Using Conditional Formatting Once you select the cells that you want to format, you can find the Conditional Formatting drop-down on the ribbon, which gives you loads of pre-set rules to choose from, like color scales. This will automatically color the items based on the range they are in… You can also choose to use icons instead: Reminds me of that commercial… more bars in more places… You can also create your own rule to color only cells that fit within a certain range, or greater than a certain number....

What Is Face ID? Face ID is a facial recognition system first introduced on the iPhone X in 2017. On iPhones without a Home button, Face ID replaced Touch ID as a form of biometric security. Face ID first appeared in iPads with the third-generation iPad Pro in 2018. Your Face ID information is stored encrypted on your device and is not accessible by Apple or any other company. Face ID is handy because it eliminates the need to tap in a passcode to unlock your device, and in many cases, also eliminates the need to enter passwords using the on-screen keyboard....

What Is Regenerative Braking? Hitting the brakes on a car creates kinetic energy. Regenerative braking lets EVs and hybrid vehicles store some of that kinetic energy in the battery to use when you accelerate again. That’s accomplished through the EV motor’s dual-rotation design. An EV’s motor spins in two directions. One lets the motor power the car’s wheels during acceleration. The other lets the wheels power the motor when the car decelerates, turning the motor into an electric generator....

During installation I made sure not to install the toolbar and dumb eMusic reminder advertisement icon … that is all it is too … you can go to eMusic anytime and start a new subscription and get free downloads, it has nothing to do with installing Winamp. There is a folder where you can check out Winamp’s selection of music and videos, however to watch one you are subjected to a full 30 second commercial … not cool....

There is also an automatic backup feature which will back up all your PC’s on your home network incrementally to the server. Adding more hard drive space is extremely easy. You can simply hook up an extra external USB hard drive. WHS will add this to the overall space on your server. One thing to keep in mind with this is that drive becomes a part of a whole. Meaning, it will become part of the overall server space and not an individual drive....

The Infamous Message Window This is probably the most irritating message window that is associated with installing extensions or themes in Firefox. For whatever reason, you start the installation and get this. Not good at all! So what do you do about it? Possible Work-Arounds Try the following methods to see if one will help get those problem extensions or themes installed. Method 1 – Enable Third Party Cookies...

In the mobile OS landscape, Windows Phone wasn’t around for very long (2010-2017). It was never very popular, but Microsoft infused it with some new, interesting ideas. A few of those ideas ended up being ahead of their time. Windows Phone 7 eventually became Windows Phone 8 and then Windows 10 Mobile, but the same problems followed it through each iteration—like where were the third-party apps? It still had a serious impact on the mobile industry....

With all of the tasks you can use Microsoft Excel for, one of the most popular is tracking finances. If you’d like to create a sheet to manage your budget, we’ll show you several basic functions you need. What makes Excel such a terrific tool for managing finances are its functions. You can use formulas with built-in functions to add your bills, subtract them from your income, see your highest expenses, and more....

First, open the spreadsheet you want to add the background to. On the Ribbon click on Page Layout and select background. This pops up the Sheet Background screen where you can select the background image you want to use. Once you have chosen your background click the Insert button. Now you have a background to your spreadsheet. You may have to adjust some of the fonts and colors depending upon the background image....

Apple revealed in November 2021 that it would launch a ‘Self Service Repair’ program in early 2022, providing repair instructions and official parts to anyone who wants to fix their iPhone, iPad, or Mac at home. Apple has been criticized over the years for limiting access to official repair parts, making it difficult for both customers and unauthorized repair shops to fix Apple products. Sounds great, right? Perhaps unsurprisingly, given Apple’s history with difficult repairs, the Self Service Repair is not an easy experience....

MozBackup is compatible with Firefox (1.0 – 3.5), Thunderbird (1.0 – 3.0 Beta 2), Sunbird (0.3 – 0.9), Flock (1.0 – 2.0), SeaMonkey (1.0a – 2.0 Alpha 3), Mozilla Suite (1.7 – 1.7.x), Spicebird (0.4 – 0.8), Songbird (1.0), Netscape (7.x, 9.x), and Portable Firefox. Note: MozBackup does not currently support Linux or Mac. Setup & Pre-Backup The install process for MozBackup is quick and simple with a total of four screens to go through....

A large amount of the spam that I get consists of mail coming from all sorts of international domains. Since I don’t have many close friends that live in other countries, I really don’t need to see any email from most of those domains, at least not on my personal accounts. To block all of that spam mail from hitting your inbox, open Windows Mail and go to the Tools \ Junk Mail Options item....

Hackers and thieves love credit card numbers, which is why many services have popped up over the years to create alias card numbers for online purchases that protect your real information. Google is now building a similar feature into Chrome and Android. The new functionality was revealed at Google I/O on Wednesday, which “will add an additional layer of security by replacing your actual card number with a distinct, virtual number....

Of course this isn’t terribly helpful if you have a multimedia keyboard with a mute button onboard, but some computers just don’t have one, or you don’t want to run the software required to make the keys work. Create the Shortcut In order to mute the system volume, we’ll use a small utility called NirCmd that we’ve mentioned numerous times before, since it’s the swiss army knife of useful shortcuts....

One way Microsoft has made it easy to remember business and friendly contacts is the ability to create Electronic Business Cards in Outlook 2007. You can add these cards to the end of your email messages like a signature. The Electronic Business Card should contain all of the vital information needed to contact you and / or your business. First you need to make a new contact of yourself. Open Outlook and go to New Contact....

In at least four major browsers—Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari—on Windows, Mac, and Linux, you can easily drag and drop a shortcut link to a website straight to your desktop. Here’s how to do it. Create a Web Shortcut Using Chrome, Edge, and Firefox To create a desktop web shortcut, first open a Chrome, Edge, or Firefox browser window and navigate to the site you want to create a shortcut from....

To disable the sidebar, right click on the sidebar or sidebar icon, and choose properties: Uncheck the “Start Sidebar when Windows starts” checkbox: Then right-click on the icon, and choose Exit to close the sidebar: Your sidebar should now be gone, and won’t start back up with Windows anymore.

On Linux, /proc/cpuinfo contains all of the processor information for all current processors in your computer. This will include the speed, the amount of on-chip cache, processor type, and how many cores. Here’s the command: The command just looks in the /proc/cpuinfo file, pulls out the number of lines containing the word “processor” and passes them into wc (word count), which returns a count of the CPUs in the system....

Windows has two main options for shutting down your PC without really shutting it down—“Sleep” and “Hibernate.” There are some key differences between these two modes, but which one actually uses the least electricity? Let’s find out. What’s the Difference Between Sleep and Hibernate? Before we dive into energy consumption, let’s talk about why these two modes exist separately. Neither mode fully shuts down your PC, but they do very different things....

Apple Watch Series 7 For $329 ($70 Off) When it comes to wearables, Apple Watch has been a clear frontrunner, offering a comprehensive platform that aims to improve the lives of its users. Whether or not you buy into this idea, Apple Watch is still one of the best-selling wearables on the market. For a limited time, you can strap a new Apple Watch Series 7 to your wrist for as little as $329 ($70 off)....