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How to quickly select multiple paragraphs in a document (even if you have to scroll)

Posted on November 3, 2025

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There are lots of ways to select text on a web page or most any other type of document.

For example, this post explains how to select both a single word and an entire paragraph.

There are times when you might need to select multiple paragraphs at once, and that can be a bit tricky, especially when you have to scroll the screen up or down to select parts of the desired text block.

Luckily, there is a very fast and easy way to select multiple paragraphs using just two mouse clicks, and it works even if some of the text you want to select can’t be seen without scrolling. Here’s all you need to do:  [Read more…]

How to undo an ‘Undo’ when there’s no ‘Redo’ option available

Posted on November 2, 2025

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Most every computer user is familiar with the “Undo” and “Redo” options on program menus.

If you’re unfamiliar with them, clicking “Undo” will reverse the last change you made to a text file, a Word document, a photo or most anything else that you can edit.

Clicking “Redo” will reverse the “Undo” and make the change you “undid” active once again.

As you can imagine, these are two of the most useful options you have at your disposal while you’re doing something with your computer.

But there’s a problem…

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Why natural light is the best light for portrait photography

Posted on November 1, 2025

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As you probably know, great lighting is essential for taking great portraits.

That’s why photographic flash and lighting equipment make up one of the largest segments of the market for photography gear.

One of the best sources of light for portrait photography is absolutely free however, and it’s available most anywhere during the daylight hours…

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How to quickly find out if your Internet service is down (without calling your ISP)

Posted on October 30, 2025

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Unfortunately, Internet outages are to be expected from time to time.

Storms knock down transmission lines, backbone cables get cut via construction mishaps, routing and switching gear go belly up… the reasons for Internet outages are many.

The thing is, when your Internet stops working it can be hard to determine whether the problem is an actual Internet outage or an issue you’re having with your own modem, your router and/or your connected devices.  [Read more…]

How (and why) to make the Print Screen key always open the Snipping Tool on Windows

Posted on October 28, 2025

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If you’re a Windows user you probably know you can press either the Print Screen key or the PrtScn key (whichever spelling your keyboard uses) to immediately capture the contents of the entire screen as a screenshot.

And you might also know that you can press Alt+Print Screen to take a screenshot of just the currently active window.

But what if you want to manually select a specific portion of the screen to capture for a screenshot?  [Read more…]

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