Just a reminder that this Saturday, March 9th, is the Santa Barbara area
VE Session. While pre-registration is preferred, walk-ins are also
accepted. You can pre-register for the session by calling Darryl Widman,
KF6DI, at 969-2326.
When: Saturday, March 9th
Where: Santa Barbara County Health Care Services
Administration Building
300 North San Antonio Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Time: Registrations starts at 8:30 AM
Cost: $10.00
If a candidate has a license or a still-valid Certificate of Successful
Completion of Examination (CSCE), the original and a copy of each must
be brought to the session. The examiners on the VE team also need to see
two forms of identification, at least one with your photo ID such as a
driver's
license.
More information including directions and links to practice online exams
can be found on the SBARC Web site at:
http://www.sbarc.org/education/vesessions.html
>>> Goleta DeskTop Publishing Users Group Meeting <<<
7pm Thursday March 7, 2002
Goleta Public Library
500 N. Fairview Ave
Goleta, CA
>>> How do I Share my Pictures? <<<
There are a variety of ways of sharing pictures, including
o Standard photographic prints
o Color printer prints (often inkjet)
o Online photographic galleries
o Web pages
o Email attachments
o CD-ROM and DVD
Which method is best depends upon your audience, of course. Tonight's
presentation will show the advantages and problems of each of these
approaches so you will know which one to pick for a specific project.
Here's a brief overview of some of the more common possibilities:
Photographic Prints:
Viewable anywhere, but are costly in quantity, especially if they
have to be mailed. Easily obtained and fairly long-lived compared to
most inkjet prints.
Color Printer Prints:
Similar features as photographic prints, but with the additional
advantage that a small number can be printed quickly when needed (Aunt
Sue needs a copy of the graduation picture before she leaves).
However, they often are more costly than photographic prints, many
are short-lived, and the time it takes to print a significant number
can be inconvenient.
Email Attachments:
OK for a few recipients who are somewhat savvy, but take much longer
to receive than getting the same picture from the Web. Also, many
people don't have a simple way of going back and retrieving a specific
picture from their email, while pictures on the Web are always
accessible.
Online Photographic Galleries:
Cost is the same no matter how many people look at the pictures, and
there's no shipping cost or time. However, people can see the pictures
only when they are at their computer, and it may be quite
time-consuming for people to browse a large number of pictures.
Web Pages:
Same features and drawbacks as the online photo galleries, but with
the added feature of you have complete control of the appearance and
design, and the added difficulty that you have to *do* the design.
CD-ROM:
Costs much less than prints, both to produce and to mail. Requires a
computer or TV with recent DVD player to view. Retrieving pictures
from a CD is nearly instantaneous, while getting pictures from the web
or via email can be quite slow. A CD can be set up to automatically
start up and run a "slide show" on most computers (Windows and
Macintosh), or it can be made as a "VideoCD" which is playable on DVD
players.
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Parking is available at the church next door to the library. Please
park there because the library lot is often full on Thursday night.
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Remember, the meetings are free and open to the public. Please bring a
friend.
Visit our web site at <a href= "http://www.troutcom.com/gdtpug" >
http://www.troutcom.com/gdtpug </a> for future meeting dates and other
information.
Please send email to gdtpug(a)troutcom.com with suggestions for topics you
are interested in seeing covered. Or even better, volunteer to give a
presentation!
The Goleta DeskTop Publishing Users Group is a SIG (Special Interest
Group) of the Santa Barbara PC Users Group. We are not platform
specific: some members have PCs, some have Macs, some have both. Linux
and other systems are sprinkled in as well for good measure. We focus on
the issues of publishing in all forms, be it on paper, web, CD-ROM, or
some other medium.
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