Reader Ryan writes in with a neat Mac OS X customization. He says: "The toolbar on top of the finder is somewhat limited and there may be more actions you want to perform while browsing through your ...

If you work with Microsoft Word 2011, you may find the program’s toolbars and ribbon practical ways to access functions you use often, such as formatting, alignment, and highlighting. But the toolbars ...

Toolbars in macOS make performing common tasks much easier in apps, but you can make them better. He's how to arrange them to your liking. Ever since the Mac debuted in 1984, macOS windows have ...

There’s a temptation especially when first using a new Mac to use applications as-is. But many advantages are waiting — sometimes, you just need to customize a few options. A great application with ...

Finder is the native software component within Apple's macOS operating system that powers much of the file management experience across MacBooks, iMacs, Mac minis, and more. Not unlike Microsoft's ...

Reader Barbara Van Gorder misses some of the cosmetic features found in earlier versions of Microsoft Word. She writes: In older versions of Word there were pictures on the toolbar for cut and paste.

To help readers follow the instructions in this article, we use two different typefaces. Boldface type is used to identify the names of icons, agendas and URLs. Sans serif type indicates commands and ...

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