- Special
Interest Groups (SIGs)
These
Special Interest Groups are for members only and
are a benefit of being a member of the
Quad-Cities Computer Society. But if you aren't a
QCS member yet, you are welcome to visit any
group to see if it fits your needs.
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- For
a description of what each SIG includes, follow
this link to a review of the "SIG
Showcase" presentation at the March 2007
general meeting: All
SIG Descriptions
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Beginner
When:
2nd
Wednesday monthly at 5:45 pm before the General
meeting
Where:
Tri-City Jewish Center, Rock Island, IL
Description: Beginner SIG
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Internet
When: 2nd
Monday monthly at 7:00 pm
Where: Tri-City Jewish Center, Rock Island, IL
Description: Internet SIG
- Genealogy
- When:
3rd Monday monthly at 7:00 pm
Where:
Tri-City Jewish Center, Rock Island, IL
Description: Genealogy
SIG
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- Digital
Media
- When:
3rd
Wednesday monthly at 7:00 pm
Where: Tri-City Jewish Center, Rock
Island, IL Description: Digital
Media SIG
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- Windows
SIG
- When:
4th
Monday monthly at 7:00 pm
- Where:
Tri-City Jewish Center, Rock Island, IL
Description: Windows
SIG
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- Short
term or Mini-SIGs currently offered:
Microsoft
Office SIG
When:
7 PM - Beginning the 1st Monday of the month
starting in October 2007
Several members requested an
Office SIG in 2007and Judi McDowell offered to
get it rolling with the first meeting focusing on
Word and doing a mail merge to get your Christmas
card labels ready-- October was not too early to
get this project started and off your to-do list.
The following months will
include projects with various other applications,
such as Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint,
Publisher and possibly Access. No one person can
be an expert in all these applications, so
several members will volunteer to show the
features they use and are most experienced with.
Please mark your calendars
for the first Monday of the month for Office SIG.
Classes scheduled through fall of 2007 and winter
of 2008 will give you a chance to learn how to
use the many applications of Microsoft Office and
how to integrate them with each other.
Working with
Excel spread sheets is the topic at the
November 2007 SIG.
December 3rd's
meeting will discuss Outlook, the email
application in the MS Office program and will
include follow-up on questions about Excel.
The
Beginning PowerPoint session of Office SIG in
January has a short review online. Click on
this link to download a 600KB PowerPoint
review. PPT.SIG.review1.pps
A 700 KB
review from the March 3rd PowerPoint session
is available at this link:
PPT.SIG.review2.pps
Both
reviews were designed with PowerPoint 2003 on
Microsoft XP. Their custom animations and
other features may not display correctly on
older operating systems.
Contact
Vicki Wassenhove for more information about
the PowerPoint sessions: wazz123@gmail.com
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Don't see the exact SIG you need?
The
QCS is hoping to offer another short term SIG on Paint
Shop Pro
in the coming months.
Another
session of our basic web-building instruction, Web
Page Design 101,
may be scheduled in 2008 if there is interest.
Contact
Judi
to inquire about these topics or make suggestions for
others you'd like to see offered.
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| Possible
repeat of Networking
SIG
next year?
This
short term SIG was last held in April,
May, and June of 2007, but may be
repeated if enough members request it.
Jerry Heimburger
and Judi McDowell, were co-leaders. If
you missed the 2007 session, and want to
learn how to put all those family
computers together, ask Judi theqcs@mchsi.com
to put you on the list for the next one.
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group covered the basics of home
networking. Jerry and Judi had recently
set up networking systems and shared
their experiences, the ups and downs,
plus the solutions that worked. Use
the following link to see Judi's
PowerPoint Presentation from the first
session of this SIG:
Introduction
to Networking 101
It is a small 48 KB
download.
(After the last
slide, you will reach a black screen and
be prompted to "click" to
return to this page.)
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Check back or email for
more information about upcoming SIGs.
If you would be interested in leading or attending
one of these groups, please email us at theqcs@mchsi.com.
You may also email suggestions for other SIGs that
you would find beneficial.
SIG meetings are held in the
library
of the Tri-City Jewish Center
located
at 2715 30th St in Rock Island, Ilinois 61201
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