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Re: Gmail Problem
Just because you mentioned being one-handed ... Do you know about sticky keys? It's a setting that allows you to 'hold down the Ctrl key' just by tapping it. It's a keyboard setting under Accessibility. You can also turn it on by tapping the Shift key 5 times. You'll see this message. Do you want to turn on Sticky Keys? Sticky Keys lets you use the SHIFT, CTRL, ALT, or Windows Logo keys by pressing one key at a time. The keyboard shortcut to turn on Sticky Keys is to press the SHIFT key 5 times. Disable this keyboard shortcut in Ease of Access keyboard settings815Views0likes0CommentsRe: android phones
In Windows 10, MovieMaker is no more. Win10 comes with the app called Photos. Open the video clip there to edit it (it should be what happens by default if you double-click the video). Unfortunately, rotate is not an option for editing the video, BUT, if you click the Edit/Create button, then Create a video with text - you are now in something that looks a little like MovieMaker and there is a tool for rotate. Hope that helps. OR with the video on your phone, you can open it in Google Photos (or Samsung Gallery), tap the edit button and Rotate.521Views0likes0CommentsRe: New Source of TV While on the Road
RE: casting to the TV vs using HDMI. Most unlimited data plan are only unlimited for data used on device ... On the phone. When you plug an HDMI cable to the TV you are still only using data on the phone -so far so good. When you "cast" to a smart TV or a Chromecast device, that is traveling over the internet, using data off device, because each piece (phone and TV needs to be connected to the same wifi) Miracast is an exception, it travels directly from phone to TV without a wifi connection.498Views0likes0CommentsRe: open source alternative to MS Office
Open Office is a good alternative, but there are others if you're willing to work online, you can use the free online version of Word, Excel, Powerpoint. See Onedrive.com. You do need a Microsoft free account. Or, you can also use Google's free online apps, Docs, Sheets, Slides. They can be used offline as well. See Drive.com.261Views0likes0CommentsRe: Notes app on phone
I think Evernote is the best, most complete note-taking app. But I like Google Keep too. Here's a short article I just wrote about a special feature of Google Keep - the ability to give you a reminder based on your location. Pretty cool. http://geeksontour.tv/2014/11/google-keep-for-note-taking-and-reminders/182Views0likes0CommentsRe: Which browser with Windows 8
Chrome is my default browser because I use so many Google services - gmail, picasa, blogger, etc. With one chrome login I'm logged into everything. I also use IE any time I have an issue with Chrome - everything has issues occasionally. I also use IE whenever I want to go to a website without being logged in to my google account. I think 8.1 is a wonderful upgrade to Windows 8. It adds just a couple of small things (X to close a window, Power button to shut down, boot directly to desktop) which take away most all of the frustration with the new interface.285Views0likes0Comments
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