April 2013 LCCU Meeting Judy Grindle will lead discussion: –What are the best free and for-pay...
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April 2013 LCCU Meeting • Judy Grindle will lead discussion: – What are the best free and for-pay anti- virus software choices? – Microsoft support for Windows XP and Office 2003 ending 4/8/2014. • We’ll answers members’ other questions: – How can you use HTML to enhance Email? – Which email clients are best to edit your HTML? – How can you attach a file or photo to email?
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April 2013 LCCU Meeting
• Judy Grindle will lead discussion:– What are the best free and for-pay anti-virus
software choices? – Microsoft support for Windows XP and Office
2003 ending 4/8/2014.
• We’ll answers members’ other questions:– How can you use HTML to enhance Email?– Which email clients are best to edit your HTML?– How can you attach a file or photo to email?
April 2013 LCCU MeetingSupport for XP ending 4/2014
• Support for Windows XP ends April 8, 2014 • Microsoft ends support of Windows XP and O
ffice 2003 in 2014 • Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet• ZDNet article by Ed Bott –
When will Microsoft pull the plug on your version of Windows or Office?
• Computerworld UK – Windows XP decline stalls as users defy 2014 support deadline.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Best Anti-virus Software
• Free & better than Microsoft’s Security Essentials, according to PC World article:– AVG Antivirus FREE 2013, PC World 1st choice, also PC
Mag Editor’s Choice in Best Antivirus for 2013• Detected 98.7%, disabled 98.7%, blocked 85.7% new threats.
– Panda Cloud Free 2.0• Detected 99.9%, disabled 87%, blocked 85.7% of new threats.
– Avast! Free 8 • detected 99.1%, disabled 93%, blocked 78.6% new threats.
– Avira Free 2013 • detected 99.7%, otherwise Security Essentials is better.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Free Anti-virus Software
From PC Mag: Malware blocking score
Malware removal score
AVG 2013 9.3, 95% 6.5, 87%
Panda 2.0 9.2, 92% 5.4, 84%
Avast! 7 8.1, 89% 6.8, 88%
Avira 2013 9.2, 92% 5.5, 71%
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Best Anti-virus Software
• Free antivirus for cleanup only:– Comodo Cleaning Essentials– Malwarebytes Anti-malware
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Best Anti-virus Software
• From PC Mag’s “Best Antivirus for 2013”– PC Mag Lab results chart– PC Mag Malware Blocking Chart– PC Mag Malware Removal Chart
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Best Anti-virus Software
• Paid, 1st 3 on PC Mag’s Editor’s Choices, also on PC World’s list (except Webroot):– Norton Antivirus (2013)
– Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2013
– Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus – cloud based
– Kapersky Antivirus (2013) – also notable
– G Data Internet Security – 1st on PC World’s list
• TopTenReviews Best Windows 8 Antivirus top 3 are Bitdefender, Kapersky & Norton; AVG is #7.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
Email Services used by LCCU Count
mchsi.com 18
att.com 13
Gmail.com 13
Yahoo.com 12
sbcglobal.com 7
Hotmail.com 3
msn.com 2
12 others, 1 each 12
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
Local Email Clients Edit HTML? LCCU use?
Outlook Express Yes
Outlook 2010+ with add-on
Windows Mail View only
Windows Live Mail View only
Mozilla Thunderbird Yes with Add-on
Eudora ?
Apple Mail No, copy it in
Web mail, others
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
• To view & edit Email HTML:
• Thunderbird with Stationery Add-on– Click Write to start new message, tab at top for
Source(HTML) gives color-coded, indented HTML.
• Outlook Express– On the menu for the message, click View, Source
Edit. Source tab below the message displays/edits HTML.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
• To view & edit HTML:
• Outlook– HTML Code Editor Add-on for 2010 or 2013
versions,but “Outlook adds messy codes”.– There are macros for it, a bit complicated.– Use Word to edit HTML & copy into message.
• Windows Live Mail & Windows Mail– With the message open, click CTRL F2, view
only.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
• HTML tutorials & reference– W3schools.com
• Sources of advice on Coding HTML Email – How to Code HTML Email Newsletters– Guide to HTML Email Best Practices – Coding HTML Email: Best Practices & Tips
• Free Email Templates– Template Builder from Campaign Monitor– Email Templates from Mail Chimp
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
• Basic HTML used by Thunderbird to create an email:– <html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
text="#000000"><br></body></html>• Add between <body> and </body> tag:
• Headings surrounded by <h1></h1> or <h2></h2> etc.• Paragraphs surrounded by- <p> </p> • Links with <a href=“ before URL, and "> website description</a> after. • Unordered lists with <ul> </ul> surrounding items <li> </li>• Ordered lists with <ol> </ol> surrounding items <li> </li>• Images with <img src=“ before image filename/url and “ alt=desc>
after.• Formatting tags and Style properties.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
• HTML to place message in box centered on a colored background, using DIV tags:– Place after <body> tag:
• <div id="container" style="background-color: #ffffcc; width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-align:center;"><div id="contents" style="background-color:#ffffff; width:600px;margin:0px auto; padding:40px 20px; border:1px solid black;text-align:left;">
– Place before </body> tag: • </div></div>
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
• HTML to place message in box centered on a colored background, using Table tags:– Place after <body> tag:
• <table style="background-color:#ffffcc;" border="0" width="100%" ><tr><td style="padding:30" align="center" >
• <table style="background-color:#ffffff;" border="1" cellpadding="10" width="600" ><tr><td>
– Place before </body> tag:• </td></tr></table> • </td></tr></table>
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email & HTML
• HTML Standards Support according to The Email Standards Project– Solid support by Outlook Express, Windows Mail,
Windows Live Mail, AOL Webmail, Eudora, Microsoft Entourage, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Yahoo! Mail Beta, plus Apple products.
– Improvement recommended for Google Gmail, Lotus Notes 8, Microsoft Outlook 2007, Windows Live Hotmail.
– See above for how each handles an “acid test” page.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email Attachments – Local
• Outlook Express – “Create mail”, Insert, File Attachment, select file & send.
• Windows Live Mail – New, Attach, select photo, if Yes to Photo Email message, thumbnail is sent, photo is stored on www.public.blu.livefilestore.com.
• Windows Mail - “Create mail”, click paperclip, select file & send.
• Thunderbird – Attach, File(s), select file(s) & send.
April 2013 LCCU Meeting Email Attachments - Webmail
• Gmail – Compose, click paperclip, file Upload window opens, select file & send.
• Yahoo Mail – Compose, click paperclip; options are “Attach from my computer” or “Share from Dropbox”; select file(s) and send.
• Hotmail – New, click paperclip “Attach files”, select file and Send.
