1. U3A DCW Digital Computer/Camera Workshop Leader – Brian Moore Assisted by – John Sherwood, Neil Crossley, Alan White, Alan Davies. Week 2 of 4 weeks. Dates for Autumn Term 2014= 18/9/14/, 25/9/14, 2/10/14, 9/10/14.. All Mondays 2:30 to 4:30 pm at Wells Green Methodist Church School room.

2. U3A Diaries Are available at £2.50 each. See me to order.

3. Computer Uses Main uses= Browse Internet including Facebook & Twitter, Email, Letter writing, Spreadsheets, Printing, Photo Display & storage, Games, Telephone-Skype, TV - Iplayer, Playing DVDs & Music. More advanced uses - Photo & Video editing, Music creation, Databases.

4. Overall Workshop objectives Your choice, this is my suggestions. Problem solving computing issues. Essential software- For Windows 8 user you need Classic Shell. Connecting a Digital camera to a Computer. Digital Camera Photograph organising, editing and backup. Choices- GIMP, Picasa, IrfanView, PSP, Video Editing. AVS Video Editor. Installing free Libre Office. This is a free replacement for the expensive Microsoft Office. Purchasing a Computer & Software. Safety – Avoiding problems – viruses, updates etc.

5. Today Windows 8 users should install Classic Shell – To Get back the Start button & Taskbar. Its free, safe & easy to install. All install Picasa. Good photo viewer and a good simple editor. Picasa has a feature whereby it can sort all your photos into ones of the same person using face recognition. Then you can name the group. Demo GIMP, IrfanView. Demo Connect up a Camera to a Laptop.

6. Picasa Use Picasa can do all common editing functions. Try emailing feature. A general U3A account on Gmail for your use. email= u3a.cmp@gmail.com Password= B75dcaFG Birthday 1/1/1990 Male Name Brian Moore Username= U3A.CMP Account has to be enabled for Photos which is Google+ Can setup web Albums for others to see.

7. Organizing & Backup of Photos Keep in My Pictures. Create a new folder for each year with sub folders for each event. At the end of each year create (burn) a CD up to 175 photos or a DVD up to 1175 photos approx for more space. Save all your photos with Google+ Auto-backup. See https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/4392268? hl=en-GBhttps://support.google.com/picasa/answer/4392268? hl=en-GB Allowed to save 15Gb that's about 5,000 photos at 3Mb each. I have the program here. Windows Live, part of Hotmail can also store photos.

8. Practical Switch on your laptop and connect it to the local WiFi here from the box by the kitchen door. Its Name (SSID) is PED2 and Password is hed73hoG7. Ask for assistance if required. We will come round and check what features you have installed on each Laptop. From My Memory stick= Windows 8 Users - Install Classic Shell Picasa & Google+ Auto-backup Libre Office. GIMP if required