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12/12/2021

Free version of MS Office

Office Online is entirely cloud-based and works on most browsers. As long as you have the internet, you have access to familiar MS Office tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as Sway, OneNote, Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, Forms, People, and Skype. Simply create an account and log in from anywhere to collaborate with anyone.


https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web

10/21/2021

Security Keys

A good password manager is the first step to online security but not the last. Enabling two-factor authentication on your accounts is the next step, and using a physical security key is the most secure way to do so. The Yubico YubiKey 5 Series has the best combination of compatibility, usability, and security of any key we tested. 

 

From  Wirecutter

9/21/2021

PDF plugin in Chrome

 Had a PC where Chrome plugin would not display PDfs:


  1. Open Adobe Reader and go to Edit.
  2. Select Preferences, then Internet.
  3. Locate Display PDF in browser option and enable it / disable it.
  4. Refresh the page that you’re trying to view in Chrome and check if the problem is resolved.

 

From Windowsreport

9/08/2021

online tracking, web browser tracking

 Tool from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

Cover Your Tracks is two things: a tool for users to understand how unique and identifiable their browser makes them online, and a research project to uncover the tools and techniques of online trackers and test the efficacy of privacy add-ons. Running tests on Cover Your Tracks gives you information about your own browser’s privacy protections, and also helps EFF use statistical methods to evaluate the capabilities of third-party trackers and the best forms of protection against them.

  

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/about

8/21/2021

Google Bookmarks alternatives

 Google is shutting down the Google Bookmarks service from September 30. Don't worry, you can still export your bookmarks to these free bookmark apps that are arguably better.

The internet giant is getting a reputation for discontinuing beloved Google products, so maybe this time you should look for a non-Google app to save your bookmarks. There are plenty of alternatives to Google Bookmarks too, from classic bookmark managers to those that focus on organizing your links and remembering why you saved them in the first place.


Alternatives

4/07/2021

Free online courses: Udemy

How do you pick the best free courses on Udemy when there are more than 155,000 online courses to choose from? Well, here are a few steps if you are only interested in the free Udemy courses and nothing else: 

  1.     Decide on your topic.
  2.     Use the Udemy menu to drill down to the Categories.
  3.     Search for course with the right keyword in the Search Bar.
  4.     Click the All Filters button on the search result page.
  5.     Apply the Free filter.



From:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-free-udemy-courses/

2/26/2021

Microsoft Power Automate Desktop freeware

Windows 10 has new tool that allows you to record macros and do repetitive tasks automatically:

Microsoft today announced that it is making Power Automate Desktop, its enterprise-level tool for creating automated desktop-centric workflows, available to all Windows 10 users for free. Power Automate Desktop is what Microsoft calls its “attended Robotic Process Automation” solution, but you can think of it as a macro recorder on steroids. It comes with 370 prebuilt actions that help you build flows across different applications, but its real power is in letting you build your own scripts to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks.

https://techcrunch.com/

https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop/

1/17/2021

Add/remove audio from video clip

Using the open source video editor Openshot: (Windows)



How to Remove the Audio From a Video

If you want to mute a video or you want to use your video’s audio as an independent file, you can detach the audio from your video in OpenShot:

  1. Launch OpenShot, click File > Import Files at the top and add your video to the app.
  2. Right-click your video and select Add to Timeline.
  3. Hit OK on the following screen as you don’t need to configure any options.
  4. Right-click your video on the timeline and select Separate Audio > Single Clip (all channels).
  5. If you want to mute your video, click the audio file on the timeline and hit the Delete key.
  6. Select File > Export Project > Export Video to save your video without the audio.

How to Add Background Music to a Video

You can add pretty much any music track available on your computer to your video file.

  1. Click File > Import Files to add both your audio and video files to the app.
  2. Right-click your video and select Add to Timeline.
  3. Select Track 5 from the Track dropdown menu and click OK.
  4. Right-click your music file and select Add to Timeline.
  5. This time around, choose Track 4 from the Track menu and click OK.
  6. Click File > Export Project > Export Video to save your musical video.

The idea here is that your music should appear on a different track than your video track.


https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-edit-videos-on-windows-10/

1/04/2021

Covid Testing in MD

Testing is free. If you have insurance, we will ask for your information, but there are no co-pays or deductibles.

Does not require a government ID or a doctor's order


https://montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/testing.html