Apply Multiple Animation Effects Add multiple animation effects to any object on a PowerPoint slide. Make images fly in, teeter, and fade out. Make words type onto the screen. Create bullet lists that change color as you cover each point and become transparent when you move to the next point. Use your imagination. To apply multiple animation effects to an object: Modify an Animation Effect After you’ve added multiple animations to an object, change the way the animations appear on the slide....

Download an Ad Blocker to Your iPad Perhaps the hardest part of the equation is actually finding a good ad blocker to download. Many ad blockers are paid apps, which means you will be charged a dollar or two for the blocker. There are also blockers like AdBlock Plus, which claims that unobtrusive ads aren’t blocked to “support websites” but actually charges a fee in the form of a cut of ad revenue from some of these websites....

How Do I Check My Wi-Fi Usage? Most home routers have some form of built-in data tracking. You can access that via your router’s admin settings page. How Can I Monitor My Home Wi-Fi Usage? The easiest way to continue to monitor your Wi-Fi usage is to reboot your router, so the bytes received and sent also reset, giving you a firm baseline. From there, when you begin checking again, you’ll know from then on how much Wi-Fi data you’re using on a per-day and per-week basis....

Connect USB 2 and USB 1.1 to Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) USB-C peripherals can plug directly into the Mac Thunderbird port. Connecting older peripherals with earlier versions of USB requires an adapter that converts the USB 2 or USB 1.1 to USB-C. A USB-C to USB adapter, like the one available from Apple, has a USB-C connector on one end and a USB Type-A connector on the other. Use this type of adapter to connect flash drives, cameras, printers, or other standard USB devices to your Mac....

How to Create Chalkboard Designs in Photoshop After you install the fonts and download the assets you need: How to Make a Chalk Drawing in Photoshop If you’d like, you can add a photo and make it look as if it were drawn with chalk. For best results, choose a simple image that doesn’t include a lot of intricate detail (such as a selfie). How to Add the Chalk Drawing to Your Chalkboard To add your image to the chalkboard:...

Create a Digital Photo Album From Files Already on Your Computer Before you create a photo album, collect the picture files that you want to add to the album. To streamline your workflow, add the photos to a single folder on your computer. To create a photo album: Change the Order of the Photos on the PowerPoint Slides The photos appear in the digital photo album in the alphabetical order of their filenames....

Customize the Chrome New Tab Page Background With a Stock Image Google Chrome is a popular, secure, and powerful web browser that offers many customization options. When you open a new tab in Chrome, you may want to personalize the page’s look and feel. One way to change the background image on a Chrome New Tab page is to use one of Chrome’s stock images. You’ve set a new background image for your Chrome New Tab page....

How to Delete Pictures on Mac Using the Trash Bin One of the simplest ways of deleting pictures on Mac is by using the trash bin feature. It takes only seconds to learn. Here’s how to delete individual images as well as how to delete multiple pictures on Mac, along with some key and useful tips to make the process even more convenient. How to Delete Photos From Mac Using Photos App Another way to delete photos from your Mac is to use the Photos app....

How to Delete an Xbox 360 Profile Xbox 360 consoles handle gamertag profiles in a somewhat unique way. The profile is tied to the device that it’s stored on, but profiles don’t have to be stored on internal hard drives. This is due to the fact that the Xbox 360 was originally available both with and without a hard drive, so consoles without hard drives needed to have the ability to store profiles on removable media....

How Do I Temporarily Disable My Laptop Keyboard? If you just want to disable your Windows 11 laptop’s keyboard for the current session, follow the steps below. This will turn off all of the keyboard’s functionality until your Windows laptop is restarted or turned off and on again. How Do You Lock the Keyboard on a Laptop Permanently? The above method for disabling a keyboard is effective, but as soon as your laptop is restarted, it will automatically reinstall and activate the keyboard again....

How to Disable Facebook Login on Spotify If you no longer want to use Facebook to log in to Spotify, you need to create a separate password. How to Disconnect Spotify from Facebook If you signed up for Spotify by email and later connected Facebook, you can disconnect the two accounts and retain your listening history and preferences. You can only do this from the desktop app, though, not on a smartphone or tablet....

How Do You View Two Tabs Side by Side on a Chromebook? The Split Screen feature is different from Chrome OS laptops, tablets, and convertible devices. First, we’ll cover the steps for using a split-screen on a notebook-style device. Using Split Screen on a Chrome Tablet If your device is touchscreen-only, not only will you lack a keyboard, but the overall Chrome OS interface is slightly different. Namely, apps are displayed full-screen by default, meaning there’s no title bar....

Apple explains that reducing the blue light and shifting the color balance toward the warm end of the color spectrums produces an image that’s easier on the eyes. Apple also says that less eyestrain in the evening hours promotes better sleep patterns. Finding the controls for Night Shift and setting up the service can be a bit of a chore, but it doesn’t take long to get Night Shift working on your machine....

How to Find a Google Home MAC Address at Setup If you need to know your Google Home MAC address to connect to your network because of MAC address filtering, you can find it with these steps. How to Find a Google Home MAC Address After Setup If you’ve already set up and added a Google Home speaker via the Google Home app, you can find the MAC address with a few taps....

This DLL file is one of many similar files contained in the DirectX software collection. Since DirectX is utilized by most Windows based games and advanced graphics programs, d3dx9_36.dll errors usually show up only when using these programs. D3dx9_36.dll Errors D3dx9_36.dll errors can show up on your computer in a number of different ways. Here are many of the more common ones: D3DX9_36.DLL Not FoundFile d3dx9_36.dll not foundThe file d3dx9_36....

Causes for Lenovo Laptop Camera Problems There’s no root issue for Lenovo laptop camera problems. Here’s a list of possible reasons why the camera is not working. You haven’t selected the camera in the program you’re using.The program you’re using doesn’t recognize the camera.Another program is already using the camera.Your privacy settings are blocking the camera.The camera driver has encountered an error.Windows has failed to recognize the camera properly.Your laptop’s firmware has encountered an error....

What Is Error 009 on My Roku? The Roku Error 009 warning is almost always because the Roku device can’t connect to the internet. Error 009 can appear when trying to connect a Roku to both wired and wireless networks. Typical causes include an issue with the internet service provider, the modem or router, a corruption of user or DNS data, or hardware issues such as a damaged cable or a blocked Wi-Fi signal....

Restart the iPad Press and hold the Sleep/Wake Button for at least 30 seconds, or until you see the Apple logo. This step forces a hardware shutdown that should override any software glitches that prevent normal operation. Charge the Battery If your iPad presents a black screen, the problem could be that the battery is depleted. If the battery is too low to support a low-battery message, the iPad doesn’t have enough power to display the charging symbol....

One problem you may encounter with Time Machine occurs when you see an error message that says, “The backup volume is read-only.” Despite this message, your backup files are probably in good working order, and no backup data has been lost. Causes of Time Machine Read-Only Error The cause of the read-only error message depends on a few factors, but in most cases, the Mac thinks that the drive permissions were changed to read-only as a result of a power outage....

No Man’s Sky does very little handholding. Unlike most games that give you a long tutorial to explain everything to you, you’re on your own from the outset. It can be incredibly daunting just to be thrown out into the cold and hostile galaxy, but this guide will show you some of the best first moves you can take to get used to playing the game and see some of its features....