Indenting paragraphs in Google Docs requires access to the ruler, which you’ll only find in the full web version. The ruler is not present in the mobile apps. For whatever reason, Google Docs does not make the ruler available in its mobile apps. Google Docs also doesn’t let you create indents by formatting styles. So, if you want to create indents, you’ll need to use the full web version, and you’ll need to make the ruler visible....

What Is HEVC? High-Efficiency Video Coding, more commonly called HEVC, is a specialized video compression standard. Raw video files from modern video cameras, including cellphone cameras, are enormous. HEVC allows those video files to be compressed to more manageable sizes so that they can be stored on mobile devices or physical disks, or transmitted over the internet. RELATED: How Does File Compression Work? How HEVC Video Works on Windows 10 HEVC video is becoming more popular....

Gantt charts are essential tools for project managers. But if you are a beginner or only need this type of chart for one project, you can save money on expensive software and make a Gantt chart in Excel. RELATED: How to Create a Gantt Chart in Google Sheets What Is a Gantt Chart? A Gantt chart is a graph that shows a project schedule, with its first iterations being a simple bar chart in the early 1900s....

Using Google Photos‘ slideshow feature, you can have all or specific album photos play one after another automatically. You can make this slideshow on both your desktop and your mobile device, and we’ll show you how. RELATED: 18 Things You May Not Have Known Google Photos Can Do Create a Google Photos Slideshow on Desktop To create a slideshow on your desktop computer, first, open a web browser and launch the Google Photos site....

When you share a spreadsheet in Google Sheets, you’ll want to see the changes others make. You could check the version history, but to stay on top of things in real-time, getting notifications about each change is much more efficient. Set Up Notifications in Google Sheets You can enable notifications for changes to Google Sheets with a couple of options. So, open your spreadsheet and click Tools > Notification Rules from the menu....

Google’s Chromecast is one of the easiest, cheapest ways to stream just about anything on your TV. Here’s how to set it up. Step One: Plug In Your Chromecast and Download the Google Home App Plug your Chromecast into your TV and download the Google Home app on your phone or tablet. Open the Google Home app and tap the devices button in the upper right-hand corner. Tap “Set Up” under the option for your Chromecast and follow the prompts....

Of course, if you simply don’t want to be tracked, you can turn off sensors completely. “Spoofing” your location will allow you to trick any apps that use your location into thinking you’re somewhere you’re not. People have used this to cheat in location-based games, but there are plenty of other reasons to do it. RELATED: How to Turn Off All Your Android Phone’s Sensors in One Tap We’ll be using an Android app called “Fake GPS Location....

Taking notes is a great way to make sure you don’t forget the latest million-dollar idea (or maybe just to get milk on the way home). Keeping notes in sync between your devices is vital to not missing something. Thankfully, when it comes to iPhone and iPad, there are numerous ways of making notes on one device and having it almost magically appear on another. You don’t need to go hunting for an app to do it, either....

Almost identical to the Text Predictions feature in Microsoft Word is Smart Compose for Google Docs. The feature uses machine learning to provide you with suggestions to help you write your documents quickly. Here’s how it works. Smart Compose Availability At the time of writing, Smart Compose in Google Docs is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French for business and educational Google Workspace accounts. You can use Smart Compose in Google Docs online along with the Android, iPhone, and iPad mobile apps....

Windows power users love Microsoft PowerToys because it adds lots of great functionality to their operating system. Whenever there’s a new update, it’s fun to see exactly what Microsoft will add and how it’ll change the way we use our computers. In the latest update, Microsoft has made some significant changes, the most notable is the Video Conference Mute. With so many of us relying on virtual meetings to do our jobs nowadays, having a convenient tool to hide a webcam and mute a mic is worthwhile....

All of the picks in this guide offer strong audio quality with careful attention to an even sound signature for gaming on a Nintendo Switch. If the headphones veer too far into niche territory for audiophile listeners, it’s difficult to recommend them for gaming. Most people need headphones that can handle a variety of games and media with a range of audio effects, which is why we chose products that can do it all, as opposed to products that cater to only certain types of soundscapes....

Computer Space—But No Computer Involved In Computer Space, you play as a rocket ship flying around a starfield while hunting flying saucers. If you’re familiar with Asteroids, it’s similar, but without any space rocks. Despite having the name “Computer Space,” no computer is actually involved in the circuitry of the game. Instead, Computer Space uses TTL logic chips to control gameplay. Instead of a software program running on a computer, the game exists entirely as a hardware implementation of moving spots around on a TV screen (in the form of a finite state machine), which is almost mind-boggling to consider in our software-dominated era....

For a long time, iPhones and iPad treated all notifications the same. You could turn them all off or do it on an app-by-app basis. Now, some notifications will be “Time Sensitive” to give you more control. What Are “Time Sensitive” Notifications? “Time Sensitive” notifications are simply a special class of notifications that are given higher priority. They were introduced in iOS 15 alongside the “Focus” feature, and that’s really where they are the most useful....

If you’ve typed the wrong thing, deleted by mistake, or performed another accidental action in Windows, you’ll likely want to use Ctrl+Z at some point. Here’s what it does. It’s the Undo Shortcut If you press Ctrl+Z on Windows 10 or Windows 11, you’ll Undo your previous action in most apps. This comes in handy when you make an input mistake or delete some content and you want to quickly fix it....

What Is Command and Control? One popular method used by attackers to distribute and control malware is “command and control,” which is also called C2 or C&C. This is when bad actors use a central server to covertly distribute malware to people’s machines, execute commands to the malicious program, and take control of a device. C&C is an especially insidious method of attack because just one infected computer can take down an entire network....

What Does a Smart Plug Do? A smart plug is far more than just a plug. It’s more of a smart home device than a typical electrical outlet. But although smart plugs are more convenient than regular power plugs, their features are limited compared to other smart devices. Many smart plugs can track the amount of electricity that appliances and other devices use. In the respective app to control the smart plug, you can view reports displaying the amount of energy used during specific dates....

A file with the .xml file extension is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file. These are really just plain text files that use custom tags to describe the structure and other features of the document. What is XML? XML is a markup language created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to define a syntax for encoding documents that both humans and machines could read. It does this through the use of tags that define the structure of the document, as well as how the document should be stored and transported....

Each year, Google releases at least one major Android update. Android 12 was the release for 2021, but Google isn’t done with that number. The next update is Android 12L and it’s a little unusual. Allow us to explain. In the past, Google would often release incremental “dot” updates. (For example, Android 4.0, 4.1, and 4.4 were “dot updates.”) However, that hasn’t happened since Android 9, and now Android 12 is getting an “L” update instead of “dot” update....

What Is Matter for Smart Homes? Matter is an upcoming smart home language that allows devices in different ecosystems to communicate with each other. In other words, your Alexa-controlled thermostat will be able to connect to your Google Home-controlled smart display. That also means you can control Google products using Siri, or even give Apple Homekit devices commands through Alexa. Matter is a collaborative effort between professionals across a variety of industries and is the brainchild of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA)....

The Origins of “Metaverse”: Snow Crash Author Neil Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in Snow Crash, a dystopian cyberpunk novel published in 1992. In the novel, the metaverse is a sort of 3D virtual world. It’s not simply a virtual reality game but is a persistent, shared virtual world. Or rather, the metaverse is a whole universe of shared virtual spaces seemingly linked together—you could, essentially, teleport between them. If you think this all sounds a bit like Ready Player One or a higher-tech version of Second Life, you’re right....