How to Find and Use the Level on iPhone
If you have ever needed to see if a surface was flat or if a picture was hung properly, then you likely used a level …
Utilities
How-to guides and tutorials about topics related to utilities on your computer or mobile device.
How to Turn on Caps Lock on iPhone
If you often type with a lot of capital letters, then you may be accustomed to constantly pressing the Shift key before each letter that …
How to Ping iPhone from Apple Watch
It’s pretty easy to lose your phone at home. Whether it falls between couch cushions or gets covered up by a blanket or a book, …
How to Turn Off Auto Correction on the iPad 2
I have trouble tying accurately on my iPhone and iPad, so I find the auto-correction feature to be pretty useful. But if you are an …
How to Disable AutoComplete for Cell Values in Excel 2013
Occasionally when you are entering data into a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, you may notice that a word is pre-filling the cell. If you are …
How to Automate the Same Change to Multiple Images in Photoshop CS 5.5
Performing the same Photoshop task over and over again can be very annoying, particularly if it’s a simple task, such as rotating an image. This …
How to Get a Word Count for a Document in Google Docs
Anything that can help to automate a difficult task can be useful when you are working on your computer. Since the word count of a …
How to Remove Text from a Picture in Photoshop CS5
A picture with an element that you don’t want can be problematic. You might even consider recreating the image if it’s possible, but if you …
How to Create a Drop-Down List in Excel 2010
A spreadsheet with a lot of typos can be tough to work with, so reducing those types of errors is important. A dropdown list is …
How to Draw a Straight Line in Adobe Photoshop
There are a lot of hidden keyboard shortcuts and tricks that let you do some of the things that you want to do in Photoshop. …
How to Run Spell Check in Word 2013
If you have been manually proofreading the documents that you create in Microsoft Word, then you probably know how tedious it can be. It’s also …
How Do I Do a Grammar Check on Word Documents?
Do you often make grammar mistakes when you write, and it’s affecting your grades on papers or your job performance? One way that you can …
How to Stop Correcting Frequently Confused Words in Microsoft Word
When you use the spellcheck and grammar check options in Microsoft Word, you can catch a lot of common mistakes that might have impacted a …
How to Enable Grammar Check in Powerpoint 2013
While it’s likely that you have used spellcheck in Powerpoint to check the spelling on your slides and in your text boxes, you may want …
How to Turn On Automatic Spell Check in Word 2013
You might already be familiar with the tools in Microsoft Word that can help you fix mistakes in your writing. Learning how to do a …
Bar Code Images Created Online for Free
Do you need a barcode that someone can scan? While there are a lot of tools that you can purchase which can make these barcodes …
How to Use the Apple Watch Hand Washing Utility
The Apple Watch has a ton of interesting features that can help to improve your health and fitness. One of these features is a little …
How to Turn off Auto Complete in Excel 2010
In situations where you are tying a long word or value that is easy to mistype, then the autocomplete feature can be really useful. This …
Where is the Utilities Folder on the iPhone?
When you set up a new iPhone, it is going to have a bunch of apps on it by default. Some of these apps, like …
Photoshop Rounded Rectangle – How to Make One in Photoshop CS5
While you might have already familiarized yourself with some of the different shape tools in Adobe Photoshop, you might have run into some trouble if …
How to Count Characters in Microsoft Word 2013 (A Quick 3 Step Guide)
Occasionally you will need to know the number of letters, numbers, and spaces in a phrase, paragraph, or document. Manually counting this sort of information …
How to Install an Extension in Microsoft Edge
Your Windows 10 or Windows 11 laptop or desktop computer includes Microsoft Edge as its default browser. You can install other ones like Chrome or …
How to Turn Off Autofill in Excel 2010
Taking advantage of the various convenience features in applications like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel is a great way to make yourself more efficient. One …
How to End Google Chrome Tasks with the Chrome Task Manager
While it might seem like the only items that are open in the Google Chrome Web browser are the different tabs that display various Web …
How to Use the Passive Voice Checker – Word 2010
Microsoft Word’s Review tab has tools that can automatically check grammar and spelling in your document. A red or blue squiggle appears when it detects …
How to Check Word Count on Powerpoint 2010
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 …
How to Turn Off Google Sheets Autocomplete
Making your life more efficient is the goal of almost every electronic device that you use on a regular basis. Whether it’s your phone trying …
How to Remove Chat from Gmail
The Gmail sidebar in your inbox includes many of the important folders and labels that help you find your emails. But there is also a …
How to Do a Word Count in Word 2013
Manually counting words in a document can be frustrating, tedious, and is generally something that many people won’t want to do. So you may be …
How to Remove Duplicates in Excel 2010
Managing information in Excel can be difficult as your spreadsheet gets larger and larger. It becomes even more difficult when you are removing duplicates in …
How to Make a Graph in Google Sheets
Sometimes the data that you are creating in a spreadsheet is better understood if you can create a visual representation of that data. This is …
How to Turn Off Automatic List Detection in Google Docs
Google Docs will automatically format certain types of content that you add to your document. One of these involves things that it thinks might be …
How to Disable Google Docs AutoCorrect
Google Docs includes a number of features that can help you ensure that your document has correct spelling and capitalization, but many of those features …
How to Stop Google Slides From Suggesting Contacts When You Type a Name in a Comment
The steps in this article are going to show you where to find the setting in Google Slides that will stop the application from showing …
How to Run the Google Chrome Malware Checker in Windows 10
Google Chrome might have a simple interface, but there is a lot that you can customize when you start exploring all of its various settings. …
How to Enable Math AutoCorrect in Microsoft Word
If you need to type a lot of math symbols into your Word documents, then you may be looking for a better way. There are …
How to Stop Underlining Spelling Mistakes in Google Docs
The Google Docs application, like other word processing programs, includes a feature that can help you identify spelling mistakes. These mistakes can be easily identified …
How to Translate a Document in Google Docs
Do you have a document that’s in the wrong language? If you work with people in other countries, people who speak other languages, or you …
How to View Pictures as a Slideshow in Windows 10
Do you have a number of pictures in a folder on your Windows 10 computer, and you’d like to view them all as a slideshow? …
How to Change Units for the iPhone Measure App
Your iPhone has an interesting feature called Measure that makes it possible for you to measure objects that you encounter in real life. This is …
How to Install a Gmail Add-On
Gmail is one of the most popular email providers in the world, well-loved for its stability and large feature set. One of the more interesting …
How to Enable Intelligent Services in Word 2016
Microsoft Office 2016 programs like Word, Outlook, and Powerpoint have access to some interesting capabilities. These include things like Powerpoint Designer, Editor, Smart Lookup, and …
How to Run Spell Check in Google Docs
When you create a document that will be scrutinized for school or work, you might focus on the content and ensure that you have done …
How to Use the Magnifier on iPhone 7
If you’ve ever thought to use the zoom feature on your iPhone to see something that was far away or really small, then you may …
How to Turn off Automatic Lists in Powerpoint 2013
Is Powerpoint turning everything into a list whenever you type a dash at the beginning of a line? Luckily you can learn how to turn …
How to Turn Off Background Error Checking in Excel 2013
Excel 2013 is constantly scanning for errors in your workbook. This occurs in the background and is the reason that you often see a small …
How to View Your Latitude and Longitude on an iPhone 5
Your iPhone has some useful features that you may not be using yet. One of those features is the compass. While the iPhone compass can …
How to Disable AutoRecover for a Specific Workbook in Excel 2013
The AutoRecover feature in Microsoft Excel 2013 can help to save your work in the event that your computer shuts down unexpectedly before you have …
Why Isn’t Word 2013 Spell Checking Uppercase Words?
If you type a document in Microsoft Word 2013 and wonder why it isn’t finding some spelling mistakes, then there are a couple of possible …
How to Lock an iPhone 5 Into One App
An iPhone can be used in a lot of different types of scenarios, and some of those scenarios don’t require the full functionality of the …
How to Enable AutoComplete in Excel 2013
Excel 2013 has an AutoComplete option that can be turned on or off depending on individual user preference. So if you use Excel 2013 on …
How to Disable ScreenTips in Powerpoint 2013
You can turn off Powerpoint 2013 ScreenTips by going to File > Options > ScreenTip Style > Don’t Show ScreenTips. There are a lot of …
How to Disable an Add-In in Word 2010
There are many different types of add-ins for Microsoft Word 2010 that can increase the functionality of the program. Some of these add-ins are great …
How to Remove an Entry in the Word 2013 Dictionary
When you use spell check in Word 2013, you have the opportunity to add words to a custom dictionary. This is helpful if you frequently …
How to Add Sample Text in Word 2011 for Mac
Occasionally you will need to create a document for a project, but you will need to present an example of that document before you have …
How to Turn Off All Vibration in iOS 9
You can be alerted to new notifications on your iPhone via both sounds and vibrations. Vibrations often occur when the iPhone is in silent mode …
How to Use the Thesaurus in Word 2010
Microsoft Word 2010 includes a number of research tools that can aid you in writing your document. You are probably already familiar with the spellchecker …
How to Spell Check a Worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2010
Spell check is a commonly used utility in Microsoft Word to locate and fix words that have been misspelled. But Word documents are not the …
Get a Word Count in Powerpoint 2013
If you are creating a Powerpoint presentation as part of an assignment for class, then you might have a word count requirement that you need …
How to See the Definition of a Word on Your iPhone
When you are reading the information in a text message or on a website, you may occasionally encounter a word that is foreign to you. …
How to Combine Two Documents Into One in Word 2013
It’s very common to work on a project with a team or group of colleagues. One popular way to approach this is to split up …
How to Turn on Spell Check in iOS 7 on an iPhone
Touchscreen technology has gotten very good over the past few years, and works very well on iPhones that are compatible with iOS 7. But you …
How to Disable Predictive Email Addresses in Outlook 2013
Outlook strives to offer the simplest, most complete way to manage emails. And judging by the popularity of the program, they have created a great …
How to Use the iPhone 5 as a Level in iOS 7
Every update to the iOS operating system brings some new features, and iOS 7 is no exception. However, one of the more interesting features is …
How to Merge Cells in Excel 2013
Do you have a cell with a lot of data that you can’t see? You might have tried to expand the row or the column …
How Do I Find the Calculator on the iPhone 5?
If you’ve just started using your iPhone 5, you may have encountered a situation where you wanted to use a calculator. But after scrolling through …
How Do You Turn Off Spell Check in Word 2010
It’s helpful to know to turn off spell check in Word if you are having difficulty editing or working with a document because of the …
How Do You Turn Off Spell Check on the iPhone 5?
Your iPhone 5 has two features that can be used to correct words that are spelled incorrectly. The first feature, auto-correction, is the more aggressive …
Increase AutoRecover Frequency in Word 2011
Losing data when your hard drive crashes is a very unfortunate event that can be devastating if you haven’t backed up that data But there …
How to Turn Off Auto Correct for Text Messaging on the iPhone 5
Auto-correct on your mobile device, especially one whose navigation is entirely touch screen, can be very helpful. We have all inadvertently touched the wrong letter …
How to Spell Check Uppercase Words in Powerpoint 2010
Spell check and grammar check tools are so common in programs and applications today that I take them for granted. While I consider myself to …
Increase AutoRecover Frequency in Excel 2010
Many people that have been using Excel for a significant period of time are likely to have an unpleasant memory where their computer crashed, or …
How to Find the Word Count of an Outlook 2010 Message
Many publishers and institutions use word count as a requirement for articles, documents, and papers. It is an effective measure of how much information is …
How to Use the Google Docs Research Feature
Sometimes when you are writing a document, you will find yourself needing to look up some additional facts or locate another piece of data. Depending …
How to Find Google Chrome PageSpeed
Google Chrome has a PageSpeed extension that can help you to figure our if your web page is loading quickly enough. But if you can’t …