows 10 offers a number of features to keep your computer and data secure. One way the operating system protects your device from unauthorized access is by keeping it locked on certain events, including when waking up from sleep.

Comment : After time in this classroom I found if you use a number password to wakeup your computer, it’s quite fast. And you remain safe from violators. Also if you use the power schemes and set the Sleep mode to a good length of time that will also help you to be productive.  Below is a link on how to handle this setting.

http://www.windowscentral.com/how-prevent-windows-10-requiring-password-when-resuming-sleep

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https://www.mysocialbook.com/index.php?page=create_book#/cover

FACEBOOK  Question: How can I save a recipe I find posted on FB?

Recipes come in so many different formats on facebook. I love the quick video ones!
If you see the text for a recipe, probably the best thing to do is to drag across all the text, right click and Copy. Then open Word, or Wordpad, or anywhere you can paste text. Paste it, then use that software’s File-Print command.
Did you know you can also save a recipe post so you can find it easily later? ON each post, you will see a little v down arrow at the upper right of the recipe post. Click that, then “Save Link” That puts it in a special ‘saved items’ area in your Facebook. Here is the place in our What Does This Button Do show where we demonstrated that


 Google Account Security 

Turn On Two step account verification. Goto Google Account, login , click on my account. Signin and security. Add a phone that can receive text messages.
So if a bad actor tries to get into my account, a text message is sent to your phone. So they are unable to get into your account.

The text message with verification code is sent to your phone.

IN THE SMARTPHONE CLASS
We solved many problems. And thanks for students willing to help  “we” discovered ALL our devices have a General SETTINGS icon that will lead us all to solutions. 

The MESSAGING APP was discussed and used in the work session. The iPhone, iPad and all the Androids in the room  used the same MESSAGING APP.

HOW TO DELETE MULTIPLE MESSAGES IN A SAMSUNG S4 SMARTPHONE?
One student had not cleaned up his old messages and thus couldn’t receive any more voice messages. He was using a Samsung S4 mobile -T phone. He was only able to delete one message at a time. He had to remove several going back a couple of years. This answer doesn’t address his problem now, however, you can set your limit of phone messages to receive so you will avoid exceeding your limit.

 I found through reading the on-line manual ( see the smartphone tab section on  this blog ) the answer is to configure the settings first.
Here are those steps.
Messaging Settings To configure the settings for text messages, multimedia messages, Voice mails, and Push messages. 1. From the Home screen, tap . 2. Press and then tap Settings. The following Messaging settings are available: General settings • Delete old messages: deletes old messages when the limit is reached, rather than overwriting them. • Text message limit: allows you to set a limit on how many text messages are allowed in one conversation


Webpage menu selection on the iphone or Android
 The menu appears on the bottom. When you make a menu choice
your selection is sent to the bottom of the webpage

EMOJI
The newest version of IOS will match your text words that relate to the Emoji. If you type the word dog, that word will be highlighted in color to indicate it has an emoji to match that word.
Two Fingers and spread them, to pick an emoji
 EMOJI ON THE SMARTPHONE
Using the APP Hangout, the emoji’s are in a list when you strike the icon to show them.


Apple ID
Find you APPLEID using the iTunes App go into Settings and you will see you APPLE id. But you will need to know your password

TAKING A PICTURE
You can use the earbuds to take a picture. On the Android you can use voice control to take a picture. Some smartphones, will let you add voice control and choose a “word” to activate the camera shot.

Save a Photo from a Text message
On the Android, you can use Hangout App for texting. Saving that picture
  1. Make sure the picture is the only thing on the screen
  2. Tap again. Find the 3dots , then choose save.
  3. It is in the GALLERY. In google photos you need to tap on the controls to set which devices to look for the photos.