At our December meeting MacGroup member and Apple Store Creative Linda Stein gave us a demo on Apple's New iLife '08 and iWork '08 suites.
This meeting was hampered by a large snow storm in the early hours of the day. However, we had more than 50 people show and it was a nice cozy meeting.
Linda covered each of the iLife and iWork apps (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, Pages, Numbers, Keynote) and covered the new iPhoto in detail. She gave some great tips an techniques as well as an invitation to take some one-to-one training with her at the Apple Store Somerset.
Linda Stein, MacGroup member and Apple Store Somerset Creative
We also owe a special thanks to Calvin for saving the day! After a coffee mishap with the projector, Calvin leaped into action to dry it out and get it up and going again.

Q&A from the Meeting
Q. Can Pages and Numbers open and save in MS Word and Excel formats?
A. Yes, Pages can open and export to Microsoft Word format. Numbers can open and export Microsoft Excel format.
Q. Can Keynote open PowerPoint files?
A. Yes, Keynote can open PowerPoint files, edit them and export back to PowerPoint format.
Congratulations to Our Lucky Door Prize Winners!
| Prize |
Ticket # |
Winner |
| Leopard T-Shirt |
976335 |
John |
| Kensington Pilot Wireless Mouse |
976559 |
Rhonda |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976509 |
Dan |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976329 |
John |
| $20 iTunes Gift Certificate |
976612 |
Chris |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976699 |
Calvin |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976409 |
Phyllis |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976359 |
Jay |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976307 |
Mary |
| $50 iTunes Gift Certificate |
976568 |
Mike |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976322 |
Ken |
| iLife '08 or iWork '08 |
976532 |
Jan |
| My Book 500GB Hard Drive |
976432 |
Dorinda |

Afterglow

We had a good Afterglow at Belacino's. Thanks Brian for continuing to schedule these.
Special Thanks
I would like to thank the meeting volunteers that helped out at our last meeting. Especially Jack Beckman for the wonderful TicketDrum app, Calvin Carson, the Grey's and the Stones for working the registration table as well as Loretta & Elaine. Also the Genius Table folks: Bill, Phyllis, Yvonne, Chita and Jack. Lastly Joseph Grey for taking photos and all the members who offered a helping hand.
Watch the last meeting via QuickTime Streaming
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Next Meeting January 20, 2008 - Main Meeting Topic: Macs in the Home - Networking, Apple TV & Mac OS X Server presented by Terry White and Macprofessionals Jon Rutherford. Also MacGroup member Paul Reznick will do a demo on Blender, a 3D modeling and rendering program