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 Use Microsoft Teams like a pro with these keyboard shortcuts Open Search: Command + E on Mac or Ctrl + E on Windows keyboard shortcut to open the search menu.  Start New Chat: Command + N on Mac or Ctrl + N on Windows keyboard shortcut to start a new chat.  Navigation in Sidebar: Command + 1 on Mac or Ctrl + 1 on Windows to go to the Activity menu Command + 2 on Mac or Ctrl + 2 on Windows to go to Chat menu Command + 3 on Mac or Ctrl + 3 on Windows to go to Teams menu Command + 4 on Mac or Ctrl + 4 on Windows to go to Calls menu Command + 5 on Mac or Ctrl + 5 on Windows to go to the File section, which displays all the files shared in the service Attach a file: Command + O on Mac or Ctrl + O on Windows keyboard shortcut to open the menu to attach a file in channels or separate chats. Start Audio/Video Call: To make an audio call,  Ctrl + Shift + C on Windows or Command + Shift + C on Mac keyboard shortcut. For video calls,  Ctrl + Sh...

How to create every New Folder with name as current date-time in windows ? Every time we create a folder in windows, it's default name is New Folder. But there is a simple trick by which you can generate every new folder, with a customized name of your choice. Let's say you want to create every new folder with name as date-time of creation. So here is what you need to do. Just open notepad or notepad++ Copy and past below line: MD %date:~10%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2% and save this file with any name, but make sure to save with .bat extension. For example: ploymate.bat Now, whenever you double click on this bat file it will create a folder with name as your current date-time at the location of this file. Easy !! Now, you can further customize the folder name. Say, if you don't want the time but you want to add some prefix. You can put something like following: MD PloyMate_%date:~10%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2% Putting above line in .bat file will create fo...

How to Chat with someone on WhatsApp without saving the contact number? WhatsApp is one of the most widely used chat and media sharing mobile app for Android and IOS. If you scroll down to your contact list, I am sure you will see many contacts which you actually used once or twice for a very short span of time. These are contacts which we use share some information for one of two instance, like some friend of friend, a distant relative or cab driver etc. We save these because we need to send quick WhatsApp chat, but latter we forget to delete these contacts. But you know, sometimes having these unknown/unnecessary contacts in your contact list gives them some addition access, like access to your profile pic or WhatsApp status. Some social media platform also uses your contact list to customize your feeds, also they consider them as people you may know. Here is a quick trick by which you can chat with someone on WhatsApp without saving his/her number in your contact list.   St...

Create a simple Text to Speech converter with Notepad/Notepad++ Notepad and Notepad++ are most commonly used text editors. And there some really simple yet amazing things you can do with these tools. Here we will be creating a simple text to speech converter on using notepad, without adding any additional plugin or software, and its offline. This also be fun for your children and even help you in teaching them something, if you use it right. Open notepad or notepad++, whichever text editor you like to use. Copy and Paste below code in editor. Dim message, sapi message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Text to Speech") Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice") sapi.Speak message Now, save this text file with any name, but only with .vbs extension, for example you can save as TextToSpeech.vbs Close notepad. When you double click on file, it will open a message popup like below with a text field. Just type-in the text and hit Enter key or Click on OK butto...

How to always open your browser in incognito/private browsing mode ? Private browsing is a feature in popular web browsers. When you switch your browser to private browsing or incognito mode, your browser won't save your history, searches, cookies, and other data during browsing sessions. However do note that, it doesn't mean that your ISP will not be able to track you and even some other websites can also track you. So it's not something that can make you 100% untraceable. When you open your browser, you need manually switch to incognito (Chrome) or private browsing (IE) mode. But if you want to always open your browser in incognito/private browsing mode, here is the trick to do that. Chrome : Right click on the chrome shortcut icon on your desktop or task bar, which you use to open your chrome browser and go to Properties . Now add a space and - incognito at the end of the value available in Target box. after update, it will look something like below. Do not change chrome...

Best way to remove PDF password offline without any paid tools? You got a PDF which needs a password to open. you know the password now, but what if you open that PDF after 6 months or 1 year. You may not remember the password then or you will need to store password in some file and then remember where you stored the password. 😝 So you want to remove the password now itself, and then you don't need to remember it forever. But you don't want to waste money on some paid tool which can do it offline, and uploading the PDF online doesn't seem to be good idea to you.  Here is the easiest way to remove password offline. Step 1:  Right click on the PDF file and open the file through Open with  option which appears in the context menu. Select Google Chrome  from the list. Step 2: Enter the password to open PDF for the for the last time, after this, you need not to enter the password again for this PDF, if you follow the subsequent steps. Step 3:  Once you enter the pa...

YouTube shortcut keys, which can change your Video watching experience !!  If you spend hours on YouTube videos, here are few handy keys to make your life easy. So, you already know hitting Space bar on keyboard pauses the video on YouTube. But sometime it causes scroll down the page, and in this case you need click on the video to pause it.  Similarly going forward or backward could also be problematic.  So instead you should use following: Pressing  J,  key will take you backward 10 seconds 👈 👈 If you feel 10 seconds is too much use Left Arrow to go  backward 5 seconds 👈 Press K , this will play/pause the video currently playing ✋ Pressing L,  key will take you forward 10 seconds 👉 If you feel 10 seconds is too much use Right Arrow to go  forward 5 seconds 👈 Go Full Screen by pressing F Increase/ Decrease volume by 5% using Up/ Down arrow 🕨🕩🕪 Mute or Unmute videos by pressing M 🔇 🔊 Move to the previous video in a playlist   ...

How to send image on WhatsApp without reducing quality and size ? When you send a high-resolution image over WhatsApp, the recipient receives an image with reduced quality and size. But there a simple trick by which you can send an image with affecting the size and quality. You do not need to do any changes in settings of WhatsApp or your phone.  Try this simple way of sending image. Step 1:  Open WhatsApp and go to contact to which you want to send the image. Now, open the attachment icon to send image.  Here instead of going to Gallery , select Document option. Step 2:  Select Browse Other Docs... It will take you to File Manager , Select Open from Images option. Step 3: You will get all folders that contains images.  Open folder and select image. Step 4: Click send and the image will be sent as document and recipient will get the same high-resolution image. No share all those party photos with that same quality. 😎 If you did not know this, share with your fr...

How to set WhatsApp text status with cool background, without using a third party app ? Do you like to change your WhatsApp status frequently with crazy quotes and cool thoughts ? So when you open WhatsApp text status window you get something like below. It gives you few solid background colors and text style. It does the job, but what if I tell you can set something like this with a few steps in WhatsApp. You don't need another app ! You don't edit any picture ! This can be way more cool when you play around with this trick. So,lets see how to do it. Step 1:  Go to Status screen of your WhatsApp, and select Image status icon instead of text status. I have highlighted in below image Step 2 :  Select any random image. You can select any image, because it won't be visible to anyone. In below screenshot, I have selected a useless image. Just make sure you select an image which covers your screen. Step 3:  Click on Smiley icon on top the screen and you will get the available ...

How to combine multiple rows into one row in Notepad++ ? Let's say you have copied some data from some source and pasted into Notepad++. And now you got something like this. But you want to combine all the data rows into one rows. There could be many ways to do that. Here I am sharing 2 simple and quick ways to it.   Method 1 Select all the data rows which you want to combine as one row. And simply press Ctrl + J from keyboard,  Or Go to Menu Edit --> Line Operations --> Join Lines The benefit of using this method is, it automatically adds space between combined rows while making them as one . And you are done. Simple ! Isn't it ? 😃 Method 2 You can make use to find/replace feature of Notepad++.  Put the cursor to the first line and press Ctrl + h , it will open Replace window for you. Now enter  [\n\r]+ in Find what field. If you want to add a specific word or comma between 2 combined rows, enter that in   Replace with  field . Select Regular...

How to add TextFX Plugin to Notepad++ (32 bit) ? TextFX is a powerful text management plugin, which a good bunch of in-built operations to manage/format your text in your Notepad++ file. It is not installed by default in your Notepad++. So here are the steps to install it quickly. Step 1: From Notepad++ menu bar, click Plugins --> Plugins Admin (You may see Plugin Manager based on NPP version installed) Step 2: Go to Available tab on Plugins Admin window. Search for TextFX Characters             Select checkbox, and click on Install button Step 3: It will ask to restart Notepad++. and you will be TextFX menu once Notepad++ is restarted. Or else you can download the plugin zip, and extract in your NPPs plugins directory. Tell us in comments if you find this useful. Subscribe for such post in future. Never Stop Learning. Have a Great day.

How to insert a blank row after each data row in MS Excel ? So, you have MS excel sheet with many data rows and now you need to insert a new blank row after each data row. Selecting each data row and doing insert row is not feasible unless you have all the time in the world. Follow below steps get it done smartly. Step 1: Open your excel file Step 2: Add sequence number for each data row in adjacent column Step 3: Copy all the numbers in same column below. Step 4:  Now just Sort the sequence column from lowest to highest number Just delete the sequence column and you are done. :) Comment and share if you like this trick. Also don't forget to subscribe for more such tips and tricks. Never stop learning. Have a great day.  

How to Copy/Paste Same Text in Multiple Rows in Notepad++ File ?   We have following text file, opened in Notepad++. This file contains only 20 lines, but you may have a file with 200 lines or more. And if you want to do something like below, a series of manual copy/paste operation for each line will be time consuming and boring. But there is a quick way you can get it done very smartly. Here are the steps. Step 1 :  Put cursor to the line from which you want to start. This will be the first line where expected text will be added. Step 2: Press shift + alt + down-arrow from keyboard, until cursor expands till line to which you want to paste your text. Step 3: Go to menu Edit --> Column Editor , Or simply press keys alt + c . It will open Column/ Multi-Selection Editor window. Step 4 : Enter your text in Text to Insert box. Click OK button and you are done. If you want to add just one or two words, you can simply start typing after Step 2, and it will be added at ...