Tech Tip – How Group Tabs In Chrome To Keep Related Pages Together
One way to get more organised when using Google Chrome is to group open website tabs together with a click to keep related pages together in one workspace. Chrome’s ‘Group tabs’ lets your give the groups a label/name and colour. Here’s how: – Right-click a browser tab. – Click ‘Add Tab to new group.’ – […]
Tech Tip – Highlight Text and Translate It with Microsoft Edge
Use Edge’s built-in translation feature to quickly translate text into English directly in the web page you’re looking at, without having to copy it to another tool. Here’s how: Highlight Text on a Web Page: – Select the text you want to translate. Use the Translation Option: – Right-click the highlighted text and select Translate […]
Tech Tip – Helpful Hyphens
You can use a hyphen after a search term to exclude words that you don’t want Google to search for. For example, the search may be for a mustang horse rather than a mustang car. Here’s how it works: – In the Google search box type mustang –car to exclude any references to cars. Note […]
Tech Tip – Help Improve Your Productivity With Microsoft’s MyAnalytics
If you’d like to get data-driven insights into your work habits to improve your productivity, you could try Microsoft 365 MyAnalytics platform. Here’s how: – Sign into your Microsoft 365 account. – Select MyAnalytics from the app drawer or click on the 9-dot square menu (top left) and select the ‘All Apps’ link and click […]
Tech Tip – Google Chrome’s Link To Highlighted Text Feature
If you’ve found a specific passage of text in a web page that you’d like to show to another person, Google Chrome has a built-in feature that allows you to share a link that goes straight to that text. Here’s how it works: – In Chrome, highlight the passage text in any web page that […]
Tech Tip – Get Gmail in Your Windows 10 Mail App
If you’d like a tidy, easy way to see your Gmail emails and Microsoft emails all in one place in Windows 10, here’s how to set it up: – Click on ‘Start’ and type ‘Mail’, and select the Mail app. – Open the app, right hand side click “+ Add account” and select Google/Gmail from […]
Tech Tip – Get Creative And Save Or Share Sketched Ideas Using Google Canvas
If you’d like a really fast way to sketch out your creative ideas on a digital canvas and quickly download or share the image, try Google Canvas. Here’s how it works: – Go to https://canvas.apps.chrome/. – Choose a pen, pencil, crayon, eraser, colour, size, and opacity from the left-hand menu. Click on the layers symbol (top […]
Tech Tip – Free Ways to Share Photos
We all take lots of photos with our smartphones, so here is a selection of some of the best free places to share (and back up) photos. – Google Photos. Just having a Gmail account gives access to this service you can share photos with family, friends, or teammates, create albums, and grant access to […]
Tech Tip – Free Pro-Quality Photo Editing With GIMP 3.0
Looking for a Photoshop alternative that won’t cost a penny? GIMP 3.0 is free, open-source, has some powerful image editing tools, and now has a cleaner layout and non-destructive editing. Why it’s worth a look: The recently updated GIMP has a new interface that’s is easier to navigate, and there’s non-destructive layer editing i.e., you […]
Tech Tip – Free Online Image Editor
If you’re looking for a free, online image editor with plenty of functionality, you may want to try Photopea. With Photopea, you can edit photos, apply effects, filters, add text, and crop or resize pictures in your browser. It supports PSDs and you can export files in a number of popular formats including jpg, png, […]