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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

Tips for Saving Battery Life on Your Smartphone

Posted on October 12, 2013 by garysch

How often have you run out of battery power on your smartphone when you need it most. I guess for many it is on the way home. Here are some tips on how you can get more battery life out … Continue reading →

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How to Do Headers and Footers in Excel 2010 and 2013

Posted on October 12, 2013 by garysch

Headers and footers in Excel 2010 and 2013 are a bit different to how you get to them in say Excel 2003. Here in this video is how you can use them.

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How to Get Multiple Lines in an Excel Cell

Posted on October 10, 2013 by garysch

This is a common request in Excel, how do you have more than one line in a cell? All you need to do it turn word wrap on. In the video below you can see how to do it.

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Save Battery Life on iOS 7

Posted on September 19, 2013 by garysch

If you’ve upgraded to iOS 7 like me you might have noticed how quickly it is draining your battery. This is because of all the clever background things going on. So here are a few things you can switch off … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for iOS7: Updating Apps and Backing Up

Posted on September 17, 2013 by garysch

If you are one of those people like me who will want to get their hands on iOS 7 tomorrow (18th September 2013), that is the time in the USA, it is often released in the morning, West Coast time) … Continue reading →

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Recording Macros in Excel to Make Tasks Easier

Posted on September 8, 2013 by garysch

Excel is a great program and it is even better when you get it to do repetitive or complex tasks at a click of a button. You’ve thinking but how is that possible when everyone has different requirements and tasks … Continue reading →

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How to Get Your Apps, Music, Movies and TV Shows Back on Your iPhone and iPad

Posted on August 29, 2013 by garysch

Have you bought a new iPhone or iPad, perhaps you have deleted an app, song, movie or TV show you didn’t mean to or just have had to restore the device and need to get this content back. Well thanks … Continue reading →

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Search and Watch Videos on YouTube App

Posted on August 27, 2013 by garysch

YouTube is amazingly popular and there is so much to watch and some of it is worth watching. So how often have you been watching a video and felt the need to look for another? Well now you can if … Continue reading →

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Setting Up YouTube Videos to Appear at a Set Time

Posted on August 23, 2013 by garysch

Until recently it hasn’t been possible to set up a YouTube video to be available at a particular time. As you can imagine this would be useful for me as I could create some tutorials and spread out releasing them … Continue reading →

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Reducing the File Size of a Word Document That Has Images / Photographs

Posted on August 21, 2013 by garysch

Adding images and/or photographs to a Word document can significantly increase the size of the file. In all likelihood the images do not need to be as high quality as you would need if you were printing the image out … Continue reading →

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