Despite difficulties with the internet, the 'other projects' group began to 'scope' the possible apps and skills needed for some of their projects, with lots of ideas being shared on lots of project directions.
Slide Shows for Special Occasions - Apps: Power Point, Movie Maker Skills: Photo Resizing
Nearly every project is going to require preparing a folder with numbered photographs to be uploaded into the project - whether a calendar, photo book or slide show. Web sites and blogs are best developed with a related folder system containing photo images used on different pages.
Bev showed us a file folder containing numbered in order photos for a memorial slide show developed for an Aunt's funeral, then screened two versions of the memorial 'movie', one produced with Power Point, the other with Movie Maker. Bev then demonstrated the files from the file folder to introduce working with both the Power Point process and Movie Maker (Microsoft) program. Lots of discussion followed the demonstration.
Resizing photos is an important skill when sending photos by email, putting them in newsletters and webpages, and more. Bev demonstrated using Microsoft Office's Picture Manager to focus on core features of the process, then everyone went off to check out what was available on their device and problem solve about how to transfer what Bev had shown them in an app or program on their device. .
We all have different devices and different apps and are likely to continue to do so. The most important thing is to get to know the apps you have on your devices well and become skilled at using them. It's also important to think outside the square for possible programs - with
Alternatives to Microsoft Office
From John Barry:
"The free programs to which I referred today are LibreOffice at libreoffice.org and XnViewMP or XnView at xnview.com.
I have used them both for years. They work really well. LibreOffice consists of all the equivalents to Microsoft Office without the $150 annual charge. Even Word and Excel macros work in LibreOffice and all files created in Word etc translate readily to and from LibreOffice. Even if I were given a copy of Microsoft Office, I would not bother installing it.
Both programs are able to be installed in Windows, Linux, IOS & Android".
From Wendy Sturgess:
'The free program that is equivalent to Microsoft Office that can be used with Windows 10 is called Apache Open Office – 4. https://www.openoffice.org. I just googled it.'
Slide Shows for Special Occasions - Apps: Power Point, Movie Maker Skills: Photo Resizing
Nearly every project is going to require preparing a folder with numbered photographs to be uploaded into the project - whether a calendar, photo book or slide show. Web sites and blogs are best developed with a related folder system containing photo images used on different pages.
Bev showed us a file folder containing numbered in order photos for a memorial slide show developed for an Aunt's funeral, then screened two versions of the memorial 'movie', one produced with Power Point, the other with Movie Maker. Bev then demonstrated the files from the file folder to introduce working with both the Power Point process and Movie Maker (Microsoft) program. Lots of discussion followed the demonstration.
Resizing photos is an important skill when sending photos by email, putting them in newsletters and webpages, and more. Bev demonstrated using Microsoft Office's Picture Manager to focus on core features of the process, then everyone went off to check out what was available on their device and problem solve about how to transfer what Bev had shown them in an app or program on their device. .
We all have different devices and different apps and are likely to continue to do so. The most important thing is to get to know the apps you have on your devices well and become skilled at using them. It's also important to think outside the square for possible programs - with
Alternatives to Microsoft Office
From John Barry:
"The free programs to which I referred today are LibreOffice at libreoffice.org and XnViewMP or XnView at xnview.com.
I have used them both for years. They work really well. LibreOffice consists of all the equivalents to Microsoft Office without the $150 annual charge. Even Word and Excel macros work in LibreOffice and all files created in Word etc translate readily to and from LibreOffice. Even if I were given a copy of Microsoft Office, I would not bother installing it.
Both programs are able to be installed in Windows, Linux, IOS & Android".
From Wendy Sturgess:
'The free program that is equivalent to Microsoft Office that can be used with Windows 10 is called Apache Open Office – 4. https://www.openoffice.org. I just googled it.'
