Weekly Tech Tips and News for October 26, 2018

Gilda Radner as Rosanne Rosannadanna

One of the late, great, Gilda Radner's memorable characters on Saturday Night Live was Rosanne Rosannadanna Here's a link for those of you who don't remember her. It will be worth a YouTube search or two. One of her catchphrases was "It just goes to show ya, it's always somethin'!" Well that's true with this week's phishing warning. It seems like there's a new one every week or so, but it's important to be aware so you don't accidentally fall for them when you are in a hurry or tired or distracted. In addition to this warning, are several other useful tips, such as the importance of backing up your computer and  how to do it, helpful rulers when setting up tables in Docs, easier margin control for headers and footers in Docs, how to make the header of your G Suite files smaller, and my favorite, the ability to quickly create new files from the URL bar. Read on for full details, news and tips.

• Phishing/Email Virus Alert:  Email Contains "Unable to Display" Message
• G Suite Updates:  New Vertical Ruler Helps Table Creation, Better Headers and Footers Margin Control, Create New Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites and Forms Faster
• Chrome 70 Released With Revamped Google Account Login System
• Once Click Provides More Room to Work in Google Docs
• How to Use Automatic Captioning in Google Slides
• What's the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?
• Why Do Websites Make You Login In So Much?

Phishing/Email Virus Alert:  Email Contains "Unable to Display" Message

Phishing/Email Virus Alert:  Email Contains "Unable to Display" Message, from UNC Greensboro Technology News
If you receive any messages with a green "click here to view message" box, don't click it!

G Suite Updates

New Vertical Ruler Helps With Tables

My friends, if you haven't yet embraced the wonderful world of Tables in Docs to help you line up columns and rows, you are missing a HUGE time saver. They make your document look so much more professional, are easy to set up and use...and they just got even easier. Google will be adding a vertical ruler to Tables so you can easily see how tall your rows are, and adjust them. This feature will be rolling out anytime between now and the next two weeks. If you'd like to read all the details, check, out the G Suite Updates Blog.

Easily Set the Size of Your Margins for Headers & Footers

Headers & Footers in Docs are how you quickly include page numbers, file names, or anything else that you want to appear on the top or bottom of every page in your Docs file. (You can also exclude the first page from Headers & Footers.) Within the next two weeks, a new feature will appear when  you are setting up your Headers & Footers, which will allow you to set the margin. All the details are in the same G Suite Blog post as above.

Create New Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites and Forms Faster

This trick works like a charm! In the Chrome URL or Omni bar (that's where you enter a website address at the top of your browser -  not the Google Search bar) enter docs.new and you'll instantly create a new Google Docs file. The same trick works for Sheets, Slides, Sites and Forms. Some variations of those terms work too, such as sheet or spreadsheets for Sheets, and deck or presentation for Slides.

Chrome 70 Released With Revamped Google Account Login System

Chrome 70 Released With Revamped Google Account Login System, from ZDNet by Catalin Cimpanu
Do you dislike the fact that on a Windows computer, you still have to login to Chrome after you've already logged in to Mail or Drive? When your Chrome browser upgrades to v. 70 this week, it will take care of that. At that point, when you login to Gmail, you'll automatically be logged in to Chrome as well (and see the magical ASA bookmarks folder!). Some critics view this as an overstep on Google's part, and don't necessarily want to be automatically logged in to Chrome. If you also feel that way, this article will show you how to turn this feature off.

Once Click Provides More Room to Work in Google Docs

Once Click Provides More Room to Work in Google Docs, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Do you think the title, ruler and toolbars at the top of Google Docs files takes up room? Do you wish you had more space to work in your document? Did you know you can shrink everything at the top to give you more work space? Read on!

How to Use Automatic Captioning in Google Slides

How to Use Automatic Captioning in Google Slides, from Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
Last week Google introduced the automatic captioning in Google Slides. This week Richard Byrne presents a demonstration on how to use this new feature.

What's the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?

What's the Best Way to Back Up My Computer? from How-To Geek by Chris Hoffman
If the hard drive on your computer fails tomorrow, will you lose all your family photos and important files? If you were faced with a ransomware message and couldn't get to your photos and files, would you have to pay hundreds of dollars to get them back? I cannot stress enough the importance of backing up your files, photos, videos, music, etc. on your device. Learn about all the ways to do so, and decide which is right for you. It doesn't matter which method you choose, but by all means back up! Today!

Why Do Websites Make You Login In So Much?

Why Do Websites Make You Login In So Much? from How-To Geek by Chris Hoffman
Have you ever noticed when you are browsing along in Facebook or Twitter, you find a link to an article you want to read and it makes you sign in to that article's site? That's in-app browsing - you're accessing that website from inside the app you're using. There are several other reasons, and instances, when you have to log in repeatedly.