Author Archives: garysch

Unknown's avatar

About garysch

A bit of a techno nut who likes sharing what I know about technology, especially with those who struggle with it. Also through my podcast www.jargonfreehelp.com

How to Look at Film Negatives Using Your iPhone

I was sorting out all these old photos and scanning them in as I went, and yes, there are still lots more to scan in. Whilst doing this I also came across lots of negatives and was wondering what was … Continue reading

Posted in Apple, digital photography, iOS, Iphone, photography | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Creating a Chart in Excel When Data is Not Next to Each Other

Excel has some great features for creating charts, I remember when I first started using it and saw how easy it was to create one. You would not believe what I had to do to create a chart before then … Continue reading

Posted in Excel, Microsoft Office | Leave a comment

Looping a YouTube Video

Do you have a video that you want to loop indefinitely and you’ve uploaded it to YouTube, or perhaps it is a video that you’ve found you want to play repeatedly. It’s really easy, all you have to do it … Continue reading

Posted in Presentation, video, YouTube | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How to Create a PDF on Your iPad or iPhone

Sometimes I need to save an email or webpage as a PDF and I’m sure you do too. It helps if there is some important information such as instructions, agenda, schedule, recipe etc that you might want to access offline … Continue reading

Posted in ios 10, iPad, iPad Pro, Iphone, PDF | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How to Check the Battery Level on Your Apple Pencil

If you have an iPad Pro then like me you probably got an Apple Pencil, which I have to say was a really good idea.  The great thing about the Apple Pencil is that it charges so quickly and you … Continue reading

Posted in Apple, iPad, iPad Pro, Tablet | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Finding Your Parked Car

It turns out that we lose up to four days a year looking for where we have parked our car. http://news.sky.com/story/drivers-waste-four-days-a-year-looking-for-parking-spaces-new-research-shows-10751024 People often laugh at me but one way around this is to take a photo of where you have … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Video Editing Shortcuts

If you are into making videos here are some keyboard shortcuts that work the same across many video editing programs including Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Premiere Elements. I find that they speed up how I … Continue reading

Posted in adobe creative cloud, Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Video editing | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

New Magnifier in iOS 10

This is a really handy feature that Apple didn’t make a big fuss about but I have found useful. It is a magnifier that can help if you are trying to get a closer look at something, read something small … Continue reading

Posted in iOS, ios 10, Iphone | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

9 Really Useful PowerPoint Tips for Presentations

If you haven’t got enough to think about when doing a PowerPoint presentation here are some tips that will make it a little less stressful and at the same time might help keep your audience’s attention. Start Your Presentation Quickly … Continue reading

Posted in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Zooming in on a PowerPoint Slide

Ever been doing a presentation and you have a chart, image or data you want to zoom in on. Perhaps you just want to make it stand out or get your audience to focus on it or perhaps it is … Continue reading

Posted in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment