This brief tutorial will show you how to create hanging indents in Word Documents via Microsoft Office for Windows (Office 2010).

Hanging indents are required for formatting APA Reference pages and/or adhering to MLA 2009 for Works Cited pages. The example shown below is APA.

Note: the Mac version of this tutorial can be found here.

1. First things first – make sure that you have the Ruler visible in Microsoft Word. To do so, select View from the main menu, and then place a check in the box labeled Ruler.


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2. Now select all of the text you wish to add hanging indents to.


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3. Hover your cursor over the ‘arrows’ in the Ruler until you see the text Hanging Indent.



4. Click and hold down the mouse button while you drag the arrow to the right. This will ‘move’ (indent) each of the lines that appear after the first line in each of your references.


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5. That’s it! You now have hanging indents in your MS Word document.

This brief tutorial will show you how to create hanging indents in Word Documents via Microsoft Office for Mac.

Hanging indents are required for formatting APA Reference pages and/or adhering to MLA 2009 for Works Cited pages. The example shown below is APA.

Note: the Windows version of this tutorial can be found here.

1. Locate the section in your document that you would like to add hanging indents to.


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2. Select all of the text in that section.


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3. Hover your cursor over the ‘arrows’ in the Ruler until you see the text Hanging Indent. Note: if you don’t see the Ruler at the top of your document, select View from the top menu, and then Ruler from the drop-down list.



4. Click on the ‘arrows’ (make sure your cursor is still on the Hanging Indent option) and drag to the right.

   Each of the lines except the first will now move to the right – indented properly.


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5. That’s it – you’re done! You now have a document with properly formated hanging indents.


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This tutorial will take you step by step through the process of setting up your Mac and Android phone (or tablet) so that you can control your Mac using your Android device – from anywhere.

This tutorial uses the same software (although obviously the OS X version) that the Windows version of this tutorial uses.

Which also means the same caveats apply – the software used in this tutorial is not free. It (Splashtop Desktop HD) costs $8.99 from the Android Play Store. I have installed and tested 7 different ‘remote control’ Android Apps, and this one is by far the best. It’s much faster, is more intuitive, and less prone to crashing than all of its peers. It works wonderfully on my Droid X (Android phone) and my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Android tablet). And as I mentioned above – this software works on Windows as well. You only need to purchase the Android App once, and you can use it to connect to all of your Mac’s and PC’s.

If you still want to continue, head over to the Google Play Store and download Splashtop Desktop HD to your Android device (or search the Play Store for “Splashtop HD” directly from your device). Once the installation has completed, hold off on opening it.

1. On your Mac, visit the Splashtop Streamer download page and download Splashtop Streamer. This is the software that will run on your Mac, allowing your Android phone/tablet to connect to it. Once the download has completed, open the .dmg and run the installation file .
2. You’ll go through the familiar process of clicking “Next” and entering your password a few times. Once the installation has completed, launch Splashtop Streamer from your Applications list.



3. Once Splashtop Streamer opens, it should go straight to the SECURITY tab. If it doesn’t – select it.

   From here you’ll need to create a security code specific to Splashtop so that you can connect to your Mac from your Android device. The security code must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least one letter and one number. Enter it in both of the provided fields.


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4. Now select the NETWORK tab from the top of the Streamer window.

   In order for you to connect to your Mac from outside of your own home network, Splashtop uses Google to allow your Mac and Android device to ‘locate’ each other. It’s not the only way to allow Android to connect to your Mac outside of your home network, but it’s certainly the easiest. Enter your Gmail/Google credentials in the spaces provided, and click the Sign in button.


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5. Make sure that Streamer displays a message ensuring that you’re now signed in to Google. As indicated in the screenshot below, the message should be displayed directly to the ‘above’ the Sign out button.


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6. You have now completed setting up the Streamer client on your Mac. Grab your Android device and open Splashtop HD from your Apps list.



7. Tap Go.


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8. Enter the Security Code you created back in step #3, and tap Continue.


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9. Tap Finish.


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10. Review the End User License Agreement, and then tap Agree.


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11. Now you’ll be presented with the main Splashtop HD ‘connection’ screen.


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12. Tap the Options icon in the upper-right corner of the screen (as pictured in the screenshot below) and then select Settings from the menu.



13. From the Settings window, tap Internet discovery.



14. Enter the exact same Gmail/Google credentials that you did back in step #4 when you were setting up the Streamer program on your Mac. Tap Sign in.


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15. If your Mac doesn’t show up on the connection screen immediately, tap the Refresh button in the upper-right corner of the screen.



16. Now your Mac will show up. Tap it…



17. … and you’ll be prompted to enter your security code. Do so, then tap OK.


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18. Carefully review the Hints screen – they explain how to navigate your way through your Mac/OS X via Splashtop HD (Android). You may even want to leave the Show hints every time option selected, until you ‘master’ controlling OS X via Android. Tap Continue.


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19. Finally – your Mac’s desktop will be displayed right on your Android phone/tablet. You can completely control your Mac now. As you use Splashtop more and more, you’ll become accustom to the mouse gestures and extra ‘buttons’ that allow you to control your Mac via Splashtop HD


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20. Among many other possibilities – you can stream music from iTunes on your Mac to your Android device.


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21. Streaming video from your Mac to your Android device is also possible. I’ve found that it isn’t particularly watchable over 3G, but certainly acceptable over WiFi – particularly when both your Android and Mac are on the same network.


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22. Worth mentioning: I have read on several forums and even the in the Splashtop Help documentation that some people may need to set up port forwarding on their routers when connecting to your Mac from outside of your home network. The web site Port Forward has fantastic and easy to follow instructions for nearly every modern router, and the ports you would need to forward are: 6783, 6784, and 6785. I have yet to require enabling port forwarding on my AirPort router running the latest firmware.

This tutorial will take you step by step through the process of setting up your PC and Android phone (or tablet) so that you can control your PC using your Android device – from anywhere.

We might as well get this out of the way right up front – the software used in this tutorial is not free. It (Splashtop Desktop HD) costs $8.99. I have installed and tested 7 different ‘remote control’ Android Apps, and this one is by far the best. It’s much faster, more intuitive, and less prone to crashing than all of its peers. It works wonderfully on my Droid X (Android phone) and my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Android tablet).

If you still want to continue, head over to the Google Play Store and download Splashtop Desktop HD to your Android device (or search the Play Store for “Splashtop HD” directly from your device). Once the installation has completed, hold off on opening it.

1. On your Windows PC, visit the Splashtop Streamer download page and download Splashtop Streamer. This is the software that will run on your PC, allowing your Android phone/tablet to connect to it. Run the installation file once the download has completed.

   

2. If you don’t want to send anonymous reporting to Splashtop (it helps improve the product if you do) – remove the check mark from the box. Otherwise, click the Accept button.


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3. Click the Go button to continue.


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4. Now you’ll be prompted to enter a Security Code. This is specific to Splashtop, shouldn’t be easy to guess, and must be 8 characters long – containing at least one number and one letter. Once you’ve entered the password in both boxes, click Next.


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5. You’re almost done setting up Streamer. Click the Finish button.


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6. The program will now run, and display itself on your screen. Select the NETWORK tab from the top of the Streamer window.

   In order for you to connect to your Windows PC from outside of your own home network, Splashtop uses Google to allow your PC and Android device to ‘locate’ each other. It’s not the only way to allow Android to connect to your PC outside of your home network, but it’s certainly the easiest. Enter your Gmail/Google credentials in the spaces provided, and click the Sign in button.


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7. Make sure that Streamer displays a message ensuring that you’re now signed in to Google. As indicated in the screenshot below, the message should be displayed directly to the ‘right’ of the Sign out button.


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8. Now for the fun part. Grab your Android device and open Splashtop HD.



9. Tap Go.


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10. Enter the Security Code you created back in step #4, and tap Continue.


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11. Tap Finish.


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12. Review the End User License Agreement, and then tap Agree.


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13. Now you’ll be presented with the main Splashtop HD ‘connection’ screen.


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14. Tap the Options icon in the upper-right corner of the screen (as pictured in the screenshot below) and then select Settings from the menu.



15. From the Settings window, tap Internet discovery.



16. Enter the exact same Gmail/Google credentials that you did back in step #6 when you were setting up the Streamer program in Windows. Tap Sign in.


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17. If your Windows PC doesn’t show up on the connection screen immediately, tap the Refresh button in the upper-right corner of the screen.



18. Now your PC will show up. Tap it…



19. … and you’ll be prompted to enter your Security Code. Do so, then tap OK.


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20. Android will now connect to your PC.



21. Carefully review the Hints screen – they explain how to navigate your way through Windows via Splashtop HD (Android). You may even want to leave the Show hints every time option selected, until you ‘master’ controlling Windows via Android. Tap Continue.


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22. There it is – your Windows desktop on your Android device! From here you can completely control your Windows computer.


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23. Your Android keyboard acts as the “Windows” keyboard. The learning curve regarding ‘mouse’ gestures (tapping the screen, tapping the screen and dragging etc) is low. You’ll get used to controlling your PC via Splashtop HD quickly.


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24. One final thing to note – each time an Android device connects to Streamer on your Windows computer, Streamer will display a message indicating as much.



25. Worth mentioning: I have read on several forums and even the in the Splashtop Help documentation that some people may need to set up port forwarding on their routers when connecting to your PC from outside of your home network. The web site Port Forward has fantastic and easy to follow instructions for nearly every modern router, and the ports you would need to forward are: 6783, 6784, and 6785. I have yet to require enabling port forwarding.

This detailed guide will take you every step of the way through installing Internet Explorer 9 on your Mac – using nothing but free software.

Important: There are a couple of things you should know before you undertake this (quite easy, albeit lengthy) endeavor. You will require approximately 26GB (yes, gigabytes) of free space in order to install IE 9 using the method outlined below. Once the installation is complete, you’ll be able to delete all of the files required for the set up, but you’ll still be using approximately 13GB of disk space to run IE 9.

The installation involves downloading 13+GB of data – so you may want to run the initial download overnight, depending on the speed of your Internet connection.

It’s also worth mentioning that while there are other methods to install Internet Explorer on your Mac, this is the only one that I have found to consistently run IE 9 correctly (no crashing, no problems rendering web pages etc). If the above requirements don’t scare you off, here are the steps to install IE 9 on your Mac.

1. The first thing you’ll need to do is install VirtualBox, if you don’t have it installed on your Mac already. Head over to the VirtualBox download page and download VirtualBox for OS X. The installation is very straight forward – run the installer package and click ‘Next’ a bunch of times. Once completed, don’t open VirtualBox, just proceed to the next step.
2. Open up a Terminal by navigating to Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal. From the prompt, enter the following command:

   curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS=”9″ bash

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3. This is where you’ll want to take a long break. Your Mac is now downloading approximately 13GB of data.


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4. You can check on the status once in a while but it’s about as entertaining as watching paint dry.


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5. After the download has finished, the files will be processed.


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6. When you see Done! in the Terminal window and are returned to the command prompt, you’re finished with the time consuming part. Leave the Terminal window open – we’ll be using it later to delete the unnecessary files.


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7. Now open VirtualBox from your Applications folder. If you’re prompted to download an update, click the Download button. If you’re not, skip down to step #14.


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8. Again, click the Download button.


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9. Now click the Install button.


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10. If prompted, click Upgrade.


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11. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the VirtualBox License window (the I Agree button won’t be ‘clickable’ until you do). Click I Agree.


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12. Enter your password when prompted.



13. Finally, click OK.



14. Select IE9 (clean) from the column on the left side of the VirtualBox window. Note: you may also see an entry titled ‘IE9 Inaccessible’ – ignore it. Now click the Settings button from the Toolbar.


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15. Click the System tab from the top menu. Select Motherboard from the secondary menu. Use the ’slider’ to increase the Base Memory: level. Assuming your Mac has at least 2GB of RAM, I would suggest increasing the Base Memory to 1024MB. Your VirtualBox (IE 9) will run quite slowly if you use much less than 1024MB of memory. Click OK when you’re done.


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16. With IE9 (clean) still selected, click the Start button.


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17. VirtualBox will now explain how the Auto capture keyboard feature works. Read this message carefully. In a nutshell it amounts to this – use the left command key on your keyboard to ‘release’ your keyboard and mouse from the virtual machine (IE 9). Click OK.


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18. Windows will now boot.



19. If a mouse pointer integration message appears, ignore it and click OK.



20. Once Windows finishes setting itself up and boots, select the Administrator ‘button’. Note: NOT the “Admin” user. Use the password: Password1

    Note: the password is case sensitive – the P in Password1 must be capitalized.



21. Now you’ll sign into Windows.



22. The Windows Activation window will appear. Click Ask me later. You’ll be presented with this screen every time you launch your IE 9 Virtual Machine – click Ask me later every time.



23. You will have a complete Windows 7 working environment, including Internet Explorer 9.


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24. Now you can test out web sites in IE 9, access those “Internet Explorer only” sites etc.


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25. Bring that Terminal window back up. Enter the command:

    cd .ievms


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26. Now enter the following commands, one at a time:

    cd vhd
    cd IE9
    rm *.rar
    rm *.exe
    ls

    After entering the “ls” command, you should see two files (and only two files) – Windows 7.vhd and Windows 7.vcm.


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27. That will have cleared up about 13GB of hard drive space, leaving only the files required to run Windows 7 and IE 9. You can quit the Terminal now – you’re done!

This very brief guide will show you how to automatically send your tweets (or selective tweets) to Google+

1. Head over to the free web-service TwooglePlus and sign up for an account. The process is very simple and you’re guided through it step-by-step.
2. Once you’ve created your account and tied your Twitter and Google+ accounts together, you’ll be prompted to start selecting options.

   The first option is to decide which of your Google+ Circles you’d like your tweets re-posted to. Make your selections (you can choose more than one) and then click Continue.



3. Then you’ll be presented with a few more settings. You can opt to Unshorten Links (the full link will display on Google+), Remove Tracking Tokens and use a hash-tag feature to selectively share your tweets to Google+. If you select Tweets must contain #g, only the tweets you post that include the #g hash-tag will be shared to Google+.



4. As a test I re-tweeted one of @howtogeeknews’s tweets.



5. Sure enough it appeared in Google+ a few minutes later.


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6. That’s it!

This tutorial will show you how to create a QR Code that contains all of your contact information by way of a vCard – which can be imported into nearly every “Address Book” software or app on the planet :)

A little bit of background (which you can completely skip if you’d like) first. QR Codes are two-dimensional bar codes that allow you to quickly scan them with your camera. From there they can either launch a web site, show product info, display plain text, send an SMS message and much more. If you need a QR-Code Reader for your smartphone, check out our tutorials on How to Read QR-Codes with your iPhone or How to Read QR-Codes with your Android Device.

A vCard (or .vcd file) is a file that contains all of your contact information. This file can be imported into nearly every “Address Book” or “Contact” software in existence.

By creating a QR-Code of your vCard, you can allow others to scan the QR-Code and add all of your contact info into their address book very quickly.

1. Head over to QRStuff.com. We’re going to use their template to create your vCard.

   In section 1 (DATE TYPE) – select the Contact Details (VCARD) option.



2. In section 2 (CONTENT) – enter in all the information you want to share in your vCard. Some fields are mandatory, and are indicated as such by a red asterisk.



3. Once you’ve filled in all of the information for your vCard, select the option Link to VCF file for download.



4. In section 4 (OUTPUT TYPE) – click the Download button.



5. Your QR-Code image (in .png format) will now download. Open it up with your favorite image viewer.



6. Test it out by scanning it with your QR-Code Reader software.


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7. You’ll be prompted to launch a URL, and from that URL you (or anyone you share the QR Code with) can download your vCard. Note: iPhone users will be prompted to have the vCard emailed to themselves, and can add it to their Address Book via the email.



8. Once the vCard has been downloaded, open it up



9. You’ll be prompted to either Import it directly into your Address Book software (or view it, or edit it, depending on the software installed on your PC/Smartphone).



10. That’s it! You now have a QR-Code you can use (embed in your web page, your email signature, etc) to share all of your contact information via a vCard.

This brief tutorial will show you how to open .7z (also known as 7-Zip) files on your Mac.

1. Start out by downloading and installing the free program Keka. The installation is very straight forward – open the .dmg file and drag Keka.app to your Applications folder.



2. Now locate the .7z file you want to extract the contents of, and double-click it.



3. Keka will launch and start extracting the contents of your 7z file.



4. That’s it! Once Keka has finished, the file(s) or folder(s) inside the .7z file will be located in the same folder as the .7z file itself.

This step-by-step guide will show you how to install and run Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on your Windows PC using nothing but free software.

1. To get started you’ll need to download and install 2 programs. The first is 7-Zip, which you can download here. The installation process for 7-Zip is very straight forward – you’ll just click “Next” a bunch of times.

   Once you have 7-Zip installed, download VirtualBox and the Android 4 image file for VirtualBox.

   When both files have finished downloading, locate the VirtualBox installer and double-click it to begin the installation.



2. By and large the installation is very straight forward. Click the Next … button to start.



3. During the installation you will have several Windows Security ‘pop-up’ messages appear. Each time, click the Install button. Alternately you can place a check in the Always trust software from “Oracle Corporation” box, and you won’t be prompted with these messages in the future.



4. On the last screen of the installation, remove the check mark from the box labelled Start Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.x after installation and then click the Finish button.



5. Now that you have VirtualBox installed, we’ll load the Android 4 “Ice Cream Sandwich” image file into it so that you can run Android in Windows.

   Locate the Android-v4.7z file that you downloaded back in step #1. Double-click it.



6. If 7-Zip opens up, skip down to Step #11 below. If you’re prompted by Windows to select a program to open this file with (see screenshot below) – click the Browse… button.


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7. Navigate to your C: drive. 7-Zip will either be installed in your C:\Program Files folder, or it will be in your C:\Program Files (x86) folder – depending on the version of Windows you’re using and the version of 7-Zip you installed. Open the C:\Program Files (x86) folder first, and see if there’s a 7-Zip folder. If there isn’t, go back to C:\Program Files.


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8. Open the 7-Zip folder.


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9. Select 7zFM.exe and click the Open button.


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10. Make sure that 7-Zip File Manager is selected from the list of programs, place a check in the box labelled Always use the selected program to open this kind of file and then the click OK button.


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11.  7-Zip will now open and display the contents of your Android-v4.7z file. Select the folder named Android-v4 and then click the Extract button.



12. Click the … button to select the location where you want to extract the Android 4 image file. I used my Documents directory, but you can use any folder you wish. Click OK once you’ve selected a location.



13. 7-Zip will extract the contents of the file to the folder you specified – this should only take a few seconds.



14. Now navigate to the folder you just extracted the Android-v4.7z file to. Locate the file named Android-v4.vbox and double-click it.


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15. As VirtualBox opens, you may be prompted with a Windows Security Alert message from your Firewall. Click the Allow access button.



16. Select Android-v4 from the left column of VirtualBox, then click the Start button.


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17. As Android boots up inside of VirtualBox, you’ll be presented with a series of messages. The first will explain how the keyboard and cursor work within Virtual Machines. Read the message in its entirety so you understand how to ‘escape’ from the virtual machine (Android) and return to your ‘host’ (your PC). Basically – use the Ctrl key on the right side of your keyboard.



18. Click OK again after reviewing the next message.



19. You may receive a message about the number of colors your virtual machine (in this case, Android 4) can display. Ignore it. Click OK.



20. Finally, Android! Click inside the VirtualBox window and your cursor will now be used “in Android”.


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21. You’ll notice the cursor is ‘blue’ when inside the Virtual Machine (Android). You can use it as you would “swipe” on an Android phone or tablet by holding down your mouse button (left) while moving the cursor. A “single click” is the same as a “tap”.



22. One of the benefits of installing Android in Windows is so that you can use its browser to determine what web pages will look like on the Android platform.


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23. Click the right-side Ctrl button on your keyboard to ‘escape’ from Android and have your keyboard and mouse return to Windows.
24. That’s it!

Many iPhone and iPad Apps (often games) allow for “in App” purchases. If you’ve ever received a large credit card bill because “someone” (your child) purchased too many In-App items, this short tutorial will show you how to disable In-App purchases on an iDevice.

1. Locate the Settings button on your Home Screen and give it a tap.



2. Swipe down to the General section and tap it.



3. Scroll to the Restrictions section and tap it.



4. Tap the Enable Restrictions section.



5. From here you’ll need to create a 4 digit passcode. Make this passcode hard to guess (ie. not 1234, the last 4 digits of your phone number or something easily guessable). In addition, be absolutely certain to remember the passcode. You won’t ever be able to recover the passcode if you forget it. You’ll go through the “set up your passcode” process twice – the second time to confirm.



6. Now swipe way down to the Allowed Content: section. Toggle the ON/OFF switch next to In-App Purchases to OFF.



7. Double-check the In-App Purchases setting is configured to be OFF.



8. That’s it! In-App purchases will no longer be available. You can use your passcode to revert/change this setting at any time.

This brief tutorial will show you how to stop people from being able to install Apps on their iPhones (or iPad/iPod Touch). Following the steps outlined below will allow you to control exactly which Apps are installed on an iPhone. Yes, this tutorial could also be called “how to stop my kids from installing Apps on their and/or my iPhone”.

There are a number of circumstances where you may want to disable the ability for someone (your child perhaps?) from being able to download and install Apps on their iPhones. These steps will disable the App Store on an iPhone so that Apps cannot be purchased or even installed, even through iTunes.
1. Start by tapping the Settings button.



2. Scroll down to the General entry and tap it.



3. Scroll down to the Restrictions entry and tap it.



4. Tap Enable Restrictions.



5. You’ll be prompted to set up a 4 digit PIN. Make this passcode hard to guess (ie. not 0000, the last 4 digits of your phone number etc). Also, make sure to remember the passcode. You won’t be able to revert any of these changes or recover the passcode if you forget it. After you’ve entered the PIN once, you’ll need to enter it a second time to confirm.



6. Change the ’slider’ next to Installing Apps from ON to OFF.



7. Confirm that Installing Apps is set to OFF.



8. That’s it! The App Store on your iPhone (or iPad or iPod Touch) will now be disabled, and unless the above settings are changed back you won’t be able to install Apps on the iPhone.

This brief tutorial will show you how to extract all of the files packaged inside a Microsoft .theme file. This way you can access all the images used in the theme, without having to use the theme itself (desktop backgrounds etc).

1. Microsoft Theme files are actually just .zip files, with the .zip extension renamed to .theme. This tutorial uses 7zip, which is a free utility that lets you open all sorts of files. Head over to the 7zip download page, download and install 7zip. The installation is a breeze – you’ll just download the file, run it, and click “Next” a bunch of times.

   Now locate the Theme file you want to open and access the contents of. Right-click the file, select 7-zip from the menu, and then Extract files… from the sub-menu.



2. Click OK to extract the files.



3. Now you’ll find a folder in the same location as your Theme file. Open the folder up…



4. … and you’ll find all the contents of the Theme file. That’s it!



5. Note: we have a tutorial on using 7zip to open many types of files.

This very brief tutorial will show you how to add a “Delete” button (as well as Cut, Copy, Paste & others) to the Windows Explorer Toolbar.

1. By default, Windows 7 does not include a Delete button in Windows Explorer.


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2. To remedy this, download the small utility CustomExplorerToolbar. Note: the download link is towards the bottom of the CustomExplorerToolbar page – just scroll down.

   Open the .zip file and extract the files to any folder on your drive. I used my Downloads folder. Double-click CustomExplorerToolbar.exe.



3. Place a check next to each feature you want to add to your Windows Explorer Toolbar. Then place a check in all of the Folder Types: fields. Finally, click the Do It! button.

   As illustrated in the screenshot below, I added the features Copy, Delete, Cut & Paste.


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4. If you have a Windows Explorer window open, close and re-open it. Now your Toolbar includes a Delete button!


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5. You can now delete CustomExplorerToolbar and its associated files, but it’s a good idea to keep it around should you ever decide to undo any of these changes.

This brief tutorial will show you how to delete the list of sites (your browsing history) from the Google Chrome for Android browser.

1. Tap the “Tools” icon in the upper-right corner of Google Chrome for Android.



2. Select Settings from the menu.



3. Tap the Under the Hood tab.



4. Tap Clear browsing data.



5. Make sure there’s a check in the box labeled Clear browsing history. You can also check off each item you want to clear/delete – such as the browser cache, cookies and passwords. Tap the Clear button when you’re done.



6. You’ll be returned to the main Settings screen. You can close the window or Chrome itself – your browsing history has now been deleted.

This brief tutorial will show you how to convert Microsoft Office .docx formatted files to the .doc format – without having to download any software, and for free.

1. All you’ll need for this tutorial is a Google account (Gmail address) and the .docx file you want to change to a .doc file. Start out by heading over to Google Docs. Sign in with your Google Account if prompted.
2. When Google Docs loads, click the Upload button and select the Files… entry from the menu.



3. Navigate to the .docx file on your hard drive, select it and click Open.



4. In the Upload settings pop-up, make sure there’s a check in the box labeled Convert documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and drawings to the corresponding Google Docs format. Click the Start upload button.


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5. When the upload has completed, close the Upload status box.



6. Click your recently uploaded .docx file from the TITLE list to open it in Google Docs.



7. With the file now open, select File from the main menu, Download as from the drop-down menu, and finally Word from the sub-menu.



8. Your newly created .doc file will now download. Check your Downloads folder and it’ll be right there (unless you specified saving it to a different location).



9. That’s it – you’ve converted your .docx file to an ‘old’ .doc file.