Microsoft PowerPoint Timeline – Add/Adjust Dates By design, Microsoft PowerPoint makes it possible to extend storytelling beyond words. Instead, you can create slides containing images, charts, and other objects to highlight a new product, project, person, or whatever else you want to promote. With a timeline, you can add dates to tell your story across points in time. After doing so, you can add more dates and move them as needed....

There are a few methods you can use to create tables in Microsoft Word. You can insert, draw, or copy in a table from elsewhere, should you want to. Here’s how to create and customize tables in Microsoft Word following these methods. How to Insert a Table in Microsoft Word You can insert a table in Microsoft Word in several ways, but three ways are worth mentioning in particular. You can add a table by inserting it automatically with a set size, or you can draw a table manually using your mouse or trackpad....

Custom DNS Kindle Fire HDX From the Kindle Fire Options Menu, Click on the Wireless icon. On the next screen tap on Wi-Fi. Tap and Hold your Wi-Fi network to open the Advanced Wi-Fi settings. Then tap Advanced Settings. Now check the box “Show Advanced Settings.” Tap the IP Settings drop-down and change DHCP to Static. With IP settings set to Static, scroll down and change both entries to 8.8.8.8 and 8....

Customize Twitter Email Notifications Log into your Twitter account and click the gear icon on the top right side of the page, and go to Settings. On the next page click Email notifications. The next page allows you to tweak the notification emails Twitter sends. The settings are divided into three sections — the first one is about you and your Tweets. The second section is where you can have a digest of tweets that is sent daily or weekly....

Deleting a playlist is different on each device, but once you delete a playlist on say your Windows Phone, it deletes it across the board on all of your devices. Here’s a look at how to delete playlists on each platform Xbox Music is available on. Delete Xbox Music Playlists Windows 8.1 Xbox Music App: To delete a playlist in Xbox Music using the app on Windows 8.1, you need to select the playlist first....

On you iOS Homescreen, open Settings. Swipe down and tap on General. Locate Restrictions in general settings and tap on it. You will see a button on top labeled Enable Restrictions. Tap on it. It will ask you to set a Passcode if you haven’t already. Make sure you set it to something which you can remember easily. This passcode will prevent anyone from making in-app purchases. It will ask you twice to enter the passcode....

Note: If you also want to remove the icon from your desktop, check out this article here On your desktop, right-click the Recycle Bin icon, left-click on Properties. Once you’ve clicked Properties, a window will appear called Recycle Bin Properties. By default, it will open on the Global menu tab. Changing the settings under this menu is recommended; however, if you wish to configure each drive separately follow these same steps for each drive....

Say No To Expensive Ringtones The second problem with purchasing ringtones is it leaves you with no control over the content of the ringtone. Most commercial ringtones will only play a particular part of the chorus of each song, and if you like a different part of the song then you are out of luck! Here is what you’ll need to make your own ringtones: True, you could just transfer the entire MP3 of your song straight to your phone without editing, but it wouldn’t work too well....

Here’s a perfect example of why you’d want to enable Mirroring. We recently took a look at the new YouTube app for iOS. It supports AirPlay so you can watch videos on your HDTV with an Apple TV, but you have to enable Mirroring first. Otherwise, it will only stream audio from the app and not the video. The AirPlay Mirroring feature isn’t available on all iOS devices. Here is what you’ll need for it all to work....

Enable System-Wide Access to Emoji Emoticons in Windows 10 Windows 10 includes a large library of emoticons you can use in popular communication apps such as Skype and Outlook; but what if you want to insert them in say, a Microsoft Word document? You will first need to enable the on-screen keyboard. Yes, I know, it’s awkward you have to do this. Hopefully, a future release Windows 10 adds a more efficient way to insert emoticons; maybe an emoticon tab from the Action Center....

This trick can be useful if you think someone or something (malware) other than you might be using your computer. Or perhaps you’re a forensics corp IT guy? Anyway, a few things to keep in mind before we get started: Enabling or Disabling this won’t make your Accessed date vanish or reappear, rather it will only change if Windows updates the timestamp or not. If a last accessed timestamp already exists for your file, it will remain persistent unless this feature is enabled....

Unlike the gadget from Windows Vista, the new Feed Reader does not manage its own list of RSS feeds. Instead, feeds are pulled directly from your Internet Explorer Feed Subscriptions. Make sense? Let’s take a closer look! How To Manage and Organize Windows 7 Feed Reader First, let’s bring the gadget to the visible desktop. To do this Right-Click any open space on the Desktop. Then Click Gadgets. The Gadgets window will appear; Right-Click Feed Headlines and then Click Add....

In classic Win32 apps, the standard way to check version information was by clicking Help then About. However, as we’ve seen, modern Windows apps look, feel, and behave differently than classic Win32 apps. For apps you download from the Microsoft Store or those that come bundled with Windows 10, the story is a bit different and inconsistent at times. When you want to find the version of information about an app, you might need to look in several places....

Find Windows 11 System Specs To get the basic system information about your system, you can use what’s already built into Windows 11. To get started, head to Start > Settings > System > About. Here you will find basic device specs like CPU, installed RAM, system type, and version of Windows 11. Use System Information App But sometimes you might need more detailed information. To get that, hit the Windows key and type: msinfo, and open the System Information app....

Where’d the Sound Go? If your internal Mac speakers aren’t playing content as expected, you should perform the following tasks. Reboot Your Computer You can resolve many Mac problems by turning your computer off and on again. Therefore, try this first to resolve your audio problem. Check the macOS Version Have you held off on updating your computer with the latest macOS release? Watch out as I’m throwing a wet noodle your way!...

To start off, the first tip is to sign-up using a referral link from a friend like me. This action will automatically score you and your friend your first 250 MB bonus. The bad news is, if you already signed up through just a regular site then you might have already missed out on that one. Don’t worry too much about that, however, as you can still get up to 8-10 Gigs total through a few other ways that I’ll show ya next....

These Firefox performance tweaks should work for any Firefox user who wants to pump as much juice out of the browser as possible. Not only will they help speed up Firefox but they will also decrease the amount of memory (RAM) Firefox consumes thus speeding up your PC in general. 1. How To Open The Firefox Configuration Settings To start tweaking the Firefox configuration settings Open up Firefox and Type about:config into the address bar and Press Enter....

But that option is no longer available with Windows 10. By default, the number of items that will display in the jump list is 12. However, if you need to increase or decrease the number of items, it’s still possible, but it will need to be done with a Registry hack. Change Number of Items in Windows 10 Jump Lists Hit the Windows key and type: regedit and hit Enter to launch the Registry Editor or select it from the search results....

Adding additional storage allows channels, games, and screensavers to load faster. This is because your Roku deletes the channels and games you rarely use to make room for new ones as you add them. You will still see your channel and game icons, but some will need to re-download first. So, the more drive space you have, the more it can cache on your Roku unit. Note, the microSD card will only store games, channels, and screensavers....

Just like with Google Home, setup is easy. You can simply speak the number you want to dial. “Alexa, dial (phone number)”. Alexa will repeat the number to you and ring it. When you’re finished with your call, just say “Alexa, hang up.” You can also make calls and send text messages to the numbers you have set up in your Contacts on the phone you linked with Alexa. It works with iOS 8 or above and Android 5....