Luckily, there’s an easier way. You can change all fonts in a PowerPoint presentation in one fell swoop! The feature we’re about to explain is only available in the desktop version of PowerPoint on Windows and Mac. Change a Slideshow Font Style on Windows Open your slideshow in PowerPoint on Windows and head to the Home tab. On the far-right side of the ribbon, in the Editing section, click Replace....
MAC addresses are useful for identifying devices on a network. For home users, you might use MAC filtering to restrict access to your Wi-Fi network. A MAC address works better for these administrative tasks because, unlike IP addresses, the MAC address doesn’t change. Or at least it’s not supposed to. The MAC address is “burned-in” to the physical device at the factory. But it’s fairly simple to change your MAC address by “spoofing” it as another MAC address....
Plagiarism is a huge problem in academia and the business world, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept it. If you want to stamp out the problem, you’ll need to know how to check for plagiarism. If you’re using a document editor, like Google Docs, you can, and there are a few tools you can use to get the job done. Here’s what you’ll need to do to check for plagiarism in Google Docs....
Combining PDF Files on Mac Whether for professional, education, or personal use, you may have to combine two or more PDFs into one file. To combine, you’ll want to use the Preview app on your Mac. Next: Your imported PDF is now part of your original PDF. Choose File > Save to update the file. Combining Partial PDF Pages to Another PDF In the previous example, you added an entire PDF to another....
Copy Text From Image Ideally suited for scanning a receipt or perhaps a page in a book or magazine, the option is extremely simple to use. To get started: In the following example, Google Photos for the web detects text from an iPhone screenshot. From there, it automatically activates the stated feature. Meanwhile, in this example, Google Lens can read the text from a tiny sign within an image, then activate the “Copy Text From Image” feature....
In essence, it creates a backup of your current system state that it can be reverted back to if disaster strikes, or when you want a refresh. Keep in mind that this is no longer necessary for fresh installs because Windows 8 has a new Refresh feature that brings the system back and doesn’t delete personal files. A system image is useful for creating backups before installing new software, or just as a precaution against system failure or cataclysmic viruses after you have your system environment up and running....
If you’re running an earlier version of Microsoft Office, make sure to check out our article on creating custom bullet points in Word 2010. Using Custom Bullet Points in Word 2016 and Word 2013 When you come to the point in your document where you want to create a bullet point list, highlight the text you need. Here you might typically just click the Bullets button from the Mini Toolbar (unless you disabled it) to add the standard bullet points that everyone uses....
This is a useful feature that allows you to keep data separate and organized across different sheets and files. If you want to know how to cross-reference cells between Excel spreadsheets, here’s how. Cross Referencing Single Cells in Excel If you’ve ever used a map, you’ll be familiar with the idea of grid references. A map is split up into a grid, allowing you to pinpoint a specific location using the individual grid reference....
Assign a Custom Keyboard Shortcut in Word 2016 Custom keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2016 will make it so you can move through your documents and projects quickly and seamlessly. It’s easy to set up and easier to maintain once you get all the steps. Note: You can save changes in Normal to apply to all Word documents or save it for the current document only using the Save changes in dialog....
From the Windows 8 Start screen pull up the Charms bar and select Settings, then Change PC Settings. The PC Settings screen opens. Select Personalize on the left and Lock Screen in the right pane. There you can change the background image to one of Microsoft’s designs. Or, click the Browse button to use a photo from your collection. You’ll get a preview of how the picture you choose will look....
Depending on your Operating System, there are several tools you can use to remove apps from your startup process. For example, Steve wrote an article for our Windows 7 users explaining how to disable startup items using MSCONFIG. We’ve also recently explained the process for Windows 10 and Windows 8 users. Today however I’m going to use one of my favorite tools, CCleaner, to get the job done. That’s right....
You can still find Windows Media Player by hitting the Windows key and typing: media player. It should show up as a result at the top. Disable Windows Media Player on Windows 10 First, let’s take a look at disabling Media Player since it’s easy to do. And after disabling it, you won’t realize Media Player is installed on your Windows 10 system. To get started, hit the Windows Key on your keyboard and type: appwiz....
While some of the new enhancements are welcome, others like the video autoplay feature, might not be. Video Autoplay happens in the most recent version of the Store. When you’re browsing the store, and look at the description page of an app or game. Some of them have a video that will start automatically playing at the top. The video is essentially a promotional piece for the item you’re looking at....
A Dark Play Store Therefore, if your whole device is nicely dark-themed, you wouldn’t want a light-colored Play Store. It just doesn’t look good in the context. Luckily, you don’t need to have such a Play Store, as the rumors have finally come true and a dark theme now exists for it. Let’s see how to enable it. Enabling the Dark Theme This is much easier than enabling a similar feature for WhatsApp, which is a bit more hidden in the menus....
Outlook for Mac – Enable and Configure the Out of Office Assistant The Out of Office feature of Outlook creates an auto-respond rule to notify people that you’re out of the office or unavailable. To enable it, Click Tools, Out of Office. The settings are fairly self-explanatory. Simply fill out the automatic reply message and configure the timeframe you want to enable the out-of-office settings. I recommend using this feature vs....
We all install dozens of apps on our smartphones. In turn, these apps send dozens of notifications (which you can even get on a Windows 10 device). You can ignore, or swipe away, most of these. However, there will be the occasional one that you wish you could come back to. Maybe it’s a deal you wanted to take advantage of, or a competition you wanted to enter. Luckily, getting to your notification history in Android is a breeze....
A while back after upgrading to Office 2007, I ran into a problem with Internet Explorer 7 crashing EVERY TIME I tried to open a document in Sharepoint. The problem occurred for both Excel and Word documents no matter what I tried (document check-out, edit then click on a link, etc.) I found that if I saved the document locally, I could open the .xls or .doc but… obviously, I wasn’t necessarily looking for a workaround!...
If this happens, there’s usually a clear-cut reason why. If you’ve recently updated your PC, a new driver may prove incompatible with your printer. A driver might be missing entirely, making it impossible for your printer to work properly. You can fix this error message in a few different ways—even a quick restart might solve it. If it doesn’t, however, you can give these more complex troubleshooting tips a try....
These Firefox performance tweaks should work for any Firefox user who wants to pump as much juice out of the browser as possible. Not only will they help speed up Firefox but they will also decrease the amount of memory (RAM) Firefox consumes thus speeding up your PC in general. 1. How To Open The Firefox Configuration Settings To start tweaking the Firefox configuration settings Open up Firefox and Type about:config into the address bar and Press Enter....
As you may already know, each version of OneNote can be a little different than the others regarding features like this. So, we’ll show you how to insert images, files, and videos in OneNote for Windows 10, the desktop version on Mac, and OneNote for the web. Insert Files and Media in OneNote for Windows 10 Open the desktop version of Windows 10 and navigate to the notebook, and note where you want to insert your item....
