March 2017 LCCU Meeting We’ll answers members’ questions: What is Windows 10 Task View and how do I use it? What programs can I use to draw on my PC? How do you make Libre Office the default for opening Microsoft Office .doc or .xls file formats?

March 2017 LCCU Meeting Task View Videos Organizing with TaskView by eLCoE Corp References: How to Use Virtual Desktops in Windows 10 – from howtogeek.com How to use Windows 10's Task View and virtual desktops from PC World

March 2017 LCCU Meeting Drawing Programs Free windows drawing apps for touch screens Sketchable from the Windows Store Medibang / Firealpaca Mischief Sketchbook / Sketchbook Pro by Autodesk, also for Android Krita

March 2017 LCCU Meeting Drawing Programs Windows drawing apps for graphic tablets Corel Painter Essentials, $41.99 good for beginners Real Draw Pro, $55, also good for beginnners Sketchbook Pro ,$29.99, by Autodesk Xara Photo & Graphic Designer ($89.99) Serif DrawPlus

March 2017 LCCU Meeting Drawing Programs Videos Testing 5 Free Windows Drawing apps – Youtube Sketchable Review: The best drawing app for the Surface Pro? Beginner’s Guide to Painter Essentials 5 See Corel Painter Essentials 5 in action!

March 2017 LCCU Meeting Drawing Programs References: Best Drawing Software – Buying Guide by TopTenReviews Best Drawing and Art Apps by tomsguide.com

March 2017 LCCU Meeting Libre Office vs. Microsoft Office To make Libre Office the default program for opening Microsoft Office files: Right-click Start button, select Control Panel, Dedault Programs. Clik “Set your default programs”. Click Libre Office in the list and select “Select this program as default”, or “Choose defaults for this program” and select files types you want it to open as the default program.

February 2017 LCCU Meeting Libre Office vs. Microsoft Office LibreOffice is the most actively developed free and open source office suite, a project of The Document Foundation. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010. The LibreOffice suite comprises programs for word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, databases, and composing mathematical formulae. It is available in 110 languages. It uses the standard OpenDocument file format (ODF) as its native format to save documents for all of its applications.

February 2017 LCCU Meeting Libre Office vs. Microsoft Office References: Libre Office Tutorial by Gabriel Gurley, Saving Libre Office Documents in Microsoft Word and PDF Formats Changing the Margins in Open Office Writer to be like MS Word & Other Changes See Chris Crawford’s notes on lccu-ca.org, PC Help page, entry for February 2017.

February 2017 LCCU Meeting Backup Android Phone Backup with Android to cloud: Go to Settings, Backup & reset and make sure “Backup my data” and “Automatic restore” are checked. This backs up phone settings. Go to Settings, Accounts & Sync: Auto-sync data should be checked. Touch Google & your account name. With auto-sync on it backs up App Data, Browser, Calendar, Chrome, Contacts, Drive, Gmail, Fit data, Play Movies & TV, Play Newsstand, Google+, Memo, People details, Picasa Web Albums.

February 2017 LCCU Meeting Backup Android Phone Backup photos to cloud with Google Photos Go to Google Photos, Back up & sync, set ON, default settings are Upload size high quality and Upload over Wi-fi only. Can “delete device copy” from phone. Copy & paste photos to your PC: Copy photos, videos and music from phone to PC. DCIM folder contains photos and videos. Connect with USB cable. Windows mounts phone as external drive, copy and paste files to PC.

February 2017 LCCU Meeting Backup Android Phone Backup with app: My Backup Pro ($5) Backs up photos, app data, browser bookmarks, contacts, system settings, home screen shortcuts, alarms, calendars, MMS messages, SMS messages, music, and more, to your microSD card or the cloud. SMS Backup and Restore (free) Backs up text messages Backup software from device manufacturer

February 2017 LCCU Meeting Backup Android Phone References: Data disaster averted! How to back up your Android smartphone to your PC from Digital Trends See www.lccu-ca.org PC Help for April, 2016 How to Back Up an Android Device from PC Mag How to back up Android for free from PC Advisor How to Backup Android in 5 Easy Steps

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Reset Android Phone In Settings menu, under Personal, touch “Backup and reset”. Under Personal data, touch “Factory data reset” Read the info and touch “Reset phone”. When prompted, touch “Erase everything”. When it’s finished, select option to reboot.

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Reset Android Phone Reset in Recovery Mode If running Android 5.1 or higher, will need to sign in with Google account after factory reset. Press and hold the Volume up and Power buttons at the same time until the device turns on. Press the Volume down button to select "Recovery mode.“ Hold down the Power button, press the Volume up button and release it. Use the volume buttons to scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and press the Power button to select it. Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data" and press the Power button.

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Reset Android Phone References Reset your Android One to factory settings from Google

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Windows 10 File History By default, it will back up Documents, Pictures, Desktop, Downloads, OneDrive, Music and Video folders, but you can add add or exclude folders. Back up to an external drive or network drive. Go to Settings > Update & Security > Backup, and under “Backup using file history”, select “Add a drive”, and select your drive. This will turn on “Automatically back up my files”. Select “More options” to configure.

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Windows 10 File History “More options” to configure: How often – default is every hour; choices range from every 10 minutes to daily. For how long – default is forever, but choices range from 1 month to 2 years or when space is needed. Which folders – exclude some defaults or add others. Change backup drive – click “Stop using drive”, then “Add a drive”. It can only be configured to backup to one drive at a time. Advanced settings – allow other PCs on network

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Windows 10 File History Restore from File History: Go to Settings > Update & Security > Backup and under “Backup using file history” “More options”, select “Restore personal files”. Files saved on another computer can be restored as well. You can restore previous versions. For a given folder, you can restore deleted files.

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Windows 10 Recovery Options References: Recovery options in Windows 10 by Microsoft Create a Recovery Drive by Microsoft How to use Windows 10's File History backup feature from PC World How to Use Windows’ File History to Back Up Your Data from howtogeek.com

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Google Account Hacked? How - user installs app from 3rd party app store. Check account at https://gooligan.checkpoint.com/ If it was hacked, encrypt the phone, then do factory reset and a clean installation. Then change your password.

December 2016 LCCU Meeting Google Account Hacked? References Find out if your Google account has been hacked by Cnet.com