Between picture settings, captions and all the special modes on your TV, there's a lot to fiddle with. One setting seems like a good idea to make the picture clearer, but there's a big downside: The so-called soap opera effect. This could explain your TV's lackluster picture — and it's time to change it.

Let’s say you get a PDF in your email and you need to sign it. If you know a few tricks, you can do so in a jiffy — without paying for another program.

You can sign a PDF using your mouse, but I don’t recommend it; it’ll look like a two-year-old did it for you. Instead, sign a piece of paper and save it on your device using your smartphone’s camera or your computer’s webcam. You can then import that image into the PDF.

• If you’re on Windows, Adobe Reader DC is tops to sign PDFs. Simply download and install the free app and open your file. In the app, at the bottom right, click Fill and Sign and follow the prompts.
• On a Mac, use Preview. It has integrated signing options so you can skip the paper signature. Love that!

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You can print a document, sign it, scan it, send it to yourself and get then back to the recipient — or you can do it the easy way. I've got the easy steps to get the job done on any device, along with a digital signature pro tip to make it easy to spot if someone is pretending to be you.

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