30 Excel Functions
Author Archives: Debra Dalgleish
Like Google Reader’s Track Changes? Too Bad!
In January, Google proudly announced a new feature in Google Reader — Track Changes. You could quickly set up an RSS feed for any page that didn’t have one, and be alerted when that page was changed. I liked the … Continue reading
Posted in Computer tips
Leave a comment
Testing the Office Live Excel Embedding
Today I read that you can now embed Excel files into your blog, by using Office Live. After I figured out how to log in to my account (it’s been a while), I created an Excel file to test here. … Continue reading
Posted in Excel blog
20 Comments
How NOT to Offer a Blog Guest Post
Some of the blogging expert sites suggest that you write guest posts on popular blogs, to get a bit of publicity for your own blog. Today I got an email from someone who offered to supply a guest post for … Continue reading
Posted in Excel blog
1 Comment
Personalized Twitter Background
While reading my morning RSS feeds, I saw an article about creating a custom Twitter background. Since I didn’t have anything else planned for the day, I decided to attempt an update on my profile. Previously, I had a picture … Continue reading
Posted in Computer tips, Social Media
2 Comments
Access Database is Read Only
When I tried to open one of my main Access databases today, I got the alarming message, “The database ‘MyData’ is read-only. You won’t be able to save changes made to data or object definitions in this database.” I closed … Continue reading
Posted in Computer tips, Microsoft Office Tips
19 Comments
Google Search Cheat Sheet
Did you know that there’s a Google search cheat sheet? Even though I spend several hours a week searching for things in Google (all of them business-related and highly intellectual), this was the first I’d heard about a cheat sheet. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer tips
Leave a comment
Add Captions to a YouTube Video
I’m taking an online CSS course at SitePoint, and the instructions include some YouTube video tutorials. Yesterday’s video included captions, and so I did some poking around, to see how they were added. To add the captions, you need a … Continue reading
Posted in Excel training, Social Media
2 Comments
Grading Your Website
It’s the end of the school year — the perfect time to grade your website. Today I tried the free analysis tool, Website Grader, to see how well Contextures would do. It’s easy to do — just fill in the … Continue reading
Posted in Excel blog
6 Comments
You Have to Sleep Eventually
When you’re self-employed, you can set your own hours, and sometimes those hours can run into the wee hours of the morning. After staring at the computer screen all day and most of the night, your eyes might be tired, … Continue reading
Posted in Computer tips
Leave a comment
A Fresh New WordPress 3.0 Look
Emboldened by yesterday’s success in installing the WordPress 3.0 upgrade, I decided to install their new default theme — Twenty Ten. It’s optimized for all the new WordPress 3.0 features, so it will give me a chance to try some … Continue reading
