But if you find that iTunes isn’t checking for new updates, then there is a setting in the application that you might need to change. Our tutorial below will show you where to find this setting so that you can enable automatic update checks in iTunes for Windows. How to Enable Automatic Update Checks in iTunes The steps in this guide were performed on a Windows 10 laptop, using the most current version of the iTunes software....

This is the default setting in most word processing applications like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. However, these applications let you change the document color if you are making something like a newsletter or flyer that might benefit from that format. Our tutorial below will show you how ot change the page color in Google Docs with just a handful of steps. Google Docs – Change Page Color Our article continues below with more information on how to adjust the background color in Google Docs, as well as some additional information on the File > Page setup menu and how you can use it to further customize your Google Doc....

Our article continues below with additional information and pictures for these steps. Microsoft Powerpoint presentations are going to have a lot of pre-defined formatting based on the theme or template that you are using. Often this formatting is well-suited for making everything in the presentation look good and coherent, but you may encounter some things that you want to change. One item you may not like is the amount of space that exists between the lines of a bulleted list....

Excel 2010 comes with a few default color scheme options, and you can select from them at any time to change the way Excel looks on your computer. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting so that you can make the adjustment on your computer. Switch to a Different Color Scheme in Microsoft Excel 2010 The steps in this article are going to show you where to find the setting in Excel 2010 that controls the colors used in the application....

Some schools and institutions even have strict guidelines concerning the font that you should use, which can be a problem if you have an entire completed document that is in the wrong font. Fortunately Word 2013 has some tools that allow you to quickly select your entire document, then apply a formatting change to all of that selected text. How to Select An Entire Document in Word and Change the Font The steps below are going to show you a quick way to select your entire document, then to change all of the fonts in that document to the one that you will be selecting....

The password for your Personal Hotspot doesn’t change, however, which means that any device that has previously connected to your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot in the past would be able to do so whenever your Personal Hotspot is active. So if, for example, there is someone in your office, or a roommate, that keeps trying to use your Personal Hotspot and they are causing you to use a lot of data, then you can follow the steps below to change your Personal Hotspot password....

It’s pretty easy to cycle through a lot of different apps on your iPhone throughout the day. Between text messages, phone calls, and emails, plus all of the fun third-party apps, it can be surprising just how many you use. If an app isn’t moving to the background properly, or if it seems to be stuck running in the background, then it might be necessary to close it manually. You can close an iPhone 5 app by tapping the Home button twice, swiping left or right to find the app, then dragging it off the top of the screen....

There are several ways to combat large file sizes in Powerpoint, but the focus of this article will be on the editing data that is stored within pictures that you have resized and edited within Powerpoint itself. This editing data lets you restore the pictures to their previous states, but it also increases your file size. Our tutorial below will show you how to get Powerpoint to discard that editing data and reduce the size of your file....

Our tutorial below will show you how to enable the ability to create and send canned responses when you use Gmail in a Web browser. We will also show you where to find the option that lets you create and use these canned responses once you have enabled the functionality. How to Turn on the Option for Canned Responses in Gmail The steps in this article were performed in the desktop version of Google Chrome, but will also work in other desktop Web browsers as well....

This is accomplished with the help of a setting on the iPhone’s Accessibility menu called “On/Off Labels.” This setting aims to make the Settings menu a little easier to read. Our tutorial below will guide you to this option on your iPhone so that you can enable it and see if you prefer it to the default layout. How to Change the Appearance of Buttons on the iPhone Settings Menu The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 11....

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....

This is done to provide ads that are more relevant to your interest, but you may prefer that this tracking not occur. Fortunately there is a setting on your iPad that can limit the amount of tracking that is occurring when you use it. Our guide below will show you where to find and enable this setting. How to Limit Ad Tracking on an iPad The steps in this article were performed on a 6th-generation iPad in iOS 12....

Our tutorial below will show you how you can edit your pictures in this manner by applying a Mono filter to your pictures so that they appear to have been taken in black and white. You can also take a look at the other filters offered via the Edit menu in your Photos app. Apply a Filter to a Picture on Your iPhone 6 to make it Black and White Device used: iPhone 6 Plus Software version: iOS 9....

Our guide below will walk you through two different merge options in Photoshop CS5 that will combine two or more layers into one layer. How to Combine Layers in Photoshop CS5 The steps in this guide are going to show you how to merge layers in Photoshop. There are two different merge options in Photoshop. One merge option is called “Merge Down” and allows you to merge the currently-selected layer with the one that is directly beneath it....

But pictures can be a source of a lot of data usage, then can slow down a page loading, and may be negatively impacting your browsing experience. If you have had enough of pictures causing problems when you browse the Internet, then you might be looking for a way to stop them from displaying altogether. Our tutorial below will show you a setting in Google Chrome that can block pictures from displaying on Web pages....

Luckily it is possible to remove bold text formatting in Word 2013 using almost the same method that was used to apply that formatting in the first place. We will also show you keyboard shortcut to add or remove bold formatting, as well as a button that can remove all of the formatting that has been applied to your selected text. How to Un-Bold Text in Word 2013 The steps in this guide are going to show you how to select bolded text and remove that bold formatting from the text....

This is called the grid and is useful when you compose pictures using the rule of thirds photography method. Even if you don’t use this or know what it means, simply having those lines can help you to better position the objects of your picture. You can turn off the iPhone camera grid by going to Settings > Camera and tapping the button next to Grid. The iPhone camera is perhaps the most used camera in the world....

When an app is in the taskbar it is visible when other windows are open, allowing you to easily launch a program or switch to it from within another app. Windows 10 includes some icons in the taskbar by default, some of which you may not need. You can remove the Mail icon from the taskbar in Windows 10 by right-clicking on it, then selecting the “Unpin from taskbar” option....

Unfortunately it’s possible to make so many changes to a picture that it becomes difficult to undo them, which can mean the picture isn’t ideal for your current needs. Fortunately there is an option to reset a picture in Google Docs to its original state so that you can start from scratch and hopefully achieve the desired affect of the image. How to Restore an Original Image in Google Docs The steps in this article assume that you have added a picture to your Google Docs document, and performed some edits on it....

But if you use the Timer feature a lot, you may be looking for a faster or different way to start one. In iOS 11 there are some changes that were made to the Control Center, which is the menu that you access by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. One of these changes is the ability to start a timer from that location. Our tutorial below will show you how to make sure that you have a Timer button in your Control Center, then we will show you how to begin a timer without leaving the Control Center....