Often we need to copy a link for a particular web page to send to another. Getting the link is pretty easy. We just copy the information in the address bar to the clipboard. Ctrl+L highlights the address, then Ctrl+C copies it to the clipboard. […]
If you are like many of the computer users I know, you have a number of shortcuts on your desktop and many of them contain the same icon. This can get confusing when you are searching your desktop for the shortcut you need to use.
Each of us has a number of non-Microsoft programs that need to be updated when new releases become available. Patch my PC is a large collection of those programs. It scans your PC locating all of the non-Microsoft programs and checks to see if they
When I began using Zoom back in the Spring I was excited to see I could choose my own backgrounds instead of having my room in full view, especially my “organized” work area. I went to my usual source, Amazon, and looked for a green
One of the maintenance programs I regularly use is Malwarebytes. When it installs, it automatically installs as a Trial Premium Version that runs for 14 days. I already know I only want the free version and would like to start off that way. It is
Bring your photo album collection into the digital world. Scan multiple photos at once using your printer/scanner. I talked in a previous article about how to use a great cell phone app to capture multiple photos right from the pages of an album without having
LibreOffice is an excellent replacement for Microsoft Office. It is free and easy to use but it does take a little adjustment to get used to it, as does any new piece of software we install. The one drawback for a Microsoft Office user is
Have you ever needed to send someone money but they have a PayPal account and you don’t? All you need to send money is the account name, which is usually the email address of the person you want to send money to. You will have
I recently wrote an article on inserting special characters in a Word document and showed how to do the same in Google Docs. A comment by one of our readers reminded me that Windows gives us the ability to locate and copy any character and
Word Documents Need Protection There are some Word files that need to be protected with a password. Perhaps files with details about investments, banking, business letters, etc. You do not need a third-party program or some special “vault” to store the files. Microsoft Word makes
Have you ever been in a place where the picture would be perfect except for that person in the way? You know what I mean. The mountains are off in the distance and it would be a perfect scene to snap a picture of but
I have a number of old photo albums filled with pictures. Some have the sticky paper that the prints adhere to. Then there are some really old ones from my parents that use those stick-on corners the pictures slip into. And there are the ones
Not too many years ago I would find myself inundated with email sharing the latest joke or funny story requesting I pass it on to all my email contacts. Thankfully, with the introduction of social media, mainly Facebook, I don’t get that junk email anymore.
