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But you will need to activate a specific setting if you want to do this completely hands-free. We will show you how to activate Siri with your voice in the tutorial below. How to Enable “Hey Siri” on an iPhone 6 Our guide continues below with additional information on how to activate Siri on your iPhone, including pictures of these steps. The Siri feature on your iPhone offers a convenient way to use certain features of the device by just speaking with Siri....

Our guide below will show you how to select a contact and associate a picture on your iPhone with that contact. These steps were written on an iPhone 6 Plus in iOS 9, but will work for many other iPhone models and iOS versions as well. Here is how to set a picture for a contact in iOS 9 – These steps are also shown below with images – Step 1: Tap the Phone icon....

Editing documents in the Google Docs application allows anyone with a Google Account to create and edit documents from anywhere with an Internet connection. And, much like the desktop version of Google Docs, you can change almost any aspect of your document that you need. This ability isn’t limited to just your computer, however, as there is also a Google Docs iPhone app. This app lets you perform many of the same functions on your iPhone that you have access to with your computer....

Are you interested in archiving your calendar, too? You can read this article to learn how to do that as well. Manually Archive Emails in Outlook 2010 The process for doing this is actually pretty simple and, considering the benefit that you will gain be archiving your old messages, is something that you should consider doing frequently to keep Outlook running lean and mean. Step 1: Launch Outlook 2010. Step 2: Click the orange File tab at the top-left corner of the window....

Microsoft Word has a lot of ways to align text as well. Our how to center text in Word article can show you a few of those options. Centering Text in an Excel 2010 Cell The directions below are meant to center text inside of a cell horizontally, so that there is an equal amount of space to the left and the right of your text. You can follow a similar process to center your text vertically, however, by clicking the Middle Align button directly above the Center button that we will direct you to below....

Fitting a printed spreadsheet on the correct number of pages in Excel 2010 can be a bit of a balancing act. There are several adjustments that you can make to accomplish it, but perhaps one of the most useful and effective is to adjust the size of the margins on the page. Excel 2010 offers a number of simple margin adjustments, but there is also a Custom Margin option where you have complete control over the size of the margins on your page....

The Microsoft Office programs on your computer all probably use the same font for new documents if it’s a setting that you have never touched. In Office 2013, this font is called Calibri. It’s a generally well-liked font, and many people leave it as the default when they start using programs like Word or OneNote. But if you prefer a different font, or you work or go to school somewhere that has font requirements, then you may need to change it....

How to Change the Send and Receive Time in Outlook 2010 The frequency settings for Outlook’s send and receive utility are so important and such an issue of concern for Outlook users that the feature has its’ own menu. You can access the menu by opening the Options menu in Outlook 2010. Find the Options menu by launching Outlook 2010, clicking the File tab at the top-left corner of the window, then clicking the Options link at the bottom of the left column....

It has been a customizable option for nearly as long as cell phones are around, and is especially helpful in distinguishing your ringing iPhone from someone else. But if you aren’t familiar with the iPhone 5 menu, especially after the update to iOS 7, then you may be lost about how to locate the menu that allows you to make this change. So continue reading below to learn how to find the correct menu for changing the sound that plays when you get a new call on your iPhone 5....

Removing Cell Formatting in Excel 2010 The ability to eliminate all cell formatting in a worksheet at once is pretty helpful when you encounter a sheet that has a lot of custom formatting. It allows you to go about your work in a way that you are familiar with, and will help to avoid any unexpected roadblocks along the way. Additionally, it will also make it simpler to troubleshoot any problems that someone might have with your spreadsheet in the future, because you will know all of the changes and formatting settings that were applied to the worksheet....

You may find yourself needing to share or upload a Powerpoint presentation somewhere, but a PDF file is either requested or simpler to use. Luckily you don’t need to resort to an online converter tool or another application, as you are able to convert Microsoft Powerpoint files to a PDF using only the options already found within Powerpoint. You can read our guide on how to save Powerpoint as PDF with notes if you would like to include your speaker notes with the PDF file you generate....

If you are used to working with Microsoft Word, then it might seem like Google docs is missing these options. They are actually in the application, although you need to use a Drawing tool found on the Insert menu. Our guide below will show you where to find and how to use this option in the Google word processing application. How to Make a Drawing and Add it to a Document Our guide continues below with additional information on how to create a drawing in Google Docs, including pictures of these steps....

While you could force the Bluetooth device to re-pair with the other Bluetooth receiver, this can often be problematic if the iPad and the Bluetooth device keep trying to pair with one another. Fortunately you can forget a Bluetooth device on an iPad to simplify the process. Removing a Paired Bluetooth Device on an iPad in iOS 9 The steps in this article were performed on an iPad 2, in the iOS 9....

Deleting a Video from Your iPhone 5 Camera Roll We are going to assume, for the purposes of this tutorial, that you want to delete a video that is buried in your Camera Roll. Since they are intermixed with your regular still images, it can be a little tricky to find videos when you have a lot of items on your Camera Roll. If, however, you just want to delete a video that you have recently recorded, you can follow the steps in this article to delete an item from the Camera Roll instead....

You can delete individual text messages on your iPad by following our short guide below. The ability to select which messages you want to delete and which messages you want to keep will allow you to selectively filter out information that is OK for other people to see on your iPad and information that was meant to only be viewed by you and the individual with whom you were conversing....

Your Apple TV has a lot of different settings to help customize the way the device functions. Some of these settings have default options, including the screensaver. If there is no activity on the Apple TV, then the screensaver will turn on after a set period of time. It’s likely that the current duration is set tp five minutes or so. But if you don’t like the screensaver or you simply don’t want it to come on, then you are able to disable it....

Google applications like Docs, Sheets, and Slides have been gaining a lot of popularity as an alternative to comparable Microsoft Office products. They are easy to work with, the file management is simple, and the advanced features make it a powerful tool for a wide range of users. But you might still occasionally encounter situations where colleagues or school associates are unable to work with or view your Google Slides presentation, and would prefer to work in Microsoft Powerpoint....

But streaming videos requires an Internet connection, which means that you may not be able to watch those movies in places where you can’t get online. When you own a digital copy of a movie or TV show, then you are likely to encounter a time where you want to watch it on a phone, tablet or computer. When you are connected to the Internet, the easiest way to do this is usually by simply streaming the movie....

Moving pictures to your computer can be a bit simpler with the steps in our how to transfer iPhone photos to PC article. Get an iPhone 5 Picture to Your Computer Using Email As mentioned earlier, there are other ways to perform this task, but most will require the use of another program, app or service. By emailing a picture to yourself you are simply using options that you likely already have in place and access on a consistent basis....

Send Multiple Pictures from the iPad 2 Sharing files from your iPad can be a bit of a hassle, but options such as email make it simpler to access your pictures if you aren’t in a situation where you can easily connect to iTunes. So follow the steps below to learn how ro email more than one picture at a time from your iPad 2. Step 1: Tap the Photos icon, then select the album containing your desired pictures from the top of the screen....