How to Use a Microsoft Teams Background When you need to work from home, you’ll often find yourself in meetings via Microsoft Teams. Showing everyone the clothes you have drying behind you or the kids’ toys might not look very professional. Luckily, Microsoft has thought of this and now you can make your background look more interesting by using the available options. Here’s how to do it. To use a Microsoft Teams background in a meeting, click the three dots menu button and go to Show background effects....

How to pop-out email replies and forwards in Microsoft Outlook by default If you want to do the opposite and stop replies and forwards from automatically popping out into new windows, go through the steps again and make sure the box is unchecked. Domain Corporate Environments To make this setting the default across the board, there is both a registry fix and a group policy for it. The registry item will not exist by default, however, Outlook automatically adds it when changing the setting in Outlook Options....

One of the things you might want to do is use a controller with the games. This can provide more control and accuracy while playing the games. If you are an Xbox owner, the good news is you can actually connect your Xbox controller to the iPad or iPhone. You can then use your Xbox controller to play the games with Apple Arcade. Connect Xbox Controller to iPad The first thing you want to do is head to Settings > Bluetooth on your iPad (or iPhone) and verify your Bluetooth connection is on....

You might want to convert negative numbers to positives in Google Docs to make the data easier to understand and interpret. Converting negative numbers to positive numbers can also help to standardize the data. If you want to convert negative numbers to positive ones in Google Sheets, follow these steps. How to Convert Negative Numbers to Positive Using the ABS Function The ABS function in Google Sheets returns the absolute value of a number—this is the positive number without a minus sign....

Create a Quiz in Microsoft Forms To get started, head to Microsoft Forms and sign in. Then, select New Quiz on the main page. It’s important to select this option rather than New Form because the quiz has additional settings you’ll need. Give your quiz a title and optionally a description. You can then start adding your questions and answers. Let’s add a few so you can see how the quiz setup works....

Log Into Windows 10 with a PIN Step 1. Go to Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options. Then on the right side, under “Sign-in Options,” click on Windows Hello PIN. Step 2. Verify your account password (I recommend using a simple passphrase), whether you sign in with your Microsoft account or have created a local account. Step 3. Type in your PIN twice and click OK. That’s it. Now you need to type in your PIN to sign in to your Windows 10 device....

Tap iCloud Confirm you’ve set Reminders to ON. Now, create a contact with a location for our reminder. Then return to the homescreen. Tap Google Maps. Note: This step is optional if you’ve already configured contacts with an address for a reminder. Here’s a contact I created for my local grocery store. So I navigate to a location on the map and just tap and hold to drop a pin....

Assign a Custom Keyboard Shortcut in Word 2016 Custom keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2016 will make it so you can move through your documents and projects quickly and seamlessly. It’s easy to set up and easier to maintain once you get all the steps. Note: You can save changes in Normal to apply to all Word documents or save it for the current document only using the Save changes in dialog....

Note: The screenshots are made from a a Samsung Galaxy S i9000, but it should work and look the similar on other Android devices. Step 1 From the home screen, Touch Settings. Step 2 Scroll down until you see Locale and Text. Touch it. Step 3 Touch Samsung keypad. Step 4 Touch XT9 advanced settings and then XT9 My Words. Here, you will find a list of all the words that have been stored in your XT9 dictionary....

This has obviously upset a lot of users and they are looking for free alternative password managers. One of our favorites is the free and open-source Bitwarden. Its free tier allows you to manage passwords on all your devices. In fact, we showed you how to move from LastPass to Bitwarden. Once you have made the switch you can safely delete your LastPass account. Here’s how. Export Your LastPass Vault First If you haven’t already, it is important to export and backup your password vault before deleting your account....

How To Disable File Sharing And Network Discovery In Windows 7 Step 1 Click the Windows Start Menu Orb, and Type advanced sharing into the search box, then Press Enter or Click the Manage advanced sharing settings program link. Step 2 In the advanced sharing settings window, there are a few different settings to change. Depending on which type of connection you want to change them for, you’ll need to select whether it is a “Home or Work” or a Public connection....

Disable Notifications for the iOS Gmail App Tap Settings on your iOS device. Tap Notifications. Scroll down until you find Gmail. Tap it to configure its notifications and settings. Turn off Sounds, and if you want to disable the number of Gmail messages waiting for you, you can disable that also under the Badge App Icon setting here. The notifications section on iOS is where you control all the settings for most of the apps on your iDevice....

One of the great features in Office Outlook 2010 is the social feature, aka the People Pane. The People Pane does look very promising. (IE: Tracks Social Activities from RSS Feeds, Twitter , Recent Conversations, Status Updates, Calendar Items, Attachments, etc. from the selected contact.) Since the product is in Beta and not fully working it does take up A LOT of room especially if you’ve enabled the preview pane....

Well, there’s some good news if you do use iTunes and can’t stand the latest version. It is possible to uninstall iTunes 12 and downgrade to an older version on Windows. Here’s how to do it! Uninstall iTunes 12 Uninstalling the monstrosity is a simple task, but there are multiple parts you must uninstall. Go to PC Settings > Apps > Apps & features and find and select iTunes in the list on the right....

Use JDownloader To Download Nearly Anything Online JDownloader is a stand-alone application; you can download the setup package from http://jdownloader.org/download/index We’ve seen it before — packaged crapware. It’s a necessary evil that sometimes is needed to help fund projects like JDownloader, but at least it’s optional to install. During the installation be sure to check the No Thanks button when prompted to install Kikin. Kikin is crapware that tracks everything you do online, and it’s a shame it’s packaged in the installer....

Download Movies and TV Shows Next, choose the download quality you want. A screen will pop up with your options and lets you know approximately how much space will be used. For example, Data Saver takes up the least amount of space, while “Best” takes up more. Once you figure out the quality of the video you like, you can set it as the default, so this screen isn’t popping up all the time....

If you want to empty a file on Linux but don’t want to remove it entirely, you can try a couple of methods. Using the Linux terminal, you can make changes to the contents of a file, stripping it of content. The file will remain, allowing you to reuse it for other things. If you want to know how to empty a file in Linux, follow these steps. How to Empty a File on Linux Using the cat Command An easy and quick way to empty a file on Linux is to use the cat command....

Update: This article was written several years ago when this was an issue. Modern versions of Google Maps should have no issues. But if you are having problems with location settings for Google Maps not working this has been updated to where you can turn them on. The original article related to older versions of Android can be seen below. Turn on Location Settings for Google Maps on Android Open Settings > Location > App Permission > Maps....

We originally covered Two-Step Verification (2SV) for your Apple account back in 2013. Since then, the company has implemented full Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) now which is a more secure form of protection. 2FA is baked into iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and the Apple website. It uses an updated method to trust devices and deliver verification codes. In fact, 2FA is required to use some features that require the improved security....

To get Outlook.com email notifications on your desktop, download this free utility called Howard. It’s available for both Windows and OS X. Once it’s installed you’ll get a notification from the system tray when you get new messages. Right-click the icon and go to “Settings” to change how often it checks for mail and how notifications are displayed. Outlook.com doesn’t give you unread mail count on the taskbar icon because it is designed to be used in conjunction with the desktop Outlook app....