30 Excel Functions
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Printing a Web Page
You might find something online that you want to print, such as instructions for doing something in Excel, or a tasty looking recipe. Usually that page has a bunch of stuff that you don’t want to print, like ads and … Continue reading
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