Computer Info –
This Week’s Meeting
John Watkins will be conducting the meeting this week. His topics will be DVD burners and "why you need One " -- How to copy DVD movies -- ACDSee 6 the best version yet – and questions.
The next meeting will be March 3rd.
WebSite – Patriotic Rock Painting in
Pictures of patriotic painting on rock in
http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/bob/On-A-Rock/On-A-Rock.htm
PowerPoint
We demonstrated at the last meeting – how to discover what effects were used on a particular slide if you wanted to do something like that for one of your own slides.
Open the PowerPoint presentation
that you would like to discover some of their secrets from. From the view MENU, choose
From the SLIDESHOW menu, choose CUSTOM ANIMATIONS. This will open the CUSTOM ANIMATIONS on the right side of the screen.
Click on the item on the slide that you would like to learn how to use. That item will then be highlighted on the CUSTOM ANIMATIONS window. Notice the color of the star icon for the item that is highlighted in the Custom Animations window. Also notice where it says MODIFY – to the right of this word, is the name of the effect that is being used (ex. Modify: Wipe).
Now, if you click on ADD EFFECT – you will get a menu of different colors of star icons (Green for Entrance, Yellow for Emphasis, Red for Exit and White for Motion Paths). Choose the same color of the star icon that item you are trying to copy has – then click on MORE EFFECTS. This will give you all of the choices that can be used – and you should be able to find the one that was next to the word MODIFY.
Notice that when an item is chosen in the CUSTOM ANIMATIONS – you will find a drop down menu – choose EFFECT OPTIONS. If you are working with text, you will want to make a choice on the EFFECTS tab as to how you want to animate your text – All At Once, by Word, or by Letter.
Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum Edition
Audio -- Using AudioCentral’s Media Library
In AudioCentral Player, click the Open Media Explorer button. In the File menu of Media Explorer, click Add Files To Media Library. Add files using the system browser dialog box.
You can organize your music files into playlists that make burning compilations to CD-R a one-click task. In AudioCentral Player, click the View Playlists button near the top of the screen and then click the Create A New Playlist button next to the Playlist dropdown menu. Click the Add Selected Tracks To Playlist button located at the top of the screen to add selected files from your media library or anywhere else on your PC.
Audio -- Making MP3’s
To create MP3 files from an audio CD to your media library, click AudioCentral Player’s View CD/DVD Drives button, In the Drive drop-down list, select the disc drive containing your audio CD. Click the checkboxes next to the tracks you want to rip, then click the Copy Tracks to Library button at the top of the screen. AudioCentral automatically transfers the selected tracks to your Media Library in MP3 format.
To change the information about the audio track, right-click a track in any playlist and click the Edit Tracks command. In the Track Editor, you can add or change the title, album, artist, composer, performer, band, and release date information. You can add personal comments. You can select whether you want to save your changes only in your own media library or in the audio file itself.
Audio -- Controlling the Volume of Songs You Record
If you have ever made a CD-R of your favorite tunes, you have likely experienced a common annoyance: One track is too loud, the next too soft, and you find yourself constantly riding the volume knob.
You can solve this problem using Audio Central’s volume leveling function. In Media Explorer or AudioCentral Player, right-click any track in a playlist and click the Apply Volume Leveling command. AudioCentral will analyze the volume levels of each track in the playlist, optimize the playlist so all the tracks play at a similar volume, and store the new volume levels in the playlist without modifying the source audio files in your media library.
Video – Add a soundtrack
Right click the video clip or movie handle where you want the music to begin in the Workshop area of DVD Builder. Click Attach Audio and find the sound file you want to add on your hard drive and click Open.
Video – Order off the menu
To give your DVD eye and ear catching chapter menus, click the Change Menu Themes icon in the DVD Builder Library Drawer. Select one of Roxio’s predesigned menu themes and drag it to the Screening Room area.
Data – Copy Protect
If you have the need and your disc drives support it, you can use the Raw Mode feature to make backup copies of single-session data discs that can’t be copied using standard copy settings. Open the Disc Copier application, expand the Options menu at the bottom of the interface, click the Raw Mode checkbox, and proceed with your burn.
Virus
Warnings
If you receive a virus warning from a friend or colleague, before forwarding this message to anyone ---- go to Symantec’s Hoaxes Web page ( http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html) to see if the virus is real. Doing this before forwarding the message on will save congestion on the internet and people’s time.
Internet
Explorer Problem With Patch
A software patch to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser caused worldwide problems for people attempting to use Web applications using SSL encryption (logging on to some systems). The problem only affects customers using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0.28 updated with a Microsoft patch Q832894.
To check whether that patch has been installed, click on "Help" then "About Internet Explorer" at the top of your IE screen. Installed patches will be listed on the line starting with "Update versions:".