MCCC September 2008 Meeting Notes

Download and listen to old episodes of The Youngstown Computer show

1. Open up the web page at http://www.youngstowcomputer.com/
   
2. Click on the words "MP3 download"
   
3. On the page that opens up scroll to the bottom and you will find a list of 2008 broadcasts.
   
4. Right-click on the links that say "download" or "hour 1" or "hour2". On the pop-up menu choose "Save target as…"
   
5. In the "Save As" window, click on "My Documents" in the column on the left, then find "My music" in the list of folders and double-click on it.
   
6. Click the Save button. The radio show will download into the "My Music" folder.
   
7. When you want to listen to the program you downloaded, double-click on "My Documents" on your desktop, to open it (or click on it from the Start menu).
   
8. Find "My Music" in the bunch of folders you'll see and double-click it to open
   
9. Find the show (or shows) you downloaded. Their names will start with "YCS". Double-click on a the show to listen to it.
   

Tips to get your photos organized on your computer

1. Windows provides a pre-made folder to hold your pictures called "My Pictures." It is found in "My Documents".
   
2. Create folders in "My Pictures" to group pictures together by date or subject.
   
3. Practice making folders. Open "My Documents" by double-clicking on it, then open "My Pictures" by double-clicking on it. Make a new folder by choosing "File", then "New", then "Folder" . Type a name for the new folder, and hit Enter, otherwise it will be named "New Folder".
   
4. Windows knows the date you took your pictures, because you camera put the date in the picture file. So be sure to set the correct date and time on your camera!
   
5. If you download Windows Live Photo Gallery (it's free!) you can also organize your photos by "tags", which are just words you can attach to your photos to describe them. You can put a tag on your pictures called "dog", and then you can quickly find all pictures tagged "dog", no matter what folder the picture happens to be in. In Windows Live Photo Gallery, right-click on a photo, then choose "Add Tags" on the pop-up menu. You'll see info area appear on the right side of the window with a text box where you can type in a tag for that photo.
   
6. You can add tags to multiple pictures at once by holding down the Ctrl key as you click on multiple pictures, then click on the words "Add Tags" in the info pane on the right side, and type in one tag for all the ones you have selected.
   

How to download Windows Live Photo Gallery

1. Go to the web page http://get.live.com/.
   
2. Click the orange button that says "Get Windows Live"
   
3. Clear out all the check boxes on the next page except for Photo Gallery.
   
4. Click the orange button that says "Install"
   
5. On the pop-up window, click Run. A short program will download.
   
6. On the next pop-up window, again click Run. Photo Gallery and any prerequisites will download.
   
7. When finished you can click the words "Start Photo Gallery" to run the program, or just click on "Close" to close the installer.
   

To start Photo Gallery in the future, you will find "Windows Live Photo Gallery" under "All Programs" on the Start menu.