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Word 2016 Style Gallery Did you ever wonder if you could change what is shown in Word’s Style Gallery? How to add your own styles to it? Or rearrange the order in which your styles appear in the gallery? Well, as it happens, changing what […]
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MalwareBytes Error I tried to run MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) last night and got a small pop-up error claiming it was Unable to connect the Service. How To Fix It The solution was simple. On my Windows 7 machine I clicked on Start, then Control Panel,
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What Is Indexing? Indexing is basically a process whereby a database is created. This database holds many pointers to files on your computer, and the contents within them. By doing so any searches you perform are, in theory, much faster. It helps Windows find things
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CCleaner Infection I have always recommended CCleaner as a good utility for the normal Windows user to help keep their Windows systems free of clutter, and I still do. By “normal”, I mean those of us who are not geeky, power freaks who are able
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Browsing History Did you know that Amazon saves your browsing history? Have you noticed when you are shopping on Amazon they keep suggesting other items you might like to buy? This is partly to do with them saving your browsing history and trying to get
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Administrator Permissions When you set up a single account on a Windows System it will be, by default, an Administrator Account. However, when you run programs or Apps, they will be run with a standard user access level. This is a security feature that was
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I recently wrote an article on changing your Facebook language when you can no longer read it– How To Change Facebook Language Back To English I realize some languages may radically change the way the page looks. Some languages are read from right to left,
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Function Keys Nothing fancy! No flashy pictures this time! I think we all know that Function Keys exist on our keyboard but it is very surprising to me that most of us have no idea what they do or how useful they can be to
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Just Google It You know the expression that everyone uses, “Just Google it.” There are other writers at DCT that abhor Google. I am the Queen of Google, though, and proud to say so. I cannot imagine what I would do without Google Maps, Drive,
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Targeted Ads The other day my wifie commented how it was strange that the sponsored ads on Facebook changed after she started searching for meal delivery services. I was in the undesirable position to explain that like any company, they are going track you in
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Mail Merge In Word When you use the mail merge feature of Word, you can either merge to the printer or merge to a new document. In my opinion, the best option is to merge to the latter since it gives you the ability to
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We’ll be talking about the Windows Character Map today. Actually, the new Character Map App that you can get for free at the Windows Store. Its use is so simple that demonstrating it would insult peoples’ intelligence, so I won’t bother with that. The main
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Paper CD/DVD Sleeves Most CD/DVD packs now come in spindles, without any cases or sleeves. I’ve been using this method on and off for awhile now when I needed a quick casing. Take an ordinary sheet of 8×11 paper. Fold it in half by length
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Kindle Fire For the last month or so I have been messing around with my sons’ Kindle Fires (I have three monsters in my house plus my little girl who is an angel). What I have realized is there are many processes that you need
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