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Luckily the iPhone has a feature called Dial Assist which can make this a bit easier. But Dial Assist can occasionally cause some problems, and you might discover that you need to place the call without the help of that feature. Our tutorial below will show you how to turn off the iPhone dial assist option. How to Shut Off iPhone Dial Assist Our guide continues below with additional information on how to disable Dial Assist on the iPhone, including pictures of how to shut it off....

While this feature is helpful when you mean to use it, it can be incredibly frustrating when it happens accidentally. If you find that you don’t use it at all, and that the drag and drop is only causing you grief, then it is possible to change a setting in Word 2011 to block that feature from occurring. Our guide below will show you how to make that change. How to Disable Drag and Drop in Word 2011 The steps in this article were performed on the Word 2011 application for Mac computers....

Stop Calls and Texts From Coming Through On the iPhone 5 There are a number of different options associated with Do Not Disturb, so you will need to manually select the options that you want to use when you turn it on. I generally prefer to use it when I am in a meeting at work, or some other situation where I don’t want to be disturbed, so I will be showing the options below for completely preventing any calls or texts from coming through....

Microsoft Office Starter 2010 is slightly different in this respect as it is technically a fully functional program that you do not actually need to upgrade. Office Starter is just Microsoft Excel 2010 and Microsoft Word 2010, albeit with reduced functionality and some advertisements. For the average user, however, this might be acceptable. Many home users may balk at parting with the amount of money necessary to purchase a fully functional version of Microsoft Office, and those full versions can be overkill for someone that just needs to write the occasional document or do some simple spreadsheet work....

But one unfortunate side effect of the Pokemon Go Plus is that you are going to go through a lot of Pokeballs. Occasionally you will even need to stop trying to catch Pokemon while you restock on items. Fortunately you can configure the Pokemon Go Plus to stop catching Pokemon and only spin Pokestops until your Pokeball storage is at a high enough level to continue using the device. If you would like to update the name that others see for your iPhone, then read our article on how to change the Bluetooth name on an iPhone and learn how....

The cloud songs are not taking up any space on your device, but they can make it difficult to locate the downloaded songs that you intentionally added to your iPhone. Fortunately this is a feature that you can turn off, and it can be done with just a few simple steps. Stop Showing Cloud Music on the iPhone 5 If you decide later that you want to download a song from the cloud to your iPhone, you can simply follow the steps below again, but turn on the Show All Music option that we will be turning off....

However, you may notice that there isn’t a BCC field by default when you create emails in the Outlook.com Web interface. Luckily this is a setting that you can change, so continue reading our tutorial below and find out how to always show the BCC field in Outlook.com. How to Add a BCC Field When Writing Emails in Outlook.com The steps in this article were performed in the desktop version of Google Chrome, but will work in other desktop browsers as well....

Preview Powerpoint 2010 Presentation in Grayscale Viewing your Powerpoint 2010 file in grayscale will not actually convert the file to grayscale. This means that your images, videos and slide elements will still be in color if you need them – you are simply checking how everything will look when it is printed or viewed in grayscale. If you detect any problems with the slideshow in this view setting, then you can adjust those problems before they are presented to an audience....

Our guide below will show you where to find this setting so that you can either improve the quality of your recorded video, or reduce the amount of space that your videos take on your iPhone. The higher the resolution of the recorded video, the more space it will use. Controlling this setting based on the type of video that you are recording allows you to make the most of the storage space on the device to give you the best mix of quality and efficient space usage....

Our tutorial will show you where this setting is found so that you can adjust it to meet your own preferences. How to Enable Spellcheck for Uppercase Words in Word 2013 It is possible to configure spellcheck in Microsoft Word 2013 so that it will not check the spelling of uppercase words. This means any word that is spelled in all uppercase letters LIKE THIS. Once you follow the steps in this guide, Word 2013 will start to spellcheck words that are in caps lock, or entirely uppercase....

This is helpful for situations where you receive a file on your phone, but it isn’t in the file format that you need. Previously you would have needed to be on a desktop computer or use a Web browser option, but now you can do it all from your iPhone. Some of the benefits of the app are: Can convert from PDF to .doc, .xls, .pptx or .txt Can convert many different file types to PDF OCR conversion- ability to convert scanned text documents Simplicity- the sleek interface simplifies the conversion process down to 2 taps System integration- a chosen file can be located from anywhere (email, downloads, file explorers etc....

An alternative is to minimize the amount of data that you actually print. But rather than deleting or hiding rows and columns, you can consider setting a print area instead. This allows you to highlight a group of cells and define them as the print area. Then, when you go to print the file, only that print area will be included. You can even clear the print area when you’re done if it’s only a temporary thing....

But you have some other ways that you can interact with your voice memos, including the ability to share those voice memos via email. Our guide below will show you how to choose one of your voice memos and include it as an attachment in an email that you send directly from your iPhone. If you’re sharing videos of your iPhone screen, then our how to get sound on screen recording guide might be able to fix a problem you’re having with it....

You are able to create a Netlfix account and use it on all types of devices, like your iPhone or Android smartphone, gaming consoles like the Xbox or Playstation, as well as computers, TVs, streaming devices, and more. If you’ve been thinking about getting Netlfix and have some questions, you can continue reading below. While it initially started as a mail-order DVD rental service, Netflix has surged in popularity thanks to the streaming video service that they provide....

Depending upon the volume of email that you receive, it can actually be taking up a significant amount of space on the device. Our guide below will show you how you can check the total amount of storage space that is being used on your iPhone by the Mail app. Check the Storage Space Being Used By Mail On Your iPhone The steps in this guide were performed on an iPhone 5, in iOS 8....

But you can also add a link to an image if you find that you need this functionality. Whether the link is there to provide credit to the creator of the image, or to offer your document reader additional information about a topic, the ability to point them to another location can be very helpful. Our short how-to guide below will show you the steps needed in order to add a link to an image....

Depending on the style of touchscreen computer you have, it might be possible to use it in an orientation where the physical keyboard isn’t easily accessible. Luckily there is a touchscreen keyboard available in Windows 10 and you can even add an icon for it to the taskbar at the bottom of your screen. Touch Screen Keyboard Icon in Taskbar The steps in this article were performed on a Windows 10 laptop computer....

Ad blocking tools have existed for a while for desktop Web browsers, but blocking ads on your mobile device is a little trickier, especially if you have an iPhone. Fortunately the Microsoft Edge iPhone app includes an ad blocker that you can enable to start blocking ads on sites that you view in the Edge iPhone app. How to Block Ads on Websites in Microsoft Edge iPhone App The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 11....

Our guide continues below with additional information on how to change hyperlink color in Powerpoint, including pictures of these steps. You can also change the color of followed hyperlinks as well. Powerpoint sets a different color for clicked and un-clicked hyperlinks. A followed hyperlink is one that the user has already clicked. The color of the clickable links in our documents is not something that we often consider. In applications like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, these links mainly exist to highlight the link as a separate object....

Fortunately most of the elements of your Powerpoint presentation can be modified, including the order of the slides that you have created. Our guide below will show you how you can change the order of the slides that are in your slideshow. Changing Slide Order in Powerpoint 2013 The steps in this article will show you how to change the position of an individual slide in your presentation using Powerpoint 2013....