Category: Computer tips

Fix HTML DataTables Interactive Search Box Missing

On my Contextures Excel Tutorials website, there are a few pages with long lists. To make it easier to find information in those lists, I’ve used DataTables, so people can sort the columns, and search for specific text.

Broken DataTable Features

This week, I noticed that, on one page,  the table wasn’t showing its interactive features. The Search Box, the column sorting arrows, and the items per page drop down, were all missing.

It took me a while to find and fix the problem, but it’s working correctly now. If you have a similar problem with DataTables, I hope the notes below help you fix the problem.

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Stop YouTube Pop-Up-Allow Google Cookies-Firefox

Last week, when I tried to add a video in a Community post, a Google cookies pop-up message appeared. It would NOT close when I clicked the Accept button.

Here’s how I finally fixed the problem, to get ride of the Google cookies pop-up message in YouTube.

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Long Ago Work From Home Macintosh Computer Modem 1200

Way back in 1985, I started working from home, using one of the original Apple Macintosh 128K computers. I’ve got a much faster computer and modem now, but was happy with that early computer equipment.

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Remove Photo Background with Easy iPhone Trick

Last week, I learned a new iPhone trick, that lets you extract a person, or other things, from the background in a photo. You could use this to make images for your blog, or for personal projects. Continue reading “Remove Photo Background with Easy iPhone Trick”

Down a Hockey Game Rabbit Hole

There’s sample data for Excel practice on my Contextures site, including one file with hockey player data. Last week, I uploaded a new page with pivot table examples showing ways to work with that data. And that reminded me of my recent trip down the hockey rabbit hole, to learn more about the “What game is that?” guy from TikTok.

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Cary Grant Wants You to Get Out

The internet is full of memes, and one of my all-time favourites is Cary Grant pointing to the door, and saying, “Get out!”

So, instead of posting a regular computer tip today, I tracked down the movie that the “Get out!” meme comes from. Now you won’t have to waste time going down internet rabbit holes, looking for the answer yourself. So this is a time-saving tip!

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Save Time with Notepad++ Bookmarks for Navigation

All day, every workday, I use Notepad++ to make notes about what I’m doing. It takes a few minutes to make those notes, but they often come in handy, months later. For example, when I have to do an occasional task again, and can’t remember the steps! I just scroll back through the notes, to see what I did the last time.

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Mouse Double Click Does Not Work – Microsoft Access

Most of the day, I work with Excel files, but every morning, I use a couple of Access databases, to keep track of my Contextures business data. Recently, I ran into a problem, that affected both databases – they wouldn’t respond to a double-click on the mouse.  Here’s how I fixed that problem.

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