As an IT support and development company, there's often occasions where someone is trying to describe an obscure problem to us in words that it would be much easier to show in a video. Microsoft have recently added the ability to record video in their screenshot snipping tool. This HowTo will show you how this works.
There's another "Moment" update to Windows 11 rolling out to most users running this operating system. Included in the new features is the ability to show seconds on the clock in the taskbar, which may be useful in some cases. We've therefore put together this guide explaining how to enable this setting.
Microsoft have been working away on a new version of Outlook for some time, and have just made it more widely available to Windows users that would like to preview it in advance of a wider launch. While most basic features are where you expect to find them, Automatic Replies have moved. This guide will show you where to find the Out of Office settings.
Most of us have home screens full of installed apps; from WhatsApp to mail to Spotify. However, did you know it's possible to also create icons that instantly launch your favourite websites? We show you how in this month's HowTo.
An Excel-specific HowTo for you this month (although this method may well work in other apps). This time, we will explain how you can leverage the power of a wildcard to make what would otherwise be hours of work take a matter of seconds!
Many of you with a Microsoft 365 subscription may use Microsoft's OneNote app as a note taking tool that syncronises between your devices. It has many other features though, including a pretty nifty ability to copy the text out of an image file and turn it into real text that you can use elsewhere. This guide explains how.
After promising it for years, Microsoft have finally added tabs to the File Explorer with the recently released "Moment 1" update to Windows 11. This means the days of having to open multiple File Explorer windows to compare folders or copy things around are over? So, how does the new feature work?
Any Outlook users will likely be aware of the fact that, in addition to any external filtering of their mail, Outlook also has its own filtering system that will automatically filter some emails into junk. Equally, there may be mail you get you'd always like filtered into junk to declutter your inbox. Our HowTo explains how!
Many people will have used Microsoft's Outlook app or its web counterpart to set their Out of Office automated replies when they're off on holiday or otherwise unable to respond to email. What you may not know is that it's now also possible to do this within Microsoft Teams, which may be convenient for those that don't have access to Outlook for whatever reason.
With energy prices on the rise, you may be looking for ways to try and cut down on your bills. This month's HowTo will show you where to find the power settings in Windows, which determine how quickly various bits of your PC are put into sleep mode, therefore saving power.
