Corny yes, but interesting!  Join us on September 26th for our next MacLearn session. Colin Murphy, Apple Solutions Consultant from Best Buy Pearl City is going to demonstrate iWork – a Mac only suite of three programs rivals Microsoft Office for $54 – $79!

Pages is a full featured word processing program with templates, image editing features that go way way beyond lighten, darken and sharpen, and tables that add columns and rows and as you resize.  It integrates seamlessly with Numbers, the spreadsheet program with drag and drop tables, charts, graphics and text.  Completing the trio is Keynote, which has amazing transitions and a clean, professional look you will want representing you, your family or your organization.

Curious? Come join us from 10 am – 12 pm on September 26^th at ING Direct Café at 1958 Kalakaua Avenue.  Please park in the Niu St. employee lot if you can, otherwise behind the Café is fine.   If it’s your first time please check the driving/parking directions.   Free.  We will provide ice water and coffee so come a little early and talk story and get a good seat.

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Ross Rasmussen introduced two robust iApps, iMovie and iDVD ’09 to save your memories in an entertaining and professional looking way.  In a two hour MacLearn session on August 22^nd he took the process from start to finish.  He shot some video clips of traffic on Kalakaua Avenue and of Richard Sato dancing, well, gesturing, in front of the green wall upstairs at the ING Direct Café.  He imported them as iMovie Events, and from those Events, selected and dragged clips into an iMovie project.  Built-in templates, titles and effects made it easy to stitch the clips into a movie.  He turned Richard upside and had traffic driving through him on Kalakaua.  Howz that?!

He then demonstrated how easy it is to create a DVD with your movies or photo slideshows made with zoom and pan Ken Burns effects.  You start with one of about 100 free templates. Then you drag in movies and photos from your media browser. They become links to your media. You format these links as buttons,  framed pictures or video clips to create a menu, just like the DVDs you buy at the video store.  Add music and  just click the Burn button and you have a DVD.

Missed it or want handouts?  Go to http://drop.io/hmaus_maclearn to download the iMovie and iDVD handouts. Check out the Apple video tutorials at http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie The handouts are designed to work with the these tutorials.

Mahalo to Ross who not only gave us a great presentation last Saturday, but also provided a very enjoyable hands-on iPhoto workshop two weeks ago for 11 lucky HMAUSers.  Mahalo also to Jeff Kang who again provided yet another tech rescue for us, and took these pictures.  Finally, thank you to ING Direct for providing us with a super venue.

What’s next? Join us at the September 26th MacLearn from 10-12 at ING Direct Café. Colin Murphy, Apple Solutions Consultant based at Best Buy Pearl City presents iWork ’09, a great wordprocessing, spreadsheet and presentation suite.  Tip:  right now there are the BEST prices I’ve ever seen for  iWork -  Amazon.com has it for $46.99 with free shipping, the University of Hawaii Bookstores have it for $49 for students/staff, and it’s $79 at Best Buy with shopping points! (Note:  iWork requires 10.4 or higher). Click here for driving/parking directions to ING Direct Cafe. Hope to see you.

Other upcoming MacLearn activities:   iMovie, iDVD hands-on session by Joe Zaret on Sept. 5th and a iPhoto hands-on session by Gregg Kamei on Sept. 12th.  Sorry, both are filled, but watch your HMAUS email member announcements for last minute openings and the next workshop.

ING Direct Cafe is at 1958 Kalakaua Avenue.  Parking is available but please follow the directions at this link.

Did you know that Apple has a wordprocessing, spreadsheet and presentation suite called iWork?  Did you know it’s a fraction of the cost of Microsoft Office and can open Office files? Colin Murphy, long time Apple Solutions Consultant from Best Buy Pearl City will show you what these three products can do at our September 26th MacLearn from 10 am -12 pm.

Pages is a wordprocessor and a desktop publisher with templates for newsletters, flyers and cards.  Numbers has many auto features that make creating a spreadsheet easy and good looking.

The Magic Move transition feature in Keynote ’09 moves objects seamlessly from one slide to the next.   I’ve heard people say “Keynote?  It’s like Powerpoint…..but better!”  All iWork products have a similar interface making them easy to learn, and they integrate with iPhoto, iTunes and iMovie.  Are there things Office can do that iWork cannot? Yes.  Will they make a difference to you?  Possibly not.

Come to ING Direct Cafe at 1958 Kalakaua Avenue for this free presentation.  Come early so you can get parking and pour yourself a cup of coffee or ice tea.

Parking is available but a little tricky so PLEASE check these driving and parking instructions first.  Please use the employee lot on Niu St. unless there are lots of spaces behind the Cafe off Pau St.  Mahalo.

Btw, if you’re thinking of buying iWork ’09, now’s a good time – it’s $49 at Amazon.com with free shipping.  The only place matching that price is the UH Bookstore.   It’s also available at Best Buy for $79 with shopping points that convert to discounts.  It requires System 10.4 or higher.