Author Archives: Debra Dalgleish

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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Online Meetings on the iPad

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Debra Dalgleish

The iPad that I got last month is certainly enjoyable, but so far I haven’t found anything that even comes close to Excel. Maybe Numbers is better on the Mac, but it’s not winning me over on the iPad.  This … Continue reading →

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Posting From an iPad

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Debra Dalgleish

Last week I bought an iPad 2 and have been busy experimenting with it. There are plenty of games, and social apps, which are very entertaining. Now I am trying to find some practical uses for the iPad, so it’s … Continue reading →

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Format VBA Code Examples in Blog Post

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Debra Dalgleish

On the Contextures blog, Gregory suggested using the WordPress plugin, CodeColorer, for formatting the Excel VBA code examples. In Twitter, Dick Kusleika said that he’s using CodeColorer too, and it works well. I decided to test the plug-in here, before … Continue reading →

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Organizing Email in Outlook

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Debra Dalgleish

A couple of weeks ago, due to some computer problems, I set up a new copy of Outlook 2010 on my laptop. I’ve used Outlook for many years, starting with Outlook 98, I think. Usually I copy the old Outlook … Continue reading →

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Excel Video Tutorials With Camtasia Studio

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Debra Dalgleish

A few years ago, the nice people at TechSmith gave me a licence for Camtasia Studio, and I use it to make my Excel video tutorials. I’m currently using Camtasia Studio 7, and use a few of its great features, … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Operation Red Nose Caledon

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Debra Dalgleish

One of my long term clients set up a volunteer program in her community, to help keep drinking drivers off the road during the holidays. It’s a chapter of Operation Red Nose, which was started in Quebec, in 1984. If … Continue reading →

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