Presented by Jeff Hensel
July 23, 2015
Attendees: 14
The following topics were raised and we worked through the methods to get through them.
- How to organize photos once they are on Dropbox
- Since Dropbox is simply a folder in Windows Explorer, and Camera Uploads resides directly below, one can create additional folders below Dropbox for the photos. The folder structure might look like. Dropbox/Pictures/2014 Hawaii Vacation. Dropbox/Pictures/2014 Christmas. Cut and paste the photos from Camera Uploads to the new folders you create.
- Dropbox questions
- If one moves photos, and all of the folders created, from the My Pictures folder to the Dropbox folder, will the folder structure remain intact? The answer is Yes.
- Please remember to Cut the pictures so you don’t have duplicates of everything.
- How to copy photos in Picasa to a thumb drive
- Open Picasa
- Plug the thumb drive into the computer
- Select the folder or photo(s)
- Choose the File menu option
- Export Picture to Folder
- At the Export Location box (top), browse to the Thumb Drive and select it.
- Click Export
- Although Picasa is a really good photo editor and viewer and not a file manager, it is still possible to accomplish this task.
- How to make things larger in Windows
- Go to Control Panel
- Choose Display (this works in Windows 7, 8.1 and 10)
- Choose Make Text and Other Items Larger or Smaller
- At the Change Only the Text Size, a dropdown menu for the area and font sizes are available. Personally, I change Menus and Icons from the default 9 to 12. Click Apply at each option change.
- The screen will say “Please Wait” and last about 15 seconds after each change
- Many of us desire larger text in all of Windows and here is a method.
- In the Browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari or Firefox) allows for one to increase the size, called Zoom, by holding the Control Key and the hitting the ‘+’. Control and ‘-‘ to reduce the size.
- Printing an email from Gmail doesn’t print the entire email. The bottom is cut off.
- A common method of printing within the browser is using the key combination of the Control key + ‘P’. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work well for emails in the browser as this print command just prints what is on the screen and not the email itself.
- Gmail has a small printer icon near the upper right (see screen capture) that allows one to print just the email and its contents.
- Windows 10 – first impressions
- Windows 10 arrives July 29, 2015
- Upgrading from Windows 7 and 8.1 is FREE before July 28, 2016. Yes, really!
- The conventional wisdom is for people to wait a month or 2 for the dust to settle and for Microsoft to fix bugs that appear when the “masses” upgrade.
- However, if you don’t mind dealing with this type of inconvenience, the upgrade will be available at Microsoft.com on July 29. Upgrading is easiest via download.
- Personally, since I have been part of the Windows Insider Program for Windows 10, I have been able to start using Windows 10 since last October and worked through all of the updates to this date. I have the final version, but make no mistake, Microsoft plans to frequently updating Windows 10 for fixes and feature additions and improvements. In fact, since July 20, there have been 2 updates.
REMINDER
The next Meeting is September 10, 2015
