The iPhone has long included a number of default apps that let you use the basic functionality of the device. This includes things like a Settings app, Phone app, Camera app, Messages, Mail, and Safari, the Apple default Web browser. For a while, you weren’t able to hide or delete these default apps at all, … Read more
Microsoft Powerpoint has an “Advance Slide” section on its ribbon that allows you to configure a slide time after which the presentation will advance automatically to the next slide. This includes a duration box where you set the transition time for one slide in the presentation. This can also be applied to every slide in … Read more
Microsoft introduced a new default file type with Office 2007 that changed the standard Word document type from .doc to .docx. It added some new features to the document and improved the types of edits that you could make. Unfortunately, it also made it much harder to collaborate on documents with people that were still … Read more
Configuring the data in the cells of your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is often just one part of creating and distributing data. While a spreadsheet may look good on a computer screen, your audience may need a physical copy of the spreadsheet for one reason or another. Formulas are a very important part of the Excel … Read more
While many standard documents aren’t going to need to change their background, it’s possible that you want to use an Office theme that utilizes your desired color, or to which you can add shading styles, a gradient color or pattern, or fill effects. Fortunately, Microsoft Word has a number of different ways that you can … Read more
If you are fortunate enough to be working with an Excel spreadsheet where all of the data can be arranged in the default layout without any additional configuration by you, consider yourself lucky. Individuals making spreadsheets that require no formatting are certainly in the minority. If you have read this article about adjusting your cell … Read more
Microsoft Excel 2010 does its best to format the data you enter into your worksheets so that it is in the format that it thinks you want. Unfortunately, its choices are not always correct, and Excel might wind up deleting information that is important or relevant. One particular situation you may find yourself in is … Read more
Creating a document or file that meets a minimum number of words or pages is a common task for people in school or at a job. Most word processing applications like Microsoft Office’s Word or Google Apps’ Docs have ways for you to quickly see the number of words in your documents. But you might … Read more
Microsoft Word documents let you select a page background color from a Colors dialog box, allowing you to view the document with that color on your screen. But the default printing options in Microsoft Word have a feature disabled on the Word Options menu so that you aren’t able to print background colors or images … Read more
Many cars are able to synchronize with your iPhone so that you can seamlessly use your phone apps with your car. This makes it easy to use things like Google Maps or Spotify with your car’s user interface. But there are a lot of apps that have CarPlay functionality, and you may not actually need … Read more