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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, February 24, 2022.
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to get the Word Count back onto MS Word’s status bar
• How (and why) to add a Legacy Contact to your Apple ID
• Why you need a SATA/IDE to USB adapter
• Video: The North Carolina bridge that insurance companies love to hate
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Today’s Quick Tip….
How to get the Word Count back onto MS Word’s status bar
Several folks have reported that a recent update to some versions of Microsoft Word removed the Word Count from the status bar, and some of them asked for help with getting it back.
I checked into this and found that the update didn’t get rid of the Word Count altogether. It simply took it upon itself to hide it from the status bar.
This doesn’t appear to be a wide-spread issue, but it’s a big one for the people who were affected by it.
If you happen to be one of the unlucky few this happened to, you can easily restore the Word Count display. Here’s how:
1 – Right-click on a blank area of the status bar to display the context menu.
2 – Select the Word Count option (a check mark should appear beside it).
That’s all there is to it. You should now see the Word Count of the current document displayed on the status bar once again.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• How (and why) to add a Legacy Contact to your Apple ID
If you have an iPhone, an iPad, a Mac or any other Apple device, you really should do this.
• Why you need a SATA/IDE to USB adapter
This is one of the handiest gadgets you can have on your tech bench (or on a shelf in your home).
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Video: The North Carolina bridge that insurance companies love to hate
This bridge keeps getting crashed into by large trucks over and over. The video is a real eye-opener.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• LinkedIn debuts its own podcast network
• Ring app will soon be available to non-Ring cameras
• Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake chips for thinner and lighter laptops have arrived
• iOS 15.4 Beta: Anti-stalking alerts, gender-neutral Siri voice and more
• Google Chat to fully replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users from March
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