Scan Documents and Open with Installed Word The character recognition capabilities in Microsoft Word work best with documents that are primarily text. For example, Word would be likely to cleanly open and convert a contract comprised of several pages of printed text whereas Word may struggle to cleanly recognize text in a brochure where text is printed within or around images in anything other than a single column. You’ll need a working scanner connected to a Windows or macOS system, along with a relatively recent version of Word....

How to Set Up Pixel Buds Your Google Pixel Buds set will come with a pair of Pixel Buds, a charging/pairing case, and a charging cable. Before you pair your Buds to a device, make sure they are ready to set up: How to Pair Pixel Buds to an Android Device You can pair your Pixel Buds with an Android using the Pixel Buds app. How to Connect Pixel Buds to an iPhone or iPad You don’t need an app to connect Pixel Buds to your iPhone or iPad:...

How to Set up Two-Factor Authentication on iPhone Turning on two-factor authentication on the iPhone will secure both your Apple ID and the features of your iPhone that use your Apple ID. Here’s how to set it up: How to Add Trusted Devices on iPhone As an additional security layer, you can opt to use two-factor authentication to sign into your Apple ID only on trusted devices. This means that even if a hacker gets your Apple ID username and password and the one-time-use code, they’d also need physical access to one of your devices to get into your account....

Use Shazam to Identify a Song Playing on Your Device If you haven’t installed this free app, first download it for your operating system and launch it. View and Listen to Your Shazams After you finish playing the unknown songs on your phone, view a list of the tracks the app identified by viewing your Shazam history. The Shazam app saves all identified song information to your Shazam Library on Android and My Music > Shazams on iOS....

Your Phone for Windows 10 In 2018, Microsoft released an app called Your Phone that, when paired with the Your Phone Companion app for Android, supports Wi-Fi pairing to let Your Phone interact directly with the mobile operating system. Screen Casting Apple does not prioritize interoperability between iOS and iPadOS with Windows 10. To cast an iPhone or iPad screen to a Windows display, you’ll need special software that translates the AirPlay standard....

How to Show Hidden Files in macOS To show hidden files on a Mac, use the Terminal application. The command lines accomplish two goals. The first part changes the file setting to show hidden files. The second part restarts the Finder so the files show up. If you use OS X 10.8 or earlier, enter this command instead: Most of the time, you want to keep these hidden files and folders out of view, but there are circumstances where you may want to see them....

Why Someone Sends a Fake Friend Request You may receive fake Facebook friend requests for any number of reasons — some harmless, some malicious. Types of people who send fake or malicious friend requests include: Scammers: Scammers create fake Facebook profiles and request to be your friend to gain access to personal information that you restrict to “friends only.” This information may include your contact information for spamming or other personal information that might be useful in setting you up for a phishing attack....

How to Disable Push Notifications in Flipboard If you’re using Flipboard on your mobile device you probably get a ton of notifications from the company about new stories and social interactions. That’s because by default you’re subscribed to all the notification for Flipboard including likes, reflips, and comments. You can change that to receive fewer push notifications (or none) on your mobile device in Flipboard settings. How to Change Flipboard Email Settings If you receive too many emails from Flipboard, you can adjust those settings as well, but you’ll have to do it from the desktop version of Flipboard that you access through a web browser....

Stream and Mirror With Apple AirPlay AirPlay is a technology developed by Apple that allows iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) to stream media and mirror their displays on an Apple TV. An Apple TV is a small device that connects to a TV set using an HDMI cable. It essentially turns a regular TV into a smart TV, with apps for streaming services, video games, and iTunes music. Here’s how to set it up:...

How to Subscribe to Magazines and Newspapers in the App Store Magazines and newspapers are available in the App Store and function like any other app downloaded to an iPad. This includes the ability to use in-app purchases to subscribe to a magazine or newspaper. Once you download a magazine from the App Store, you can subscribe to it in the magazine’s app. Most magazines and newspapers offer limited free content, so you can check out what you’re getting before you make a purchase....

How to Use Print Screen on a Dell Laptop The Print Screen button is part of most computer keyboards. Most Dell laptops models also have a dedicated Print Screen key placed on the first row of the keyboard alongside the Function keys. Dell usually labels it as Print Screen or PrtScr. It can be abbreviated as PrintScreen, PrntScrn, PrntScr, PrtScn, PrtScr, or PrtSc also. In this article, we will use PrtScr to refer to the key....

How to Turn Find My iPad On and Off Access your iPad’s settings to enable or disable Find My iPad. How to Use Find My iPad A benefit to Find My iPad is that you don’t need an iPad to use it. Here’s how to use it to track a missing tablet: What Is Find My iPad? The Find My iPad option on the iPad is one of the most important features on the tablet....

How to Turn Off Auto Switch on iPhone and iPad Apple introduced AirPods automatic switching with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. It lets your AirPods detect what device is playing audio and automatically connects them to that device for a seamless experience. To turn off AirPods automatic switching, follow these steps: With that setting changed, now your AirPods will only automatically switch to that device if it was the last one with which they connected....

Use Fitbit and Smart Lock to Unlock Your Android Phone Android users got quick unlock features when Smart Lock capabilities were introduced in Android Lollipop 5.0 OS. Smart Lock added several new locking and unlocking methods, and it also improved on the previous facial recognition feature offered in earlier versions of the OS. It can use a trusted Bluetooth device’s presence to unlock a phone. Here’s how to set up Android Smart Lock to use a Fitbit (or any trusted Bluetooth device) to unlock a phone....

How to Enable Brief Mode Having Alexa say “OK” to everything you ask can be annoying, but stopping it is easy. Alexa has a Brief Mode that silences many interactions. With Brief Mode enabled, Alexa won’t always say “OK.” It just takes care of the task at hand. This mode is a boon to those who get frustrated with Alexa’s respondes, and it makes the assistant more efficient (and quiet). Here’s how to enable Brief Mode: At this point, Alexa Brief Mode is enabled....

How To Page Break in Google Docs Google Docs provides easy ways to make a page break. The quickest way is to use the Ctrl+Enter keyboard shortcut. Otherwise, go to the Insert menu. If you’re using the mobile app, open the document for editing, select where to apply the page break, use the plus sign to open a new menu, and then tap Page break. How To Remove Page Breaks Aside from Edit > Undo, which only works well if you just made the page break, there isn’t a sweeping “remove all page breaks” button in Google Docs....

Don’t Look for RSS Feeds in Google News If you previously used Google News RSS feeds dating back to 2016 or earlier, you probably realized that things have changed a lot since then. In 2017, Google announced that it would be deprecating old RSS feed subscription URLs by December 1st, 2017. Instructions for obtaining the new RSS feeds were given in the Google Product Forums, but those instructions no longer appear to work since RSS options are nowhere to be found within Google News pages....

If you jump off of a high ledge and go directly down to the ground, you will take fall damage due to the velocity at which you are traveling. If you glide slightly downwards, you will gain speed and be able to travel longer distances. When you are gliding and heading upward, you will stall and begin to fall, losing your distance and height. You are not able to jump and directly begin flying upwards....

Thankfully, there are a variety of ways to keep children safe while playing Roblox by using the Roblox Parental Controls to manage who they can talk to, what kind of content they can play, and to make sure that they’re not exposed to any inappropriate games on Roblox. How to Manage Roblox for Kids The Roblox video game may be available on iOS, Android, Windows, and Xbox but all of these versions use the same account system which can be managed by logging into the official Roblox website....

How to Set Up Samsung Pay on Your Phone Before you can pay for goods and services using Samsung Pay, you must sign-up through the app and add a payment card or account. Be sure you have the credit or debit card handy that you want to use before starting this process. How to Make a Payment with Your Phone Using Samsung Pay If you have an accepted form of payment within the Samsung Pay app, you can then use that account to pay for goods and services via your phone....