From publicity at ausom.net.au Mon Mar 31 01:09:03 2008 From: publicity at ausom.net.au (AUSOM publicity) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:09:03 +1100 Subject: [AUSOM-Announcements] AUSOM April meetings Message-ID: <7F74C126-AA8B-4BDD-BE10-251D67F59B8E@ausom.net.au> AUSOM Announcements - April 2008 Monthly meeting - Saturday, 5 April 2008 Main presentation - Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Microsoft's Austraiian Product Manager Julia Nicolls will demonstrate the features of this major upgrade to one of the most widely used software packages on the Mac. Members and visitors attend Swinburne University, Prahran Campus (High Street, Prahran) on the first Saturday of each month (except January) between 9.30am and 5.00pm for a wide variety of meetings on the use of the Apple Macintosh computer in digital photography, iPods, home movies, genealogy, finance, databases, the Internet, Excel, Word, networking and many other topics. The location is convenient to tram and train and there is ample parking. Lunch may be purchased on site and vendors sell small computer items such as CDs, DVDs, ink jet cartridges, cables etc. We have a monthly raffle of valuable prizes such as iWork software, the iPod shuffle etc. For more information go to http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeeting.html Note: New meeting location Swinburne University Prahran Campus Building PA Corner Thomas & St John Streets (Off High St, near Chapel St) Melways 2L, H12 See http://www.ausom.net.au/swinburne/index.html for a map and further details. Multimedia SIG - Tuesday, 8 April 2008 Colour Management: Monitor and Printer Calibration via Services and DIY Presented by Image Science, a company which offers digital imaging products, services and expertise to photographers and printers around Australia. Whether you?re a designer or printmaker, photographer or filmmaker, or just about anyone who deals with visual material, you face the daily challenge of getting your colours just right, of making them at least as rich as those you see in the world around you. Image Science will cover the niceties of the colour management process. VMware Fusion demonstration: run Windows on your Mac Get the best of both the Mac and PC worlds with VMware Fusion. With an intuitive Mac-native interface and a wide array of powerful features, VMware Fusion provides a seamless way to run Windows applications on your Mac. The Macintosh Multimedia Group [3MG] is a joint venture between AUSOM Inc and iMug. It meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Balwyn Baptist Church (cnr Whitehorse and Parring Roads, Melway 46 F8) from 7.00pm to 10.00pm (doors open at 7.00pm). For more information go to http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeeting.html Retirees & Others SIG - Wednesday, 9 April 2008 Pages demonstration AUSOM President Dick Johnson will demonstrate Pages in its more routine functions as a word processor. Pages is part of the iLife suite of Apple applications. Stationery, newsletters, resumes, brochures, reports, proposals, business cards ?whatever you write, Pages offers an intuitive way to create beautiful, media-rich documents using impressive features you know how to use right away. Favourite shareware Pat Tasker (R&O SIG Leader) will talk about some of her favourite shareware applications. Members are invited to bring along some of their own. This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month at the Balwyn Baptist Church (cnr Whitehorse and Parring Roads, Melway 46 F8) from 10.00am to 12noon. For more information go to http://www.ausom.net.au/nextmeeting.html AUSOM Committee of Management Meetings The AUSOM Committee of Management (CoM) usually meets on the Wednesday night two weeks before the next Main Meeting (this is usually, but not always the the second Wednesday of each month) at 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. If you'd like to submit information for the Committee's consideration, please email com at ausom.net.au or write to AUSOM Committee, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000. If the submission is received by the Monday evening prior to the Committee Meeting, it can be placed on the agenda for consideration at that next meeting, otherwise it may be held over until the meeting. Next CoM Meeting: Wednesday 16 April 2008 AUSOM activities calendar now available The full calendar of AUSOM activities for 2008 is now available for viewing and/or downloading. View the calendar at http://ical.mac.com/ausominc/AUSOM-Meetings or subscribe to it at webcal://ical.mac.com/ausominc/AUSOM-Meetings.ics AUSOM online Store up and running You can now purchase AUSOM products and services, including memberships, online at the AUSOM Store. Payments can be made by PayPal or credit card. For full details, click on the 'AUSOM Store' button on AUSOM's homepage at http:// www.ausom.net.au Discs of the month AUSOM regularly produces a Disc of the Month that goes on sale on the first Saturday of each month at our Monthly Meeting. There are TWO discs for April. Celebrations Galore - a CD chockers full of: *Clipart *Animated Images *Fonts *Music & Movies *Colouring Books *Greeting Cards *Envelopes For use with birthdays & parties, Easter, babies & graduation, Halloween & Thanksgiving, Mother?s & Father?s Day, New Year?s Day, St Patrick?s Day, Valentines Day & Weddings. This CD costs $10 How To Guides & Tours - for Mac OS X, iLife ?08, iWork ?08 & Bento Over four hours of video tutorials that take you through the basics of: ?Mac OS X - Moving to a Mac, Windows on a Mac, Introduction to Leopard ?iLife ?08 - iMovie & iDVD, iPhoto, iWeb, GarageBand ?iWork ?08 - Keynote, Numbers, Pages ?Bento This DVD costs $15 Discs can be purchased a the Saturday meeting, by contacting the AUSOM Office on 1300 360 813 or ordering online; click on the 'AUSOM Store' button on AUSOM's homepage. For full details about this Month's Discs contents and past releases, please visit http://www.ausom.net.au/disc-of-month.html NOTE: AUSOM has relocated in 2008 Monthly Meeting days have relocated to Swinburne University Prahran Campus as of the February meeting (there were no AUSOM meetings held in January). The Campus is located quite close to the intersection of High St and Chapel St, Prahran and easily accessible by various forms of public transport (tram stop right out the front, a train station only a few minutes walk away) and there are plenty of options for driving a car and parking close by. To find out more on where this is and how to get to there, please visit http://www.ausom.net.au/swinburne/index.html All our regular Special Interest Groups and other activities continue as normal and we hope to see you our new home. About AUSOM Incorporated The Apple Users Society of Melbourne, is Australia's leading Apple Macintosh User Group and this AUSOM-Announcement is a brief summary of the various meetings we conduct during the month and in the immediate future. 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