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Arlington & Fairfax Sessions -
Arlington Meetings in Person!
Fairfax In-Person Requirements
All Sessions Available via Zoom
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Details of Monthly Meetings

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Arlington Email: arlmtgs(at)patacs.org Fairfax Email: ffxmtg(at)patacs.org

Meeting -in Person and via Zoom
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OPCUG Members Welcome! PATACS - Arlington
First Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 7 PM

Please Come Early & Help with Meeting Setup!
Meeting Location: Carlin Hall Community Center,
5711 S. 4th Street, Arlington, VA 22204
Zoom Session: Details Sent via Email
Using Zoom

MS Office 365 Subscriptions for 2026

Presented By
Rob Truman
APCUG Speakers Bureau
Is an Office 365 subscription still worth it today? What has changed with 365 with AI being rolled into the subscription. This presentation will examine the changes to the 365 subscription in 2025 along with how the MS CoPilot feature is integrated. It will also look at the different pricing models between a perpetual license and the new subscription model. Finally there will be a discussion on the different alternatives available.
Rob is a member of Computer Booters of Sun Lakes Computer Club and serves on their Board of Directors as their Web Director. He has over 40 years of experience in Information Technology and Internet-related fields. He is a retired U.S. Navy Chief Electronics Technician and has worked as a Technical Support professional for Microsoft over the years. Rob holds a Master of Arts degree in Adult Education and a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology (BSIT). He is a staunch proponent of lifelong learning and runs a website/blog called GeezerTek which focuses on helping the senior community with their technology needs. Rob also volunteers and teaches adult education technology classes through his local community college and their lifelong learning program: New Adventures in Learning.

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Arlington Meeting Info & Maps

HAVE YOUR COMPUTER QUESTIONS ANSWERED!

The program planners for our First Wednesday PATACS meetings in Arlington are looking for topics that members would like to have explored or questions answered - this is your opportunity to have a say in topics addressed at this meeting. This is a smaller meeting than the Fairfax meeting, and it allows for much more interaction between members than is possible in Fairfax. And there's the post-meeting Pizza and Salad SIG, the post-meeting social at a nearby restaurant - another value-added feature of your membership! Please send your suggestions to our meeting program planners at arlmtgpgm@patacs.org.

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Arlington Email: arlmtgs(at)patacs.org Fairfax Email: ffxmtg(at)patacs.org

OPCUG / PATACS Joint Meeting,
Saturday, November 15th, 1 PM 3rd Saturday
Meeting In-Person and Via Zoom - See Above Banner
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Tallwood, TA1
4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032-1028
Fairfax Meeting Info, Maps Agenda / Meeting Info

In Person Requirements -
OLLI Health and Safety Protocols

Coffee, Soda and Individual Snack Packages will be available.

Recipe Management Software

Presented by
Leti Labell

Recipe management software allows centralized recipe storage and organization, and facilitates meal planning and grocery list generation. It will also allow the discovery of new recipes and the customization of existing recipes.

This presentation will compare various recipe management applications, discussing the features of each and a recommendation of the best. How to choose a recipe manager will be discussed, as well as how to find and evaluate recipes.

Leti Labell is an OPCUG member and a PATACS member with a lifelong love of computers. She has an MS in computer science, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). However, even more than computers, Leti loves cooking, collecting cookbooks, and collecting recipes.

Learn in 30:
Clock App Custom Alarm Tones
Presented by John Krout

This discussion covers Samsung Clock, Google Clock, and iPhone Clock.

The Samsung Clock app is unique because it can read aloud the alarm name. I think it does not do a great job of that, the artificial voice sounds a bit ragged, so I also assign my artificial voice recordings of alarm names in that app because those sound better.

John Krout is a frequent presenter at our meetings on a wide range of computer, technology and photography topics, and author of many articles for the PATACS Posts newsletter. He also presents for national APCUG Wednesday Workshops and Saturday Safaris, and contributes articles to APCUG's library of shared newsletter content.