How To Use The Ppmt Function In Excel

The way these payments are split isn’t the same from month to month, however. The more payments you make, the smaller your interest payments become. As a consequence, the amount that goes towards reducing your loan (the payment on principal) increases every month. If you want to know the proportion of your loan payment that’s going towards paying off your outstanding balance, you can use the PPMT function in Microsoft Excel to help you....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 456 words · Shari Schmidt

How To Wipe And Reset Your Apple Watch

Backup and Reset Your Apple Watch Before getting started, you might want to back up the data and settings on your Apple Watch. The good thing here is your watch is automatically backed up regularly during an iPhone backup session. This happens each time your iPhone is connected to iTunes or if you have automatic iCloud backup turned on. But if that isn’t good enough for you, you can force a watch backup....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 509 words · Eric Roehrig

Ios 7 1 Tip Disable The Parallax Effect

If you’ve used a device running iOS 7 you know what the Parallax effect is. It’s a pseudo 3D-like effect on the Home Screen. It makes the app icons look as if they’re floating over the wallpaper. We covered how to disable it in the first iteration of iOS 7. But since the iOS 7.1 update, the ability to turn it off isn’t hidden deep in the menus Disabling Parallax Effect Easier in iOS 7....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 184 words · Natalie Coffey

Iphone 5 Is This How The New Connector Looks

The connector in the pictures is very similar in size to the micro USB one that (almost) everybody in the industry uses. The nine pin connector matches that of other rumors floating around, while others “close to the situation” say it will be a 19-pin connector. The connector in the photo shows 8 pins, but the shell itself might act as the ninth one. We’ll have to wait for a couple of days to see if this is the real deal, when Apple makes its announcement this week....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 210 words · Stella Ford

Mac Outlook 2011 Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Here they are however if you notice a few missing, please let me know so I can add them to the list! Most Common Shortcuts Windows and Dialog boxes Search Mail Calendar Contacts Tasks Notes Editing and Formatting Text Flagging messages, contacts, and tasks for follow up Help Window So far so good, Outlook 2011 for MAC rocks! It still lacks all the features like iMAP and Calendaring integration with GMAIL (at least I can’t find it) but I can live with that....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 345 words · Gloria Price

Make Windows 11 Only Install Apps From Microsoft Store

This is great for experienced users who know what they want on their PC. But if you have an inexperienced user just starting with Windows 11, you might want to set apps to be signed off by Microsoft. This is where the Microsoft App Store comes in. You can limit apps only to be installed from the Store. Here’s how to do it. Only Install Apps on Windows 11 from Microsoft Store To get started, open Settings by going to Start > Settings....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 411 words · James Mayville

Make Windows Run Disk Cleanup Automatically With Task Scheduler

Note: This will work with Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and XP We previously showed you how to run Disk Cleanup and how to clean temp files it misses. But remembering to run it regularly is the challenging part. Set Windows to Run Disk Cleanup Automatically First, some command line magic — click Start and type: cmd in the search box. Hit Enter. At the command prompt, type: cleanmgr.exe /sageset:1 then hit Enter....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 422 words · Ida Brewer

Make Your Iphone Or Ipod Touch Turn Off Music When You Sleep

Make iPhone Stop Playing When You Sleep First, tap the Clock icon and select the Timer feature. Tap on the When Timer Ends button. Next, scroll to the bottom and select Sleep iPod. Then tap the Set button. Set the timer for how long you want the media to play and tap Start. The Timer will start counting down. Click the Home button to close out of the timer. Now start playing your music, video, podcast, or online radio and drift off....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 117 words · Samuel Kimbrough

Microsoft Adds Premium Outlook Com Features For Office 365 Subscribers

“Today, we began rolling out new benefits for Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscribers who use Outlook.com,” the Outlook team writes. “These premium email features include an ad-free inbox, enhanced protection against malware and phishing, larger mailbox sizes, and premium customer support. In the coming months, we’ll be introducing additional premium Outlook.com features to make personal email and calendar experiences for Office 365 subscribers more powerful, productive, and secure....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 375 words · Larry Kinkel

Microsoft Is Killing The Groove Music App For Android And Ios

Microsoft Retiring Groove Music for Mobile I was one of the few who actually subscribed to Microsoft’s Groove Music Pass streaming service and was happy to see it become available on both mobile platforms. It allowed me to manage playlists on my main PC and sync the music with my other devices. When the company retired Groove Music Pass, it offered an easy way to move your music to Spotify, and that’s what I’ve been using since....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 193 words · Larry Morris

Microsoft Mobile Build 10166 Rolls Out

On the Blogging Windows site, Gabe Aul, the one in charge of the Insider program, made the announcement about this latest build. According to Gabe, “There are lots of of small changes and feature tweaks in this build, but our major focus over the past few builds on mobile has been about improvements to core quality.” He also said that most of the issues that users of build 10149 experienced have been fixed....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 442 words · Maria Sine

Microsoft Onedrive Comes To Kindle Fire And Fire Phone

OneDrive for Kindle Fire & Fire Phone Not only is OneDrive available on virtually every mobile device, but it’s also available on PCs and Macs as well. OneDrive has come a long way since it’s initial inception as SkyDrive and has turned into an easy to use and convenient cloud storage service. Microsoft has also been rolling out increased storage space for all users from 7 GB to 15 GB for free accounts and even more for Office 365 subscribers who will receive 1 TB of space....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 140 words · Nathaniel Pfahler

Microsoft Releases Cumulative Update For Windows 10 1803 April Update

Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4284848 Here is a look at the list of improvements and bug fixes with this latest cumulative update: Addresses an issue that causes the Video Settings HDR streaming calibration slider to stop working. This is caused by a conflict with the panel brightness intensity settings configured by certain OEMs.Addresses streaming compatibility issues with certain live TV streaming content providers.Addresses an issue where media content previously generated by Media Center doesn’t play after installing the Windows 10 April 2018 update....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 397 words · Susan Gribbin

Microsoft Releases First Office 2016 64 Bit Update For Mac

The update provides increased benefits such as the ability to work on larger data sets in Excel 2016 and complex documents in Microsoft Word. For now, the 64-bit release is limited to user’s who are part of the Office Insider Program, launched in November of 2015. The Office Insider Program is similar to the Windows Insider Program and provides early access to new features and functionality before they are generally available....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 617 words · David Aldridge

Microsoft Releases Free Toolkit For Windows Home Server

For those of you out there with a Windows Home Server, you might be interested in a new download Microsoft released today. I noticed it today on the Microsoft Download Center Feed – It’s called the Windows Home Server Toolkit V1.1. Now, call me crazy BUT, I don’t see the logic here. If a product for the “HOME” requires a toolkit to troubleshoot it and get it working, the manufacturer has failed....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 468 words · Anna Sachs

Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Build 19536 To Insiders

Windows 10 Preview Build 19536 This next version is in the active development branch called RS_PreRelease. Which means its features could show up in the next 20H2 update. Or, they could be in the following one. Today’s announcement notes that “features in the active development branch may be slated for a future Windows 10 release, they are no longer matched to a specific Windows 10 release” Basically, the company is getting rid of the “Skip Ahead” ring and unifying everything as the “Fast” ring....

January 9, 2023 · 4 min · 681 words · Raphael Cobb

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Build 19624

Windows 10 Preview Build 19624 Here is the list of general changes and improvements in this build: We’re temporarily turning off the new search box in the default apps Settings pages while we work on improving performance and reliability.We’re updating the VPN connection logic based on feedback, so that if you disconnect from a VPN network, it will now uncheck the option to auto-connect (similar to how it’s handled for Wi-Fi)....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 539 words · Myrtle Keeler

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Build 20270

Windows 10 Preview Build 20270 While Cortana has been separated from Windows Search, it continues to receive updates. According to the release: This is the list of changes and improvements in this build: The new “Advanced View” checkbox in Optimize Drives is now up and running and checking it will display volumes previously not visible in this window (for example system and recovery partitions).Using the touch keyboard in a portrait posture on a 2-in-1 touch device now supports split keyboard mode....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 278 words · Daniel Thomas

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14936

Windows 10 Build 14936 New Edge extensions include the following according to Dona Sakar, the leader of the Insider program: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Updates Other Fixes Include the Following: We fixed the issue causing Narrator to continually speak the progress of a song e.g. update with the current time of the progress bar every second if you navigate to the progress bar while a song is playing in Groove Music....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 168 words · Howard Robison

Microsoft Surface Tip Add A Live Clock Tile To Start Screen

Launch the Microsoft Store and search for “clock tile” or “clock” and you’ll get several results. To narrow it down, use the filter features to show free apps. Each app has different features, and some have ads that can be removed via in-app purchases. The main thing to look for is one that runs in the background and displays the time in a Live Tile. Then just move the tile to a convenient place on the Start screen....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 146 words · Scott Monarez