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If you’ve got an Office 365 subscription, then there might be times you need help from Microsoft. Here’s how to log a ticket from a client app, from a web app, or through your Office 365 account. All of these methods will create a ticket that goes to Microsoft support, but whichever way you log a ticket, you’ll need to be online. Note: At the moment the Office 365 mobile apps will take you to the help and support pages, but there’s no direct method to create a support ticket....

Sony’s official PlayStation app, available for both Android phones and iPhones, allows you to remotely control your PS4. Use it as a playback remote or a keyboard for quickly typing without relying on the PS4’s controller and on-TV keyboard. While Nintendo opted to bundle an entire controller with a touchscreen gamepad, both Sony and Microsoft have added a “second screen” environment with a smartphone app. It isn’t integrated directly into as many games, but it’s still a useful feature....

The Unity Launcher in Ubuntu is locked to the left side of the screen. If you would rather have a launcher at the bottom of the screen, there is a way to convert the Unity Launcher into a dock-style launcher at the bottom of the screen. We have previously shown you how to install and use Cairo-Dock to get a Mac OS X-style dock at the bottom of your Ubuntu desktop....

Originally, Microsoft claimed that WMA files had the same quality as MP3 files while being half the size, but independent studies have disputed this. At the same time, WMA files are usually slightly higher quality than MP3 files, so why would you want to convert WMA to MP3? There are three main reasons that you might want to convert your WMA music files over to MP3, which we’ll run through below....

There are a few ways to duplicate a layer in Photoshop:Select the layer you want to duplicate and click the “Duplicate Layer” button at the bottom of the Layers panel.Select the layer you want to duplicate and press Ctrl+J (Windows) or Command+J (Mac).Go to Layer > New > Layer from Selection and select the layer you want to duplicate. To duplicate a layer in Photoshop, first select the layer you want to duplicate and then choose Duplicate Layer from the Layers menu....

There are a few ways to copy a picture. One way is to use a photo editor like Photoshop or GIMP. Another way is to use a Clipboard app on your phone. To copy and paste an image in Photoshop, first open the Image menu and choose Copy. Then, select the destination image from the drop-down list and press Paste. To copy and paste a selection in Photoshop, hold down the Option (O) key and click on the selection....

Highlight the text you want to copy. Right-click on the highlighted text and click “Copy” (or hit Ctrl+C). In the field where you want to paste it, right-click and select “Paste” (or use Ctrl+V). How to Copy Text First, open up a document or webpage and highlight the text you’d like to copy. Right-click the selection—either with two fingers on a trackpad, with a mouse, or by pressing Alt while clicking—and then click “Copy....

There are a few ways to do this. One way is to save the video as a WhatsApp status, and another way is to share the video as a WhatsApp message. Yes, you can post videos on WhatsApp status. Yes, WhatsApp status videos can be more than 30 seconds. However, they must be shorter than 6 minutes and 20 seconds. The video limit for WhatsApp status is 10 seconds....

You might be wondering how Reels is any different from Instagram Stories. While Stories is more about your daily life, Reels is all about creativity and entertainment. There are a few new editing tools to help you make something fun and shareable. RELATED: What Is Instagram Reels, and Is It a TikTok Clone? Instagram Reels is similar to TikTok, but the main difference is it’s a feature inside a larger ecosystem....

If you have a long list of emails and you’re having difficulty distinguishing among the individual emails in your list, you can select a grid line style to display between each of the emails. This can improve the visibility of each email in your list. To change this setting, first make sure the Mail module is active. If not, click the Mail link at the bottom of the Outlook window....

RocketDock is a lightweight, highly customizable application launcher, or dock, for Windows. You can install it on your computer or use a portable version on a USB flash drive to provide quick access to your portable programs. We’ll show you how to make RocketDock portable. However, first you must install RocketDock before making it portable. See our article about installing, setting up, and using RocketDock. Once you have installed RocketDock, right-click anywhere on the dock or on the icons on the dock and select Dock Settings from the popup menu....

There are a few different symbols that can appear in Facebook Messenger. Here are some of the most common ones:! – This symbol means that the message was sent as a “high priority” message and should be seen immediately.@ – This symbol is used to mention another user in a message. When you type @ followed by the name of a friend, that friend will get a notification about the message....

First off, let’s delete the automatically-created virtual Dash buttons we don’t want. To do this, start by tapping on the product logo, and then tap on “Delete Your Dash Button”. Search for any product that you want to create a Dash button for—it doesn’t matter if there’s a physical Dash button for it or not. Find it in the list of search results and make sure that it’s Prime eligible (the Prime logo will appear below the price)....

How to Set Up a New Prime Video Profile on Mobile From there, tap the drop-down arrow next to your name. You’ll see a list of all active user profiles and a premade “Kids” profile. To create a new user profile, tap “New.” In the profile creation page, type a name and choose whether you’d like this to be a “Kids” profile. If you do, this account will only be able to access kid-friendly content and recommendations....

Boingboing.net has a cool set of meticulously drawn pixel art portraits for their key writers. If you’re a lover of pixel art, why not try and recreate a similar avatars for yourself with a few simple filters in either Photoshop or GIMP? How-To Geek has covered a few different ways to create pixel art from ordinary graphics, and this simple method is more simple pixel art, but using a different technique....

Should you want to eliminate all email notifications you receive from Google Alerts, you can set them up as an RSS feed and bundle them in one place. Here’s how to send your alerts directly to your feed. You can already find and create an RSS feed for any website, but Google Alerts lets you send anything directly to a feed you already use. After you set up alerts as an RSS feed, you’ll no longer receive email notifications for that specific alert from Google....

Blazor is a new web framework that allows you to create fully interactive web apps using C#. Using the magic of a .NET runtime compiled for WebAssembly, you can even run Blazor entirely on the client—you don’t have to use JavaScript frameworks to create your applications anymore. What Is Blazor? Blazor is the latest feature of ASP.NET Core, Microsoft’s 20 year old web framework. Despite being old, Microsoft still maintains it, and ASP....

Android 7.0 Nougat brings a lot of new features and refinements to the table, like the ability to customize Android’s Quick Settings panel with custom tile containing unique toggles and even app or web shortcuts. RELATED: The Best New Features in Android 7.0 “Nougat” The introduction of the new Quick Settings Tile API not only makes it possible for the panel to be customized, but also allows developers to create custom tools designed specifically for the Quick Settings area....

To crop an image in Photoshop, you first need to open the Image Menu and select “Crop.” Then, select the “Rectangle” tool and drag the corners of the image to create a cropped rectangle. To resize a layer in Photoshop, select it and then press the left/right arrow key to move the layer up or down. To crop a layer, select it and then press the Ctrl key and then the left/right arrow key to crop the layer in a specific direction....

There are many ways to crop a screenshot. One way is to open the screenshot in Paint and use the cropping tool. Another way is to open the screenshot in Word with “paint” or “drawing” as the background, then use the cropping tool at the top of the screen. You can crop your screenshot on Mac by using the free app called Skitch. There is a shortcut for cropping a picture on a Mac....