Whether you’re sharing your document or working on it alone, unintentional edits can happen. Luckily, Google Docs gives you a simple way to avoid mistaken keystrokes, accidental deletions, and other unintended edits with a view-only mode. Use Viewing Mode When Working Alone If you’re presenting your document to others or simply reviewing it yourself, you can enter Viewing mode easily. This makes the document unchangeable and the menu condensed....
When you open a new presentation in Google Slides, the slides are horizontal by default. Luckily, if you want to change them from horizontal to vertical, it’s a simple process you can do in a couple of steps. Fire up your browser, head to Google Slides, and open a new presentation. After the presentation opens up, click File > Page Setup. Next, click on the drop-down list and choose “Custom” from the choices below....
Layers are an essential part of the Photoshop image editing experience, allowing you to keep different parts of your canvas (like text or shapes) separate. You may need to occasionally merge layers during your editing, however. Here’s how. If you can’t find the Layers panel in the menu on the right of the Photoshop window, you’ll need to restore it. You can make sure the “Layers” menu panel is visible by clicking Window > Layers or pressing F7 on your keyboard....
Adding borders around your images is a good way to give them a little extra flair. Google Docs has a set of built-in features for adding borders and, while they’re not as sophisticated as the options offered in something like Office, they do the job. Adding Borders Around Images in Google Docs To add a border around an image, go ahead and open the Google Doc that contains the image....
If you’ve download a .zip from Github, or cloned a repository, it will be linked by default to the source repository. If you want to switch to your own repository, or remove version tracking entirely, you can do that easily. Removing Git Entirely Git stores all of its data, and most of its configuration, in a folder named .git. Removing this folder will completely remove Git version tracking from the directory, but it will also remove all Git version history....
Before You Start, Create a Backup If you’re selling your old iPhone to buy a new one (rather than switching to an Android device), the first thing you should do is create a backup. This allows you to transfer the backup to your new device, along with all your personal data, apps, and other information. The best way to create a backup of your iPhone is by using iTunes on a Mac or PC....
It’s easy to preview files without opening them in Windows 10 thanks to the Preview Pane feature in File Explorer. You can see thumbnails of most images, videos, audio files, and some text-based documents. Here’s how to turn it on. (You may have heard about a security flaw involving the preview pane, but that was fixed on Windows 10 with an update released on April 14, 2020. If you have the latest updates, it’s safe to use....
Peacock TV Peacock TV, the NBC-owned TV show and movie streaming platform, is the home of The Office. Featuring every episode of the beloved sitcom, you can watch the first two seasons for free (with ads) by simply creating a Peacock account. To watch all nine seasons, you’ll need to subscribe for $5 a month to gain full access or $10 a month to remove ads. Additionally, Peacock has created collections for fans of The Office....
Heat is a computer’s enemy. Computers are designed with heat dispersion and ventilation in mind so they don’t overheat. If too much heat builds up, your computer may become unstable, suddenly shut down, or even suffer component damage. There are a couple of basic reasons your computer can overheat. The first is when misbehaving or damaged components generate more heat than they should. Another is when the cooling system that’s supposed to keep overheating from happening—whether you have an air- or liquid-cooled rig—isn’t doing it’s job....
There’s nothing more frustrating than working endless hours on a document only to be greeted with an error message when it’s time to print. Here are a few suggestions to get Word to work with your printer again. Basic Checks First, it’s a good idea to do some basic hardware checks to ensure everything is hooked up as it should be. Here are a few things to check before we look at Word:...
Enable or Disable Find My iPad When you set up your iPad and sign in with your iCloud account, Find My iPad turns on automatically. It’s linked with Activation Lock, the Apple security feature that prevents anyone else from using your iPad if it’s stolen. You should turn off Find My iPad before you sell your tablet. If you don’t, the buyer can’t activate it unless she types your iCloud username and password....
Using the “Ok Google” hotword to start a search or execute a command on your phone is a cool, useful feature. But I get that it’s not for everyone—some folks just don’t like talking to their phones. Here’s how to get rid of it. There are a couple of reasons why you may want to disable the Ok Google functionality. Maybe you never use it, so why keep it on?...
How to Uninstall Software Using the Command Line on Ubuntu If you’ve installed software from the Ubuntu software repositories using the Ubuntu Software Center, you can use the Ubuntu Software Center to uninstall that software as well. However, if you’re more comfortable using the command line, we’ll show you an easy way to see what’s installed on your system and uninstall programs. The command line uninstallation methods will work with any Debian-based Linux distribution, not just Ubuntu....
The equation editor in Google Docs is the perfect feature for people who use mathematical equations inside their documents. Here’s how you can quickly add math equations with ease in any of your Google documents online. Fire up your browser and head to the Google Docs homepage. Open a document, click where you want to insert an equation, and then select Insert > Equation. A text box will appear, along with a new toolbar with drop-down menus for Greek letters, miscellaneous operations, relations, math operators, and arrows....
Google Docs lets you use voice typing to dictate using your computer’s microphone. It’s great for people who suffer from a repetitive strain injury, or for those who just don’t like typing. Here’s how to use Voice Typing in Google Docs. Note: Voice Typing is only available for use in Google Docs and the speaker notes of Google Slides, and only if you’re using Google Chrome. How to Use Voice Typing in Google Docs The first thing you’re going to want to do is to make sure you have a microphone installed and working....
Right now, there’s a lot of buzz on the internet about the dangers of smart meters. People claim that, because smart meters utilize radio frequencies, they can cause cancer, anxiety, insomnia, and other complications. These aren’t just harmless internet conspiracies; there are actual protests against the statewide adoption of smart meters, and protesters cite their health as their main concern. But what are smart meters, how do they work, and why is radio frequency radiation harmless?...
Your House May Not Be Wired For Smarthome Gear Sometimes owning a smarthome feels like becoming a part-time electrician, only without proper training. Old houses have all sorts of “gotchas,” and some issues you may encounter are out of date wiring, non-functioning doorbells, and thick signal-killing walls. You might even discover you can’t use a wired video doorbell at all—and it may be prohibitively expensive to fix it. Take it from me....
The Xbox Series S is normally priced at $299, and serves as a more budget-friendly option against the $499 Xbox Series X. It’s not quite as powerful as the Series X, but can still manage to play most new games at 1080p at 30 FPS, and some titles at higher resolutions and framerates. Given the recent prices of gaming PCs and related hardware, a $300 box that can play modern cross-platform games at decent visual quality is a good deal....
As Sean Hollister at The Verge reports, the MouseJack attack lets a nearby attacker break into a Logitech USB receiver connected to your computer. They can connect their devices to it and send all the keyboard input they want. Just by sending keyboard input, the attacker could download malware or wipe your PC. This problem was reported in 2016. To fix it, Logitech rolled out a firmware update. However, Logitech never recalled existing devices offered for sale....
Maybe you’ve heard of Google’s “Advanced Protection” program. Maybe you haven’t. Either way, we’re going to talk about what it is, who should use it, and how to enable it. Let’s go. What is Google Advanced Protection? Google Advanced Protection (GAP) is basically two-factor authentication (2FA) on steroids. It uses 2FA as part of the process, but it requires two security keys instead of just one—something like Google’s Titan Key bundle is perfect because one wireless key and one USB-only key is recommended for GAP....
