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Short, honest guides to everyday problems: the free ways to solve each one first, then the KHBROS app that does it faster.
- GuideConvert an Arabic PDF to editable Word, without broken textYou convert the file and the Arabic comes out reversed, split or jumbled. Here is why it happens and how to get clean, editable Arabic.Read the guide
- GuideCount working days between two dates, with a Gulf weekendMost day counters assume a Saturday and Sunday weekend. In the UAE and the Gulf that is often not your week, so the answer is wrong. Here is how to count it right.Read the guide
- GuideChange colours in PowerPoint all at onceThe brand colours change the night before the event, and every slide has to follow. Here is the fastest way to recolour a deck, depending on how it was built.Read the guide
- GuideLink pictures in PowerPoint so they updateA designer sends a new version of an image, and it appears on twenty slides. Linked pictures update instead of being replaced one by one. Here is how to set them up.Read the guide
- GuideRemove an object from a photo inside PowerPointThe perfect photo has a bin, a sign or a stranger in the corner. Here is how to remove it, with and without leaving PowerPoint.Read the guide
- GuideHide your screen quickly in an open officeSomeone walks up behind you while a private message or a salary sheet is open. Here are the quickest ways to keep your screen to yourself.Read the guide
- GuideTrain your eye for kerning, spacing and colourGood layout comes down to small judgments: is it centred, is it even, does the word read well. Here is what to look for, and a quick daily way to practise.Read the guide