The 5 Best Alternatives To Microsoft Excel

As a part of Microsoft’s Office productivity suite of software, Excel is wildly popular with both individuals and companies for spreadsheet work. Excel makes it very easy to organize, track and curate large amounts of data with options for customized formulas that are perfect for making simple graphs, charts, records, bookkeeping, statistical analysis and the …

Use Your Own Image Slideshow For Your Windows 10 Lock Screen

Windows has had the slideshow screensaver option for a while but now in Windows 10 you can set a custom slideshow as a replacement for your lock screen. There is more control than ever over how the slideshow behaves and when it is activated to save power and resources. You can also specify a folder …

Using File History feature With Windows 10

The unassumingly named File History feature lets Windows 10 save periodic backups of your files. Not to be confused with the feature that tracks your recently opened files, File History is a dedicated backup service that many users either aren’t even aware exists. It can be of great help when it comes to simple backup …

Faster Navigate Of The All Apps List In The Windows 10 Start Menu

One noticeable change in upgrading to Windows 10 from previous versions is that now when you click the Windows button to open the Start Menu, you are given a list of only your most used apps. To access the full list, you’ll need to click ‘All apps’ which then opens a somewhat cumbersome alphabetical listing …

The 5 Best Tools To Edit A PDF

PDF files are amazing for creating a final draft of a digital document that can then be distributed with its formatting intact. It’s no surprise that many companies use PDFs for their internal documents, product manuals, and anything else that needs to have a set format but be flexible enough to store and distribute digitally. …

Windows 10, Product Keys, and Activation

If you recently upgraded from an earlier version of Windows to Windows 10, you might be wondering about your product key and how it is treated with the upgrade. There are some important differences if you upgraded with Microsoft’s free upgrade program from Windows 7/8/8.1 or if you upgraded from a retail or official version …