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Google Docs won’t display word count information on the screen at all times by default like you can in Microsoft Word. However, Google Docs does have an option on its word count informational pop-up window that lets you choose to add a tool at the bottom left corner of the window which shows the number of words while you type.The same method that we use in this article to show the word count can also be used to show a character count and a page count....

Fortunately Excel makes this possible by providing a footer content option that removes the existing information from that location. Our guide below will show you where to find that option, as well as how you can remove the bottom margin and the footer margin from your printed pages, if needed. How to Remove a Footer from an Excel 2013 Spreadsheet The steps in this guide will show you how to delete the existing footer data from a worksheet....

The screen recording feature on your iPhone makes it easy for you to take a video of what you are seeing on your screen. Whether you are recording a game or a series of actions, the ability to create a video and save it to your Camera Roll is very useful. But if you don’t like the screen recording feature, and don’t want your child or another user to be able to take a video of your device’s screen, then you may wish to disable screen recording on the iPhone....

But typically the pictures won’t upload until I open the Dropbox app, which can occasionally take a while if I have a lot of pictures to upload. One way to make this process a little simpler is by enabling a setting called Background Uploading. This will let Dropbox upload your pictures in the background when your location changes, which can be a useful way to ensure that you don’t wind up with a huge queue of images to upload if you’re in a hurry....

While high Apple Watch battery usage is usually attributable to high levels of app usage on the device, you might not use those apps very often, or you might be looking for a way to avid needing to charge the watch every night. One way to do this is with the help of a setting on the watch called Power Reserve Mode. This will disable all of the features on the watch, allowing you to only use it as a device that displays the time....

Google Calendar is a great tool because of how easily it can be integrated with other applications and devices. Using a single calendar across multiple locations lets you easily keep track of your appointments and events, and the assorted ways that you can receive notifications about these events means that you’re less likely to miss them. But sometimes you may need to do something with your Google Calendar that you can’t easily do from one of the various applications where your calendar data can be viewed, so you might need to export your calendar....

But getting into podcasts can almost be an addiction, and you may find that you are subscribing to a lot of them, and that the downloaded episodes are taking up a lot of space on your device. One way that you can alleviate this problem is to limit the number of episodes of a podcast that you keep on your iPhone. Our tutorial below will show you where to find and change this setting....

Have you noticed that friends or family members with iPhones are getting fun effects shown on their screen when people text them things like “Happy Birthday” or “Happy New Year?” Are those effects not playing on your iPhone? Luckily this is a setting that you can adjust on your iPhone so that you see those effects, too, when someone texts you one of the phrases that trigger these effects. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting on an iPhone so that you can partake in the fun when people are sending you birthday and holiday wishes....

Does Firestick Automatically Update Apps? Whether the update is meant to add new features or fix problems, it’s generally a good idea to install these updates as the become available. Luckily there is an option on the Fire TV Stick that will let the device install these apps updates as the become available. Check out our article on how much data does Firestick use if you have a limited amount of data on your home Internet service, or if you are planning to use it while connected to a phone hotspot....

But once they start to remember it’s there, it can be useful pretty frequently. If you use the flashlight and discover that it’s not in the Control Center like it usually is, then our tutorial below will show you how to get the flashlight back on your iPhone. How to Restore the Flashlight on an iPhone Our article continues below with additional information on what to do if your iPhone flashlight is missing, including pictures of these steps....

Saving notes directly to your iPhone is an option that can be turned on or off in the settings menu for the Notes app. The guide in this article will show you where to find this setting so that you can enable it and save new notes to your device. How to Get an “On My iPhone” Folder in Notes on an iPhone 6 Device used: iPhone 6 Plus Software version: iOS 9....

You may have noticed that Google Sheets only seems to let you format currency in your local type, but there is actually a way to apply a different type of currency format to cells. Our guide below will show you how to do this. How to Apply a Different Currency Formatting in Google Sheets 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 like Edge, Safari, or Firefox....

Check the Version of Your iPhone to See Whether You Have iOS 6 or iOS 7 The method for checking your iOS version number is not going to change whether you have iOS 6 or iOS 7, but it will look slightly different. The images used in this tutorial are from an iPhone that is using iOS 7. We have also included screenshots from iOS 6 below the tutorial, in case you have iOS 6 and are confused by the different appearance of the screens in our tutorial....

After you have set this up and started using it you may discover that you want to add additional devices to your existing group. Fortunately the Alexa app allows you to do this in a very similar way to how the group was initially configured. Our tutorial below will show you how. How to Add A New Device to an Alexa Multi-Room Music Group The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

Powerpoint has a tool that lets you specify sections of your presentation, which can make identifying these parts a lot easier. Once you have created a section in Powerpoint you can easily move around all of the slides in that section as a cohesive unit, which dramatically reduces confusion when re-ordering slides. How to Create a Section in Powerpoint 2013 The steps in this article will show you how to add a section to your slideshow in Powerpoint 2013....

If you’ve never changed this setting, then you probably see tabs like Primary, Social, and Promotions. But there are a couple of other options you can add, such as Updates and Forums. If you would like to change the tabs in your inbox, then our tutorial below will show you where to find them so that you can choose which tabs are shown when you visit Gmail in a Web browser....

One of Venmo’s attributes is a social component where you can see payments that your friends have sent to other Venmo users. This can be fun, but you may have some transactions that you would prefer to keep private. Unfortunately the Venmo app defaults to making your payments public, although you are able to switch a payment to private before you send it. But if you would prefer to make all of your payments private by default, then our guide below will show you how to accomplish that in the Venmo iPhone app....

If you are already familiar with bookmarking in desktop browsers, then you might be curious if it’s possible in mobile browsers, like Google Chrome for your iPhone. Fortunately that feature is still available. We will show you how to bookmark a page in the iPhone Chrome app in the tutorial below, as well as how to access that page later when needed. How to Bookmark a Page in the Chrome iPhone App The steps in this guide were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

While labeling columns with headers or titles can be helpful, you can really improve your accuracy by freezing the top row that contains that information. This will keep the top row locked to the top of the spreadsheet so that it remains visible while you are scrolling down. Our tutorial below will show you how to freeze a row in Google Sheets. Always Show the Top Row of a Spreadsheet in Google Sheets The steps in this article were performed in Google Chrome, but will also work in other Web browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer....

Fortunately this is an adjustable setting in Microsoft Word 2013, and our tutorial below will show you how to change this setting so that you can simply click a link without also needing to hold down the Ctrl key. Making Links Clickable Without Holding Ctrl in Word 2013 The steps in this article will change a setting in Microsoft Word 2013 so that you can simply click a hyperlink in a document, without the need to hold the Ctrl key while doing so....