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

• 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