Category: Weekly Newsletter
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Email – clearing up some terminology, and some useful tips
On Thursday 12th January, we looked at e-mail. Some of the terminology is a bit confusing and confused. On the one hand we have an email service provider ESP, on the other an Email client – are they the same? … Read more
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Understanding e-mail
This Thursday, 12th January, we’ll start to take a look at the massive topic of E-mail. What is an email service provider (ESP)? What is an e-mail Client? …are they different and should I care? I’ve heard the terms POP … Read more
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Making a mess of Wordprocessing
Last Thursday 5th of January we took a look at struggling with word processing. Most members present used LibreOffice and some Microsoft Office 365. FreeOffice and WPS Office were also mentioned. Chris pointed out the presence of free, online office … Read more
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Right to Vote for British Nationals resident in Spain
In case you have not seen this elsewhere here is a notice from the Town Hall about how to register to vote in the upcoming local elections. We have the opportunity to influence who runs our local services so make … Read more
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Making a mess of word processing? Let’s share our tips for fixing those maddening annoyances
Whether you use LibreOffice, Microsoft Office, Google Docs or some other office suite with which to do your word processing, you’ll find some tasks seem to be difficult or clumsy when they ought to be simple. In many cases, it’s … Read more
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New Smartphones – why are they so expensive?
On Thursday 29th December we looked at the new Smartphones on offer and discussed why some of them were so expensive. In general, the new “Flagship” – or premium phones cost the most: “There is a variety of reasons … Read more
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Emissions sticker for all vehicles in Spain -2023
Examples of stickers It will be necessary to display a sticker in your vehicle windscreen showing what category it is in for emissions. They can be obtained from Post Offices for 5€. Failure to display the sticker incurs a 200€ … Read more
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Why are smartphones so ridiculously expensive? Do I really need to spend hundreds, nay thousands of euros on a phone?
This Thursday, 29th December, we take a look at the new phones on offer – check out their specifications and discuss if it’s really worth forking out a shed-load of money for the latest models. If you have a surplus … Read more
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Mobile phone Location Services – Pros and cons and how to manage them.
On Thursday December 15th we looked at Location Services on smartphones, which Apps use them and why, and how they can be really useful. Firstly, Chris had a look at the pros and cons of location tracking: https://www.springwise.com/pros-cons/location-tracking/ Among … Read more
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Christmas is coming! – Cava, Christmas treats and favourite online videos.
This Thursday, December 22nd we’ll be celebrating the arrival of Christmas with a get-together in which we will share our favourite YouTube videos (please send links to your favourite video clips to me – Chris Jones via WhatsApp – See … Read more