The Spanner is available in full colour at the beginning of each month for downloading. You do require a copy of Adobe Reader, which can be obtained free by clicking on the Adobe Reader button.
Please note that the newsletter file may be slow to download if you are on "dial-up".
September 2010 issue of the Spanner
August 2010 issue of the Spanner
July 2010 issue of the Spanner
June 2010 issue of the Spanner
Sept 2009 issue of the Spanner
July 2009 issue of the Spanner
June 2009 issue of the Spanner
Sept 2008 issue of the Spanner
August 2008 issue of the Spanner
July 2008 issue of the Spanner
June 2008 issue of the Spanner
Older issues of the The Spanner are available in the Archive
Tips for Viewing and Downloading the Newsletter
There are different ways that your computer treats the Adobe Reader version of the newsletter found on the Club’s website when you click on the link to the present newsletter or to a past one.
For some when you click on the link your web browser (Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, etc) automatically will launch Adobe Reader and start downloading and opening the newsletter so that you can view it straight away. But what if you want to save the newsletter to your computer?
For others clicking on the link prompts you to tell the computer where you want to save the newsletter. But what if you just want to view newsletter and not save it?
There is another way to save and view the newsletter you may be unaware of. Place your cursor over the link to the newsletter you want and click the right mouse button. Up pops a small window with a list of things to choose from:
- Open, which will then open the file in your web browser
- Open in New Window - this open a new copy of your web browser and then starts to download and open the newsletter
- Save Target As - choose this if you would like to save a copy of the newsletter to your computer
- Print Target – this will start the process of printing the newsletter. I would suggest not choosing this one unless you have high speed internet, it will be very slow with dial-up and may not work at all.
Of course if you have opened the newsletter in your web browser you can still download it to your computer using the save button that is part of the Adobe or your web browser.
There are other options but these are the important ones. If you are still having problems please email me (mowog73@sympatico.ca) or give me a call. I’m not a rocket surgeon when it comes to computers but I may be able to help.