It’s time to delve into the tips box and share from the wealth of reader knowledge. Today we’re looking at an easy way to change letter case in MS Word, solving compatibility issues under Windows 7 64-bit, and controlling your torrents from your smart phone.
Quickly Shift the Letter Case in MS Word
How-To Geek reader Tony has a great little timesaving shortcut to share:
If you’re doing a lot of heavy formatting you’ll save quite a bit of time thanks to that simple shortcut.
Improving Backwards Compatibility in Windows 7 64-bit
If you’re having issues with legacy applications running under Windows 7 64-bit, Kenny has a quick fix:
This is a great way for sweeping troubleshooting, it’s also worth noting that you can right click on individual executables and select backwards compatibility under the Properties –> Compatibility menu.
Remote Control uTorrent via Smartphone
We’ve shown you how to trigger Torrent downloads from anywhere using Dropbox, but some people like to interact more intimately with their download queue. HTG reader Gary highlights the official but uTorrent remote application:
We’d love to hear from other readers who have optimized their mobile devices to control their torrents and other file downloads.
Visit web.utorrent.com to set up web access then download the remote app from the Android Market or iTunes.
You’ll be able to completely control your client and, best of all, unlike the Dropbox method you can add torrent files from your Android phone.
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