Everybody wants to keep their correspondence organized. We all drown in email daily. You may spend hours sorting through countless ads, reports, newsletters, and messages that pile up in your Gmail account. You can choose your own way of dealing with those, but we recommend investing some time and effort into mastering “ the king of Email “. Gmail actually comes with a variety of functions that not everyone knows about. With new features rolling out all the time, it…
There are plenty of good reasons why you might want to set up Windows 10 backups . When something goes wrong, a backup can help you restore your files and system with little to no data loss. Unfortunately, the downside is a loss of space—these files can fill up your hard drive, especially on smaller-sized drives. While we’d always recommend that you maintain automatic system backups , Windows will fill up your drive with unnecessary backup files that you can…
One of the more common uses of Google Docs is to make a Google Docs form. Unfortunately, the most common method of creating a form using an underline for form fields doesn’t work very well because filling out the form moves the line and looks strange. Thankfully, there are some tricks you can do with tables in a Google Docs document that creates a perfect form that people can fill out while keeping the lines in the form in place.…
If you’ve ever wanted to include data that you have in an Excel file into a Word document, you’ve probably just copied the data from Excel and pasted it into Word. While this works, there are a number of limitations. One of the most important is that if the original data file ever changes, your Word document will never reflect those changes. If either of those issues matter to you, there are better ways to insert an Excel worksheet into…
Do you want to make sure your video stands out on YouTube ? Then you will want to perform several post-production tasks such as: Adding, rearranging, or removing sections of a video Creating transitions Applying video enhancements such as adding filters and color correction Branding your video with logo, call-to-action, and contact information Editing raw video footage and preparing it for distribution requires using third-party applications. Below are several of the best video editing software options on the market today…
If you have an Office 365 subscription, one of the apps you can access is Access. It’s a tool to create various types of databases and reports on your computer. If you’re looking for a method on how to build a database, MS Access is the best way to do it whether you want to build a simple or a complex database. You can use the tool to build a database, create forms for data entries, filter your data using…
Have you ever felt like breaking up with all the online accounts you have on your devices and just go back to the peace and quiet of the pre-Internet days? With all the noise online from ads, trolls, fake news, promotional and junk emails , it’s easy to feel like you’re living in a cluttered world, and you just want to get rid of it all. Even though it takes a couple of clicks to leave some websites and social…
Like other remote working apps, Microsoft Teams has become an essential part of the work-from-home experience for millions of people worldwide. Available for free or as part of a Microsoft 365 subscription , Microsoft Teams is a great collaboration tool for workers—but it isn’t for everyone. If you’re wedded to Slack or you prefer open-source alternatives like Mattermost, you may prefer to uninstall Microsoft Teams entirely. Unfortunately, there are signs that Microsoft Teams keeps reinstalling itself if you don’t follow…
There may be several valid reasons why you’d want to turn off Windows Defender on your computer . Maybe the service interferes while you’re gaming on your PC? Or maybe you’re a developer and it detects non-virus files as viruses? There are both advantages and disadvantages to turning the feature off. Disabling it will stop the issue you’re currently facing, but it will make your computer vulnerable to many threats. If your ultimate decision is to turn it off, there…
A nifty way to access our files over the internet is by using a NAS, or Network Attached Storage device. A NAS is basically a way of connecting a centralized hard drive to our network, like a cloud storage device , providing access to it and all files within, to all of our other connected devices. This makes file-sharing and backing things up a whole lot easier when we can do it from anywhere. The easiest way to get our…