Hands-on Help for Microsoft Word and Excel

• Do you use Microsoft Word or Excel at work? Do they help you do your job?
• Do you want to get more out of these applications? Can they help you excel at work?

Then this hands-on class is for you!

Convenient class times after work:

Time: 6:15 - 8:30 p.m.
Days: Mondays and Wednesdays
Dates: October 1 - November 12 or January 5 - February 11

Place: ROP Pleasant Hill Training Center

Note: Register with the Contra Costa County Office of Education. Call Christine Orozco
(925) 942-3436 or e-mail: corozco@cccoe.k12.ca.us

Prerequisite: Introductory knowledge of Microsoft Word or Excel

Fee: $50

Macworld, a Macintosh conference that we usually try to attend every year, is happening January 5-9, 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The Expo is open January 6-9, 2009. We can attend the Expo for free, but you must sign up at https://register.rcsreg.com/regos-1.0/macsf2009/ga/index2.html. When signing up, be sure to select the Expo only pass .I will give you a priority code in class to use for free registration. As we get closer to the event we will select a day to attend as a “field trip”..

This is an exciting conference for anyone who is interested in Web development, graphics, digital photography, printing, software, and anything Macintosh.

For more information about the Expo visit http://www.macworldexpo.com/.

Google has introduced a new Web browser, called Chrome, aimed at wresting dominance of the browser market from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The move takes the Google-Microsoft rivalry to a whole new level. If Google succeeds, it will be a big deal, with major ramifications for the future of the Web.

But just how good is Chrome? How does it differ from IE and from less popular, but still important, browsers like Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari?

Continue reading First Test of Chrome Google’s New Browser

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The new web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.’s imprint on personal computers.

The free browser, called Chrome, is being promoted as a sleeker, faster and more secure alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which has been the leading vehicle for surfing the Web for the past decade. Despite recent inroads by Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox, Internet Explorer is still used by roughly three-fourths of the world’s Web surfers.

“What we want is a diverse and vibrant ecosystem,” Google co-founder Sergey Brin told reporters Tuesday during Chrome’s unveiling. “We want several browsers that are viable and substantial choices.”

Continue reading Google unveils new browser

Google Chrome Beta Information and Download