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If you ever wanted to expedite the transfer of data from a Microsoft Excel workbook to your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, then using a macro and Visual Basic for Applications is the way to go. VBA is a computer programming language employed in Microsoft Office applications to automate processes such as copying data from Excel. A macro allows you to save a set of instructions that you can execute over and over again with a click of a button....

Cellphones are frequently used for sending text messaging and emails. While operating the on-screen keyboard on your multi-touch phone or QWERTY keyboard, you can often make typos. Backspace enables you to fix these typing glitches. On all cellphones, the backspace key is ergonomically located so it may easily be used while typing messages. Tips Writer Bio

Adblock Plus is a free add-on for the Firefox, Chrome and Opera Web browsers. It is designed to block website ads that you may find annoying, distracting, or detrimental to your privacy and security. Adblock Plus features the ability to use blacklists and whitelists, which can be customized with filters to block all ad content from an entire website or to choose which ad content will be displayed. Content can be filtered by type, by filename or by its specific location on the server....

If you’re thinking about modifying or “unbricking” a cellular phone, network router or gaming console, you may be interested in creating a JTAG cable. JTAG programming cables provide a connection from your computer to the JTAG header found on many devices. Once connected via JTAG, users can flash custom hardware or reboot frozen or “bricked” devices. You can save the time and money spent searching for pre-built JTAG cables by making your own out of common electronic components....

Updated February 09, 2017 Insert a blank recordable CD (CD-R) into the CD-ROM disk drive of your iMac. Locate the files you want to burn to disc. Click and drag the files (or groups of files using “Shift” + “Select”) to the CD-R icon on your iMac’s desktop. Or right-click on individual files and select “Save As” to save them to the CD-R. Click “File” and “Burn Disc.” Title your disc when the window prompt says, “Are you sure you want to burn the contents of “Untitled CD” to a disc?...

Buying anything in bulk has its advantages. If you buy laptop computers in bulk quantities (meaning you buy more than one laptop at a time), retailers are likely to give you a discount on your entire order. This is not a guarantee, however, and there are a few important considerations you need to make before you try to buy multiple laptop computers for a discount. Writer Bio

Proxy avoidance filters are used by network administrators to keep you from being able to access proxies, which are websites that help you bypass any type of browsing restriction on a network while keeping you anonymous and untraceable in order to protect your identity online. Proxy avoidance filters search for proxies and block them to make it harder for you to find unblocked proxy sites. However, proxy avoidance filters trace proxies that have been on the Internet for a period of time; therefore, to bypass proxy avoidance filters, you have to access new and fresh proxies that haven’t been filtered yet....

When you are unavailable to answer your home telephone or cellular phone, your voicemail will record messages from incoming callers. Similar to an answering machine, voicemail stores and saves messages for playback. Most cellular telephone service providers offer voicemail as a basic feature. Many landline telephone service providers also offer this feature. You can check your voicemail from home, or from any other telephone. Writer Bio

The Sirius satellite radio is a type of paid subscription radio that broadcasts not only music, but spoken words, shows and other types of entertainment. Sirius radios have a preset frequency that they turns to whenever you turn them on. When you first hook up the Sirius radio, the default preset is station 88.1. The Sirius radio has an FM transmitter, which sends the music to the car’s radio. If you want to change the default frequency to another station, you only need to change some settings on the radio....

Updated February 10, 2017 Restart your Windows Vista computer by pressing the small arrow near the bottom of the “Start” menu. Select “Restart Computer.” Press the correct key to access your BIOS. This will vary depending on your computer manufacturer. Typically, Dell systems use “F2” and HP systems use “Esc.” Other possible keys include “F12” and “Del.” Press the correct key before the Windows Vista loading screen appears. Use your arrow and function keys to navigate and change BIOS settings....

The Basic Input Output System, or BIOS, is completely separate from your operating system. The BIOS gives commands to the system’s hardware and some communication devices. Most people tend to leave their BIOS alone and never enter the BIOS setup, but there are some settings that may need to be changed when you make changes to hardware. Changing the boot order is the most common change that users make, and some users overclock the CPU to increase computer speed....

The Bose Wave sound system has a digital clock built into its face, allowing the device to act as a clock radio in addition to a sound system. The time adjustment buttons for the Bose Wave sound system are right on its case. Writer Bio

Your Kindle Fire automatically keeps track of time though its Wi-Fi connection. However, when you travel, the tablet has no way of knowing when you enter a new time zone. The only way to change the time on a newer Kindle Fire is to change the time zone setting to match your current location. The first-generation Kindle Fire also allows you to adjust the time manually. Writer Bio

Facebook takes pride that people use their real identities on its website, and strongly discourages users from picking false names. In turn, using your real name helps people to find you, and their real names help you to find them. However, people have fluid lives and their names sometimes change. If you marry, legally revise your name or simply want to embrace your cultural heritage, you can edit your name in Facebook to include Chinese characters....

If you rely heavily on your cellular phone, discovering that your battery is nearly dead can be a shock. All those wonderful features of modern smartphones use battery power, and your battery can fade rapidly even while the phone is in your pocket. Fortunately, you have several options for replenishing your battery, even if your charger’s broken or forgotten at home. Writer Bio

Hewlett Packard computers come installed with a program that automatically updates the operating system and installed software. The time and date to download and install automated updates is preset from the factory, but computer owners can change the time and date to suit their schedules. Owners can turn the automatic software update off and download them manually by category at their convenience. It is important to download updates that are considered “critical” in the download screen because these updates address vulnerabilities related to security issues....

So you think you may be having some problems with your internal satellite or cable transmission and you need a way to check things out. Coaxial cable, which is the standard wiring for both satellite and cable, is capable of transmitting high definition television and digital audio signals, but requires the full extent of the cable’s bandwidth to do so. If your cables have some wear or damage, they may not transmit properly and may need to be replaced....

Although Illustrator is not a Web editing program, you can design a website draft in Illustrator. Instead of rebuilding a WordPress template based on the design, you can code the template directly from Illustrator. In such cases, you can use the “slices” tool to create the divisions of the site, export the divisions to HTML and combine them with a blank “developer” theme like “Starkers.” Writer Bio

Logitech manufactures many aftermarket input and output devices, such as mice, keyboards and webcams, for computers. The keyboards and mice typically offer features not typically found on the devices that come included with computers. For example, some Logitech keyboards feature wireless connectivity and programmable hotkeys that users can set to launch frequently used programs and websites. Although keyboards work the moment you attach them to a computer, before you can access advanced features such as the hotkey configuration on a Logitech keyboard, you must install the keyboard’s drivers....

Dell projectors display the image from your computer’s video card on a much larger surface, such as a wall or screen. Despite the differences in the manufacturer, you can connect your Mac to the Dell projector in the same fashion as any other computer. You must purchase an additional DVI to VGA adapter from Apple to utilize the video out features on your Mac laptop. Writer Bio