<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>John Kisner has graciously offered to present alternatives to Microsoft Word. I, myself, have been avoiding Word as much as possible and I'm curious to see what else there is on the market today. Aside from the Open Source alternatives, there are many shareware and commercially available and very usable word processing options for Mac OS X.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>So, here are the particulars:</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>What: </DIV><DIV>DM-MUG meeting</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>When: </DIV><DIV>Tuesday October 24, 2006 @ 7:00 PM</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Where:</DIV><DIV>Haddock Computer</DIV><DIV>801 73rd Street</DIV><DIV>Suite 1</DIV><DIV>Windsor Heights IA 50312</DIV><DIV>USA</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Why:</DIV><DIV>Beyond Word: John Kisner</DIV><DIV>Hobnob with us and talk Mac shop, and eat cookies!</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><B>The ever-popular major topics list through partial 1st Quarter 2007:</B></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Oct 24 <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Beyond Microsoft Word: John Kisner</DIV><DIV>Nov 28 <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Digital Storytelling with a Mac: Holly Welch</DIV><DIV>December—No meeting</DIV><DIV>Jan 23 <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Aperture, Pro-Am photography on a Mac: Victoria Herring</DIV><DIV>Feb 27<SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Shareware/Freeware round-up: Bailey Ford</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Many reasons to use a Mac—plus three new commercials! <<A href="http://www.apple.com/getamac/">http://www.apple.com/getamac/</A>></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Matthew Wheeler</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-- iVP --</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Des Moines Macintosh Users Group</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.dmmug.org">http://www.dmmug.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>