Darren Allan

Darren Allan

Darren has over 25 years of experience in digital and magazine publishing as a writer and editor. He's also an author, having co-written a novel published by Little, Brown (Hachette UK). He currently writes news, features and buying guides for TechRadar, and occasionally other Future websites such as T3 or Creative Bloq and he's a copy editor for TechRadar Pro. Darrran has written for a large number of tech and gaming websites/magazines in the past, including Web User and ComputerActive. He has also worked at IDG Media, having been the Editor of PC Games Solutions and the Deputy Editor of PC Home.

Latest articles by Darren Allan

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How to check if your CPU is running cool enough

By Darren Allan published

Tutorials Is your processor hot enough to fry an egg on? What if you don't have a clue what temperature it's running at? We'll show you how to find out

Tutorials
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How to work with margins in Word 2013

By Darren Allan published

Tutorials Want to know how to set a new default margin for every new document you create, or how to set a margin for a footnote? We've got some margin tips right here

Tutorials
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How to insert and edit footnotes in Microsoft Word

By Darren Allan published

Tutorials Our guide on how to insert and edit footnotes in Microsoft Word will enable you to add references to your document in no time

Tutorials
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Microsoft reveals the reason why there was no Windows 9

By Darren Allan last updated

News The reason is less serious than you might imagine

News

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