Windows 8

Missing file extension while saving document in Word

October 21, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

If you are working on Word 2016 or Word 2013 on Windows 7/8/10 operating system then while saving the document by default the file extension will not be displayed.

Listed below are the steps to make Word 2016 and Word 2013 to display the file extension on Windows 8.

Step 1: Launch Windows Explorer on Windows 8.

Step 2: Navigate to the View tab in Windows Explorer and click Options

Step 3: Then select “Change folder and search options” under Options.

Step 4: In the Folder Options window, navigate to Advanced Settings under View tab. Then unmark the checkbox with label as “Hide extensions for known file types”.

Click OK button to confirm and save the changes. Now when you try to save any Word document, you will notice the file extension as part of the file name in Save dialog.

How to repair Microsoft Office 2013

October 12, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This tutorial provides step by step instruction to repair Office 2013 products like Word 2013, Excel 2013, Outlook 2013 etc.. When you encounter problems with your Microsoft Office 2013 installation, then you can try these steps.

Step 1: Right click on the Start menu and select Control Panel from the menu list.

Step 2: In the Control Panel window, select Programs followed Programs and Features.

Step 3: Then select Microsoft Office in the Programs list and click Change button available in the menu bar. You can also access Change button by right clicking on the selected Program.

Step 4: In “Change your installation of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013” screen, select Repair radio option and click Continue.

This should do the necessary configuration and start repairing Office 2013

Step 5: The following confirmation message will be displayed and you will asked to restart the system to reflect the changes.

Click Yes button to reboot the system.

Also See: How to repair Microsoft Office 2010

How to set photos as screensaver on Windows 8

February 11, 2013 By Ravi Shankar 1 Comment

Windows 8 allows user to display photos in the system as screensaver using the option available as part of Windows Personalization.

Step 1: Click the Personalisation option under the Windows 8 settings.

You can also launch Personalisation window by right clicking on the desktop.

Step 2: In the Personalisation window, click the Screen Saver option available at the bottom of the window.

Step 3: In the Screen Saver Settings, set Photo Gallery for the Screen saver drop down.

If you want to customize the display of Photo Gallery then click the Settings button.

Using Photos Gallery Screen Saver Settings window, you can specify whether all photos and videos Photo Gallery or photos and videos from specified folder needs to be used. Also options are available to set the theme and and slide show speed for the display of screen saver.

Step 4: After making necessary changes, click the Save button to confirm and save the changes.

Photos as Screen Saver

Windows 8 users can specify Photos from specific folder for Screen Saver instead of Photos Gallery.

Using the Photos Screen Saver Settings, you can specify the folder containing the pictures and Speed of the Slide Show.