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Families, Seniors, & Retired

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Families, Seniors and Retired Persons

Write, find and share the things you care about

Give old pictures a new life, on the Internet and in print.

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1.  Email & Faxing made easy
  • Email basics--easiest steps
  • Send pictures by email
  • Send more pictures
  • Block email you don't want
  • Save email forever
  • Copy emails to letters &  documents
  • Forward jokes, pictures, articles
  • Send and receive faxes 

2.  Really use the Internet
  • Satellite & street photos of your home & elsewhere
  • Mapquest: get directions
  • Museums, theaters: what's playing?
  • Radio programs -- on the Internet
  • Music: listen to much more
  • Save music & filmclips 
  • Buy or sell on the Internet
  • Newspapers: read 'em all, for free
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  • Family tree: where you came from
  • Film clips: from 1901 to now
  • School and other reunion groups
  • Find friends you lost contact with
  • Finish high school  or college classes
  • Put a film clip on Youtube
  • Buy and sell with Ebay, Craigslist
  • Airlines, hotels, car rentals
  • Read all the newspapers online
  • Health and scientific information
  • Travel reservations & opportunities
  • Favorite actors, singers, dancers, political and religious figures: find the stories, pictures, writings, clips

3.  Talk, Don't Type
  • Stop typing your emails, letters, etc.
  • Say words or numbers into your computer
  • Correct errors easily
  • Keyboard and mouse: they still work if you want them
  • Voice recognition can be used with MS Word, Excel, Emails, etc.

4.  Look good on paper
  • Make invitations, cards, programs
  • Spreadsheet: track money, time, travel costs, etc.
  • Make better documents than your kids can
  • Slide presentations for groups you belong to
  • Make newsletters for the groups you belong to

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5.  Pictures, pictures, pictures
  • Scan old pictures, to fix, print, or send
  • Crop, brighten, enhance or fix pictures
  • Turn color pictures to B&W, tints, etc.
  • Put a picture into a shape you prefer
  • Put pictures into a slide show, with music
  • Save the pictures people email to you

6.  Your book, your story
  • Put your poem, story, book, news, on paper
  • Add special typestyles, pictures, effects
  • Control page sizes, numbers, headers, footers
  • Add a table of contents
  • Add Internet links, text, pictures, videos 
  • Scan documents, pictures, magazine parts
  • Save different versions of what you write
  • Put it on the Internet
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