Here are the quick steps: Step 1. Choose Page Layout tab on the Ribbon. Go to Page Color -> Fill Effects. Step 2. In the Fill Effects box, click on the Texture tab. Step 3. Click through the texture swatches on display (the names appear just below) and then select the swatch for Parchment. Step 4. Click OK. Word applies the parchment texture to the background. Alternatively, you can also experiment with the other ‘paper’ textures like Papyrus, Paper Bag, Newsprint, Recycled Paper, Stationery, Blue Tissue Paper, and Pink Tissue Paper....

On the flip side, iOS has app specific storage. That means files stored in one app can’t be accessed by another app until you share them (and before iOS 8, even sharing files between apps was an issue). Using this locked down app storage feature, we can create a password protected vault of photos and files. You’ll have to delete the files transferred to this app from the local storage though....

Self-hosted would mean going with a hosting provider or hosting it on your own. You could always start off by simply serving the web files from your own computer. If you’re not expecting too many visitors in the beginning, this is a great way to get your name out by having the pages to show your product or service. Of course, that means your computer needs to be on at all times because that’ll act as the server but then we mostly have it in always-on mode, no?...

Just like in Chrome, the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge lets you install progressive web apps onto your desktop easily. And for those sites that don’t feature native PWA support, you can still choose to install them as PWAs forcibly. Better yet, Microsoft Edge Chromium also installs PWAs in a way that integrates them into Windows itself (via the system registry), just like any other program. Sounds exciting, right? If you are looking to work with PWAs in Microsoft Edge Chromium as well, then here’s how you should go about installing them....

Today I am going to show you a simple trick using which you can kill all the non-responsive apps on Windows in a jiffy from the desktop’s right-click context menu. Note: The steps involve editing the registry. Ensure that you take a backup of the registry in an external drive beforehand. Also, we’ve made available the modified registry key for download towards the end of the article in case you don’t want to follow the steps manually....

Windows 7 provides an easy way to create a system restore point. Just click on start button on the bottom left and type create restore point in the search box. Click on the result. It will open the system properties window. On system protection tab, click on “Create” button. “Create a restore point” dialog box will appear. Type the description of restore point. Here I typed date of creation of restore point....

Mirror Android Screen Read the Ultimate Guide to Chromecast: This article and many other such useful content is a part of the ultimate guide to Chromecast eBook that our team has written for you. Make sure to check it out and buy it if you are serious about making the most of this tiny yet powerful device. Right now, the list of supported devices is not huge but if you have a high-end Android phone from last year then it should work....

Begin With the End in Mind – Use Offline Apps Whenever possible, search for an offline alternative for your apps. Both Gmail and Google Docs have offline equivalents. When you are on a free Wi-Fi connection, launch these apps and load your data into them. Pocket is a great resource for this. Add long web pages you want to read to Pocket. Then launch the Pocket app on your Chromebook and it will download the pages....

Your next best bet is to whip out your favorite graphics editor and make a simple image file with your text copied on it, and share it as an image file. Well, it is a lot of work. It’s less of a work if you use a service like Share As Image. Share As Image (formerly known as Pin a Quote) is a relatively new service that lets you select any text on the web and then pin it on Pinterest....

By default, PSP only supports Digital Comics that you can download from the PSP store, but that’s for kids (yes grown up can play games on PSP). Today I will show you how you can use a small PSP Homebrew called Bookr to read PDF, CHM and text files on your PSP. Installing and Using Bookr To get started, download and extract Bookr homebrew on your computer. Having done that, mount your PSP’s memory stick and copy the extracted folder to MS\PSP\Games folder and then unmount your memory stick safely....

With better cameras, the file size of the photos and scans of the documents have also bumped of drastically. Those pictures are suitable for printing purposes. When it comes to sharing, you need to cut down on photo file size for a quick upload or transfer process. If you have transferred those photos from Android to iPhone or Mac and want to cut down on image size, then read along to find how to do it....

We tested this feature on an iPhone 13 running on iOS 16 Public Beta. The Photos app is also available on the iPad, so the steps for solutions in this post work on iPadOS 16 and later. What Are the Benefits of This Feature Imagine someone photobombing your selfie or a photo of a view that you’ve taken. While the obvious solution is to crop a photo, that isn’t ideal at times....

Using a traditional method, rooting requires a bunch of steps and plenty of know-how, but this isn’t always the case. Many devices can actually be rooted with “One-click” universal rooting applications. There are many different types of universal rooting programs out there, and even though they really are more than just one click in reality – they are still really easy to use. One of the universal tools I personally recommend right now is Bin4ry rooting method, which has an official support page over at the XDA Developer’s Forum....

The ability to save an Outlook email as a PDF is not limited to desktop apps only. You can do the same from Outlook for Android too. We will first start with Outlook desktop and move to mobile platforms. 1. Outlook for Windows Microsoft continues to improve the design fo the Outlook client on Windows. Latest version in August 2022 looks heavily inspired from the Outlook web version. You can either download an email in the EML format and convert it to PDF or use the print function to export an email as a PDF....

Despite being disappointed a bit, I did not give up on it easily. I dove deep into the settings and made a couple of changes, and my Galaxy Active 2 now gives me about 2.5 days of battery life in a single charge. If you are in a similar situation, here are some ways to save battery life on the Samsung Galaxy Active 2. 1. Turn off Unused Connections One of the first things that I did was turn off the Wi-Fi connection....

Although Spotlight downloads images on an ongoing basis, the images aren’t in a form that makes them usable for other purposes. That means they’re not the usual .JPG or .PNG images. So you’ll have to work a bit to save them and use them elsewhere. Therefore, if you would like to use Spotlight Images or store them for personal use, here’s what you should do. Locating Previous Spotlight Images in a File Folder on Windows By default, Windows saves Spotlight images in folder called AppData....

So shouldn’t Google Drive include another layer of security to protect them? Well, you are in for a surprise — the app comes with the functionality baked in with a feature called Privacy Screen. Let’s find out how Privacy Screen in Google Drive works, how to enable it on your iPhone or iPad, and a few things to look out for after turning the feature on. How Privacy Screen in Google Drive Works Privacy Screen helps to prevent unauthorized access to Google Drive, especially when you leave your iPhone or iPad unlocked....

The feature is currently limited to a few Android users rolled in the WhatsApp beta program. But it gives us a good idea of how WhatsApp is planning to implement disappearing media in the app. WhatsApp is calling it View Once, and as the name suggests, it will allow the recipient to view the received media once, and after that, WhatsApp will delete the media file from the chat. Here are the current requirements to use the disappearing photos and videos on WhatsApp....

Do you frequently get irrelevant notifications on WhatsApp? You can always turn off WhatsApp alerts on your phone. But by doing so, you may miss important messages from friends and family. Instead, you can set a custom notification tone for important contacts on WhatsApp and give them attention on priority. 1. Set Specific Tones for Contacts on WhatsApp iOS First, we will show you how to set different notification tones for WhatsApp messages and groups and move to tweak the same for specific contacts....

Since almost all of my work involves the browser, I prefer when my music can play from there too. From Spotify to YouTube music streamer, there are many services that let you listen to music online directly from your browser. But what if you want to listen to your local music, those files stored on your device? Sure, there are a number of desktop music players. Still, to stream the music I own right into my browser would be an added advantage....