What a wonderful opportunity! I hope they start an internet class so that I can go too! I am way out of town.

It's very simple once you get the hang of it. If you have some label check the item number on them or go and buy some that are compatible to one of the Avery numbers An easy one is 5161 Anyway got to the site and on the left side is a column of items choose Mailing labels a screen will pop up and scroll till you come to 5161 (for example) ok then using the right hand slide go down to the bottom of the screen and hit NEXT Several designs will pop up using that label number' pick one style and click on it. A screen will come up showing that label. scroll down a little and put your name in (or whatever) then go down and put the address in . then just scroll down to the bottom and they should all be filled in. If you like the picture on the label ok if not and you want to put a pic from your file then click on Import you own a screen will come up that says browse. click on it then a screen showing you your file cabinet find where the picture is stored and then click on the picture. be sure to read the info about only JPGs or BMPs then hit next A screen pops up showing you the whole page of labels. go to next Your own printer screen will pop up and you can print them right now. or cancel The screen left with the pictures on it can be saved to your file or you can go to the next screen and tell it to save and it will save to your files Pardon the spelling. You have to play around a little but it is well worth it. I think you can enter multiple addresses and names etc. Now once this is done and you are finished and it is in your computer you can use it as many times as you want but you can't make any additions or correction to it. You'd have to start all over .

It is interesting to see the wide range of reactions to Sketchup. I wanted to add some thoughts/tips that might help the learning curve, or perhaps convince you that Sketchup is not for you . . . . Sketchup is a CAD program, basically you are defining line segments that enclose surfaces. The application is literal and precise, a 0.0001'' miss is as good as a mile. So the first rule is, don't size things ''by eye''. If you want a line 48.125'' long, use the pencil tool to start the line and type 48.125 [enter]. Don't drag the pencil to a smidge over 48'', that will not work. If you want to draw a line parallel to an existing line, use the measurement tool to pull a parallel guideline, then draw the line over the guideline. Don't wave the pencil tool around until the lines ''look'' parallel, they won't be. Second rule is that surfaces cannot be curved. Drawing line segments to enclose a space will not create a surface, unless the segments are all in the same plane (co-planar). Hence the need for precise lengths, if you're trying to draw table legs up from the ground, the top surface can't be created unless the legs are all the exact same length. ''Curved'' surfaces are built up from flat surfaces, which is usually too much of a pain for casual kitchen planning. Third rule is that the two surfaces of a wall have to be exactly parallel. If not, then the usual technique of cutting a window by drawing a rectangle and then using the ''push/pull'' tool to push the rectangle through the wall, will not work. Again, if you drew the wall by eye, you're going to have a problem. Fourth rule is, where possible, build an object (e.g. a range) by drawing the range's footprint on the floor, ''pulling'' that up to make a 3D box, then adding detail to the box, Don't start by drawing each side and corner of the range, that is too tedious. Fifth rule is, import rather than build. 3D Warehouse has hundreds of kitchen items that you can import into your model, some contributed by the manufacturers. Sixth rule is, make things into components. If you have an appliance, make it a component so that you can move it around, try it in different locations. if you have a cabinet door, make it a component so you can duplicate it 10 times rather than tediously drawing each door. The Make Component dialog box has an option for "glue to", you don't want that. I hope that helps. I agree w/ the comments that Sketchup has a learning curve. I wasted time discovering the above, I could have learned a lot faster if I'd known about the tutorial videos.

For the computer problem.. boot it up and tap the F8 key, it will boot into safe mode. Chose safe mode with networking. It may ask which account to boot into, choose the user that is having problems if you have more then one. Go into the control panel - click on start, you should see it listed. If not, (I'm running Vista) it might be start, settings, control panel. In the control panel look for administrative tools - event viewer - I think you need applications, scroll down to see if there is an error, should be a red X. read what it says. There should be a place where you can click a link to go to Microsoft.. do that and see if it offers a fix. If not, post back what you see. To get out of safe mode reboot