Author Archives: Debra Dalgleish

The Good Old Days With Multiplan

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

While rooting through my office supply closet today, I found several boxes of floppy disks. Some were unused, and other had programs or data on them. Do you have a supply of disks too? Ever use them? None of my … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

Recently, I received a cool looking gift from Microsoft – a Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse. The mouse lies flat for storage, and you bend it, to snap it into shape, when you want to use it. It has a very … Continue reading →

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Hidden Form in Access Closes Unexpectedly

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

Today I solved a nagging problem with an Access database, so I’ll share the solution here, in case it helps someone else. In an Access database that I built, there is a Login form, where the users select their name … Continue reading →

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Spider Charts in the Wild

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

This week, Tushar Mehta posted about his Custom Radar Chart add-in on the Daily Dose of Excel blog. These are also known as Spider charts, and I’ve never created one, except as a demo in an Excel class, when someone … Continue reading →

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Problems With Blog Comment Spam

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

Help! Would you please try to add a comment here, and let me know if you have any problems? [Update] Thanks for the help — things seem to be working better now. Flooded With Comment Spam Over on the Contextures … Continue reading →

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Girls in Technology

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

Last week, on a very snowy day, my sister, Nancy Nelson, drove to a nearby town, to do a presentation at an Electronics Day for grade 8 girls. One of the tech teachers at the school is trying to get … Continue reading →

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Excel Sized Wine Glass

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

After a long hard day in Excel, this wine glass might be just about the right size. Did they name it “XL” in honour of our favourite spreadsheet program? In case you can’t read the box labels, that are behind … Continue reading →

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Learn JavaScript Programming in a Year

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

Sure, you can program in Excel VBA, but what other programming languages do you know? Maybe VBA is enough, but if you’d like to expand a bit, there is a free course in JavaScript programming that I’m trying out. The … Continue reading →

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Recovering Deleted Pictures From Digital Camera

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Debra Dalgleish

One of my hobbies is photography, and I post the results on the family blog, and a few on the Contextures blog. Unlike the old days of film, when you thought about the cost of each print, now you can … Continue reading →

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Disappearing YouTube Comments

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Debra Dalgleish

YouTube sends me an email if anyone comments on one of my videos, or on my Contextures channel page. Most of the time, it’s easy to log in to YouTube and approve the comments. For the past few months though, … Continue reading →

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