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Spelling auto-correction can be a very handy feature, whether it is for tricky words (“emmitted” vs. “emitted”), typical typos (“desing” vs. “design”) or other common errors. Microsoft Word has it, but why not implement it across your system using a free, customizable and easy-to-use AutoHotkey script? Read on to see how. The script we’re going to be using goes by the shockingly original name AutoCorrect. For starters, simply click the link and save it somewhere handy....

If you have data from a physical source that you want to add to Excel, you have the option to snap a photo of it, save it to your computer, and upload the data into your sheet to save time. The feature first introduced for Mac and mobile devices is now available in Excel 365 for Windows. It’s ideal for data in tables, receipts, or financials that you want to analyze and manipulate using Excel’s features....

Ever seen a mall photobooth create a “pencil drawing” from a photo? Give us about one minute, and see how you can create an easy grayscale image effect that looks like a tonal pencil drawing. Check it out! Automated software and Photoshop filters just try to awkwardly add pencil textures to your images. With some smart adjustments and an easy technique appropriate for beginners, you can turn some of your favorite photos into handsome, tonal, pencil art style images....

Not that long ago, we reviewed the Kindle Fire, and one of our biggest complaints was how lousy the browser is—but we’ve discovered the trick to making it actually fast. Here’s how to fix it. What’s the problem? The browser, in the default settings, is essentially attempting to be a desktop browser on a little 7” screen that doesn’t exactly use your screen space very well. As part of this silliness, the browser is set to “Desktop” mode, and Flash is enabled by default....

Sometimes you want to be able to quickly access a website, without the big clunky desktop optimized interface. Treb allows you to do this by pinning mobile websites to the system tray for easy access. Here’s how to use it. Head over to the developer’s website and download treb. Once the download has completed, unzip it. Once unzipped find the treb.exe file and double click to launch it. Once running it will appear in the system tray....

If you’re creating a Google Sheets spreadsheet for others to use, you can make it easier to refer to certain sections of data by renaming columns or rows using named ranges. Here’s how. What Are Named Ranges? Named ranges allow you to add a custom name to a group of cells, from entire columns or rows to smaller groups of cells. Creating a named range doesn’t overwrite the original cell references (A1, A2, etc....

There are a lot of reasons why a device may need to be restarted, and it doesn’t just apply to Fire Tablets. If your tablet seems slower than usual, isn’t responding to touch, or just seems “off,” try restarting before trying more advanced solutions. RELATED: Why Does Rebooting a Computer Fix So Many Problems? How to Reboot a Fire Tablet With the Power Button The first method is the easiest....

Have you ever been connected to a network and wanted to know if you could see who is copying stuff from your PC? Here’s how to do it with the built in Windows tools. See Who Is Downloading Files From Your Network Shares Press the Windows + R keyboard combination to bring up a run box, then type mmc and press enter. This will open a blank MMC console, click on the File menu item and choose to add a snap-in....

Want to take the next generation of Windows for a free test drive? Of course you do; it’s still got that new car smell. Read on to see how you can combine the Windows 8 developer release with VirtualBox for free next-gen OS exploration. What You’ll Need You only need a few things for this tutorial and all of them—the price of good hardware aside!—are free and readily available. Before we get started you’ll need to do:...

A standardized way to package code as reusable modules was missing from ECMAScript for most of its history. In the absence of an integrated solution, the CommonJS (CJS) approach became the de facto standard for Node.js development. This uses require and module.exports to consume and provide pieces of code: ES2015, alternatively known as ES6, finally introduced a built-in module system of its own. ECMAScript or ES Modules (ESM) rely on the import and export syntax:...

SkyDrive is an online storage system included in Windows Live, which gives you 25 GB of space that you can sync to your desktop. Here’s how to connect it to your Windows 7 computer as a mapped drive. First of all, you need to go to http://skydrive.live.com and use your Windows Live account (the same you use to access Hotmail, Messenger, Windows Live Mail or MSN) to log in and create the folders you want to use by using the New menu....

While Windows 8 may seem a bit out of place on hardware without a touch screen, trackpad gestures can help bridge the gap. Gestures on a trackpad work similarly to gestures on a touch screen. Instead of moving the cursor to the corners of the screen, you can swipe the trackpad to reveal hidden menus and pinch your fingers to zoom in and out. Image Credit: Michael Mol on Flickr...

Earlier this week IBM’s took their Jeopardy playing supercomputer Watson to play a practice round with two human (and accomplished) jeopardy players. Watson tears out of the gate and barely lets up on the beatings. We don’t know about you, but we’ve been watching the Watson project with curiosity. Building a supercomputer to be a chess champion, for example, only requires that you have a computer powerful enough to calculate all the future permutations of the game and choose the best path of action....

One of the many great features of frameworks like Blazor and ASP.NET (which it runs on) is the ability to serve dynamic content at whatever endpoint your application needs. If you’d like to serve downloads of generated files, it’s easy to do with a little configuration. Why Serve Dynamic Files? Basically, you have two options as a web server: respond to a request with static content, like an HTML page or JPG file, or generate a custom response to send to the user....

Have you always wanted to try Linux but don’t have a spare machine or don’t care to dual boot your main computer? Well, thanks to virtualization technology, you can easily install one operating system inside another on one machine. The following articles show you how to use some of the more popular virtualization software programs to run Linux in Windows and Windows in Linux and how to run XP mode in Windows 7....

Podcasts, or webcasts, are shows about many different topics that are broadcast over the web and broken up into parts, or episodes. You subscribe to podcasts and new episodes are automatically delivered to you as they are released. We’ve collected the best websites for finding many different types of webcasts and for finding resources to help you in creating and producing your own podcasts. In the coming weeks, we will be publishing other articles about the best websites for educating and entertaining yourself online, such as sites for eBooks, audiobooks, movies and TV shows, documentaries, user-made videos, free online courses, news and information, and music (downloads, streaming, and radio)....

This urge is slightly lessened with modern smart alarm clocks, which all seem to have learned a lesson from earlier generations: “I better wake this guy up gently, or I’m dead.” Smart alarm clocks have come a long way from those old clock radios that look like mini station wagons with wood paneling. They can creepily watch you while you sleep and provide unwanted feedback on everything you’re doing wrong, will gently wake you with calming sounds adapted to your sleeping patterns, and even will mimic a sunrise by bathing you in natural light....

Docker labels let you attach arbitrary metadata to your containers, images, volumes, and other resources. You can tag your Docker objects with information specific to your organization, workflow, or toolchain. Labels are meant to be an open-ended classification system that you can adapt to your own needs. Here’s how to create new labels and use them to filter objects returned by the Docker CLI. Supported Object Types You can use labels with the following Docker objects:...

Tabs are an indispensable part of web browsers. Navigating between tabs and keeping them organized can be a challenge—especially if you love to keep tons of them open. We’ll show you some nifty keyboard shortcuts for Google Chrome to help. All web browsers have a lot of keyboard shortcuts you may not know about. Sometimes, keeping your fingers on the keyboard is faster than moving the mouse. A lot of these shortcuts can be found in other browsers as well, but we’ll be focusing on Google Chrome....

For those of you who like to use the quickest methods of getting things done on your computer, we have shown you many Windows shortcuts and hotkeys for performing useful tasks in the past. This article compiles 20 of the best Windows shortcuts and hotkeys we have documented. Create Keyboard Shortcuts to Applications in Windows If you prefer using the keyboard over the mouse, you can use the keyboard to quickly and easily open your favorite programs....