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You most likely have noticed the Set As Default option when you were in your Paragraph Settings window when adjusting tab stops or indention. It’s not a big deal, really. It is actually quite easy to miss because there is a lot of other information […]
How to add a MacOS-type QuickLook file preview to Windows. Overview Anyone who has used a Mac is familiar with a handy feature called QuickLook. On a Mac, you can preview a file by pressing on the spacebar. Videos will start playing, documents will be
Every now and then you may have a reason to put a picture in your documents. Maybe you just want to spice it up some or perhaps you need a picture to make your point clearer. Whatever the reason, you will be happy to learn
This is the second part of a two-part article. In Part 1, we covered what a context menu is, looked at the four context menus that we are taming, and explained three native techniques for removing unwanted context menu items. In this part, we will
As someone who reads my posts or knows me, you should know that I am all about saving time and keystrokes. I hate to waste a minute! In that vein, below is a very handy, dandy, little shortcut that will do just that for you
In this article, I’ll present a step-by-step guide on how to add natural voices to the Windows 11 Narrator. Narrator is an option among Windows 11’s accessibility features which provide assistance for disabled users. Narrator already includes a number of computer-generated voice options but now
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Recover Word, Excel, And PowerPoint Documents Have you ever started an Office document and switched to something else before finishing it? You might forget you started it and shut down the PC or perhaps you were in the middle of a document, and you accidentally
Overview Recently, my main computer suffered misfortune and I had to get a new one and set it up. As I was nearing completion of the setup, I noticed that the context menus were overloaded. I thought this would make an interesting article. I am
There are a fair number of folks out there who consider it very tricky and difficult to create a custom table. I suppose if you want to get all fancy-schmancy with it, it will quickly become a lot trickier than it needs to be. Me?
Microsoft has announced that it will soon be removing WordPad from Windows 11. WordPad is a basic word processor that has been included for free with every operating system since Windows 95. One can only assume that this decision by Microsoft is purely to entice
Using Quick Create In Hyper-V Manager In the previous articles, we installed a Linux system using an ISO file by following the steps offered in Hyper-V Manager. This method gives you the widest choice of options and experienced users can modify settings to fit their
Fixing Blank Icons Have you ever experienced blank photo icons on your Desktop or in a Folder? Instead of seeing that thumbnail image of your last vacation, it appears as a blank image with an icon of the default application for opening photos on your
I have had more than one complaint about how it is becoming more and more difficult to resize very large documents by dragging the column divider. It seems as if this has only been occurring with very long documents with lots and lots of tables.
Whether you’re running Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10, in this article I will explain your upgrade options. Upgrading from Win 7/8/8.1 to Win 10 Yes, it is still possible (at the time of writing this article) to upgrade from those older operating systems to
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