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Calibrate a Windows 10 Touch Screen To get started, open the Control Panel and select Tablet PC Settings. Or, hit the Windows key and type: calibrate and select the “Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input” result at the top. It will have two tabs if you only have a touch screen, but you will have three tabs if you have configured a pen device. So in the following example, I only have a touch screen – select the Calibrate button under the Display tab....

If you have a particular font that you always use, here is how to set Outlook to automatically use it by default everytime you write a new email. Click File and open the Options menu. Click the Mail tab and then select the Stationery and Fonts… button. Here you can change the font for each type of message you’ll be typing. The categories are: New mail messages – These are used when you just click Compose and start a new blank email....

Configure Xbox One DNS Settings Fire up your Xbox One console and press the Xbox button on your control and go to System > Settings on the menu. On the following screen, head to Network > Network Settings > Advanced Settings. Now, you will see your device’s current network information like IP, MAC address, and DNS addresses on this screen. You might want to note the DNS on a piece of paper if you want to change them back later....

Manually Adjust Time and Date on Windows 11 To get started, you need to click Start and then click Settings. Alternately, you can open Settings by using the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I. When the Settings menu opens up, click on Time & Language from the list on the left. Then on the right, click on the Date & Time option. Now, on the Date & Time section, toggle the “Set time automatically” switch to the Off position....

Note: This is a new feature available in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which is coming this summer. At the time of this writing, the preview version is Build 14316. It isn’t an option in Windows 10 Version 1511 Build 10586.Prioritize Windows 10 App NotificationsTo get started, head to Settings > Notifications & Apps. Then scroll down your list and choose the app that you want to change the priority level....

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Thanks to ACPI, you don’t need to worry about power states if you can turn your PC on, off, or restart it. It’s also essential for some users to manage when it goes to sleep, shut down or reboot the PC, or put it in hibernate mode. Still, you might find yourself in a situation where you must check the PC’s supported power features on Windows 11. Here’s how to do it and what they mean....

Stream 4K Videos When it comes to video, we’re talking about 4K resolution. It offers a horizontal display resolution of about 4,000 pixels. Therefore, your home network needs speeds that support 4K videos to present the content in that format. To check, there are two recommended solutions: SpeedTest and Netflix. Keep in mind that streaming services adapt video resolution based on the Wi-Fi speed. Because of this, you won’t always get a 4K video even if you’re paying for 4K content....

Clicking on the (1) Manage History drop-down, you can also (2) Remove all Items or (3) Turn Browsing History on/off as shown below. I hope that helps. Actually, I updated the link after your comment so all good! Thanks for the comments. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

You can accept a suggestion with a simple click or ignore it and keep typing the words you want. According to the schedule at Microsoft, as of May 20, 2021, Text Predictions has been launched on Outlook for Android and Outlook Online, and it’s currently being rolled out to Microsoft to Outlook for Windows and Outlook for iOS. If you follow the steps below and don’t see the feature, make sure you’re running the latest client....

Note: For those who are unsure what the difference is between IMAP and POP, take a read here where I briefly explain the difference. How to Automatically Determine What Type Of Connection Outlook 2010 Will Use When Connecting to Gmail Update: This was a major problem for Outlook when Gmail was first launched. Now you shouldn’t need to worry about going in and manually setting up POP or IMAP. But if you do, here is how to do it....

Step One: Change Your Word Document The first thing you need to do to convert a Word Document to a PowerPoint Presentation is to make formatting changes to the former. In the following example, we’ve taken text published in a GroovyPost article about podcasts. When brought to Microsoft Word, this content was divided into two sections for each podcast: the header and the body. To more easily convert this content for PowerPoint use, we’re changing each heading to Heading 1 style while changing the body to Heading 2 style....

Create a Shared Microsoft Family Calendar If you haven’t set up family safety accounts yet, to get started, head to the Microsoft Account Family site and start adding your family members by clicking add a child or Add another adult first instead. Then enter the adult or child’s email address and send the invite. When the invitation email arrives, they will need to accept it to join your family. Note that if you know the password of your family member, you can also sign them in automatically....

AeroTuner was written by russian developer “Happy Bulldozer.” Despite the funky developer name, AeroTuner gets the job done and it shows a live preview while you are adjusting settings. There isn’t much more to say about it, it customizes Aero and it does a great job at that. Download AeroTuner AeroTuner comes packaged as a .zip file, you’ll need to extract it to any location on your computer and then you’ll be able to run it....

Whether you’re new to Slack and still getting the hang of it or simply haven’t taken the time to tailor your notifications, groovyPost is here to help! We’ll show you how to customize your Slack notifications on your desktop (including your browser) and on your mobile device so you never miss a message. Customize Your Slack Notifications Slack is available across computer platforms, online, and on mobile devices. So while you’ll see mostly the same options and features, some terms, actions, or the order in which you see the settings may vary....

While some Discord bots can help to make moderation a little easier, it still requires a time commitment that you might not have. You might also have other issues with the platform, from privacy concerns to a poor streaming bitrate, although Discord Nitro can help, if that’s the case. Whatever concerns you have, if you’re tired of your Discord server, it might be time to transfer ownership or delete it entirely....

If you need to delete several or all contacts at once, doing so is straightforward using your phone or the iCloud website. Let’s check out the process to delete all contacts on your iPhone the easy way. Here’s how. How to Delete Contacts on iPhone You can use a few methods to delete contacts from your iPhone. Each option is easy to do, provided you know where to look. So here’s a look at deleting a single contact from iPhone....

By default, conversation view is enabled for all Gmail accounts. Conversation view organizes related emails that share the same subject and time range into groups. These groups of emails become threaded to see the history of the conversation easily; if you were wondering what inspired Google Wave… this was it! Anyhow, once the conversation view is disabled, your emails will go back to the plain-jane confusing format that everyone was used to in 1998....

One of the great features in Office Outlook 2010 is the social feature, aka the People Pane. The People Pane does look very promising. (IE: Tracks Social Activities from RSS Feeds, Twitter , Recent Conversations, Status Updates, Calendar Items, Attachments, etc. from the selected contact.) Since the product is in Beta and not fully working it does take up A LOT of room especially if you’ve enabled the preview pane....

Note: Display Fusion will allow you to use more than two monitors, however for the sake of this tutorial we will only be working with two. Step 1 – Download the application Go to displayfusion.com and download the free version. Step 2 – Install it Open the executable file and follow the prompts. Select your desired language. Step 3 – Open and setup Display Fusion The default view should look something like this (see below....