How to Embed a Contact Card in a Google Docs Document

Previously, you could only add a contact card to the document comments in Google Docs. Now, you can mention a contact directly in a Google Docs document to embed the contact card there. This gives others quick ways to interact with that person.

You might have a private document that you share on your intranet or a business document that you share publicly. Rather than listing names, email addresses, and phone numbers to provide contact information to your readers, just use a mention in Google Docs. This gives everyone a fast and easy way to send an email, schedule a meeting, or start a chat.

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How to Stop Microsoft Edge from Opening Links in New Tabs

Microsoft Edge does something very strange if you use Bing Search. Links will open in new tabs and the Search page stays open in another. This can get annoying, and it’s not clear if Bing or Edge is at fault. Here’s the problem we’re talking about: You do a search, click a link from the results, and you’re taken to a new tab. You click the back button to return to the results, but it keeps you in the new tab that was just opened. Now you click a different result and you’re taken to yet another new tab.

Every time you click a link, you go to a new tab and the results are left open in the original tab. But going back from the new tab doesn’t take you to that original tab. So you quickly end up with a bunch of Bing Search result tabs open and it’s very frustrating.

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How to Use the Google Docs Explore Feature for Research

You can make research less time-consuming and tedious when working in Google Docs. The Explore feature helps you find content, images, and other material for your research paper, report, or essay.

Similar to the Researcher tool, Google Docs gives you the Explore tool. This lets you quickly lookup topics related to your document without leaving Google Docs. Then, you can add pertinent content or images and include citations for those sources.

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How to Use the Microsoft Excel Watch Window for Formulas

Tired of scrolling to see formulas and results in cells that aren’t in view? With the Watch Window in Microsoft Excel, you can keep an eye on your formulas without constant spreadsheet scrolling.

Available for all desktop versions of Excel, the Watch Window is a handy tool for seeing your formulas with their locations and results. You can view cells in your current workbook or another that you have open, which gives you the flexibility you need to stay on top of things.

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How to Check How Much Google Account Storage You Have Left

Every Google account comes with free storage, but if that’s not enough for you, more can be purchased. Regardless of how much you have, you probably want to keep tabs on how much you’re using. We’ll show you how.

Google offers two cloud storage options. You can stick with the free 15GB option that every account gets or upgrade to “Google One” and pay for more. Before we check how much storage you have left, it’s important to understand what counts toward it.

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How to See Firefox Tab Previews in Windows 10’s Taskbar

When you hover over an app’s taskbar button in Windows 10, you’ll see a small thumbnail of each app’s windows. With Firefox, you’ll only see the active tab in each window by default. But with a small change, you can see thumbnail previews of every open tab in every Firefox window.

First, open Firefox. In any window, click the menu button in the top-right corner of the Firefox window (which looks like three horizontal lines) and select “Options.”

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How to Turn off Save Password Pop-ups in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge has a built-in password manager that offers to save all your passwords. When you log in to a new website, Edge will prompt you to save the login details. But this can get quite annoying. Here’s how to disable the pop-ups in Microsoft Edge. If you’re planning to use a password manager, we recommend that you go with a dedicated password management service like LastPass or Bitwarden. These services are not browser-dependent and have strong native clients as well as browser extensions.

But before you do that, first, let’s disable the save login prompts from Microsoft Edge. The steps are different for Microsoft Edge for desktop, Android, iPhone, and iPad.

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