ACCESSIBLE WORLD TEK TALK PRESENTS RICK HARMON TO DISCUSS INSTALLING AND USING WINDOWS LIVE MAIL, APRIL 18, 2011
NEWSWIRE:
On Monday, April 18 2011 Rick Harmon will demonstrate installing and using Windows Live Mail 2011 that is part of the Microsoft live essentials package for Vista and Windows 7 users. Windows 7 doesn’t come with any email program installed and this has presented many challenges for blind users out there. Windows Live Mail 2011 is just 1 of the possible email clients that can be used on Windows 7.
Rick will talk about installing and configuring the program for use and then will discuss in detail the ribbon that the program uses instead of the old style menus used in the earlier versions of the program. He will also let everyone know the pros and cons of using the newer version of Windows Live Mail. afterward, Rick will answer questions from the Tek Talk audience.
Presenter:Rick Harmon
E-Mail: rickharmon@sbcglobal.net
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011
Time: 5:00 PM PDT, 6:00 PM MDT, 7:00 PM CDT, 8:00 PM EDT
and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 00:00 GMT
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Or, alternatively.
Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: www.accessibleworld.org
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Accessible World Contacts:
Robert Acosta, Chair
Accessible World
818-998-0044
Email: boacosta@pacbell.net
Web: www.helpinghands4theblind.org
Marcia Moses, Events Coordinator
Accessible World
734-495-1496
Email: mgmoses@comcast.net
Steve Hoffman, President
Talking Communities
Email: steve@talkingcommunities.com
The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them