Locating Windows System Shortcuts

Settings, tools and bundled as well as third-party desktop or modern style apps are important in any type of operating system but all of these stuff will not be as useful as they are if a user can’t even locate them. This is one of the problems that loyal Windows operating system users have encountered […]

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Finding Some Other Desktop Apps and Tools

Just like its predecessors, Windows 8.1 has a good set of built-in programs that are all geared towards helping every user get some things done such as WordPad and Notepad but there are still even more of these tools that you need to discover and meet so you can get even more from your computer. […]

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4 Steps in Saving a Document to be Printed

Have you ever wanted to bring a hard copy of the document that you’ve created with the Microsoft Word or the WordPad desktop app? Saving and printing documents are a basic knowledge to have especially if you want to really maximize the use of your Windows 8.1 machine. We have already discussed the steps in […]

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Exploring the Insert Options in Microsoft Word

Just like WordPad, Microsoft Word also has an option for inserting objects to a document that you are working on in it but instead of just dedicating one section of the ribbon, there’s a whole tab on the top portion of the software’s Window dedicated solely for the insert options and you’ll surely be overwhelmed […]

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Inserting Objects in WordPad

In our modern world, documents do not only contain texts but even objects like graphic images, shapes, clip arts, photos and other stuff. In less robust applications such as WordPad, there’s a limited set of graphic element that you can insert but in the more advanced ones such as Microsoft Word, you can insert many […]

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3 Steps in Using the Clipboard

One of the options that you will find on the ribbon of most desktop programs which are capable of editing documents and pictures is called the “Clipboard”. Just like the actual clipboard that you use in the office or in school in the case of students, it temporarily holds anything that you decide to pick […]

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Learning Some Basic Steps in Formatting Text

When you are working on a document, it would look quite dull and plain if you just rely on the basic formatting and settings offered by document processing software such as WordPad or Microsoft Word. You’ve surely seen a host of nicely formatted documents from different sources while you are in your workplace or even […]

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Exploring the Options in WordPad’s Ribbon

The WordPad desktop application is another built-in app on every Windows 8.1 computer that helps you do some editing and creating of text documents and just like the Notepad and Paint, it also has its own set of options lying on the ribbon which is located on top of its Window. You might think that […]

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Using Some Options on the Paint App Ribbon

After learning some basic options under the Notepad desktop app which are important since they are also found in other desktop apps or even on some built-in Windows 8.1 photo editing software, it is time to get even more specific and take a more detailed look on the ribbon-based options that lie on top of […]

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Using Menus on Desktop Programs

Desktop programs also contain a unique set of options within them and this has been the case even back in the days of some previous Windows versions.  We have already learned some options and tweaks that are available on the right-click menu appearing in different instances when you use the right-click button available on every […]

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