When this keyboard shortcut stops working, you’ll need to troubleshoot the issue or use a workaround. There are other keys and key combinations you can use. You can also try to fix the Snipping Tool itself. Luckily, there are some things you can do to fix Windows + Shift + S not working on your Windows PC using the following steps. Check Your Keyboard If the keyboard shortcut isn’t working, there could be a problem with the keyboard itself....

In a recent Google Chrome update, the right-click Context Menu has been changed. The new style is more touch-friendly with extra white space between the items. However, if you’re not a fan of it, here’s how to revert to the old style. Right-click Menu on Chrome Since the update, when you right-click anything in Chrome, you’ll get this ugly-looking context menu with a white space between items. This makes navigating Chrome on touch interfaces easier but annoying on traditional computers....

While most times it’s the content in our documents that we must focus on, it’s the appearance we need to check when that part is done. This is especially crucial for professional or educational documents that we share with others. To help you find and fix formatting problems in Word, here’s how to use Designer. Use Designer in Word on the Web Visit the Microsoft Word website, sign in, and open the document you want to use....

And don’t even think about relying on email or text because those just won’t cut it in an age of signals, calls, and pics. Your contacts are there for you when you need them most. Have you ever wanted to know if someone blocked you on Signal, but couldn’t figure out how to find out? We’ve got the answer. Follow these simple steps so you know if someone blocked you on Signal....

Prepare Your Data Microsoft recommends formatting your geographic data in a table. If it’s not, you can select the data, click Format as Table on the Home tab, and choose a style. Other data suggestions from Microsoft for the 3D Map feature include: A table where each row is a unique record.Text as column or row headers instead of data.At least one geographic property per row of data, such as city, state, region, country, or zip code....

Make Command Prompt Transparent in Windows 10 Launch the Command Prompt by hitting the Windows Key and type: cmd and hit Enter or select it from the hidden power user menu. Once it’s open, right-click the top border and select Properties. On the Options tab, make sure the Use legacy console box at the bottom is unchecked (it should be by default). Then go to the Colors tab, and at the bottom, you can adjust the opacity slider to get the transparency effect you want....

Connect Devices Over Bluetooth in Windows 10 You will need first to confirm if both devices support Bluetooth. To find out if your computer has Bluetooth installed, press Windows key + X, then click Device Manager. You should see Bluetooth listed in the device tree. If there is no Bluetooth listed, an alternative is to install a third-party USB Bluetooth Dongle. Once you have confirmed Bluetooth is installed, you can begin connecting devices....

What are Live Photos? First introduced on the iPhone 6s in 2015, Live Photos allows you to take images that come alive when you touch them. The images use the 1.5 seconds before and after a picture are taken with a supported device, capturing both movement and sound. Best of all, you take a Live Photo just like you do a traditional photo. Live Photos are available on the iPhone 6s or later, iPad (5th generation) or later, iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad mini (5th generation), iPad Pro (all models), and iPod touch (7th generation)....

Print Select Areas of Excel Spreadsheets Start by opening the Excel spreadsheet you need, hold down the Ctrl key and highlight the area of the document you want to print out. After selecting the area you want to print out, go to Page layout > Print Area > Set Print Area. You won’t really notice anything happen to the document at that point, but next, while still under the Page Layout tab, click Print Titles....

You can always save backups of your texts when backing up your iPhone to a computer via iTunes or third-party software. Then you can restore them from a backup archive. However, if you need a physical copy of texts for legal or other reasons, you’ll want to print them. There isn’t a direct method to print texts from iPhone; however, we’ll show you a workaround to print text messages on iPhone....

There are two simple ways to print your Word document without comments or markup. You can either adjust the print settings when you’re ready to print or turn off the markup ahead of time. If you want to print without comments or markup in Word, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Turn Off Markup in the Print Settings For the simplest way to print your document without comments or markup, you’ll head to your print settings....

A visual indication is useful, but if the cell in question is on another sheet or off the edge of your current view, then you’re not going to notice the change. Wouldn’t it be useful if you could get Excel to make a sound when certain criteria are met? The good news is that it is possible to do, although you’ll need to dip your toe into the world of Visual Basic to do so....

On Instagram, you can send direct messages to your friends or people you follow on Instagram. If you don’t post a lot, then you probably use Instagram to message your friends a lot. Your message history is saved so that you can go back to the DM section and go through all the messages you’ve had with someone. If you have a lot of messages on Instagram, chances are that you want to find a particular message, for example, a conversation thread with someone, a conversation contacting a specific keyword or phrase....

Parental controls allow you to protect your child from inappropriate content online. It also lets you limit the amount of time spent on the PC and create an overall secure environment. Here’s how to set up parental controls on a Windows 11 PC. How to Set Up Parental Controls on Windows 11 Before getting started, you need to ensure you have two accounts on the PC—one for the parent and a separate account for your child....

Update: This article was originally written for Legacy Edge. This is the version that came built into Windows 10. But the company has killed that browser off. Microsoft has since released a cross-platform Chromium-based version. To sync bookmarks you need to sign into the browser on Windows 10, macOS, Linux, iOS, or Android with your Microsoft account. Then verify the browser is syncing. You can verify this by clicking your profile icon in the upper-right corner....

Note: Only your data files will be kept when upgrading XP Pro to Windows 8; some of your programs and drivers will need to be reinstalled and/or upgraded. Prepare XP for Windows 8 Upgrade Before upgrading from XP to Windows 8, make sure your system has the hardware to upgrade. According to Microsoft, you’ll need the following: Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or fasterRAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driverTo access Windows Store, you need a screen resolution of at least 1024×768....

Bringing Non-Apple Users to FaceTime First introduced on the iPhone 4 in 2010, FaceTime is a proprietary video-telephony product from Apple. It allows iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to communicate via video or audio through a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. It’s also available on Apple Watch audio-only. Protected by end-to-end encryption, FaceTime is only accessible by senders and receivers, with Apple deliberately being unable to decrypt FaceTime communications. Until now, there was no way non-Apple device users could join a chat....

Using Quick Look Launched with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the quick viewing tool really hasn’t changed since it was first released. That’s not a complaint. Rather, it proves just how durable the feature has remained. To date, Quick Look can preview most types of files, including PDFs, plain text, Microsoft Office files, RAW camera images, HTML, and many more. The size of the preview depends on the size of the document relative to the screen resolution....

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to use one wherever you are? If you’re an iPhone user, you have your very own voice assistant built into your smartphone. Siri is packed with features and it can do a lot more than you may think. If you’re not already using Siri, it’s time to start. Here’s how to use Siri on an iPhone 13. How to Set Up Siri on iPhone 13 There are a few different ways that you can use Siri on the iPhone 13....

Unfortunately, from the get-go, Twitter wanted to give their users an option to make their accounts private because they cared about their user’s privacy. Most social media platforms have options where you can make your account more private than it is such as Instagram and Facebook. With private Twitter accounts, other users aren’t able to see who follows you, or who you’re following. They also aren’t able to see your Tweets, and who’s interacted with them....