Like so many other people, I use Google Mail (Gmail) everyday on my cell phone, tablet, and computers. In addition, the college where I teach uses Gmail for student email accounts. I like to have Gmail setup in Mozilla Thunderbird on my computers (Windows 10 and CentOS8) so I have quick access to answer student emails and other electronic correspondence. Continue reading “Gmail Setup in Mozilla Thunderbird”
Category: How To
How to get your USB Headphone Microphone to Work in Windows 10
I teach a lot of Zoom classes. I also like to hear myself in my headphones while I am lecturing. In the past year I purchased two different brand headphones with microphones that cost ~$25 to $35 from Amazon to use in Windows 10. Neither would work right. I could not hear myself speaking but I could hear my students fine. I read support forums online and even sent a support request to a manufacturer, all came up empty. Finally I decided to just start digging in Windows 10 and find the missing checkbox. Continue reading “How to get your USB Headphone Microphone to Work in Windows 10“
How to Switch Thunderbird Message Format from HTML to Plain Text
I have been using Thunderbird for years on my Windows and Linux computers. It is a fantastic email client. As of today I am using version 57.0.2.
One thing that has puzzled me for a long time about Thunderbird is why there was not an easy way to switch from HTML to plain text when writing a message. It does not happen often for me, but sometimes I just want to write a simple plain text message. There is no prompt in the Thunderbird menu system to do this. Right-clicking in the message area does not provide a way. I cannot find an icon for this in a toolbar. This has been frustrating to say the least. Continue reading “How to Switch Thunderbird Message Format from HTML to Plain Text”
How to Perk Up Your Sluggish Nexus 7 Tablet – Wipe the Cache Partition
My Nexus 7 tablet is about three years old. Like a good Google disciple, I’ve been diligently updating my Nexus 7 whenever a new system update came along. My little tablet worked fine running Android 4.4 (KitKat). Then around the end of 2014 Google pushed out Android 5 (Lollipop). I was really excited at first. However, after a very short time I realized things had changed drastically on my Nexus 7. I had to reboot almost everyday just to get it to do anything. My tablet was very sluggish…almost unuseable. I hate the new email client too. So the result is, I have not been using my Nexus 7, which has me shopping for a new Samsung table (that’s another story). Continue reading “How to Perk Up Your Sluggish Nexus 7 Tablet – Wipe the Cache Partition”
How to Create a Hyperlink in Word or Outlook to a File or Folder on a Shared Drive
Have you ever been working on a document or email and needed to include a hyperlink to a file or folder on a shared drive on a file server? This seems to be happening more and more. Continue reading “How to Create a Hyperlink in Word or Outlook to a File or Folder on a Shared Drive“