But this option can be turned on or off, so that behavior might not be occurring on your iPhone. Our short tutorial below will instruct you on where to go to find this setting and turn it back on so that your iPhone is once again showing missed text messages on your lock screen. Display Text Messages as Alerts on the iPhone’s Lock Screen The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 8....
Temporarily Allow Pop-Ups in Firefox by Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker Note that this method should only be used as a temporary measure. You generally encounter more bad pop-ups than good, and your Web-browsing experience will be worse off in the long run if you allow all pop-ups to come through. So once you have followed the steps below to stop blocking pop-ups and completed whatever task you needed to complete, it’s a good idea to return to the Firefox Options menu and re-enable the pop-up blocker....
At first I thought I had inadvertently changed this setting, or that a new add-on or update had switched it. But when I checked my settings, I noticed that it was still configured to open the same five pages that it had always been. That’s when I closed Chrome and opened the Windows Task Manager, only to find that there were still several Google Chrome processes that were running. This meant that Chrome did not realize that it was closed, so launching the program would not indicate to Chrome that a new session had been started....
But if you find that auto-correct is often wrong, or that it is trying to correct a lot of words that you have intentionally spelled incorrectly, then you may decide to turn off auto-correct entirely. This is something that can be accomplished from within the iPhone Settings menu, and requires only a few simple clicks. Disabling Auto-Correction on an iPhone The steps below were performed on an iPhone 5 using the iOS 7 operating system....
You might be used to going back and deleting the automatically numbered items, but you can alternatively choose to disable this feature entirely. Our guide below will show you where to go in the Word Options menu to stop the automatic numbering from occurring. Disable Automatic Numbering in Word 2013 The steps in this guide are going to turn off the feature that automatically creates numbered lists in Word. It will not affect other programs, such as Powerpoint or OneNote....
Our guide below will walk you through the process of configuring your Location Services so that you can turn off the Frequent Locations option. How to Disable Frequent Locations on an iPhone 6 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9. These same steps will work for iPhone models running iOS 7 or higher. Note that this will not turn off Location Services on your device entirely....
One element of subscriptions is that you can receive notifications when that channel posts a new video. If you subscribe to a lot of channels, or if you subscribe to someone that is particularly active, you might find that you are receiving a lot of notifications from the YouTube app. Our guide below will show you how to turn off all of the notifications that can be sent by the app on your iPhone....
The flashlight for the Galaxy On5 is found within the Notifications menu, which you can reach from your Home screen in three steps. Our tutorial will walk you through those steps so that you can access the device flashlight whenever you need it in the future. Activate the Galaxy On5 Flashlight The steps in this article were performed on a Samsung Galaxy On5 using the Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) operating system....
If that formatting requires the text to be kind of floating above the regular text, then you want to use superscript formatting, which is also the type of formatting that you would require when typing exponents. Use these steps below to type an exponent in Word by selecting some of the text in your document, then choosing the superscript formatting option to apply it to that selection. How to Use an Exponent in a Word Document The article continues below with additional information on how to type an exponent in Word, including pictures for each of the steps....
There are many different elements that make up the layout of a Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheet, but some people prefer not to use all of them. In some instances, these elements can be hidden from view if the person working on the file deems them to be distracting or unnecessary. These settings often remain associated with the Excel 2010 program, which means that someone else who was previously using Excel may have hidden something and never unhidden it, causing it to be hidden when you open the program....
Word 2010 has an interesting tool that keeps track of the total editing time for a document, which can be handy in situations like these. Our guide below will show you where to go in Word 2010 to find out how long you have spent with that document open in the program. Find Out How Much Time Has Been Spent Working on a Word 2010 Document The steps in this article will show you the amount of time for which the document has been open in Microsoft Word 2010....
You can spend a lot of time creating a presentation in Google Slides. Getting the right look, the right information, and the correct slide order can be a daunting task but, eventually, you will end up with a final presentation that you are excited to give. But after all of that work in creating your document, you might be wondering how you actually go about starting the presentation for others to view it....
Entering a Website Address on the iPhone 5 You are going to be using the address bar at the top of your screen to navigate to a specific website address, but this address bar also works as a search bar. So you can either type a complete website address into the field, or you can type a search term and click on one of the search results. We are going to be focusing specifically on navigating to a website, however, in the instructions below....
Our tutorial below will show you how to switch to landscape orientation in Microsoft Word for your current document. This will rotate all of your document pages so that they print on paper in the landscape orientation instead. How to Put a Microsoft Word Document in the Landscape Orientation The steps in this article were performed in Microsoft Word 2013. These steps are similar in most other versions of Microsoft Word....
There are many set-top streaming boxes available, but the two most popular are the Roku 3 and the Apple TV. They are both similar in price, but each one has a set of features that is distinct from the other. So read below to learn more about the best features of each device to determine which one is the best for you. As you can see from the chart above, the Roku 3 is the clear winner when it comes to the number of available content channels....
The Roku 3 is currently the top-of-the-line model, while the Roku LT is the most affordable. But while the Roku 3 has almost every feature that you might ask for from a set-top streaming device, not everyone needs all of those features. So continue reading below to see what the Roku 3 offers over the Roku LT so that you can decide if you value the Roku 3’s features more, or if you think the lower price of the Roku LT makes it the right choice for you....
Configure Sleep Settings in Windows 7 Windows 7 laptop computers have a combination of settings that you can select from called “power plans.” Some examples of power plans are “Balanced” and “High Performance”. You can adjust the settings in these plans, however, so that they are more in line with your own needs. One of the options that you can set is the amount of time of inactivity after which Windows 7 will automatically put the computer to sleep....
Some of these methods let you know after something occurs, while others can inform you that something is about to happen. The clock icon at the top of the iPhone screen falls into the latter category, which we will discuss more in our tutorial below. The status icons at the top of the iPhone screen let you know about the state of your device. They can tell you about your remaining battery life, whether Bluetooth is turned on, or if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network....
They are among the best and most popular solutions for this problem, and have been offering a constantly-updated line of products that keep getting better and faster at streaming video to your TV. The Roku line of products is one of the best solutions for this situation, as they are affordable and they are very easy to use. But if you have been thinking about getting a Roku, there are a few important things to know before you make that purchase....
Typically you can do this by opening a message conversation, then tapping the camera button to the left of the message body field. But it is possible that this camera icon is grayed out, which will prevent you from using it. Fortunately this is simply due to a setting on your device that is turned off. You can read our tutorial below to learn how to turn it back on....
