Insert Dates Automatically In Documents

 Luckily, there is an easy way to insert a field into your Word document that will give you an automatic date update every time that you open the document. First, of course, open your document. Next, click in your document where you’d like the date. Then click the INSERT tab on your tools ribbon.

Find DATE AND TIME and click it.

This opens the date and time dialog box. On the left, click the format in which you want the date. Once you’ve selected this, click the UPDATE AUTOMATICALLY tic box.

Click OK, and once you save your document, you’ll have a date there that updates every time you open the document.
As a bonus, here’s how to do the same thing in an Excel spreadsheet.

Open your spreadsheet, choose the cell where you want the date and enter the formula =TODAY(). This will give you a cell with the current date that updates every time you open the spreadheet!

I hope that this helps.

Windows 10: How Do I Drag Files To Folders?

You can move files into a folder without it being open. I opened a flash drive and my pictures folder with two test folders in two separate windows in Windows Explorer and was able to drag images from the flash drive to the folder.

The problem here is that once I drop the file, the folder opens to show the contents. So I’d need to open up multiple instances of File Explorer. One for the flash drive and one for each folder I want to drop to. The solution is a simple one. Instead of dragging the images into the folders contained in various windows I’ve opened in File Explorer, I can open the flash drive in file explorer and then drop the images using the file tree on the left side. Since the files I want are under Pictures, I click the chevron next to Pictures.

Then I can see all of the file folders.

Then I can select the images I want on the right and drag them into the desired folders without having to continually open folders.

Hope that helps.

What Is rundll32.exe?

The DLL stands for DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY, and it is actually a necessary part of Window’s functioning. The usual path for these is c:\windows\system32, although they may also show up under your username, like in my example here.
The fact that they are ordinarily a normal part of Window’s functionality doesn’t mean that they are not a threat. Sometimes hackers can insert fake rundll files in your system to facilitate their hack. One way to determine what the file is used for is to go to VIEW in your toolbar, and then click SELECT COLUMNS.

On the next screen, click COMMAND LINES. This will show the full path of the DLL file that you’re looking at. If you hover over this or right-click and click PROPERTIES, it will show you exactly which program is using the file. In this case, it is Nvidia, a driver for your video card.

If you don’t recognize the program, you may want to communicate with your friendly neighborhood computer geek to find out what the program is and if it’s harmful.
For the most part, though, DLL files are nothing to worry about and allow your machine to function properly.

Facebook Universal Search: Privacy Problem?

There’s a new way to search in Facebook, called Universal Search. What that means is that you are no longer limited to searching for just people, pages and groups in the Facebook search. If you type a topic into the box, you’ll also see recent posts from friends and public posts in the results. For the most part public posts are those made by pages set up for public figures and businesses.

The default mode for Facebook posts in friends only, but some people choose to make public posts. Either they don’t care if the world sees their posts or they choose that option for a specific post. A reason you might choose to make a post public could be that you have a missing pet, and you want as many people as possible to be able to see it. Perhaps your child left a toy on a plane, and you’d like the widest possible audience to attempt to retrieve it.

You’ll see a lot of panicked news stories out there telling you to check your privacy settings. Here’s the deal: You should always be aware of your privacy settings. And everyone has always been able to see your public Facebook posts. That’s why you made it public, you wanted everyone to see it. Let’s take a look at how Universal Search works.

I put in the term Halloween and I see results for a trending news story on Halloween and photos about Halloween posted by my friends.

As I scroll down the results, I’ll see public posts about Halloween, like this one by Rolling Stone.

Then I see posts by my friends.

I can’t see posts by people who aren’t my friends unless those posts are public. Universal search does not change who is allowed to view your posts. It might be easier to find them, but public posts have always been public and anyone can see them. How do you know if a post is public? The default settings for posts is friends only. So unless you made some changes, only your friends can view your posts. But it doesn’t hurt to double-check your privacy settings.

Here’s a quick way to tell if your post is public. You’ll see little icon on the post with an arrow next to it. If the icon looks like a couple of people, that means you have it set to only share with friends.

Let’s click the drop-down menu and check out the other options. The little globe icon would indicate that it was a public post. You can easily change that by choosing one of the other options. You can choose the lock icon to make a post only visible to you or the gear icon to customize the settings and make it visible only to certain friends.

Universal Search looks like it could be a great tool for searching and it won’t affect your current privacy settings. If you haven’t checked them lately, you really should.