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Microsoft Word 2013 provides you with many different ways to change content within your document. Many times this can be as simple as reading through your document, clicking on a word, then typing a replacement. But if you are working on a very long document and are having trouble locating a specific piece of text, then the Find and Replace tool can be a real time saver. You can even use it to locate and replace multiple instances of a word, such as if you incorrectly spelled someone’s name, or if you need to replace a technical term or proper noun that was used incorrectly....

The Google Chromecast is a device that can change the TV viewing experience of any iPhone owner. Switch from Driving Directions to Walking Directions on the iPhone Note that the setting that we will be changing is going to simply default to walking directions instead of driving directions. You can always switch between direction modes by touching the appropriate icon on the top of the directions page of the Maps app....

A Microsoft Excel file is called a workbook, and a single workbook can contain multiple worksheets. This is helpful when you have a lot of data for a single purpose, but which may not necessarily belong on a spreadsheet together. Excel workbooks will typically include three worksheets by default, but that number can be modified based on your current needs. Our guide below will show you how to create a new worksheet in an Excel 2013 workbook so that you can add information to your file without editing an existing worksheet....

Whether it’s another student, coworker, boss, or teacher, knowing how to add someone to a Google Doc is a habit that you will likely need to familiarize yourself with. Our tutorial below will provide further instruction on this topic so that you can start sharing files directly from Google Drive. How to Add Someone to a Google Doc Our guide continues below with additional information on how to add someone to a Google Doc, including pictures of these steps....

You can also extend your battery life by performing certain tasks and entertaining yourself with an iPad instead. Plus, as an added bonus, the increased screen size can make certain activities much more enjoyable. Check for the lowest current price on cellular iPads to see if purchasing one fits your budget. Reduce iPhone 5 Screen Brightness Like many of the helpful operating or performance changes you can make on your iPhone 5, this one can be found in the Settings app....

Accurately tracking your Christmas spending can be difficult, especially if you start your Christmas shopping early in the year. You might also want to make sure that you are spending comparable amounts of money for certain groups of people (for example, siblings), and it is very easy to forget that you bought a gift, or to dramatically miscalculate the total amount that you have spent on one person. A helpful way to keep track of this information is to put all of the data into a spreadsheet....

Luckily the iPhone 7 has a couple of settings that can help to fix this problem. One setting lets you bold your text, which will make it stand out more that the traditional, un-bolded text. The other setting will let you adjust the actual size of the text, providing an additional way to improve readability on the device. Our guide below will show you how to enable both of these options, though you can elect to just make one of the changes, if you prefer....

Don’t worry, you weren’t hallucinating when you saw someone else using a flash to alert them to new text messages. But the setting for that notification is found on the Accessibility menu instead. Our guide below will show you where to find it so that you too can start using that type of message notification. Here is how to make your iPhone 6 flash when you get a text message – These steps are repeated below with pictures – Step 1: Tap the Settings icon....

However, if you want to keep working on your current page and open a new one at the same time, there’re plenty of ways to do that without making any fuss. And that’s what this write-up is all about. Here we’ll discuss opening a new tab when clicking a link in Google Chrome by using the mouse, trackpad, keyboard, and extensions. So, without wasting much time, let’s get into that part....

Printing Multiple Slides Per Page in Powerpoint 2010 In case you are confused by my use of the word “handouts” in this context, Powerpoint refers to printed copies of your slideshow presentation as a handout, because it is meant to be distributed for use during the presentation. With that knowledge in hand, we can learn how to print six slides per page in Powerpoint 2010. Step 1: Open the Powerpoint slideshow for which you want to print your handouts....

Once you have installed the emoji keyboard using our steps below, then you will be able to open your Messages app and start adding emoji icons to your messages. We will show you how to do this as well, so you will be all ready to start adding emojis to your text messages once you have finished completing the steps in this guide. Adding an Emoji to an iPhone Text Message These steps were written using an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 8....

But this formatting is typically not applied by default, so you will need to add it yourself. Our short tutorial below will show you how to select cells and format them to automatically add parentheses around any negative number. Automatically Add Parentheses Around Negative Numbers in Excel 2010 The steps below will show you how to adjust the formatting of a group of cells that you have selected. You will actually have two options to achieve the desired behavior; one option is for black numbers with parentheses, and the other option is for red numbers with parentheses....

A lot of websites use caching to help their pages load faster, and this can lead to a page showing old data. If you are attempting to reload a page, then you might be trying to find the Google Chrome refresh button in the iPhone version of the browser. Fortunately, the Chrome iPhone app does have a button that lets you refresh pages, which we will show you how to find in our tutorial below....

Have you ever needed to take a picture with your iPhone camera and the timer in the app wasn’t sufficient? Luckily this is something that you can fix if you have an Apple Watch. There is an app on your Apple Watch that lets you remotely take a picture with your iPhone camera, making it the ideal solution for things like group pictures where you often have the iPhone camera in a location that is a short distance away from you....

Removing a background picture can be a little tricky, however. Our guide below will walk you through the steps that you need to follow in order to remove a picture that you have added to the background of your document. Deleting a Background Picture in Word 2010 These steps are meant to remove an image that has been added to your Word document as a background picture. If these steps do not work, then your background picture is actually either a header picture or a watermark....

A new, blank worksheet in Microsoft Excel consists of a series of cells that are split into rows and columns. You can visually distinguish these cells from one another thanks to the gridlines that separate them. However, if you add a fill color to your cells, or if the gridlines have been hidden, then you may be looking for other ways to visually separate the cells. Borders can be added to the cells as a way to outline the perimeter of the cell....

Fortunately Google Sheets will allow you to rename your worksheet tabs so that you can use more descriptive identification. Our tutorial below will show you where you need to go in order to adjust your worksheet names. See also How to merge cells in Google SheetsHow to wrap text in Google SheetsHow to alphabetize in Google SheetsHow to subtract in Google SheetsHow to change row height in Google Sheets...

Fortunately you can choose to save individual slides as pictures in the program, or you can choose to save each individual slide of your presentation as a picture. So follow our guide below to learn how. Save a Slide as a Picture in Powerpoint 2013 The steps in this article will show you how to save an individual slide as a JPEG picture. Note that you will also have the option as saving each slide in the presentation as a picture in the last step as well, if you wish to save all of the slides as pictures....

This means that someone has marked that messages as being of “high importance.” While some people use this feature incorrectly and apply it to every message, you might wish to use it on occasion to identify specific messages for other Outlook users. Our tutorial below will show you how to use the red exclamation point Outlook setting so that you can mark a message with elevated importance. How to Send an Email with High Importance Level in Outlook 2013 Our article continues below with additional information on sending an Outlook high importance email, including pictures of these steps....

One of these ways involves the background of both the Home screen and the lock screen on the device. While there are some default options that you can find if you go through the Settings app, you can actually use one of your own pictures as well Our tutorial below will show you how to pick a picture from your Photos app and use that as the lock screen background on your iPad....