PACS Groups
Group Leader Description
Adobe Photoshop Marty Snyder This SIG explores the far-reaching scope of Photoshop, an application that has become a standard of the photography, graphics, web, and printing industries.

Website: Adobe Photoshop SIG
Cascading Style Sheets John Davey Cascading Style Sheets are the key to standards-based website development. This group explores CSS techniques at a basic and intermediate level.

Website: Cascading Style Sheets Workshop
Digital Photography Bruce Smith The group explores the practical aspects of using a digital camera, moving the pictures into a computer, manipulating the images, and printing or transmitting them.

Website: Digital Photography SIG
Excel Spreadsheet Ron Dunbar This group focuses on the many functions and tools that Excel offers, and on the basic elements and techniques of spreadsheet design. The group meets in two sections: intermediate skill level, and beginners.

Websites: Excel Basic Workshop; Excel Intermediate Workshop
Linux Rich Sias This SIG focuses on the Linux Operating System, both at the beginners ("Users") level and the advanced ("Abusers") level.

Website: PACS Linux Group
Macintosh Bob Sandler,
Linda McNeil		 This SIG is devoted to Macintosh computer enthusiasts. The session starts with a Q & A, then moves to new releases, web sites, and a main topic.

Website: Macs @ PACS
Microsoft Word Bruce Smith This SIG focuses on, as the name states, Microsoft Word. Learn how to construct and print great-looking Office Word documents that are easy to use, revise, and update.

Website: Microsoft Word Workshop
Novice Users Bruce Smith Novice and intermediate computer users are welcome regardless of experience level; programs are arranged to help both levels of user.

Website: Novice - New Computer Users
PHP Don Arrowsmith This Workshop covers the basics of PHP, a server-side scripting language that enhances web sites as well as eases site maintenance. Code snippets will be shown and ways for you to test and debug your PHP code will be listed.

Website: PHP Workshop
Visual Basic for Applications Ron Dunbar VBA is a powerful tool for automating repetitive tasks in Excel. This SIG will go through VBA subroutines line by line to see how they are constructed and how they work, and to learn the basic concepts of this "object-oriented" programming language.

Website: VBA SIG
Web Animation and Multimedia Mike Ehling This workshop will be a continuation of the Flash Workshop held over the past few years, but expanding to include open-source alternatives to Flash, particularly JavaScript and Dynamic HTML, and possibly also the open-source 3D program Blender.

We won't be completely abandoning Flash, since it's practically indispensable for sound and video applications, and some workshop sessions will still be devoted to it. Unfortunately, though, in the current economic climate, hobbyists and small developers may be reluctant to invest in the full suite of Adobe products, so warranting a closer look at free or at least lower-priced alternatives.

Website: Flash Workshop
Web Design Reed Gustow,
John Davey		 Our group demonstrates real-world techniques for achieving standards-compliant web designs and layouts. Members range from novices to professional developers.

Website: Web Design SIG
Windows Rob Keiser The Windows Special Interest Group discusses all aspects of Microsoft Windows and the applications that run on the Windows platform. We invite all skill levels to come and join us.

Website: Windows SIG