June 1999
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News ... from the president
News and photos from the Monday night SIG.
Editor's Notes
UserFriendly drops print edition.
Tech Support:
Steve Dudley explains about sending a photo by e-mail.
This & That:
Experiences of and Experimenter—Gareth Pollard.
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Windows 98 Tips:
Get easier access to previously accessed documents and more.
Tools & Toys:
Microsoft Office 97 Pro
Get some tips for Word & learn about MS Photo Editor.
Tutor:
How to use that new scanner.
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Archive Issues
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May 1999
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News ... from the president
John tells what it's like to surf the Web on a T1 line.
Editor's Notes
UserFriendly to be a Web-only publication.
This & That:
UTPB Website authoring contest.
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Windows 98 Tips:
Control those automatically loading applications.
Tools & Toys:
Steve's freeware list.
Tutor:
Outlook 97
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April 1999
News ... from the president
John tells the April program and his recent computer upgrade.
Editor's Notes
Is it really a free ISP???.
Web Page Capture
Reviews of CatchTheWeb & WebVCR
This & That:
Members report about tape backup and viruses
Tools & Toys:
The Views of Microsoft Word
Tutor:
Customize your Office Shortcut bar & Organize your START Menu
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March 1999
News ... from the president
John tells about our new computer desk and the March program.
Editor's Notes
Members donate to the club, and a free ISP???.
Turbo Tax
Rebecca Lawson describes the program in a way that only she can match!
Tools and Toys:
Search the Web for Images
Tutor:
Put a Watermark in your MS Word Document
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February 1999
News ... from the president
John tells what we've been doing lately.
Editor's Notes
Our demonstration computer and a glance at PowerPoint from Microsoft Office97.
Ector County Library
A photo tour of the 2nd floor.
Tech Talk
Hang on to that telephone company stock!
Tutor
Decode that E-Mail Header
Windows Tips
Purge your history, Control Panel Shortcuts, & Windows Hotkeys
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January 1999
News ... from the president
Some great WWW links
Personality preferences, cost of education, and auto safety
Tutor:
What's ListBot anyway?
Editor's Notes
Ector County Library Site
ARGH!
A true story by Rebecca Lawson
Software Tips
Adobe Pagemaker Tip
December 1998
News ... from the president
John tells what we've been doing lately.
Editor's Notes
Including recent photo's from Gareth Pollard
Web Tips
Favorite Bookmarks from Robert Weil & John Lawson
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November 1998
Latest News from ...
The Editor—pinch-hitting for the president this month
Memo from the Editor
The Editor tells about a trip to the Rocky Mountains.
Windows 98:
The Ultimate Win 98 Install Tip
Tech Talk:
An atom-size computer chip
TUTOR:
Y2K Problem: a survey of some computer literature on the topic.
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August 1998
News ... from the president
John tells about some easy computer upgrades.
Time Out for Laughs
David Lieb shares some Tech Support Humor.
Beware of apps bearing DLLs
Windows 98 disables Microsoft Competitors' software
PC World Tips
Windows 95 Tips
Web Publishing Tools
Here's the major features of some of the better known tools.
FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS?
What's the Difference?
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September 1998
News ... from the president
John tells about Ector County Library's
60th Anniversary Celebration (photos).
Windows 98 Tech Talk
Diary of a MAD Housewife...
PageMaker Tips
Contributed by Steve Dudley
PC World Tips
Windows 95 Tips
PC Magazine's Shareware Awards
Here's the list with a link to the download site.
HomeSite: HTML Editor
We think it's a winner too.
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June 1998
News ... from the president
John gives the results of last month's election of officers and board of directors.
Spotlight on Larry Brown
This month we get better acquainted with one of the PBCUG pioneers.
PC World Tips
Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer Tips
A Global Positioning System
If you want to know exactly
where in the world you are,
Use a GPS
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July 1998
News ... from the president
John gives the highlights of our June meeting.
Minutes of the June meeting
by Secretary, Robert Weil
Spotlight on John Lawson
This month we get better acquainted with our president.
Stupid People On Parade
It takes all kinds ...
PC World Tips
HTML and Windows 95 Tips
Windows 98 (Beta)
A review by one of the members of the Las Vegas PC Users Group
Beware
Some new viruses to watch out for
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April 1998
News from the president
John tells us it's time for nominations for the next set of
officers and board of directors.
COMDEX:
"The Woodstock of the Computer Industry"
A summary of our March Program presented by Paul Pause'
Spotlight on James Jordan
This month we get better acquainted with one of the PBCUG pioneers.
James remembers the good old days of computing.
Tutor: Digital Images 101
Understanding bitmap and vector images.
TECH TALK: Universal Serial Bus (USB)
Larry Brown explains this new technology and how it will
benefit us in the future.
A Solution to the March Puzzle
Gareth Pollard's spreadsheet organizes and totals expense account items.
Win 95 Tips
Sharpen your skills with Gareth Pollard who submits a PC World tip
on how to add a system folder to your START menu.
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May 1998
News from the president
John tells us it's time for election of
officers and board of directors.
And he tells about the May 9th program.
Tutor: Digital Images 101
Understanding Resolution and Dots Per Inch (DPI)
This & That with Pat
An Interesting site featuring ASCII art
The April Meeting:
Officer and Board of Director Candidates
and Multi-player games demonstrated
by Al Forte and Kevin Foshee
Another solution to the March Puzzle
Turn your spreadsheet into a database manager!
Spotlight on Gareth Pollard
This month we get better acquainted with one of the PBCUG pioneers.
Win 95 Tips
Sharpen your skills with Gareth Pollard who submits a PC World tip
on how to add a system folder to your START menu.
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February 1998
News from the president
Here's what we've been doing and what you've been missing
if you haven't attended a meeting in the past few months.
News from the SIGs
The HTML SIG in action
WIF, a Superior Graphic Format
Larry Brown gives a review of graphic compression basics and
explains the new WIF format.
Win 95 Tips
Sharpen your skills with Gareth Pollard who submits a PC World tip
on how to get control of some of those elusive self-starting programs.
Internet Access Charges?
Local telephone companies nation-wide were attempting to get an FCC
ruling to allow them to charge by the minute for Internet access.
There's the story and the FCC response.
Tools & Toys ...
A neophyte's experience with CD-ROM recording.
Spotlight on Gary Petersen
This month we get better acquainted with our treasurer
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March 1998
News from the president
John tells of the HTML group's visit to the Midland PC User Group
meeting, his view of installing Windows 95, and some of PBCUGs
online offerings.
Puzzles to Ponder
We need to setup a spreadsheet to total expense account items.
Spotlight on Al Fox
This month we get better acquainted with one of the PBCUG founders.
Win 95 Tips
Last month we showed you how to get rid of those pesky automatic
program starts. This month we show you how to add those you really
want to start automatically. Also, we learn some RAM to swap file
size ratios.
Tools & Toys
Iomega drives will end your space problems, or will they?
Tutor
We learn more about SCSI
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