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Fortunately this is a setting that you can turn off in Gmail. Our tutorial below will help you find and disable the Conversation view option in Gmail. This will change the sorting on your inbox so that all of the messages in a conversation are organized separately so that you can find and interact with them on an individual level. Turn Off Conversation View in Gmail – Quick Summary You can continue to the next section for additional information and pictures for each step....

While this feature is helpful when you mean to use it, it can be incredibly frustrating when it happens accidentally. If you find that you don’t use it at all, and that the drag and drop is only causing you grief, then it is possible to change a setting in Word 2011 to block that feature from occurring. Our guide below will show you how to make that change. How to Disable Drag and Drop in Word 2011 The steps in this article were performed on the Word 2011 application for Mac computers....

If you find that the one-handed mode is more of a problem that a solution, you might be looking for a way to turn it off. Our tutorial below will show you how to find the one-handed mode setting in Android Marshmallow so that you can adjust it as needed. How to Restore the Android Keyboard to Full Size By Disabling One-Handed Mode The steps in this article were performed on a Samsung Galaxy On5....

How to Fix Quotation Marks That Look Like Dots on Google Docs Are you trying to add quotation marks to a document in Google Docs, but they keep getting “curled” in the direction of nearby text? This is occurring because something called “smart quotes” is currently enabled. You may also like to know how to remove space after paragraphs in Google Docs if you have too much white space in your documents....

It’s possible that you are incorporating both of these into your activities, but it’s also possible that you are occasionally touching the touchpad and making unwanted moves on the screen. Luckily there is a way to disable your Windows laptop touchpad when a mouse is connected so that this doesn’t happen. How to Shut Off Your Windows Touchpad If You’re Using a Mouse Our guide continues below with additional information on how to disable touchpad when mouse is connected in Windows 10, including pictures of these steps....

But you might find this to be unwanted or unnecessary, which will lead you to look for a way to disable it. Our tutorial below will show you how to turn off the touch sounds on your Galaxy On5. How to Shut Off the Sound That Plays When You Tap an App Icon on Your Galaxy On5 The steps in this guide were performed on a Galaxy On5 using the Marshmallow (6....

How to Use the Flashlight Without Entering Your Passcode on an iPhone Our guide continues below with additional information on how to turn on flashlight without unlocking iPhone, including pictures of these steps. A flashlight on your iPhone is a surprisingly useful thing to have access to. Several versions of iOS ago, you could only get the flashlight by downloading third-party apps. But Apple includes it as part of iOS by default now, making it much more convenient to use....

A column grouping in Google Sheets indicated by a gray bar above the spreadsheet with a thing black line connecting all of the grouped columns. If you click on the “-” symbol on that line, you can hide all of the grouped columns. Alternatively, clicking on the “+” symbol when the columns are hidden will display them. But if you discover that this column grouping is creating problems for your workflow, then you may wish to ungroup those columns....

How to Install an iPhone 5 Update You are not required to install any updates for your iPhone 5, but the updates usually include important fixes for various bugs and security issues, plus they often include functionality upgrade. Something important to consider before installing an update: – While it isn’t technically required, it is a good idea to plug in your iPhone 5 while downloading and installing the update. This will prevent the iPhone from running out of battery while installing the update, which could be problematic....

The Roku app also has a feature called Private Listening Mode that will output audio (except audio from games) through your iPhone so that you can listen to it on headphones. This means that audio won’t come out of the TV, and you will be able to hear it on your headphones instead. The Prime Video app is a great way to watch movies and TV shows, but you might need to change accounts....

This reference style is called R1C1, and is a setting that you can modify for your own Excel workbook. Our guide below will show you where to find this option in Excel 2010 so that you can use it as an alternative to the default A1 reference style. Use R1C1 in Excel 2010 Formulas The default way to reference cells is by their row number and column letter. This is often referred to as the A1 reference style....

But if you have already made some of these changes and still aren’t getting the battery life that you would like, then you might be looking for other options. Fortunately the iOS 10.3.1 update brought along a couple of changes, including a new section on the Battery menu that identifies changes you can make to improve battery life. Note that there are some other changes you can make, too, such as adjusting how long the iPhone waits before it locks automatically....

Controlling Netflix on the Chromecast with an iPhone This tutorial will assume that you have already installed your Chromecast, you have a Netflix account, and you have the Netflix app installed on your iPhone 5. Additionally, you should also make sure that the Netflix app has been updated to its’ most current version. You can follow the steps here to learn how to update an iPhone 5 app. Step 1: Turn on your TV and switch it to the input channel to which the Chromecast is connected....

This happens when there are more characters in the cell that can fit within the visible cell boundaries. While you might have tried adjusting the row height and column width before, another option would be to wrap the text in the cells. Our tutorial below will show you how to wrap text in Microsoft Excel using a button found on the Home tab. How to Change the Wrap Text Setting in Excel Our guide continues below with additional information on how to wrap text in every cell in an Excel spreadsheet, including pictures of these steps....

While this additional money might be worth it if the data usage was unavoidable, you may not want to pay extra because you were streaming a mobile on the wrong Internet connection. Our tutorial below will show you how to change a Netflix setting on your iPad so that you don’t accidentally use Netflix while you are connected to a cellular network. How to Make Sure Netflix Doesn’t Use Cellular Data on an iPad Our guide continues below with additional information on how to restrict Netflix to Wi-Fi on an iPad, including pictures of these steps....

And while that dusting, vacuuming, and washing can help your home feel cleaner, it’s not the only thing that might need a refresh. Your MacBook Air has probably accumulated some junk on it over the past few months, too, leaving it desperately low on free storage space. One fast and simple way to handle this is with CleanMyMac X. It’s a clean, lightweight program that you can use to quickly free up some space on your Mac by deleting the junk files that have accumulated....

I have been interested in getting a standing desk for a while, after seeing other people use them and talking to people in a similar situation who have seen benefits from incorporating one into their daily life. I chose to get a standing desk workstation from TechOrbits, which seemed like the ideal solution for me, as it’s an inexpensive option with good reviews that wouldn’t require me to get rid of my existing desk, which I like....

The ability to slide your finger over your keyboard to type is something that has been available on smartphones for a while, either as a native part of the device’s operating system, or as something that’s available as part of a third-party keyboard. It can be very fast once you get use to it, and is the preferred way to type for many users. This feature is available on the iPhone in iOS 13, and you may have encountered it if you were exploring your iPhone’s settings, or if you accidentally dragged your finger across the keyboard when typing a text message and noticed some gray swipe marks....

The Control Center on the iPhone is a menu that you can access by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. This menu provides quick access to some of the most often-used features on the device. Our guide below will show you what it looks like, and provide a listing of the different icons in the Control Center and what they mean. If you’re trying to find some of the apps on your iPhone that you know should be there, then our iPhone utilities folder guide can help you o locate them....

But this simplicity comes with a downside. It is entirely possible to block someone by accident, meaning that a family member or work contact can accidentally wind up on your list of blocked callers. Fortunately your blocked caller list is completely manageable, and you can remove someone that you accidentally added to the list by following the steps in our article below. Group texting can be a really useful way for a lot of people to share information....