If you work with long documents in Word and prefer not to use Master Documents or separate files, you can use bookmarks to jump to specific places in your document. Inserting bookmarks in Word is like putting a bookmark in a book to mark your place. Bookmarks in Word are codes that are inserted into your document, but they are not visible (unless you make them visible) and do not print....

Flashes are so convenient that flash photography is practically the norm. But have you stopped to think about what that flash is doing, or whether you need to use it at all? Built in and mount flashes can allow you to take pictures in low light environments you might not be able to use otherwise, and can change your shot, both for better or worse. Take a look through several different types of photography, and join the discussion with your own experience on when a flash is helpful, and when it can ruin a shot....

Need to send sensitive information through email? Normal email messages can be intercepted or hacked before reaching the recipient. However, you can use a free extension for Google Chrome, called SafeGmail, that allows you to send encrypted emails to anyone. Messages are encrypted and decrypted within the browser, so your message is only seen by you and the person to whom it is sent, and the messages remain encrypted in both the sender’s and receiver’s email inboxes The messages also automatically expire after a random amount of time....

In 2023, we’ll still have four major seasonal sales. The Lunar New Year sale, though, is no more. In its place, we’ll have a spring sale now. This means that Steam now has one seasonal sale for each season: autumn, spring, winter, and summer. The first Steam spring sale will take place from March 16th through March 23rd, 2023, after the autumn sale that’s scheduled to begin on November 22nd and the winter sale for December 22nd....

Taking a lot of pictures this Christmas? Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite How-Tos to help you get the best possible photo prints this year. You might use Photoshop, Free Software, or even Microsoft Word; How-To Geek has something for every user in this collection of How-Tos to help you get the best prints this holiday season. Beginner Photo Editing Tips in Photoshop If you have Photoshop (or maybe just want it), take a look at these beginner photo editing tips in part 5 of the How-to Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop....

October has been full of geeky goodness here at HTG where we covered topics such as anonymizing and encrypting your BitTorrent traffic, installing Android on your HP Touchpad, reinstalling Windows without having to reactivate it, and more. Join us as we look back at the most popular articles from this past month. Note: Articles are listed as #10 through #1. How To Anonymize and Encrypt Your BitTorrent Traffic Whether you’re trying to dodge an angry government, a connection throttling ISP, or the watchful gaze of media conglomerates, anonymizing and encrypting your BitTorrent traffic can help....

At Wired they highlight the work of Genevieve Bell and her studies of how society reacts to new technology: Why We Freak Out About Some Technologies but Not Others [Wired] First, it has to change our relationship to time. Then it has to change our relationship to space. And, crucially, it has to change our relationship to one another. Individually, each of these transformations can be unsettling, but if you hit all three?...

Have you ever wished you could make your computer start and stop playing music without reaching for the keyboard and mouse? If you have an Android device, you can do this with just two free applications! Installing Foobar2000 Foobar2000 is a Swiss-army knife music player, and this is what we’re going to control remotely using Android. We’ve discussed it briefly when showing you How to Convert an MP4 Video into an MP3 Audio File....

Note: Unfortunately this method does not work in Home versions of Windows. Also, these are stand alone machines and not part of a domain. It you set anything locally on a machine on a domain, the domain settings take precedence. Manage Passwords in Vista & Windows 7 Here we will start with basic password management. Right-click on Computer in the Start Menu or from the Desktop icon and select Manage....

Some SSDs advertise support for “hardware encryption.” If you enable BitLocker on Windows, Microsoft trusts your SSD and doesn’t do anything. But researchers have found that many SSDs are doing a terrible job, which means BitLocker isn’t providing secure encryption. Update: Microsoft has issued a security advisory about this problem. It includes a command you can use to check whether you’re using hardware or software encryption. Update: Nearly a year later, BitLocker no longer trusts your SSD, so you can trust it once again....

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Some geeks use “driver cleaners” when updating their drivers — generally graphics drivers — to ensure the old driver was completely uninstalled and that no leftover files will conflict with the new driver. But is this necessary? If you’ve ever used a driver cleaner, it was probably quite a few years ago. You shouldn’t need to run them anymore unless you encounter problems after upgrading drivers. What is a Driver Cleaner?...

7Plus is a very useful, free tool for Windows 7 and Vista that adds a lot of features to Windows, such as the ability to add tabs to Windows Explorer, set up hotkeys for common tasks, and other settings to make working with Windows easier. 7Plus is powered by AutoHotkey and allows most of the features to be fully customized. You can also create your own features by creating custom events....

Opera contains hidden features that aren’t exposed in its user interface. They’re on internal pages, which you can access by typing Opera: into the address bar, followed by the name of the page. Opera’s hidden Opera: pages are its counterpart to Firefox’s About: pages and Chrome’s Chrome:// URLs. They contain hidden options, alternate user interfaces and diagnostic information tucked away from the main interface. Exploring the Opera: Pages Opera doesn’t have an internal page that lists all its internal pages, like Firefox’s about:about and Chrome’s chrome://about pages do....

Have you ever wondered where the websites you visit send your information? Well, if you have, read on to find out about this new extension from Mozilla that will tell you how you are tracked across websites. Editor’s Note: Most websites use cookies of some type, and all online advertisers do, including the advertisers on this site. You’re welcome to block cookies if that’s a worry. Installing Collusion We will be using Collusion to automatically track and link-up related cookies, to install it head over to the Collusion website and click on the download button....

Rupert, over at Runaway Brainz, wanted to avoid shelling out a lot of money for a custom control interface for a MAME cabinet. To that end he hacked apart an old keyboard, mapped the key signals on the keyboard matrix, and then rewired the board to use the inputs he needed for the new interface. The final product looks very little like a keyboard and very much like the expensive input modules he emulated for his no-cost DIY model....

Standard Runlevels The Linux kernel defines seven standard runlevels. Individual operating system distributions may customise these runlevels or add additional ones. Users are also free to create and modify runlevels. Runlevel 0 – No activity, equivalent to shutdown. The system is ready for a physical loss of power. Runlevel 1 – Running in single-user (rescue) mode. Runlevel 2 – Running in multi-user mode without networking and graphics. Runlevel 3 – Multi-user mode with the addition of networking support....

Adding a Google Call Widget to your website or blog allows visitors to contact you using your Google Voice number. The widget provides an easy and cost-effective way to provide live customer support without the customer knowing your real number. The Call Widget works using Google Voice to first call the number the customer types into the widget form. Once connected, the user is prompted to connect to the number you have configured the widget to call....

There is a handy feature in most modern browsers that allows you to go back and see what pages you have visited on a particular day. But what if you don’t want your browser to keep track of your browsing history? Here’s how to disable it. Limiting Internet Explorer History Open the settings menu and click on Internet options. Then under Browsing history click on the settings menu. Then switch over to the History tab....

Aliases and shell scripts are powerful techniques in Linux and Unix-like operating systems that allow you to hone your command line experience to be just what you want. You can define your own commands suited to your specific needs, and to ease the burden of repetitive tasks. Aliases and shell scripts do the same sort of job. They allow you to define—and name—a set of Bash shell functionality that is then callable by the name you’ve given to it....