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Tech Tip: Android: Device Manager Locates Your Phone

If you’ve put your phone down somewhere in the house or office but can’t remember where, you can use Android Device Manager (Find My Device) to help you locate it. Here’s how: You can access Device Manager via the web on a mobile device or computer. Find My Device is on by default for Android…
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Tech Tip: Android Phone: Snap A Screenshot

If you see something on the screen of your android phone that you want to save and share, there’s an easy way to do it. Press your phone’s power and volume-down buttons at the same time to capture a screenshot. Share via the notification that appears on your device or via the “Screenshots” folder within…
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Tech Tip – Make A Windows 10 Full System Image Backup

With Windows 10 you can make a system image backup which means that you can easily restore your computer to the way it was in the event of a critical failure or issue. To make the backup: • Make sure you have a suitable storage medium e.g. secondary hard drive. • Press the Windows button…
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TechTip: Windows and OneDrive

A short video tutorial from Microsoft explaining how you can can get more from the start menu.

TechTip: Windows 10 How-To Start Menu Tips and Tricks

A short video tutorial from Microsoft explaining how you can can get more from the start menu.

Tech Tip – Bringing Presentations To Life in Office 365 Powerpoint With ‘Zoom’.

PowerPoint in Office 365 now has a ‘Zoom’ feature which enables you to create an interactive summary of your presentation with automatic navigation links. More Dynamic Presentations The Zoom feature means that you can now easily jump to and from specific slides, sections, and portions of your presentation in any order that you decide while…
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InfoPath: Calculate business days between 2 dates including leap year

The following articles describes the process to allow InfoPath to calculate difference between 2 dates. Required Fields: StartDate EndDate StartDateFirstDayOfYear StartDateLastDayOfYear EndDateFirstDayOfYear EndDateLastDayOfYear TotalDaysYearStartDate TotalDaysYearEndDate StartDateDayOfYear EndDateDayOfYear StartDateWeekOfYear EndDateWeekOfYear WeeksDifference DifferenceDays WeekendDays Businessdays Step 1 – Calculate First Day of Year Add new rule to “StartDate” Condition: None Rule type: Action Run action: Set field’s…
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Tech Tip – Printing Photos

When it comes to printing photos or documents with photos in on your inkjet printer have you ever wondered why the colours in the printed photos don’t match those on the screen? If you want to improve the appearance of photos for printing try converting them to CMYK instead of RGB. This will give a…
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Tech Tip: Use 2 apps on your screen at the same time

There are times when a second monitor would be really useful, maybe you need to compare two spreadsheets or open your email and your calendar at the same time.  If you have windows 7, 8 or 10 you’re in luck…. Windows key and the arrow keys First application: Pressing the Windows key and the Left arrow keys will…
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Tech Tip – Make Web Reading Easier

If you’re tired, using a small monitor to read content (e.g. a laptop) or trying to see the small print displayed in a tiny font that makes your eyes water, then you can make the display larger and smaller in most browsers very easily. Let’s borrow some advice from our friends in the world of…
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