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That list of recent presentations is not something that you have to keep in Powerpoint. The number of presentations shown there is a customizable setting, and you are able to change that number to zero. Our guide below will show you where this setting is located so that you can change it and stop showing any recent presentations in Powerpoint 2013. How to Show Zero Recent Presentations in Powerpoint 2013 The steps in this guide are going to change the settings for Powerpoint 2013 so that no recent presentations are shown when you enter the Backstage area of the program....

But the method launching Siri by pressing and holding the Home button may be something that you dislike. The alternative, which will launch something called Voice Control, may also be undesired. Fortunately you can alter this behavior on your iPhone so that nothing happens when you press and hold the Home button. Our guide below will show you where to make this change. How to Change What Happens When You Hold the Home Button on Your iPhone The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 11....

Fortunately the unit of distance that is displayed in the Maps app is a setting that you can adjust as needed. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting so that you can switch between miles and kilometers to suit your preferences. How to Use Kilometers Instead of Miles in Maps on an iPhone 7 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

It’s possible that you are seeing a list of the messages in your inbox, or maybe you are seeing some messages in your inbox, then a preview of an email at the bottom of the screen when you click on an email. You can turn off the preview pane in Gmail by going to your inbox, clicking the “Toggle split pane mode” button, then choosing the “No split” option. When you spend much of your day with your Gmail inbox open on your desktop or laptop computer, the way that that inbox looks can become more and more important....

But occasionally you might need to give a version of the presentation for which the existing narrations are either not appropriate, useful, or correct. Fortunately you have control over whether or not the narrations play in your presentation. Our guide below will show you how to stop those narrations from playing in your Powerpoint 2013 presentation if you don’t need or want them. How to Stop Playing Narrations During a Slide Show in Powerpoint 2013 The steps in this guide are going to show you how to stop a presentation’s narrations from playing....

The iPhone 5 pairs really well with the Apple TV, whether it is by mirroring your iPhone screen on your TV, or by watching videos purchased in iTunes on your television’s larger screen. Check out the Apple TV to learn why it’s a device you should consider purchasing. Step 1: Launch the Safari browser. Step 2: Touch the Tabs icon at the bottom-right corner of the screen. Step 3: Touch the Private button at the bottom-left corner of the screen....

If you are working on a spreadsheet that does not have the headings, then you may be looking for a way to restore them to view. Out tutorial below will show you two different locations where you can toggle this display option on or off. Unhiding Headings in Excel 2013 The steps in this article were performed in Excel 2013. However, the method for completing this action is similar in Excel 2007 and Excel 2010....

You may be familiar with the process for viewing your browsing history in a desktop Web browser, and it’s a similar process for the mobile Chrome app on your iPhone. Our tutorial below will show you where to find the Chrome iPhone history so that you can see your visited pages and revisit or delete them as needed. How to See What Pages You’ve Visited in Chrome on an iPhone The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 11....

While this helps ensure that you always have current data, it can also use a lot of battery life. Our tutorial below will show you how to shut off the iPhone SE Background App Refresh option. How to Stop the iPhone SE from Updating Apps in the Background Our guide continues below with additional information on turning off the iPhone SE Background App refresh option, including pictures of these steps....

Our article continues below with additional information and pictures of these steps. Your iPhone can vibrate when you receive a text message in certain situations. But if it’s not vibrating, or if you want to set a different type of vibration for your text messages, then you may be wondering how. Fortunately you have the ability to change your iPhone text vibrate setting, although the location of that setting can be difficult to find....

One area where you might be particularly concerned about your spelling is when you are sending emails in Outlook. You may occasionally use the spell check utility, but there is another option that you can enable in Outlook 2013 that will cause the program to automatically spell check any message that you write, before you send it. So continue reading below to see how you can enable this setting. How to Spell Check Before Sending in Outlook 2013 The steps in this article were performed in Microsoft Outlook 2013....

Our tutorial will show you where to find the pop-up blocker on your device so that you can turn it on and browse the Web without needing to worry about unwanted pop-ups. Blocking Website Pop-Ups on an iPad Device used: iPad 2 Software version: iOS 9.0.2 The steps in this article are specific to the Safari Web browser, which is the default browser installed on your iPhone, and the one that opens when you click a link to a Web page in an email, or any other app....

Since your email inbox is likely among your most visited sites, it would make sense that you would want to change the view in Gmail so that you can see more or fewer emails on the screen. Gmail is one of, if not the most popular email clients in the world. It provides email service to many for free, and you can even set up a custom domain name if you want to use your own branded email....

Over time this list of message conversations can become quite large, making it difficult to find the conversation that you are looking for. Our tutorial below will show you how to delete text message conversations so that you can remove the ones you don’t need anymore and make your Messages app a little easier to navigate. iPhone SE – How to Delete All Messages With a Contact The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone SE in iOS 10....

However, you may decide that you wouldn’t like it to be so easy to pay with Apple Pay, and that you would prefer to prevent this interaction. Our guide below will show you where to find the setting that permits the use of Touch ID for Apple Pay so that you can turn it off. How to Prevent Apple Pay Usage With Touch ID on an iPhone The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

Microsoft Office applications like Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel often require you to work with different types of data and content. In Microsoft Word that is usually just text, but it can occasionally involve some more complicated objects, such as mathematical symbols. Depending on the type of document that you are creating, it’s entirely possible that you may need to know how to put a fraction in Microsoft Word. But if it’s something that you haven’t had to do before, then you may be unsure about how to go about adding that fraction to your Word document....

Fortunately autocorrect is a part of iOS by default, although it might currently be disabled on your device. Our tutorial below will guide you to the appropriate menu where you can put autocorrect on your iPhone by enabling one option. Here is how to get autocorrect on your iPhone – These steps are repeated below with pictures – Step 1: Tap the Settings icon. Step 2: Tap the General option....

You can include page numbers in Google Sheets by going to File > Print > Headers & footers > Custom fields > then clicking inside a header or footer field and choosing a page number option. Adding page numbers to a spreadsheet in Google Sheets makes it simpler to organize your printed pages if they become separated. It also provides an easier way to navigate through multiple-page spreadsheets. You may have already discovered how to add page numbers in Google Sheets, but you may have found that they are in the footer, with no obvious way to move them....

But you may find that something has changed, and a color you used previously now needs to be removed. You can continue reading our how to remove color from Excel cells tutorial for more information about removing the background color from your cells. How to Clear the Fill Color from an Excel Text Box Our Excel tutorial continues below with additional information on how to remove fill color from a text box in Excel, including pictures of these steps....

How to Save a Document as a PDF in Google Docs Mobile The steps in this article will show you how to save a document as a PDF in the Google Docs mobile app on an iPhone. If you would rather save your document as a Microsoft Word file, then there is a specific option on the Share & export menu to accomplish that. You can also print a document in Google Docs mobile and use either a wireless printer on your network or a printer in Google Cloud Print....