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In the new private section we have a forum for members only for posting your questions and/or comments. Click on "Members Only" on the left navigation panel to see what's available currently. You can renew your membership and/or pay your seminar fees online through our secure website or you can print the seminar registration form and fax it in. Most people having now been through a few seminars and a renewal have said that the online signup and method of payment are easy to use and have not caused anyone any problems..

Free Software: Oh, check this out, please!

WordWeb

WordWeb is free software that answers many questions that reporters and scopists have asked for in the past. This is a full dictionary for spelling, with definitions and many other features. It runs with user-defined hotkeys and or mouse clicks and I've not found any conflict with SC32. I can't do it justice in a short description, so do yourself a favor and download it and try it. I don't think you can go wrong... and, yes, it's free. For this tip we owe a big thank you to Jenny Ebner, our 2007 Distinguished Service Award winner.

FireFox

How many of you use FireFox? It's a free replacement for Internet Explorer, not subject to all of the security problems of IE, either. Try firefox.com, you might like it. Version 3.5 has all the latest feature sets.

Antivirus

Or how about free antivirus software? Go to the net and search free antivirus and you'll get a number of choices. Why continue to pay X dollars a year if you don't have to? Or you can click here for a site listing multiple free packages available for download. freebyte.com Check in particular the AVG product, which is recommended highly by many experts.

There is a large quantity of free/shareware software available out there for the download. It would take more space than I have here to describe them all. Check it out for yourself and save some bucks.

Google

Have you tried Google Desktop? It helps you find files that you thought were lost on your disk. Set it up, let it index and you will be amazed with what you can now find. It's free from Google. Get it here http://desktop.google.com/

OpenOffice

Have you needed a word processor? Have you needed a spreadsheet? Is the price of MS Office too high for the budget? Well, we have a free alternative called OpenOffice. Get it here: http://openoffice.org. Latest version is 3.1 but 3.2 is freezing features and will be released in the near future. Enjoy!