Author: betty

If you are using shared computers in an office or a community, or for other reasons, you may wish to keep your browsing history private. Some browsers allow you to open a new session which does not record other things. Here is how to keep your browsing history private (in Google Chrome): Step One. Open…

Sometimes you need to embed a document inside a document. It may be that the text describes another file and people can then directly double-click ad open that file while reading the description. There is a neat way to embed objects, such as excel sheets, within a word document. Here is how to embed an…

When you are making a presentation, you may want people to see only one of your applications, and not your whole computer screen. You may also be doing some work while presenting and you want to separate what everyone sees on the screen from your work on the computer. Here is how to make sure…

A cool effect on photos you may want to use is when the edge of the photos fades out into white. Without using Photoshop, you could also add fading to the photos in Microsoft Word. It makes for a nice touch to presentations and documents. Here is how to fade out the edges of photos…

When you make a presentation, you may want to add some animation for emphasis. Microsoft Powerpoint has very useful animation features, and the easiest way to work on animation is to use the animation pane. Here is how to use the animation pane in MS Powerpoint: Step One. Open your Microsoft Powerpoint document, place all…

Often when you are composing a letter or writing a paper, you want to avoid repeating the same word or phrase. An easy way to make your language more versatile is to use a thesaurus, but most of us are lazy to get up from our computers. Did you know that Microsoft Word has an…

We have all watched music and worked simultaneously on our computers. But when there is an incoming call on skype for example, you want your laptop to either completely stop playing the music, or at least reduce the volume, so that you will be able to take the call undisturbed. Here is how to automatically…

Do you want to alter your images to give them some artistic feel? Do you want to convert your images into paintings? If yes, FotoSketcher is a great choice. It is a great program which can help you convert your digital photos into art, automatically. Here are the detailed steps. Step One: Download FotoSketcher and…

When transferring your pictures or movies via Bluetooth between the phone and the laptop or other devices, by default they are saved to the folder “Bluetooth exchange folder”. It may sometimes be hard to locate the file once you transfer it to your laptop. If you want to change the destination folder for your Bluetooth…

By default, most laptops start dimming their displays (their screens brightness) when not plugged into a power source. This can be irritating, especially when you are watching a movie or you are making a presentation to a customer. You might need to keep increasing the brightness of your display manually. Here is how you can…

When opening any windows, it plays a short sound / melody. If you need to reboot your device often, it can become annoying. If you want, you could prevent windows from playing any sound when it opens. Just a note: the startup sound is different from the login sound. So if you stop the starting…

If you have a favorite song, or you would like to play the sound of your new HarleyDavidson Motor when you get new emails, or when logging into windows, now you can customize the widnows sounds. It can be a nice personal touch to the otherwise uniform work computers as well. Here is how to…

Some browsers download files to “My pictures”, some download to “My Documents” or the general folder “Downloads”. T may sometimes be hard to locate the file once you download it. If you want to change the destination folder for your downloads from internet, here is how to do that in Chrome: Step One. Open Chrome…

While pictures can be created in many formats, .GIF files are preferred for online / website use due to their small size. If you want to convert any image format (JPG, BPM, TIFF) into .GIF, there is an easy way to do that without needing Photoshop or any designer program. Here is how to convert…

If you have home-made videos in .AVI format, you will not be able to play them directly on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. While there are some windows provided tools for converting videos between formats, the best tool we can recommend is free to download and install and it is called “FreeMake Video Converter”. Here…

You may want to download and keep the visual content of any website. Or you may want to easily share website designs using PDF format. While there are many free online converters, the easiest way is to use Google Chrome Web Browser. Here is how to convert any webpage into .PDF using Google Chrome browser:…