Monday, October 26, 2015

How to Prevent Your Posts from Showing Up in Facebook's New Public Search

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If you haven't already heard, Facebook has rolled out a new search function within the web and mobile applications.

 Searching now brings not only posts from friends, groups and news, but also public posts.

 Here's how to prevent future posts from being visible to others who are not Facebook friends.

  • On the main News Feed page, click the lock icon in the top right corner.
  • Look for the "Who Can See My Future Posts?" option.
  • Ensure your option is "Friends" or "Only Me".  If it says "Public" then all future posts will be visible to anyone.

Whenever you post to your timeline, be sure the privacy is set correctly on the post as well.

 You'll need to review existing posts to ensure privacy is set to your desired level.

 Enjoy!


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Saturday, October 24, 2015

How to Use the New Emoji in Apple's iOS 9.1

New emoji (emoticons) have come to Apple's iOS with the recent 9.1 software update.

 These new emoji include a burrito, avocado, unicorn, cheese wedge and taco.

 But how do you use these new emoticons?

 Many people haven't even used the existing emoji.

 It's a two step process.

 First, you need to add the Emoji keyboard to your iPhone or iPad.  Here's how to do it.
  1. Select "Settings", then "General", then "Keyboard".
  2. Select "Keyboards".
  3. Select "Add New Keyboard"
  4. Select "Emoji". (You'll need to scroll down and it's after "Dutch")

 The next step is to actually use the emoji.  Here's how.

 You can use the emoji anywhere the standard keyboard can be used.  

 After you've added the emoji keyboard, you can select it when the keyboard is displayed.  


For example, when sending a text message and you click in the text field, the keyboard will display.

 Select the world icon to change keyboards.  

 If you have more than one keyboard installed, press the world again until the emoji keyboard is shown.  

 You'll see categories of emoji at the bottom, press an icon such as the smiley face to see all of the face emoticons.  or swipe left or right to cycle thru all of the emoticons.  

 Select the one you want to include in your message.

 Press the world icon to cycle back to your original keyboard.

That's it!  Enjoy.

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Friday, October 23, 2015

How to Insert a Screenshot in Microsoft Power Point, Excel, Word or Outlook

We've told you before how the Windows Snipping app is great for adding screenshots to a document.

And the Windows 10 version is even better with a delayed timer.

But Microsoft Office products, Power Point, Excel, Word and Outlook, also have a built-in tool to insert screenshots.

Here's how to do it.

  1. Click the "Insert" menu on the Office Ribbon.  Then select "Screenshot".
  2. To add the entire window, click the thumbnail view of the available windows.
  3. To add part of a window, click "Screen Clipping".  Press and hold the left mouse button to select the screen area to capture.



That's it.  It's easy to add an entire screen or just a part into your presentation, document, spreadsheet or email.

Enjoy!


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Thursday, October 22, 2015

How to Quickly Show the Desktop in Windows 10

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Microsoft has two cool tricks for showing the desktop.

What does showing the desktop mean?   All application windows will minimize and only the Windows desktop will display.  It's a quick way when you need to get to files and folders that are on your desktop.

The first trick is not very intuitive.  If fact, it's almost a hidden trick.  Even if you've been using Windows 10 for a while, you've probably overlooked it.

It's been there all along.


Windows 10 Bar - One Cool Tip

Do you see it?

Don't be ashamed.

Windows 10 Bar - Show Desktop

It's that itsy bitsy tall rectangle at the far right side of the taskbar.

Click it to show the desktop.

The second trick is easy.  Just press the Win + D keys to show the desktop.

Enjoy!


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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Mute Annoying Audio Ads and Video Content with New Chrome Feature

We've all had it happen.

An annoying ad starts playing in an open tab within the browser.

But which tab?

And how to make it stop?

Last year Google's Chrome browser started to show a speaker icon on the tab that was making noise.

In the latest version of Chrome, 46, Chrome now lets you mute each tab individually.




Just right mouse-click on the tab that contains the annoying auto-playing audio or video ad and select the "Mute tab" option.

That's it.  No more noise.

Chrome is a great browser.  Did you know you can reopen closed tabs in Chrome?  Check out our other cool Chrome tips below.

Enjoy!



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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

How to Select Text in Microsoft Word Faster


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There's more to selecting text in Microsoft Word that just clicking, dragging and highlighting with a mouse.

Here are a few cool tips for selecting text in Microsoft Word that will let you speed up the process.


Double Click - Double Click anywhere on a word to select the entire word.

Select Word


Single Click - Press the CTRL key while clicking on a word to select the entire sentence.

Select Sentence in Microsoft Word


Triple Click - Triple Click anywhere in a paragraph to select the entire paragraph.

Select Paragraph in Microsoft Word


CTRL + A - Press CTRL and the A key to select all text in a document.

With a word or group of words selected, you can change text formats or even delete the text by pressing the delete key.

You can also Copy (CTRL + C) or Cut (CTRL + X) the text to Paste (CTRL + V).




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Monday, October 19, 2015

How to Stop Facebook From Showing Bad Memories

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Facebook has a new feature, On This Day, that shows users' posts from a year or before that can be re-shared on the timeline.

Remembering weddings, births, graduations and vacations is great.

But what about divorces, deaths and horrific traffic accidents?

Who wants to remember those events?

Fortunately, Facebook has a preference page to allow users to filter friends and dates from showing up in On This Day.

Here's how to set your preferences:

1. Go to http://www.facebook.com/onthisday/
2. Click the "Preference" icon in the top right.
3. Click "Edit" on either one of the filters, People or Dates to create filters to prevent memories from being shown.
4.  When finished, click "Done"


Facebook On This Day Preferences

And that's it.  Memories from the friends you've added to the People filter or dates you've added to the Dates filter will not be shown in On This Day.

While you are on the On This Day page, you can also set Notifications to either "All Memories" or "Off".

Enjoy!



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