Saving time by being more efficient can be a challenge. When it comes to technology, there are some common ways to be more efficient. This includes knowing multiple ways to accomplish the same thing, which helps when you get stuck or something is not working right. Another thing that helps

Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program that can help track, find trends, make calculations, and process entered data hundreds of different ways. Once you know how to use Excel and become more familiar with it, you will find more and more reasons for using it. Beyond the tools you regularly

Every file on a Windows device has a default program associated with opening that file extension type. Some files can only be opened by one specific application, while others can often be opened by several apps. For example, a .pdf file can be opened in Adobe, or in one of

Google apps are an affordable suite of apps utilized by many because they are cloud-based, reasonably priced and do not require a local download. One of the most beneficial uses of Google apps is the ability for multiple users to make changes to the same files in real time. Some

Excel spreadsheets can be a great way to collect information. However, how valuable that data is depends greatly upon the conformity of the data inputted. One way to keep the data uniform is to control the data that is entered by inserting drop-down lists with preset selections that users can

When using Word to create a document that is long, has steps, or covers many areas of content, it is a good idea to create titles or headings that can be linked to sections in the document. The benefit of using links is it allows users to jump right to

The process of moving to a new computer often discourages people from replacing a device that is not as efficient as it could be. Older devices are often slower for many reasons, meaning users waste time waiting on requests. Devices naturally get slower over time due to the number of

If the device you use has the minimum specifications required by Windows 11, you may have already been updated whether you initiated the update or not. The update to Windows 11 is optional, but was installed automatically for some users if they did not specifically ignore the update in the

New updates and features are consistently being rolled out for smart phones, computers, tablets and other devices that run off of software. Unfortunately, outside of security updates, no matter what changes occur in the software, not everyone is going to enjoy those changes. This is partially because once we know

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that is capable of doing so many different types of things to values and data. Even if you use Excel frequently, there are still probably hundreds of things you have yet to learn how to do. This often happens with software as we learn

Outlook is an email application that can be used to consolidate multiple email accounts in a single program. This makes it an extremely helpful tool for anyone trying to manage multiple email accounts whether they are for work, personal, or a combination of both. However, each additional account added falls

It is truly challenging to have only those printers that are necessary installed on a computer or laptop. This is partly because the longer you have had the device, the higher the likelihood printers have come and gone, many of which you no longer use. Keeping printers well managed is

There are dozens of keyboard shortcuts people use every day, typically without even thinking about it. Many are well known, like control + C for copy and control + P to print, while there are likely dozens of other keyboard shortcuts you use and even more you have heard about but forgotten.

There are lots of reasons for wanting to move a website from one hosting location to another. For example, maybe the resources dedicated to your server are such that pages take longer to load than they should even with optimized images. Or maybe there isn't any security included, things like

Collecting data is only half of what it takes to accomplish anything with it. It is the important first step of course, but what you do after that is equally as important when working towards something. Most things in our lives have data attached to them - exercise tracking, grades,

In Part 1 of this topic we dicussed three of five important things to understand before building any website. The post included browser icon images, optimizing for mobile devices and object placement. This post continues the topic by discussing the last two items - proper image useage and some Search

Websites are a great way to showcase a business, hobby or craft. They can include videos, images, testimonials, interactive data, forms, contact and location information, calls to action, and of course, important information about what makes you unique. In other words, why you do what you do and why others

Creating email signatures in Outlook saves time and is a great way to share all the information you want email recipients to see in a singular, convenient location. There are so many details that can be shared: links to a website, blog site, social media, direct phone number, backup contact

After installing a printer, even when it is a simple printer, there are often all kinds of settings available to modify. Most of the time the defaults work well enough, though it can be helpful to adjust some settings. Perhaps you want the default print to be black and white

Microsoft's Excel is one of those programs that once you begin using it, you realize the genius of it and continually find new uses for it. However, Excel has a slightly bigger learning curve than an application like Word. Anyone opening Word can quickly imagine typing a document of some

In the previous post, we showed how to move account credentials saved in Chrome and Firefox from one device to another, or to a new user profile. This post continues the topic by demonstrating how to move bookmarks saved in Chrome and Firefox from one device to another. The longer

Getting a new computer is exciting: having all the greatest processing power, efficiency, and storage. The increased capacity to make everything run more quickly and far more smoothly means we run into less frustrations and get more accomplished in the same amount of time. However, before we can really get

There are hundreds of objects in Microsoft Word whose styles can be modified to meet your unique needs. An example from the Styles section of the Home tab is normal, which is applied to the general section of every new document. Other styles in this section include: No Spacing Heading

QuickBooks is an accounting software that has been around for decades. Many companies that began using it years ago still use it because starting over with a new software often means losing access to, or making it hard to access, legacy data. In recent years many new competitors have entered

More and more devices use solid state drives, or SSD drives, because they boot faster in addition to running cooler which is a byproduct of how different the technologies are between the two types of drives. Unfortunately, until the last couple of years, purchasing a SSD with as much storage