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How to Add and Customize Borders in Microsoft Excel

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One of the best ways to display your data with emphasis or clarity is to add borders in Excel. You can apply and customize borders in a variety of ways in Microsoft Excel to suit your needs and your data. You have a few easy ways to add borders in Excel and then customize the line weight, color, and position. Let’s look at how to use each one. Use the Borders Button and Menu Probably the simplest way to add cell borders is using the Borders button. This option lets you quickly apply a top, bottom, outside, or double border using the default line style and color. Select the cells by dragging your cursor through them. For the entire sheet, use the Select All button (triangle) on the top left of the worksheet. Go to the Home tab, use the down arrow next to the Borders button to see your available options, and choose the one you want. The nice thing about the Borders button is that it retains your previous selection. This means you can select another cell or range and ju

What Is Windows AI-Powered Copilot?

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Microsoft has released its brand-new artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Microsoft Copilot. Previously known as Bing Chat, Copilot has a series of new abilities that can help you get more done in less time. In this article, we’ll provide a brief description of each of Microsoft’s new AI copilots, then we’ll focus on the Windows 11 copilot and what it can do to boost your productivity. What Is Microsoft Copilot? Microsoft Copilot is an artificial intelligence chatbot you can ask to perform different tasks, including generating text and images and answering general questions. Microsoft’s plan is to have a Copilot in each of its apps to provide assistance and improve user experience across the Microsoft ecosystem. Here are the different Copilots that are currently available or slated for future release: Windows 11 Copilot: Available for free as a preview in North America, Asia, and South America, Windows 11 Copilot lets you perform tasks, get answers, and create AI-generate

How to Disable Hyper-V in Windows 11

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Hyper-V is a useful virtualization tool that lets Windows 11 users run virtual machines on their PCs. The problem is that it can cause problems with other apps and emulators, preventing you from using some programs or playing games. In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to disable Hyper-V so that you can get back to gaming in peace. What Is Hyper-V? Hyper-V is a virtualization platform developed that lets users create and run virtual machines (VMs) on Windows 10 and Windows 11 Pro , Education, and Enterprise. This makes it possible to run multiple operating systems on a single PC, reducing hardware costs and making it easier to test new software during development. However, Hyper-V can cause conflicts with third-party apps like VMWare Workstation, VirtualBox, and some game emulators. Because of this, many users like to disable Hyper-V — especially since it has no use for most PC owners. Note: Hyper-V is not available on Windows 11 Home Edition. How to Check if Hyper-V Is Runnin

How to Refresh Microsoft Teams

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Whether your messages aren’t synching or you have trouble locating new files, refreshing Microsoft Teams helps fix these and other minor app problems. Doing so doesn’t delete your account data, and you can refresh your app in a few easy steps. We’ll show you how to do that in Teams on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer. A few other reasons to refresh Teams are that you’re experiencing issues with the app, new contacts aren’t appearing in the app, the sidebar isn’t displaying all your chats, and more. What Refreshing Microsoft Teams Does Note that Teams doesn’t offer a dedicated option to refresh your chats. You can only refresh your files in the app, which forces Teams to load all the available files in your chats. Other methods like fully closing and relaunching the app and deleting the app’s cached files force Teams to reload many app components, possibly fixing the app’s various problems . How to Refresh Microsoft Teams To begin refreshing Teams, use the methods in the o

How to Reset Display Settings in Windows

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Changing your PC’s display settings might not always give you the results you’re looking for. You might end up with a weird screen resolution, text that’s too large, or colors that don’t look right. A simple fix is to reset your display settings to how they were before. Windows 11 does not have a one-click option to factory reset all display-related preferences, but it’s pretty easy to manually restore the most important settings to their defaults. Reset the Display Resolution If your Windows screen looks off, with items appearing too big, too small, or blurry, the display resolution is likely to blame. Falling back to the operating system’s recommended resolution should allow for a better viewing experience. To do that: Right-click the Start button and select Settings . Go to System > Display . Open the pull-down menu next to Display resolution and select the recommended resolution for your display. Note : If nothing happens when you attempt to change re