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Word allows you to highlight text just as you would using a highlighter on paper. You can call out specific parts of a document using the highlighting tool. What if you want to copy all non-contiguous highlighted text into a different document? You can manually copy all non-contiguous highlighted text by selecting the first section with the mouse. Then, scroll to the next highlighted section and hold down the “Ctrl” key as you select that text....

What Is Ultra-Low Latency Mode? Graphics engines queue frames to be rendered by the GPU, the GPU renders them, and then they’re displayed on your PC. As NVIDIA explains, this feature builds on the “Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames” feature that’s been found in the NVIDIA Control Panel for over a decade. That allowed you to keep the number of frames in the render queue down. With “Ultra-Low Latency” mode, frames are submitted into the render queue just before the GPU needs them....

Keeping your home router updated is a crucial part of staying secure. Shellshock affected a number of routers, and we’ve also seen routers hacked and turned into botnets. Home router security is notoriously poor. You should ensure your router is getting security updates, too. Depending on your router, you may have to do this by hand, set up automatic updates — or not do anything at all. Your Router’s Firmware is an OS, and it’s Particularly At Risk RELATED: Secure Your Wireless Router: 8 Things You Can Do Right Now...

If you’ve downloaded a file through the Chrome browser on your Chromebook (or in Chrome OS), you might not know where it ended up. Luckily, there’s an obvious place to look—and a way to double-check if you’re not sure. Here’s how. Check Your Downloads Folder By default, Chrome OS includes a special folder called “Downloads” in the “My Files” storage area on your device. To see its contents, first open the Files app....

Sometimes when you set up a dual-boot system, things can get a bit weird with the time and clock settings, so how do you fix the problem? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the perfect solution to help a frustrated reader fix his dual-boot clock woes. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of Straws pulled at random (Flickr)....

Windows 8.1 brings us Internet Explorer 11. To maximize screen real estate, they decided to hide your open tabs and address bar by default. Here is how to get them showing. How to Keep Your Tabs and Address Bar Visible in IE 11 Switch over to the Start Screen and launch Internet Explorer 11. Once open press the Win + C keyboard combination to bring up the Charms bar, then click on the Settings Charm....

It’s 2019, but some businesses and government agencies still have old websites that don’t function correctly in new web browsers. Windows 10 still includes Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft has committed to supporting it with security updates. We recommend avoiding Internet Explorer when possible. It’s old and outdated. It doesn’t include modern web features and is likely easier to attack than modern web browsers. Only use it when necessary—which, for most people, shouldn’t be much....

Have you ever saved a password in your browser — Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or another one? Then your passwords are likely viewable by anyone with access to your computer while you’re logged in. Chrome and Firefox’s developers think this is fine, as you should be preventing people from accessing your computer in the first place, but this will likely come as a surprise to many people. How Anyone With Access To Your Computer Can View Your Passwords Assuming you leave your computer logged in and someone else uses it, they can open Chrome’s Settings page, go to the Passwords section, and easily view every single password you have saved....

On the desktop, apps like Dropbox and Google Drive sync folders between your devices. But on your phone, it only gives you access to your cloud storage. An app called FolderSync lets you sync files and folders to and from your Android phone, just like Dropbox does on the desktop. Why Use FolderSync? RELATED: 18 Things You May Not Have Known Google Photos Can Do There are several options out there for getting information from an Android device to a PC (or other Android devices)—some even built by Google itself....

Word tries to be helpful by automatically applying formatting to your document based on what you type. One example of this is when Word automatically creates a numbered or bulleted list for you when you enter some text that Word thinks should be a numbered or bulleted list. When you type a number followed by a period and then press the Space Bar or the Tab key, Word automatically formats the paragraph as a numbered list....

This month Gmail rolled out a new feature: after years of setting images to load only when prompted, they now load automatically. That might seem like a convenient feature, but it also means that image-based trackers from marketers load automatically and mobile email slows down as chunky in-text images load. Read on as we show you how to turn it off. Why Should I Care? One the side effects of Gmail’s automatic image loading policy that might not be readily apparent to the end user is that marketers (and anyone, for that matter) can now embed tracking images in emails that monitor if and when you open the mail and how many times you open the email....

Web browsers store your personal data – bookmarks, history, settings, extensions, and more – in a profile. You can create separate profiles to split things up – for example, you could have one profile for work and one for play. Each user account normally has a single profile for each browser, but most web browsers allow you to create separate profiles. You can even use multiple profiles at the same time, being logged into different accounts in each of them....

Of course, if you have a real Apple II, you can follow along, as well. Otherwise, we’ll be using a handy Apple II emulator called Apple ][js created by Will Scullin. We’ll cover the basics of BASIC and run two simple programs. Why the Apple II Was So Important Introduced in 1977, the Apple II was launched as part of a class of small, inexpensive computers made possible by microprocessor technology....

The unit has a very slim profile (it’s roughly the size of two CD jewel cases stacked up) but packs some pretty robust hardware inside its tiny case including 2GB of RAM, a 1.7Ghz quad-core mobile processor, a dual MIMO 802.11bgn antenna, an optical audio out, and even an Ethernet jack for those of you that prefer wired connections over wireless. How Do I Set It Up? A smooth user experience is definitely an area the Fire TV excels in and setup is no exception....

The PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One? That is the question right now fueling many an Internet debate on which one is best and which one to buy. At first blush, it seems like an easy question to answer: if you want something to just play games, then it’s the PlayStation 4 all the way, and if you want the media center to end all media centers (eventually), then there’s an Xbox One with your name on it....

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader 95156 wants to know what the long-term risks are for his freshly washed USB drive. He writes: While it would be easy to assume you’re in the clear if the drive is still readable, things aren’t that simple. The drive survived just fine and was very clean....

Update: Since we originally wrote this article in August 2019, Netflix has added expanded parental controls. You can now lock adult Netflix profiles with a PIN, too. Kid Profiles Aren’t Parental Controls The fact that Netflix is so easy to share with friends and family is fantastic. Everyone can have an individual profile (your account can have up to five), which means your suggestions won’t include Magic School Bus or StoryBots....

Here we’ll go into privacy and security in the online world. We’ll discuss why you need both, and what you can do to create a more secure online environment for yourself. Privacy and Security: Are They The Same Thing? Let’s start by defining just what privacy and security are: Privacy refers to the control that you have over your personal information and how that information is used. Personal information is any information that can be used to determine your identity....

If you want to keep your existing homepage, you can always change things up by having multiple homepages. Right-click the links below to copy the link you need and add it to your home page settings (or bookmark it) in your browser of choice. Not sure how to change your home page? We’ve got you covered, whether you’re on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari. Wikipedia Everyone’s favorite encyclopedia—Wikipedia— has a random page option that will display a page from its collection of nearly 6 million pages....

Facebook might be the default platform for sharing photos, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only free and easy to use option out there. Here are some other solid photo sharing options to make it easy to share photos with friends and family the way you want to. The biggest thing to keep in mind while reviewing our picks to think not about selecting the one with the absolute best features, but about picking the one that will be the easiest for your friends and family to use....