From: "Steven Allen" Subject: Boston Windows User Group September 24 Meeting Date: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:14 PM Monday, September 24, 2001 -------------------------- DiskJockey Update, StyleMaster and GIF Construction Set ======================================================= Boston Windows User Group ------------------------- 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Speakers at 8:00 p.m. --------------------- BWUG member Al Sherman uses DiskJockey (DJ) as his primary productivity tool. BWUG was first shown DJ, a file manager and viewer, in '98 by Tony Peirera, its developer. Al has identified bugs, suggested improvements and beta-tested new versions since then. Al shares his enthusiasm by demonstrating DJ and reveals annoyances and workarounds. www.diskjockey2000.com/DJ2K BWUG member John Allen discusses two shareware Web-page tools: Stylemaster Pro, which creates cascading style sheets (CSS) (www.westciv.com/style_master) and GIF Construction Set Pro, which animates GIFs (www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html). CSS allow uniform appearances on a Web site and animated GIFs are excellent tools, e.g. to show technical processes. Location: Microsoft's Multipurpose Room 1, 6th floor, 230 Third Ave, Waltham, MA, which has Parking and has Wheelchair access. Directions: Take Route 95/128 to Exit 27A. Go south on Third Ave passing between the northbound 95/128 and the Westin Hotel. Reaching Third Ave requires a U-turn to the right from the northbound 95/128 exit or a "cross the overpass and turn right" from the southbound 95/128 exit. From Third Ave, turn left onto Fourth Ave immediately after the Westin. Go to end, turn right and follow signs for Prospect Place. Bear right at the fork and follow signs to Visitor Parking. Lobby is on second floor. Also see map on http://www.bwug.org/events. ***************************************************************** **** Meet us for Dutch Treat Dinner at Bertucci's at 5:30. **** **** We expect the speakers to join us. **** **** The restaurant is in the small strip mall diagonally **** **** across the 95/128 intersection with Winter St **** **** from the meeting location. Use exit 27B. **** **** From northbound exit take a right at the traffic **** **** light, then bear right to cross 95/128. **** **** Blend with southbound exit traffic, go past **** **** Bertucci's and take a right into the mall. **** ***************************************************************** Pat Ryan is our Ride Coordinator. You can earn double raffle tickets by bringing a person in need of a ride or may obtain a ride if you need one. ****** Next BWUG Meetings ****** Monday, October 22, 2001 ------------------------ PrimeFilm 1800 Scanners ======================= PIE, know for their ScanAce units, now has a small, low-cost, USB-connected film scanner. Using 35mm slides or film strips, we get first-generation digital images with 1800 dpi hardware resolu- tion. Steve Allen tests, reports and demos. (www.scanace.com) BWUG members can buy units ~15% off street prices, which are $200 for the basic unit or $300 with more versatile bundled software. Monday, November 26, 2001 ------------------------- Windows XP ========== Microsoft's Steve Carbone shows us the latest Windows, release date 10/25/01. This includes Home and Professional variants. The first (as long expected) uses the Win NT/2K code base to replace the Win 9x/ME series. The second upgrades Win 2K Pro. ***** Please notify us, www.bwug.org/join or by email, when your email address changes.