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How to Install Microsoft Office Picture Manager with Office 2013 or later?

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Microsoft Office Picture Manager, as the name suggests, is a picture manager and editing tool from Microsoft which is included in Microsoft Office Suite upto Office 2010. Anyone using Office versions prior to Office 2013 should be able to see Microsoft Office Picture Manager under All Programs> Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office Picture Manager is a useful tool for doing basic photo editing that is already included in the Office installation. One does not need to install another software. It can do most of basic photo editing such as: adjusting brightness, contract, mid-tones, color, re-sizing, cropping, rotate, etc. Many Office users miss this useful little program. If you are looking to install Microsoft Office Picture Manager along with your Microsoft Office 2013 or later, do the following : Read more »

How to find out the IMEI number of Mobile Phones (Android Phones)?

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International Mobile Station Equipment Identity or IMEI number is a unique identifier for 3GPP (i.e., GSM, UMTS and LTE) and iDEN mobile phones, as well as some satellite phones devices. No two devices will have the same IMEI or MEID, which makes it a very useful tool for tracking purposes. You can quickly retrieve and record your phone's IMEI or Read more »

Tools for editing photos for government exams online application in India

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M ost online applications for government exams in India asks for scanned photograph and signature in specific pixel size and image size such as -  Upload Scanned Images of Photograph and Signature:     The scanned images of photograph and Signature should be in jpg/jpeg format only.     Size of the photo image must be greater than 4 kb and less than 40 kb.     Size of the signature image must be greater than 1 kb and less than 30 kb.     Dimension of photograph image should be 3.5 cm(width) x 4.5 cm(Height) only.     Dimension of signature image should be 3.5 cm(length) x 1.5 cm(Height) only. Read more »

How to turn on and use Facebook Timeline Review to prevent posts or photos you're tagged in appear on your Facebook Timeline?

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Don't want to show unnecessary posts and photos your are tagged on Facebook? Most of us may have faced a situation where we been tagged to an embarrassing photo on Facebook? Are you looking for a way to prevent such from happening? "Timeline Review" is the answer. So if you ask how Facebook's Timeline Review can help, it is because Timeline review lets you choose whether posts you're tagged in appear on your Timeline. When people you’re not friends with tag you in a post, they automatically go to Timeline review. If you'd also like to review tags by friends, you can turn on Timeline review for tags from anyone. It is recommended to enable timeline review for anyone if you do not want to take any chance. It give you the control what to show up on your Facebook Timeline. To turn on Timeline review on Facebook, do the following: Read more »

Resolved: Blogger custom domain redirect issue -blog opens only when prefixed with www

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If you want the Blogger blog to open in a custom domain instead of the usual Blogger domain with "blogspot.com" in it, then one can setup custom domain redirection in Blogger.  How to setup a custom domain for Blogger? Read more »

Mac : Caps Lock always on (keyboard stuck on caps lock)

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Sometimes your MacBook may decide to stay on CAPSLOCK and it can be really annoying. In such a scenario, you'd realize that you can't even login to your account if you have set password and if the password has lowercase. It won't type in lowercase! Just recently, a friend brought his MacBook Air (MBA) to me complaining he can no longer login to his MBA. He thought it was some issue with the system. We tried but could not login. Luckily, his laptop had a user account without a password, so we got in, and based on my suspicion we opened a note application and typed. And lo! All the characters were in CAPS even when the CAPSLOCK is OFF. After a brief research online the following resolved the problem. Read more »

Microsoft Access: Update Query with "Where","and" and "Or" Clauses

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Suppose we have a table in Microsoft Access with various fields including - Title: Mr., Mrs, Ms, Dr. Er. etc. Name: Name of the person Gender: M, F Marital Status: Married, Unmarried Microsoft Access makes it easy to collect data from users in Excel Read more »

How to silence or mute incoming call ringtone on Redmi 2 Android phone?

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There are times when we can't take calls and we won't like to disconnect it either. It would be best to mute the ringtone. We can set it in the settings on most phones if it permits. Or you can mute using the volume down button. This works on many smartphones.  To mute the incoming call ringtone on Redmi 2 Android phones do the following:   1. Open settings 2. Find and tap Call Settings > Incoming call settings 3. At "Flip to silence ring" slide to right to enable. Now when call comes,  just flip the phone upside down to silence the ring. Thats it.  Popular Android Phones on Amazon