All of the files on your Windows 7 computer have file extensions that identify the type of file that it is. This allows Windows 7 to know which program to use in order to open that file. But those file extensions are hidden by default, which can be an issue if you have multiple files in the same location with the same name, and the only way to identify them is by the file extensions....

Using emojis on your iPhone is as simple as enabling the emoji keyboard. Your iPhone has the ability to send emojis by default. However, the emoji keyboard is not enabled by default. If you would like to enable the emoji keyboard on your iPhone, then you can do so by following the steps in the section below. How to Enable Emojis on an iPhone Then you can open an app that uses the default keyboard, such as Messages, tap the globe icon at the bottom of the keyboard, then tap on an emoji to insert it into the message....

After you upgrade to iOS 14 some new features are added to your device. One of these features is something called the App Library. If you scroll all the way to the right on your Home screens you will see all of your apps organized into a series of folders. Any new app that you install will be added to this library. Some people prefer this new organizational model, while others liked the old way that the iPhone sorted apps....

You may also see the word “Open” next to an app if the app is currently installed on your iPhone. It’s very easy to wind up with dozens, or even hundreds, of apps on your iPhone, and I know I have personally tried to download apps that I already had. But sometimes there is a cloud icon to the right of an app, and you may be wondering what that indicates....

People hold onto email addresses for a really long time because it is a constantly static way for people to reach you. You probably also have a lot of accounts on websites that are connected to that email account, so you need access to that email in case you ever need to reset a password or access important information. But in today’s Internet-centric world, email addresses are often created at a young age, when our personal interests were more focused on impressing our friends or seeming cool than considering what an unusual email address like “[email protected]” might look like to a prospective employer....

One other setting over which you have control is the icons that are displayed on your Desktop. One of the icons that you can choose whether or not to hide is the Recycle Bin icon. Our guide below will show you how to add or remove the Recycle Bin icon from your Desktop in Windows 7. How to Display or Hide the Windows 7 Recycle Bin The steps in this article will direct you to the Personalization menu in Windows 7, where you can elect to either show or hide your Recycle Bin icon....

If this is a feature that you’ve been using for a while, or if it’s something that you think might be useful, then our tutorial below will show you how to add an Apple TV Remote item to your iPhone’s Control Center. The Control Center is the gray menu that appears when you swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone’s screen. Put an Apple TV Remote Widget in the Control Center The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 12....

But you may find that the volume level of those navigation directions is not optimal for your needs. Whether that means the voice is too soft or too loud, it can make the app difficult to use if the volume isn’t right. Our tutorial below will show you where to find a setting that lets you set the guidance volume for the directions coming from the iPhone’s Google Maps app....

Some of these settings are easy to find, while others are somewhat hidden. One menu that you may not have located yet provides some different ways that you can edit your tables, including their layout. Our tutorial below will show you how to change the table border color in your Google document. How to Change the Color of a Google Docs Table Border Our guide continues below with additional information on changing table border colors in Google Docs, as well as pictures of these steps....

Periodically when you use Web browsers like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 11 you will notice that a site might be behaving strangely, or that you aren’t able to perform a certain action. This is often due to browser cache issues, which are the files that Internet Explorer saves to the browser to help improve your browsing experience. If you are experiencing a problem and need to clear your browser cache or delete browsing history, then there is a menu in Internet Explorer that lets you do this....

You might be accustomed to using the Control Center only from the lock screen or the home screen, but you can actually use it from within an open app, too. Our guide below will show you where to find and enable the setting that allows you to access the iPhone Control Center from within apps. One of the most useful options on the Control Center is the flashlight. Our turn of flashlight iPhone 11 guide can tell you more about it....

But you might find that you no longer wish to connect to a Wi-Fi network, so you are looking to forget that network’s information on your device. Our guide below will show you how to forget a Wi- network on your iPhone in iOS 9. If something with one of your network connections doesn’t seem to be working, then following the steps in our iPhone 11 reset network settings guide can help....

Now that Google Slides is increasing in popularity, many Powerpoint users are trying it out, but wondering where some of their more commonly-used tools and options are located. If you are trying to hide a slide in your presentation, for example, you may be wondering how. Our tutorial below will show you how to hide a slide in Google Slides using just a couple of steps. How to Skip a Slide in a Google Slides Presentation Our guide continues below with additional information on hiding slides in Google Slides, including pictures of these steps....

But if you would like Excel to start printing a new page at a point of your own choosing, then you have two options. You can manually add new rows between your data to force the page break to occur at the desired spot (which can be incredibly frustrating) or you can take advantage of the Page Breaks tool. Our guide below will show you how to insert a page break in an Excel 2013 spreadsheet....

Typically when you use private browsing, the session is one that you won’t need to access again in the future. But if you are using private browsing in the Firefox iPhone app and find that your private tabs are still open, then you might be looking for a way to change that. Our guide below will show you how to make sure that Firefox closes your private browsing tabs when you leave private browsing....

If you receive a lot of read receipt requests and never send them, then you might be looking for a way to stop having to worry about them. Our tutorial below will show you how to change a setting in Outlook.com so that you never send a response to a read receipt. Outlook.com Read Receipts – Never Send a Response The steps in this article were performed in the desktop version of the Google Chrome Web browser, but will also work in other desktop browsers as well....

But you can also learn how to put iPhone on speaker so that you can be on a phone call while your hands are free to do something else. How to Enable Speakerphone on an iPhone By Default Our guide continues below with additional information for how to put iPhone on speaker, including pictures of these steps. If your screen is so bright that it’s hurting your eyes, then view this iPhone 13 screen brightness tutorial and learn how to change it....

Text highlighting is a formatting option in many desktop word-processing applications like Microsoft Word and Google Docs. It lets you, as the author, highlight something that you think merits the additional attention, and it can also be a useful way for someone to review your work. But many schools or institutions don’t want you to use formatting like that when you submit the final copy of a document, so you will need to know how to remove any text highlighting that you have chosen to use....

Fortunately you can resize layers in Photoshop by taking advantage of the Free Transform Tool. Our guide below will show you how to select a single layer in your Photoshop project and resize that layer with just a few short steps. Here is how to resize a single layer in a Photoshop image – These steps are also repeated below with pictures – Step 1: Open your layered file in Photoshop CS5....

So if you are working on a presentation and the program layout is different, then you might be struggling to work efficiently, and may even find that you are unable to perform some of the actions that you need. Fortunately you can change the view in Powerpoint 2013 from whatever the current one is back to the Normal view so that you can use the program in the manner to which you are accustomed....