To get Started, visit the Microsoft Office Preview website and click Sign up. If you aren’t signed in with your Live account you’ll be asked for your user name and password. You’ll have to sign-in to reach the download page. Note: Microsoft is limiting installs to 5 per Live account. Of course nothing stops you from creating more Live/Hotmail accounts if need be. This next part is a little tricky....

This is handy for quickly accessing a file related to your current document, giving your reader a fast way to send your company an email, or jumping to a specific location in the document. The process for adding these links is similar, with only some small adjustments on Windows versus Mac. So if you’re ready to make your Microsoft Word document more functional and useful, let’s get to it!...

Make Phone Calls with Google Home The great thing about Google Home is there isn’t any special setup required. It uses your phone’s contacts or nearby businesses that are close to your location. So, if you know of a pizza joint or other business nearby, you can usually just ask Google to call that location. Although, if you want to call a specific number, that person’s number needs to be stored in Google Contacts....

While you’re listening to your favorite content on Spotify, you might want the adjust the audio to make it louder and sound better. You increase the volume on your device or volume slider on the app, but it might not be enough. Luckily, there are other ways to make Spotify louder and sound better all the time—here’s how. How to Make Spotify Louder One of the ways to adjust audio from Spotify is by setting the volume level....

Windows 11 puts your device into a low-power mode that shuts down specific hardware (including your screen) to save battery power. It also allows you to get back to your work more quickly than if it were in Hibernate Mode. If you aren’t happy with the default Sleep Mode settings, you can adjust it for what works best for you. Here’s how. Manage Sleep Mode on Windows 11 To manage your Sleep Mode settings on Windows 11, you’ll need to open the Settings menu....

Pause OneDrive File Sync on Windows 10 To manually pause the file sync process, click on the OneDrive cloud icon on your system tray. Then click the More button and expand the Pause Syncing menu. There you can select the length of time you want to halt the file sync process. You have the option to choose from 2 hours, 8 hours, or 24 hours. When syncing is paused, the OneDrive icon will turn gray and show a “pause” button on the system tray icon....

Reflector 3 With this application, available for both Mac and Windows, you can wirelessly mirror one or more devices to your computer. When doing so, you can also record what’s happening on your mobile device screen, add voice-over audio, and customize the recording to suit your needs, and more. Screen-Mirroring Features Reflector 3 is an enjoyable-to-use app that uses AirPlay mirroring to get the job done without wires or additional software....

However, when you delete a LinkedIn account, it doesn’t mean that all your data is immediately wiped from its backup drives. According to the Linkedin privacy policy: Thankfully, LinkedIn seems to care more about your privacy than other networks. So if you don’t want to wait for LinkedIn’s automated removal process: Log in to your account and click the Settings & Privacy from your account menu at the top right of any LinkedIn page....

How to Pin Control Panel to Windows 10 Taskbar You should be running Windows 10 if you aren’t already. Pinning the classic Control Panel to the Taskbar is a piece of cake if you know what to look for. Hit the Windows key and type: control panel. Then right-click the top option for the Control Panel app and then click Pin to Taskbar. That’s all there is to it! Now the classic Control Panel icon will be pinned to the Taskbar and you can easily launch it from there....

Pin Extensions to the Chrome Toolbar To pin or unpin extensions from the toolbar first click the “Extensions” button. It’s the icon that looks like a small puzzle piece next to the profile avatar. The dropdown shows all the extensions installed and enabled in Chrome. Next to each one, you will see a pin icon. If it’s blue it means the extension is showing if white it means it’s hidden....

We’ve shown you how to plan a hike with Google Maps, so now we’ll walk you through planning your next road trip. With your starting spot and destination, stops along the way, and a handy way to share your travel plans, let’s get to it! Creating Your Map The Google Maps site offers a convenient feature called My Maps. This is what you’ll use to plan your road trip....

Latest Security Threats: Fake or Hijacked Updates When something pops up in your system tray, you take action. If it says something like Java is out-of-date, you click it and do the update. Smart malware realizes this and puts fake updates there. Other times, you’ll be on a web page, and a fake ad warns you that a plug-in is outdated. Logically, you click on that link and run the update....

I’ll show you where it is. Note: These steps were written for Excel 2016, but they should work for earlier versions (Excel 2007, Excel 2013, etc.) Printing One or More Header Rows or Columns in Excel Similar to how you can freeze the first row or first column in the View tab, you can print out the first row or first column (or more) on each page of your spreadsheet....

Besides that, you can also get a much groovier looking calendar than if you printed directly from Outlook. For example, here’s a boring print off from Outlook 2010: And here’s a much nicer looking one, replete with a custom image and overlain calendars. Here’s how you can get better looking calendars from Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007: Step One Download the Calendar Printing Assistant from the Microsoft Download Center. You’ll notice that it calls itself the Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007, but it works fine for Outlook 2010....

First, we’ll show you how to print the contents of a folder using built-in Windows 10 functions. Then, we’ll show you an even easier way using some third-party software. Print the Contents of Folders in Windows 10 Using the Command Prompt If you want a printed listing of what’s inside a folder, here’s what you do. This will generate a basic text file listing the contents of the directory. The filename you save can be anything you want....

No matter what the reason, the problem with posting your address on the net is that there are thousands of people slimeballs out there who are actively harvesting email addresses for their own spammy gain. So in this article, I’m going to talk about how you can prevent your email address from falling into these peoples’ hands or at least TRY to make it more difficult for them. What’s up with Spammers anyway?...

The reality is, you might still need it and, in some cases, you might not need it at all. If you still need Flash on your Mac, here’s some things you can to to protect it against the constant flow of security issues. Ensure Your Mac has the Latest Version of Adobe Flash Installed Since December Adobe has been rapidly updating and fixing vulnerabilities found in Flash. If you are not sure which version you have or if it’s the latest, you can go here....

From the Windows 8 Start screen launch the Windows App Store. Then browse through the categories of apps available. In each category you can filter apps between free and paid. A lot of the paid apps offer a free trial or demo. I recommend trying an app before buying unless you’re sure you want it. A trial also lets you compare the paid app to free apps that do similar things....

There’s another option—using the Go To feature in Microsoft Word; you can pop right to the spot you want. You can quickly go to a page, line, or section, but you can also jump to a table, comment, or object. Here’s what you’ll need to do to use this feature in Microsoft Word. Open the Go To Tool in Microsoft Word You can open the Go To tool using the menu or a keyboard shortcut in Word on Windows and Mac....

Recover Deleted Bookmarks in Firefox Open Firefox and hit Ctrl+Shift+B on your keyboard. If you accidentally deleted bookmarks, you can recover them by clicking on the Organize button and select Undo or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Z. If you didn’t know, the groovy thing about Firefox is it automatically creates a backup of your bookmarks regularly. If you deleted any bookmarks a few days back, you can restore them....