Author Archives: Debra Dalgleish

The Spreadsheet Day Poll

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

When should we celebrate Spreadsheet Day?  A few dates have been nominated, so it’s time to pick a day, and Jimmy Peña suggested a poll. The nominated dates are: Jan 26 – Ed, based on Lotus 1-2-3 release date Feb … Continue reading →

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Excel Readers Around the World

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

On the Google Analytics dashboard there’s a world map, that shows where my Excel blog readers are located. Not surprisingly, most are in the USA, and the rest are concentrated in a swath of English-speaking countries, from Canada to New … Continue reading →

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How Long Have You Been Using Excel?

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

On the weekend I received a very nice email from someone who has been using the Excel tutorials on my Contextures website. She’s been working for a long time, and only recently started learning how to use Excel and Word. … Continue reading →

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Stop Looking in the Outbox

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

Does this ever happen to you? In Outlook, you create an email, hit Send, then wander off to do a few other things. Hours later, you get a phone call from the client who’s waiting for your message, and you … Continue reading →

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My Blog is Gender Confused

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

On Twitter today, someone mentioned www.genderanalyzer.com, and reported that it guessed her blog was likely written by a man (59%). So, I decided to test my website and blogs, to see how they’d be assessed. Here’s the description of how … Continue reading →

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Please Don’t Send Your Giant Files

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

Just like you, I get a fair amount of spam and other junk in my email inbox every day. There are regular requests for Excel help too, that I’ve written about before. Some of those Excel help requests come with … Continue reading →

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Analyze Your Website Trends

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

Occasionally I check the Google Trends page, to see what’s the hot news of the day (or hour). If you’re stuck for a blog idea, or dinner conversation topic, you might get some inspiration there. It’s not too surprising, but … Continue reading →

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Size Matters

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

For my desktop computer, I have two monitors – a 22” widescreen (that seems to be dying), and a 20” square. It’s easy to forget that other people don’t have as much screen real estate, and they’re reading my site … Continue reading →

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Creative Spam Comments

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

Akismet blocks most of the spam comments on my blogs, which is great. I check the list of blocked comments, and have only found a handful that were incorrectly marked as spam. Most of the flagged comments are obvious spam, … Continue reading →

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Singing the Microphone Blues

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Debra Dalgleish

Yes, I have a new microphone but don’t worry, I’m not using it for singing. The injuction that the neighbours filed is probably still in effect. I’ve been making Excel tutorial videos for a while, and posting them on my … Continue reading →

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