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View Windows 7 Print Drivers If you have been using the same computer for a while, particularly a laptop computer, then you might have had it connected to more printers than you think. Any time that you have had to print something at a hotel, a friend’s house or a client’s office, you might have installed a new print driver. Viewing the installed drivers can help you to get an idea why a printer that you are currently trying to install might be giving your problems....

Many of the apps on your TV and smartphone will have an option that allows for the app to play its content for a certain amount of time before it shuts off automatically. Some of these apps include the iPhone’s Clock app, the Podcasts app, and even Spotify. But many of the features and options in Spotify can be tough to find if you haven’t familiarized yourself with all of the various screens and settings, so you may not have found the sleep timer yet....

The ability to use the HBO Go app requires you to meet a couple of criteria, however. The first thing that you will need is an HBO subscription with your cable provider. If you have that, then you just need to confirm that your provider is one of the ones that offers HBO Go access to their subscribers. You can view a list of cable providers that support HBO Go here....

Your school or organization probably has some kind of formatting requirement that dictates the size of these margins, as it’s a useful place to include notes when others review your work. But you might be having trouble visualizing how your completed document will look and would like to be able to see something on the screen that indicates where the document body stops and the margins begin. You can show document margins in Microsoft Word by going to File > Options > Advanced > then checking the box next to Show text boundaries and clicking OK....

Adjust the Number of Messages Displayed in your iPad Inboxes It is important to note that increasing the number of messages on your iPad can affect the amount of storage being used by the Mail application. This is particularly important if you are managing multiple email accounts on your iPad that all receive a high volume of emails. Additionally, this setting will be applied to each Mail inbox. So if you set your iPad to show 1000 recent messages and you have 5 email accounts configured on your device, then you could potentially have 5000 emails on your iPad....

The steps in this article will show you how to find the setting that you need to change so your favorites are displayed at the top of Safari, under the address bar. You can then simply touch one of the sites listed in the Favorites bar to go to the page. Display Favorites Bar in Safari on an iPad The steps in this article were performed in iOS 8, on an iPad 2....

The speech rate is adjustable with a slider, and you can make it as fast or slow as you would like. So continue below to see the steps you need to follow in order to modify the rate of speech on your iPhone. Get Your iPhone to Speak Slower These steps were performed in iOS 8. Steps may be slightly different for earlier versions of iOS. There is no “ideal” speed that will suit everyone’s needs....

Unfortunately there are only so many spots on your Home screen, and you might have already created a configuration that is ideal for your usage. Therefore you might prefer that all of the new apps you install aren’t added to the Home screen by default. Fortunately this is a setting that you can control by following the steps in the guide below. Prevent New Apps from Being Added to the Samsung Galaxy On5 Home Screen Automatically The steps in this guide were performed on a Samsung Galaxy On5 in Android Marshmallow....

If you use the calendar on your iPhone to manage your schedule, then you are likely accustomed to the large number of calendar event notifications that can occur during the course of the day. If you work in an environment where everyone uses their calendar, and frequently sends out calendar invitations for meetings and events, then these notifications can become overwhelming. Fortunately, you can modify a lot of the calendar notification settings on your device, and you can even specify settings that apply directly to calendar invitations....

If you have had trouble finding that message, then you might have enabled a setting on your iPhone that causes you to send yourself copies of the emails that you write on the device. But after using that setting for a while you might determine that you don’t need it any longer. Our guide below will show you how to get rid of the BCC option for the iPhone Mail app....

If you would like to know more about this notification setting, then our iPhone lock screen message article can provide that information. Disable iPhone 5 Lock Screen Message Alerts Your reasoning behind wanting to keep your message alerts locked up could be one of many possible options, but typically involves keeping sensitive information away from prying eyes. Whether you are texting with a relative about a Christmas gift for one of your children, or you are a teenager making plans that your parents might not approve of, there are a lot of reasons why you might want to force someone to know how to unlock your phone in order to read your messages....

But you may not like this, and would prefer to simply type the full search query yourself. Fortunately you can disable a prediction service in Chrome to make that stop. Our tutorial below will show you where to find and disable that option. Google Chrome bookmarks are a great way to save the sites that you need, but you might want to read our Chrome bookmarks location article if you want to back them up....

Disable the iPhone 5 Camera Flash If you need to turn off the flash on your iPhone 5 camera because you are trying to secretly snap a photo, then you should also read our article about turning off the shutter sound when you take a picture. When you turn off the flash and the shutter sound, you can be assured that those around you will not be notified that you are taking a picture....

Learning how to do a grammar check in Word can improve the quality of your writing and reduce the issues that others might encounter when reading your documents. But if you find that you often forget to run those checks, you might be looking for a way to do them automatically. Our tutorial below will show you how to turn on automatic spell check in Microsoft Word so that it flags mistakes as you type them....

But as you try more and more apps, you might find that your storage space is getting very full. Fortunately you can remove some of the apps on your Galaxy On5 by uninstalling them. Our tutorial below will show you the process to follow if you wish to uninstall an app from your device. Deleting an App on the Galaxy On5 The steps in this article are specifically meant for deleting a third-party app that you have installed on your Galaxy On5....

Luckily there is an AutoFit Excel shortcut that can make it much simpler for you to automatically adjust the height of your rows and width of your columns based n the size of your cell data. Keyboard Shortcuts to AutoFit Columns and Rows in Excel 2013 Our guide continues below with additional information on how to use the Autofit Excel shortcut, including pictures of these steps. Do you use VLOOKUP a lot?...

You might have already found that you can download Docs files to Word, or Sheets files to Excel, but the compatibility doesn’t end with the Googe productivity apps. You can also export your Google Calendar information so that you can view or edit it in other applications. Our tutorial below will show you how to download a Google Calendar file and open it in Excel. Summary – How to Export Google Calendar to Excel Our guide continues below with additional information on how ot export a Google Calendar to Excel, including pictures of these steps....

The steps below were performed on an iPhone 5, but will work for other iPhone models as well. Step 1: Open the App Store. Step 2: Select the Search option at the bottom of the screen. Step 3: Type “amazon instant” into the search field at the top of the screen, then select the “amazon instant video” search result. Step 4: Tap the Free button to the right of the app, tap Install, enter the password for your Apple ID (if prompted), then wait for the app to install....

While you might have tried ot resize the cell or manually insert line breaks, you can also use an option that will cause the text to “wrap.” Our guide below will show you how to wrap text in Google Sheets so that you can more easily view the data that you are working with. How to Use the Google Sheets “Wrap Text” Option Our tutorial continues below with additional information on how to wrap text in Google Sheets, including pictures for the steps shown above....

If you are a new iPhone owner, or if you have never really tried out Siri, then you might be curious about it. Our guide below will show you how to check and ensure that Siri is turned on for your device. Then you can simply tap and hold the Home button to activate Siri and speak a command that you would like her to act upon. How to See if Siri is Enabled on Your iPhone 7 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....