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PDFs are the preferred document format when you need to publish a document online. A lot of people might use a word processor like MS Word to create a document but they will likely publish it as a PDF. MS Word has a built-in feature that lets you export a …

Typing scientific, or mathematical symbols in Microsoft Word is pretty simple but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Microsoft Word has a dedicated symbols box that has almost every symbol you might ever need to use in a document. Opening the symbols box each time you need to insert a symbol …

There are a myriad of screencast tools available for Windows 10. Depending on your needs, you can use a feature rich tool like Camtasia or for more basic needs, you can try ScreenToGif. If you have to record something brief and you know you won’t need to edit it post …

Pokémon Go trainers can choose one of three teams to join. They can join a team once they’re level 5 and up until two days ago, the selection was permanent. The team you picked had to be a decision you made carefully because it was practically set in stone. There …

Microsoft Word gives you a considerably large list of fonts to use in your documents. For professional and/or academic use alone, it offers quite a few reasonably good fonts including the universally accepted Arial and Times New Roman fonts. It also has a Microsoft developed font called Calibri which is …

Phones are going to have a notch. It may not make for the most attractive hardware but it’s not going away any time soon. It’s going to get to a point where it’ll be hard to find a phone that doesn’t have a notch. The notch has taken a few …

MS Excel is an exceptionally powerful tool. If you can code, Excel is likely of little consequence to you. For those who can’t code, this app is heaven sent. It offers a wide range of features and can be used in a myriad of industries where workers are more likely …

MS Word, by default uses the Calibri font. If you create a document in this font, it will render perfectly on any platform that MS Office is available for. If you’re not a fan of Calibri, you can use Arial or Times New Roman instead. They’re both common fonts and …

You can download select movies and TV shows on Netflix. This is a feature that was added a while back to both the smartphone apps, and the lone Windows 10 desktop app for Netflix. Not everything can be downloaded of course but that doesn’t mean the feature isn’t useful. It’s …

Excel lets you hide columns and rows.This is a great way to make a clean, presentable Excel sheet. You can insert formulas in rows and columns, and hide them later. It also keeps other users from editing your formula. If the formula isn’t visible, chances are people are less likely …

Microsoft Word has a rich set of formatting options for text. If you’re well versed with the many items you can insert in a document, you can design a good looking document. MS Word also has basic text formatting i.e. applying bold, underline, and italic styles to text. There are …

Instagram is a photo sharing platform. It built its user base on sharing photos enhanced with its built-in filters but it has also pivoted and become something of a messaging platform. No one installs Instagram to replace their messaging app however, there’s no denying that conversations do happen over DM …

An IP address is a unique string of digits that represents your specific device, and it can be used to track your online activities. If you are concerned about privacy or if you want to improve your security, then hiding your IP address is an important step in improving your …

Twitter adapts to how conversations happen on its platform. It will occasionally push UI changes, and some feature changes that it thinks will improve how everyone tweets but it also takes into consideration the many innovative ways conversations are had. That’s basically how Twitter threads became an official feature. Another …

Line spacing in Microsoft Word is set to 1. The 1 seems to be a very vague measure since it isn’t accompanied by any units. The default line spacing is a certain percentage of the font size. It’s dynamic i.e. the smaller the size of the font, the less space …

iOS and Android both allow users to enable, or disable notifications from an app, at will. For each app, there’s a dedicated On/Off switch that allows users to enable or disable notifications for apps selectively. While you can disable notifications for some apps, and enable them for others you never …

Formatting a document can take time. You can create templates that restrict a document to using certain attributes but this only works if you have full control over a document. If you’re working on a document that you originally didn’t make and you need to match its formatting, you can …

It’s hard to imagine a feature that Microsoft Word doesn’t have. It’s built for just about every single type of document you need to make but oddly enough, it lacks a text expander. A text expander allows you to enter a brief text snippet that can be expanded into a …

A verified social media account is necessary if you operate a business or are well-known in a particular circle. It’s a mark that indicates the account is authentic and given the trolling potential of social media, it’s necessary. Most social media sites reserve a verified account for celebrities or users …

Notifications tend to make for a lot of noise on our devices. Every app you install wants to send you notifications and you obviously have to be picky about which one can, and cannot light up your screen with an alert. Android has a sort of Do not disturb mode …