Mar 2019 Newsletter: Excel without Excel, Adding photo descriptions, Don't delete photos

Published: Fri, 03/08/19

Monthly Issue #138 March, 2019
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Geeks in February

Up with the Gods in New Zealand. Photo credit: Melinda Blackwell

Jim and I are dwarfed on top of a giant rock in an area known as Castle Hill in the South Island of New Zealand. For all of February we were traveling in New Zealand mostly in a rented camper van but we also took train and bus tours and stayed in houses, hostels, airBnBs and Hotels. Check out our photo album photo album for Australia/New Zealand. And our personal travel Blog for the rest of the story.

We always continue to learn about technology! And, we share it with you on our weekly class, What Does This Button Do? Although we didn't do any live shows this month, we still send out a weekly tech lesson via email. If you're subscribed to this newsletter, you should have received:

By the way, our pictures, Blogs, Photo Albums, maps, and videos are all examples of what we teach. You can learn how to plan, navigate, and remember your life’s events. It makes the experience that much more enjoyable to get creative and share pictures, maps, stories, and movies with friends and family. Check out our Learning Library of Tutorial Videos, just go to GeeksOnTour.com and click the menu for Tutorials. There are plenty of free videos in addition to our members-only content to whet your appetite for learning.

Calendar

Every Wednesday “What Does This Button Do?”

We send out a link to a technology lesson, usually an episode of our Button Show which is recorded in a live stream.

Upcoming Appearances

Here’s our speaking request form if you’d like to have us speak to your group.

March 2019

3/8 Deerfield Beach Computer Club 10am Cloud Computing
3/13 - 3/16 FMCA Convention in Perry, GA
3/27 - 3/31 RVillage Rally in Live Oak, FL

April 2019

4/2 Sarasota Technology Club 6pm Smartphone Photography
4/17 Cascade Lakes in Boynton Beach, FL 7:30pm Smartphones-What Does This Button Do?
4/29-5/5 SKP ACRE in Pine Mountain, GA

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Ask the Geeks, Q&A forum

Here are some of the topics that have been discussed recently. Anyone can read the forum, only members can ask questions. This is a valuable benefit of membership. Join Today!

If you are a member, ask a question! Go to GeeksOnTour.com then click the Q&A menu. Make sure you are logged in (there’s a form on the Q&A page), select a category (Photos, Maps, Blogs, Other) then click Add Topic. When finished scroll down to Submit Topic.

How to make an Excel spreadsheet without Excel - or any software

Maybe you just don't need to make spreadsheets anymore so you don't own the software, or maybe you're on a trip away from your computer. What do you do when you have a need to make just one spreadsheet? It's easy. It's free,

Read the article to find out

Seeing a photo with description in Google Photos

Photo Descriptions

Isn't it great when you're looking at old family photos and you find notes written on the back that describe what's in the photo? Did you know that you can do the same thing with Google Photos?

Don't waste time deleting photos.

So many times I hear people saying, "I took so many photos on our vacation, I'm never going to get the time to organize them. I have to sit down and do some serious deleting."

If you use Google Photos, you don't need to delete them. Just spend a little bit of time picking your best ones and add to an album. On our New Zealand trip, we took nearly one hundred photos on one day alone - the day we visited Hobbiton movie set.

That's all for now. We hope you learned something. Your next issue will be next month. Any questions, please visit our forum. If you like this newsletter, please forward it on to your friends! If you received this issue forwarded by a friend you can subscribe to get your own copy delivered to your in box - it's free. You can also visit the archives of past newsletters,

Happy Computing!

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