How to Stop Animated GIFs From Playing in Your Web Browser

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[The Atlantic] How to Protect Documents and PDF Files with Owner and User Passwords in LibreOffice There are two ways to protect a PDF file: an owner password and a user password. We'll explain the purpose of each and show you how to apply them to your PDF files. Read This Article → How to Free Up Space on Your Samsung Device with "Smart Manager" When your phone's internal storage starts to get full, it can be frustrating. Things slow down, apps won't install, and in some cases, you can't even download anything. Fortunately, Samsung has a built-in way to help users see detailed information about what is taking up space, and also provides a simple way of deleting unwanted items. Read This Article → How to Stream Live TV from an Xbox One to a Windows PC, iPhone, or Android Phone Set up your Xbox One’s TV integration and you can do more than just watch TV on your Xbox: you can also stream that live TV from your Xbox to a Windows 10 PC, Windows phone, iPhone, iPad, or Android device over your home network. Read This Article → How to Stop Animated GIFs From Playing in Your Web Browser Animated GIFs can be a fun way to spice up reactions on social media, or get a point across in an article–but they can also be annoying, and take forever to load if you have a slow connection. If you’d rather not see them, here’s how to stop them from automatically animating. Read This Article → How to Watch TV Through Your Xbox One, Even Without Cable Microsoft has downplayed the Xbox One’s TV features since its launch, but the Xbox One still offers useful TV integration. It’s even been enhanced: You no longer need a cable or satellite subscription to watch TV. You can watch TV for free with an antenna. Read This Article → The Best Third-Party Alexa Skills on the Amazon Echo The Amazon Echo can do a lot of neat stuff, but its built-in features are just the tip of the iceberg. With third-party “Skills”, you can add further capabilities to the Echo, like adding events to your Google Calendar and even ordering pizza. Read This Article → How to Reset Your ConnectSense Smart Outlet The ConnectSense is a great smart outlet, but if you want to factory reset it in order to give it away–or if you just need to connect it to a new Wi-Fi network–here’s how to reset the device and start over from scratch. Read This Article → How to Change Message and Call Ringtones on OS X If you have your Mac set up to receive texts and phone calls via Handoff, then you might have discovered that the default ringtone for calls is Opening, which you can easily change it in just a few simple steps. Read This Article → How to Change the Speed and Resolution of Recorded Movies on the iPhone If you have an iPhone 6 or newer, you can change the speed and resolution at which your phone captures recorded video and slow motion video. If you prefer to use less storage and really only look at your videos on your phone, a lower resolution can help you save space. If you want higher resolution captures and smoother video, bumping up the settings costs some storage space, but might be worth it for you. Read This Article → How to Use Custom Views in Excel to Save Your Workbook Settings When working on an Excel worksheet, you may find yourself setting up different display settings at different times, such as zoom level or window position and size. The Custom Views feature allows you to set up and save different views to quickly switch among them. Read This Article → How to Subscribe to Your Favorite Sports Teams' Schedules in Google Calendar If you're anything like me, you basically schedule your life around your favorite sports teams (Go Bulls!). While I generally try to remember what nights my team is playing, sometimes that's just not possible—especially in a league like the NBA where there are 82 regular season games. Fortunately, there's a super simple way to add your favorite teams' schedules to Google Calendar, so you never miss a game. Read This Article → How to Take Screenshots on a Mac On a Mac, you can take screenshots with a few quick keyboard shortcuts. But Mac OS X also includes more powerful screenshot tools, too. Here are some of the many ways you can get a screenshot on OS X. Read This Article → How to Lock Down TeamViewer for More Secure Remote Access TeamViewer is a great free program, whether you want to access your computer from afar or help out friends and relatives with their computer. But its default settings are remarkably insecure, instead favoring ease of use. Here’s how to lock down TeamViewer so you can make use of its features without opening yourself up to attack. Read This Article → Advertisement Free eBook: Linux All-in-One For Dummies (a $25.99 value) FREE! Eight minibooks in one volume cover every important aspect of Linux and everything you need to know to pass level-1 certification. Click here to download