Rick's Daily Tips

Use a Grammar Checker to check the papers and articles you write

Posted on August 7, 2018

Grammar Checker is a free online tool that can be used to review your text for grammar and punctuation errors with just a single click.

This tool will help enhance your writing skills and give you the confidence to write better. This free grammar check will also help you correct your syntax errors and to maintain the level of composition for your text.

You can use this free tool to grammar check a sentence, a paragraph or an entire document. It will also help increase your reputation both as a writer and as and authority in your industry. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why aren’t the keys on computer keyboards in alphabetical order?

Posted on August 5, 2018

Question from Tina G.: I was typing up a paper for school the other day when I realized that the keys on my Macbook’s keyboard aren’t in alphabetical order.

I looked at my dad’s laptop and its keyboard has the same weird layout.

I had never really thought about it before, but now I’m curious. Are all computer keyboards layed out this way? And if they are, why?

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Q&A: How can I tell if my phone’s wall charger is bad?

Posted on August 5, 2018

Question from Judy D:. Is there any way to tell if a phone charger is bad? The wall charger that came with my phone seems to work ok but it takes forever to charge my battery.

It usually takes a little over 2 hours to charge my phone completely up when the battery is really low, but the charger that came with my sister’s phone will do it in about an hour.

Do you think I need to buy a new charger?

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Scam alert: Beware the ‘iTunes has overcharged you!’ phishing scam

Posted on August 4, 2018

Apple’s popular iTunes service has millions of active customers, and that make them a favorite target of scammers.

Well, an old iTunes-related scam that tries to trick you into disclosing your iTunes login information by trying to claim a bogus refund from Apple is making the rounds once again.

The scam works something like this: [Read more…]

Q&A: Why have my keyboard’s arrow keys stopped working in MS Excel?

Posted on August 4, 2018

Question from Dorean W.: Hi Rick! I’m teaching myself how to use Microsoft Excel and I’ve run into a problem.

I used to be able to use the arrow keys on my keyboard to move from cell to cell, but all of a sudden that has stopped working. Now the arrow keys cause the entire page to move either up and down or side to side.

Can you tell me how to fix this? My computer is running Windows 10.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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