Get started by Clicking File, Options. Click Proofing and scroll down to the Grammar section. To enable the defaults for style checks, just click the down arrow under Writing Style: and choose Grammar & Style. If you want to fine-tune the various Grammar and Style checks, just click the Settings box. Tons of options in there so feel free to play around. Enable Readability Grammar Check The Word 2013 readability check is disabled by default which I personally find odd....

It was only a year ago that Yahoo set their privacy standard to only a 90-day data retention length. At 3 months, Yahoo had the shortest retention length among search engines; beating out Bing and Google by several months. But now, Yahoo is making changes to their user’s data privacy policy that will take effect within the next few months. The changes are a stark reversal, as Yahoo just announced that they will now store data not for 90 days, but 18 months....

Automatically Delete Junk Mail in Thunderbird Open Thunderbird and select Tools > Options. In the options window, click the Security > Junk tab. Then check both “When I Mark Messages as Junk” and “Delete Them.” Click OK to save changes. Now emails that you mark as junk or spam will go straight to the trash and no longer occupy your local disks. Now, how can Thunderbird delete this junk automatically, before they even get sent to me?...

What you’ll need: An Android phone running version 2.2 or higher. Go here to help on finding which version of Android you’re running.A MicroSD card, which typically comes with your device, so chances are this is already in your phone. If you want to add even more storage to your phone, oftentimes you can get a larger capacity MicroSD card, but you’ll want to make sure your device can handle that....

Luckily, it’s easy to open recently closed tabs in your desktop browser, just like it is on your iPhone. We’ll show you how in the four popular browsers on Windows and Mac. How to Restore Tabs on Chrome To restore tabs on Chrome, right-click on an empty part of the tab bar and select Reopen closed tab from the popup menu. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + T on Windows or Command + Shift + T on Mac....

How to Pin Items to Your Chromebook’s Taskbar At the time of this writing, the feature is hidden, and you will need to enable a flag first. To do that open the Chrome browser and type the following into the address bar and hit Enter: That will bring you to the “Quick access to screenshots, downloads, and files” flag. Select the dropdown menu and set it to Enabled. Then you will need to click the Restart button at the bottom of the browser to apply the flag....

Play an Image Slideshow in Windows 10 To easily start a slideshow of all images in a folder, open the folder that contains the images you want, and then select the first picture from the folder. A new yellow section called Picture Tools will appear in the Ribbon above the Manage tab; click on it. There you will see some new options and in the View section. Click on the Slide show to begin a slideshow of all of the pictures in the folder....

Print Email from Outlook.com Dropdown Menu Open the message you need to print out in Outlook.com and click the “…” button on the toolbar, then select Print from the dropdown menu. Remember, you can always use the Shift + P key combo as well. In Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, you can also open a message, right click within it, and click Print. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

There are a few ways to do this. You can take advantage of the navigation pane in Word to rearrange sections by headings or use the tried-and-tested cut and paste approach instead. Here’s how to rearrange pages in Word using both methods. Using the Navigation Pane The easiest method to rearrange pages in Word is to use the navigation pane to move pages from A to B. Technically, this doesn’t allow you to move pages, but it does allow you to move entire sections if you’ve used headings to split up your document....

Using .htaccess to Permanently 301 Redirect Old Domain to New Domain If you haven’t made any changes to your site’s structure but are just transferring it, using the following code in your .htaccess file at the root of your old domain will not only redirect your users, it will also update Google’s index and pass along all your SEO Ranking. The code above is simple regular expression so you can do all kinds of nifty things with it....

Chrome just updated again and with it comes a neat little button for tidying up. As of version 29.0.154.57 (Stable), there is a new feature found in Chrome’s setting window that allows users to completely reset their browser. The result of activating this function will bring Chrome back to its initial state like it was at installation, with one particular benefit: it doesn’t erase your bookmarks. In other words: Note: Extensions are not removed, they are only disabled....

Save a Web Page as a PDF in Google Chrome First, launch the Google Chrome browser and navigate to the web page you want to save as a PDF. Then click the Options (ellipsis) button in the upper-right corner of the screen. Scroll down and click Print from the menu. Next, a screen will open up. From the dropdown menu under the Destination header in the right column select Save as PDF....

What is Drag and Drop on iPad? Using drag and drop on your mobile device, you can use a finger to move text and other items within the same app. You can also use the tool to copy items from one app to another. For example, you can move an image from the Photos app and drag it into an email. Moving Items To use drag and drop on iPad and move items:...

Instapaper is an online web app that provides an easy way for you to save pages quickly for later reading. If you’re the type of person who loves adding favorites to Google Reader, or Delicious, chances are you’ll find Instapaper pretty useful. First I’ll show you how to get started and use Instapaper, and then we’ll look at how to use some of its few, but useful features. How To Set Up Instapaper For 1 Click Web Page Saving 1....

First, open Evernote and Right-Click on a notebook you want to set as your default. From the context menu, Click Properties. Check the box Make this my Default Notebook and Click OK to save. Create a few new notebooks and see if you have a problem. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

The feature, Continue on PC allows you to share content between your smartphone mobile and your Windows 10 PC. Previously, the feature was only supported on Android however now that it supports the iPhone / iOS devices, I’m finally able to check it out and review it for all you groovyReaders! Oh, before you download it, I must warn you. Continue on PC is still a bit buggy at the moment....

Share Files from Android to Windows Over WiFi Download and install ES File Explorer to your smartphone or tablet. If you already have it installed, make sure to update to version 3 or higher. For this example I’m using the Nexus 7, but it should be a similar experience across the board for all versions. Open ES File Explorer and tap Network > LAN. Next you should start seeing the computers that are up and running on your home network....

Stop Lock Screen Notifications on iPhone To start out, open Settings on your iPhone or iPad and scroll down to Touch ID & Passcode or Face ID & Passcode (for iPhones with Face ID). Next, you will need to type in your phone’s passcode. Then scroll down to the “Allow Access When Locked” section and toggle off the Notification Center switch. While you’re there, make sure to disable anything else you don’t want to be accessed from the Lock Screen....

Set Up Twonky for Android, iOS, and Roku First, install the free app called Twonky Beam for your iOS or Android smartphone or tablet: Twonky App for AndroidTwonky App for iOS Then log in to your Roku account to the Add Channel page and type: mytwonky and click Yes, Add Channel. Then go to your Roku and update the Channels, and you should see the Twonky channel appear. Launch the Twonky channel, and you’ll see it already has some online video content you can access and link to your Twonky account....

If you’re a Mac user, screenshots are easy to take, with built-in options that allow you to create and save custom screenshot images in seconds. If you want to know how to take a screenshot on a Mac, you can follow this step-by-step guide. 1. How to Take a Screenshot on a Mac (Full Screen Method) The fastest way to take a full-screen screenshot on a Mac is to use a keyboard command....