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Committee: President: George Bell 47213681 Vice President: Spring October 2014 Bryan Blake 47218878 Editor: Bryan Blake 47218878 Email: [email protected] Secretary: Club Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.users.on.net/~pvscc/pc_index.htm Lorraine Brown 47365541 Treasurer: Bert Foster 47543008 Hit a Home Run With the “Home” Key Members: David Byrne 47326358 If you’re using Windows 7 or Windows 8.x, listen up! If you are using a Zillah Warner 47293096 desktop computer – or a laptop with a full-size keyboard, you’ll notice a key Robert Collins called Home between Insert and Page Up. Alan Lees 47365541 John Craft Bruce Soane

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Monday 0930-1100 If you’ve ever even noticed it you’ve probably wondered what it does It Basic Computing Tutors: Zillah Warner, does a number of things that you might be interested in. Lorraine Brown, Alan Lees First it takes you back to the top of a Web Page, document, PDF file, email & Bryan Blake. etc. If you’re at the bottom of one of those, pressing the Home key takes Tuesday 0930-1100 Basic Computing you back to the top. Likewise, if your browsing through a long list of files in Tutors: Bert Foster, David a folder, pressing the Home key takes you back to the top of the list. Byrne, Denis McAdam & When you combine the Home Key with the Windows Key, you get a little Bryan Blake windows (small “w”) magic. Pressing the Windows Key + Home closes all Tuesday 1115-1245 Movie maker windows except the one on top. Pressing Windows Key + Home again re- Tutor: Bryan Blake turns all windows to their original position. It’s a great way to clear your Wednesday 0930-1100 screen of all windows but the one you’re working in — and then when Basic Computing you’re done, returning all the windows you had open back to their original Tutor: Lorraine Brown Thursday 0930-1100 positions. Basic Computing So now go and hit a “home” run. Babe Ruth will be proud of you. Tutor: Zillah Warner Friday 0930-1100

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No Windows 9 – It’s Officially Windows 10. Microsoft is officially unveiled the name for the next release of Windows on the 30th September . Its Windows 10. While the software maker had referred to Windows 10 as codename Windows Threshold internally, today’s official naming puts any rumours of Windows, Windows TH, Windows X, Windows One, and even Windows 9 to bed. It’s simply Windows 10, marking a jump from the mixed reception of Windows 8.

Proposed New Features

Start menu: The familiar Start menu is back, but it brings with it a new customizable space for your favour-

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Everything runs in a window: Apps from the Windows Store now open in the same format that desktop apps do and can be resized and moved around, and have title bars at the top al- lowing for maximize, minimize, and close with a click The red X returns

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Snap enhancements: You can now have four apps snapped on the same screen with a new quadrant layout. Windows will also show other apps and programs running for additional snap- ping and even make smart suggestions on filling available screen space with other open apps.

Watch a video from Joe Belfiore to see many of these features in action. Immediately you’ll see how Windows 10 carries forward a sense of familiarity, while providing new capabilities to help you way the work you want to and be more productive. Type this URL into your Browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84NI5fjTfpQ Microsoft states this Windows Insider Program release is for the professionals. Mortal con- sumers can expect to see it early 2015

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MoreSpring on Windows 10 Penrith Valley Seniors Computing Club Multiple desktops: Create desktops for different purposes and projects and switch between these desktops easily and pick up where you left off on each desktop.

New task view button: There’s a new task-view button on the taskbar for quick switching between open files and quick access to any desktops you create.

One awaits with baited breath, hopefully they get it right this time.