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Turbo Tax: Can't Create Encrypted PDF

I was using Turbo Tax Home and Business 2007 and wanted to send the final PDF to a tax consultant for some review. I wanted to create an encrypted PDF from Turbo Tax; I couldn’t find a way to do this. Then I figured that an alternative would be to “ZIP” the unencrypted PDF, . . . → Read More: Turbo Tax: Can't Create Encrypted PDF

Neighborhood Crimebusters – Thoughts And Experiences

[This is the concluding post in the article Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community. Previous post: Schedule Events.]

Using a web-based application to enhance communication and collaboration between members of a neighborhood crime watch group is something that many such groups have done with great success. The web-group gives members the feeling of a “group . . . → Read More: Neighborhood Crimebusters – Thoughts And Experiences

Neighborhood Crimebusters – Schedule Events

[This post is part of the article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community. Previous post: Conduct Polls]

Calendar Application The Calendar is probably the least used of the group features, but it is quite handy. If you have a forthcoming neighborhood group meeting, or may be a meeting with the representatives of your city NCW . . . → Read More: Neighborhood Crimebusters – Schedule Events

Neighborhood Crimebusters – Conduct Polls

[This post is part of the article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community. Previous post: Manage Information.]

In the previous posts, we focused on communication and collaboration tools of your web-group. This post discusses a different kind of feature.

Poll Application Like all the other tools, the Poll application is also pretty simple to use. . . . → Read More: Neighborhood Crimebusters – Conduct Polls

Neighborhood Crimebusters – Manage Information

[This post is part of the article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community. Previous post: Collaborate.]

In the previous posts in this article, we discussed features like the group message board, sharing of files, pictures and links, and how you can use them. In this post, we look at another interesting feature that can be . . . → Read More: Neighborhood Crimebusters – Manage Information

Neighborhood Crimebusters – Collaborate

[This post is part of the article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community. Previous post: Communicate.]

In the previous post, we saw how to use the group message board to communicate with the other group members.

Collaboration Features While the message board application is often the most popular of the features, the group offers several . . . → Read More: Neighborhood Crimebusters – Collaborate

Neighborhood Crimebusters – Communicate

[This post is part of the article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community. Previous post: Neighborhood Crimebusters- Create A Group]

Group Message Board This post explains how you can use the group’s Message Board feature. This is by far the most popular feature of a group. The message board provides a quick and easy way . . . → Read More: Neighborhood Crimebusters – Communicate

Article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community

Setting up a Neighborhood Crime Watch (NCW) group, getting to know our neighbors and staying connected with them is one of the most effective ways to fight crimes around our homes. The posts listed here discuss how to set up a web based neighborhood community and how to use it to communicate with your . . . → Read More: Article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community

Neighborhood Crimebusters – Create A Group

[This post is part of a series for the article: Neighborhood Crimebusters' Web Based Community. Previous post in the series: Know Thy Neighbors.]

The rest of this article describes how you could set up a Yahoo Group as a web portal for your neighborhood. Please note you could also use other such applications like Google or MSN groups and set up something very similar. This example is based on a real neighborhood portal that was set up using Yahoo Groups. This is intended to illustrate one possible way of using such an application to facilitate communication between people in a neighborhood. Depending on the needs of your NCW and other constraints that you may have, you may need to choose another way to implement this.

[This section is detailed and is only required for those who intend to setup the group and act as moderators. Others can skip this post and click here to go to the next part of the article.]

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Know Thy Neighbors – Set Up A Web Group

[This post is the first of a series for the article: Neighborhood Crimebusters’ Web Based Community.]

Start a Neighborhood Crime Watch group
One of the best ways to improve the level of security around your home and your neighborhood is by getting to know your neighbors. A lot of community Neighborhood Crime Watch (NCW) groups have been formed and they have gone a long way in preventing crimes and also in helping the police identify and track down criminals. If the security around your home has been something on your mind, it is very likely that your neighbors are thinking the same too.

You can get started by meeting some of your neighbors and talking about it. You can also seek help from your local law enforcement. You should be able to start an NCW group by holding a meeting with your neighbors. Having some representatives from the police department would add a lot of weight to the effort.

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