Cant Select PDF File Text - QUICK FIX

If you ever open a PDF file and you cant select the text, there is an easy fix.  

First, you must have the PRO version of Adobe Acrobat DC because you have to be able to EDIT PDF.

When you open a PDF, your mouse cursor will look like a black arrow with a dot lined box in the lower right corner of it. This will be seen when NOT hovering over anything, so on a blank part f the document.  When you hover over anything in the document, the mouse changes to an I-Beam pointer, or also called an I-Cursor.  That icon represents when you can click on something creating text or to copy text.  Mine was not changing to that. 

I did not want to type all the text I was trying to copy.  I clicked EDIT PDF.  It then goes through the process (very quickly) of converting everything to recognizable text.  Once it finished, I closed out of the EDIT area back to where I was originally, ad my cursor changed and I was finally able to copy the text I needed.

I cant guarantee this will work for you also and I have no idea why it is doing this to begin with, but at least there's a possibility for a fix for you as well.  Try it and see, you have nothing to lose other than a min or two of your time :)

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QUICK TIP for Wrong Screen Selections

I’m sure every person that owns a smart phone or any type of touch screen device has experienced touching something on your screen by accident and immediately realizing it was the incorrect selection. 

“Most” every single time, as long as you DON’T lift your finger from the screen, all you have to do is slide it to a portion of the screen where there’s nothing to click, and then lift your finger from the screen. 

This will make the original incorrect selection not happen. This is because, as I stated above, “most” clickable links work on the lift up of the finger versus the initial touch. I say most because I have run across very few that work on initial touch. That is so much more rare that this quick tip will help you 99% of the time. 

Good luck!!

Acrobat Reader Error Message When Trying To Re-Save Over A File

This is a quick one.

Ever opened a file, edited it, went to save over the same file to the updated one only to be told the following:

The file may be read-only, or another user may have it open. Please save the document
with a different name or in a different folder.

Well this is because you still have it selected/highlighted from when you originally opened it.

Simply click off that file and re-save again. 

VIOLA!!

Only bad part is it saves it with the new date and time so you cant see when you originally created it anymore.  UNLESS you are using restore points then you might see some in the properties area: right click file --> PROPERTIES --> PREVIOUS VERSIONS.

How to save/remove a page(s) out of a PDF file FREE

If you get PDF files on the regular, there may be times you need to pull out one or more of the pages as maybe you don't need all the rest.

You could take the long route and print all the pages, pull out the ones you need, trashing the others and wasting paper. Then scan the ones you need to create a new file.

You could get the PAID version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This may be the option to take if you need to do more manipulative tasks to your file such as adding in pictures or rearranging the pages or tracking signatures. There is a lot you can do with the paid version.

Who wants to pay though if all you need to do is take out a page or so from a PDF document? I can show you how to do it for FREE.

Quickly search without typing or leaving your current screen - Microsoft Edge & Bing Quick Search

The new Microsoft Edge has quickly become my favorite browser. It has some great features and one of the extensions offered is called Bing Quick Search. 

This allows you to highlight a word or phrase and search it without leaving the page you're on or even having to type anything.  You can even search images.

Close all open tabs in iPhone Safari

Sometimes we need different browsers to do different things and/or for certain features they offer.  I have Safari, Chrome and Edge all installed on my iPhone.  Each one has its pros and cons of course, just like anything. I noticed though, while in Safari, I didn't see a "close all" feature like I find in Chrome and Edge.

Chrome 

Click EDIT in the lower left corner and select close all tabs.

Edge 

CLOSE ALL is already right there in the lower left corner. 

How to make your Print Screen button open the Snippet Tool - Windows 10 & 11

There are many times we need a copy of what we are seeing on our screen.

If you use a desktop PC, there are a few ways you can do so.

All PCs have a button on the keyboard called Print Screen. It will always be located in the upper right hand corner of your keyboard.

1. If you press it, it will take a screenshot of the entire screen. Nothing will happen at this point though. You will have to open a program and paste it, whether that be Paint or Microsoft Word or something else. Skip to #4 to see how to make this button work when pressed.

How to make an extra buck online to pay for Christmas presents

 Hi everyone. 

So every year for many years now, I solely rely on my money making sites to pay for Christmas. 

If I didn’t have them, no one would get squat from me. Plain and simple. Now it does take some time to make the money, and luckily I get to do it on my work computer here and there on down time and in between things, which really helps earn more. Spending time doing them after work at home and on weekends too will also help boost your earning.

Below I will mention all the sites I use and together how I easily have any where from $250 to $400 to spend on Christmas gifts at the end of the year.

MyPoints - GPT site that works

                                   

MyPoints is another GPT site that offers many ways to earn points and then redeem them for cash and gift gifts. 

Depending on how much time you contribute, you can earn a nice amount using these types of sites.

Check out my list of favorite sites .

THINGS TO DO:

Inbox Dollars - Is this a legit site?

 

InboxDollars is another GPT site that offers many, many ways to earn an extra buck. 

I will be showing what it looks like from a cell phone but this can all be done on a desktop as well.

Check out my list of favorite sites .

I have been with this site for man years, so far back I cant even see when I started because they don't keep record that far. I cannot say enough good things about this site. It is NOT a scam. It is 100% legit!!

They are a great GPT site for saving up for things like birthday gifts, Christmas gifts or maybe even those hot pair of shoes you've been eyeballing for weeks.  Put in a little time and get paid to do what you already do online: watch videos, shop, open paid emails and so much more.

💲The pay scale is in USD so there's no need to know any point conversions here.💲

How to customize your own Microsoft Office ribbon

There are features in our Office programs that we use anywhere from frequently to all the time to some not at all.  So much time is used to navigate to all those features that if we added up all the time it takes, you'd see how much time you really do waste.

The MENU RIBBON is the row or words at the top of your office program such as FILE, HOME, INSERT, etc.  This toolbar can be customized to meet your needs. There are a few different ways to get to the customization screen. This works on all Office products.

Swagbucks - Legit or a Scam??

Swagbucks is seriously one of the best rewards site on the web today. They have really grown since they first started and have paid out a whopping  $703,124,718 to date.  I have been using this site since June 2011 and cannot say enough good things about them. They are definitely NOT a scam. This is 100% a legit site to earn money on.

Check out my list of favorite sites .

Swagbucks rewards you for the things you already do on a daily basis while using the internet - watching videos, shopping, playing games on your phone and so much more. Read on for more details on how to start earning some extra cash for your pocket. 

JOIN HERE Sign up and earn $5 (500 SB) just for joining.

If you used a referral, earn 300 SB within your first 30 days and you'll automatically be credited an additional 300 SB (that's $3 FREE). The person who referred you will also earn 300 SBs and 10% of your earnings for life (these do NOT come out of your earnings, they are a separate bonus for your referee)

WAYS TO EARN

This is your option bar at the top of the screen

ANSWER

This is where you'll find your Daily Poll question (worth 1 sb) and your Surveys – great payouts and you get 1 SB for at least trying (up to 5 per day) but you can take as many as you want, no limit. IMO, this is the quickest, FREE way to rack up those points.

Shop

Earn cash back for shopping with your favorite stores. There are many to choose from. Below is an example of just a few they offer and the cash back they'll give.

Coupons

This is found under the shop menu. 
Earn 1 sb per 3 coupons printed. SB for printing will credit the following day.
Redeem coupons for 50 sb each. Takes 8 to 12 weeks for the redemptions to fully cycle and post to your account. 

Magic Receipts 

This is also found under the shop menu.
These are grocery store items you can upload receipts to get points in return. Shown here are a few examples of some of the stores you can use as well as a grocery list showing a few items you can redeem for.  

JOIN HERE

Prescriptions

Found under the SHOP tab, here you can print coupons to save on your prescriptions.

Travel

Found under the SHOP tab, here you'll find discounts for staying in hotels as well as earning sb for doing so.

Discover 

These are walls by partners offering their own ways to earn SBs. Each has their own customer support tied to them as well.

If you decide to do an app downloads and have to complete something within a certain time frame, they recently made it possible for you to see how much time you have left for that app. Go to the Discover Home tab and it will be listed at the top.

(*TIP* if you have a reloadable gift card that are Visa or MC, use these in place of your debit card so you don't get charged. I have some that only have a few bucks on them, I use these in place of my debit card when signing up for free trials (the ones that charge you after your trial is up) that way I am not charged. Some do not except these types of card but a lot do so its worth trying)

Games

This is found under the Discover section.

There are Cash games, Mobile and Free games.

Cash games are played on WorldWinner and you have to spend money to earn sb in return.

Mobile games, you can download tons of apps and earn for completing certain requirements such as reaching a        specific level or purchasing in game to simply just playing for a few days.

There's also a few games at the very bottom called Free games that will earn up 10 sb for playing them.

JOIN HERE

MORE

Here you will find Watch where you can watch tons of video and earn sb for them.

Daily Bonus

This is found in the top right hand side of the toolbar.

Everyday you will be given 2 goals to reach and if you reach them, then you get additional SBs. Below you will see an example of what todays looks like. The To Do List never changes so you'll always have these same tasks to shoot for. 

If you get streaks you will also earn even more bonus SBs. You earn streaks at 7 days (earn 25 sb), 14 days (earn 100 sb), 21 days (earn 200 sb) and a full month (earn 300 sb). The 5th day of each month, you can claim the previous months bonuses you earned. This can be found at the bottom of the Daily Bonus window.

Inbox Offers

This can be found by clicking on the bell in the top right hand corner.

Here you'll find more offers directed right in your inbox on their site.

It shows you when it will expire, the date it came trough to you, the amount you'll earn, where it cane be found and a snippet of what it is.

Searching

Search as you normally would online but here you have a chance to win SB.

This is in the top toolbar.

SwagCodes

Find them on their Facebook fan page in their posts.  Also found also on Twitter and their blog. Here's an example of what they'll look like:

Referrals

This can be found under the MORE tab.

You will get 300 SB bonus when your friends earns their first 300 SB as well as 10% of their earnings for life (it does NOT take out of your referrals earnings, they are a bonus to you)

JOIN HERE

Swagbutton

This can be found under the MORE tab.

This will be in your toolbar in the top right hand corner and is very useful for quick access and quick checking of your daily goal progress. You can Shop, Answer and enter SwagCodes from here.

Hourly Random Winner - This is a random drawing held hourly.  You do not have to do anything other than be logged on.  For the longest time I though I would never win then one day I DID!  In the blog is where you can find out who the hourly winner currently is.  I actually have a trick to share with you. Go HERE.  You can follow this page and allow mobile alerts, and be alerted for every winner there is, so you never miss your name or a friends name!  Just remember, you ONLY have one hour to claim your 1,000 swagbucks though (that equals $10 so don't miss it)!!

Team Challenges - This is where we all compete against each other to be one of the top earners BUT we also work together on a team to try to earn SwagUps - those are discounts you get when redeeming for a reward.

Amounts will vary from challenge to challenge.

SWAGO - is a game like Bingo, you complete tasks to mark off squares. Once you have a winning line, you can cash in (but only once so make it count)

Mobile apps offered:

    Swagbucks Mobile App - Here you can do some things to earn points on the go, just not the entire site of options.

    iOS    Android 

    Swagbucks LIVE - This is a LIVE gameshow that plays multiple times a day for SBs to win.

    iOS    Android 

    Swagbucks Watch - Here you can watch video on the go.

    Android Only

    Swagbucks Answer - Here you can answer surveys and your daily poll while on the go. 

    iOS    Android 

    Swagit App - Here you watch videos created by your fellow swaggernauts and can gift them SB in return.

    iOS Only

3 additional apps for watching videos (sometimes they don't have any available or it isn't working but worth a try)

    Moviecli.ps Android only 

    Sportly Android only

    EntertaiNow Android only

REDEEMING YOUR POINTS:

The point scale is 1 point equals 1¢. You need at least 100 points minimum ($1) to cash out. You can redeem for many different gift cards such as the most popular ones being Visa, Amazon, Walmart and PayPal. You can also donate to charities and enter swagstakes to try to win actual prizes.

Social Medias: 

Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter , blog and Pinterest as well as their Customer Support site.

If you have ANY questions what so ever, please let me know because I am more than happy to help any of you out.  yourself in the process. 

JOIN HERE 

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(originally posted 4/2012, updated 4/2022)

HideoutTV - Watch Videos, Redeem for GC

 HideoutTV is an amazing site. This site is purely just watching videos, nothing else.

Check out my list of favorite sites .

You can have the videos playing on your monitor or phone all day and earn lots of points.  

They're point system is: $1 equals 1150 points.

They have a few gift cards to choose from; my favorites are Amazon and Visa. 

Since they are lacking cash out options, the amazing feature of this site is that you can connect your favorite money making sites (like InstaGC and Swagbucks for example) to transfer the HideoutTV points to their prospective point system. For example: 1737 HideoutTV points redeems for 135.10 IGC points. And 100 IGC points equals $1 USD. So yes, you lose some value but my suggestion is if you plan to cash out for one of the gift cards HideoutTV offers, then do it form their site. If you would prefer to cash out using PayPal or Direct Deposit for example, then transferring and losing a little value becomes more worth it. That would just be dependent again on what you want to cash out for.

There are a few other sites that are in the HideoutTV branch: 

• Desert Ninja 
  
• Pet Clips (my FAV) 
• Gamer Spot  
• Meal Ninja  
• Try At Home 
• The Panda 
• Popjoy 
• Lets Check In 
• Musio

All of the above, you use the SAME login as you do on the main HideoutTV site.

With all of those, you won't run out of things to watch and earn points for.

Once you login, youll see some option underneath the video. Click on REWARDS and youll see a code prefilled in for you. Click ADD and youll get 9 points. This is once daily, not per site, just once you do it on one of these sites, you cant do it again on the others.

 Also, you can find more points if you follow their social medias. Facebook for example. 

If any of you are a creator, you can upload your own content to these sites. See sites for details.

So, check it out here and start earning some extra cash for the things YOU want!

ENJOY!! 
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Outlook Error - "Due to the size of this email, we've turned off Editor temporarily."

I recently updated my signature block and came across and issue I want to share. 

 I use Microsoft Outlook for my job and transitioned to using the online version instead of the actual program. When I updated my signature block with new icons, all seemed to be ok when I sent a test email right after. 

original test email, redacted for privacy

 Later, when I went to create a new email, I noticed all my icons were missing and shown instead as follows

 as well as an error message at the top of the screen stating: "Due to the size of this email, we've turned off Editor temporarily." 

 At first I thought, maybe I need to go into the actual program and update it that way. Once opened, I noticed the old signature block was still there. I updated it there too, closed out and reopened the web version also in hopes everything would sync up. Went to create a new email, and once again, it was still messed up. 

The more odd thing is when I created a new email using the actual program, I did NOT get this error message and all icons were showing fine. I refuse to go back to that version, I just don't like it as much; my personal opinion. 

Come to find out, the message is appearing because the icons were too large for the signature block. A co-worker had originally sent me the new signature block update and I just copied and pasted into my signature. Apparently what was sent to me, the icons were too large in resolution. 

So at first I tried changing the resolution of one of the icons and that seemed to work but consisted of extra steps I did not want to have to do for each one.

 What did I do to fix it? 

So instead, I clicked on the icon from within my coworkers email, right clicked on the icon from within the window that opened and selected 'copy image' then went and pasted it individually into the signature, rather than all together as I originally had done. 

 I did this for each one and low and behold, it is working now. I have tried creating a new email now multiple times and each time it is fine and working as it should. 

I wish I was smarter to know exactly how this worked to be able to explain it better. Unfortunately I am a bit confused since I ended up not having to do any resizing for it to work.

If anyone can explain how this worked, that would be so helpful. 

Hope this helps someone out there. 

ENJOY!! 
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