30 Excel Functions
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Online Meetings on the iPad
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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Congratulations Operation Red Nose Caledon
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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Diners, Drive-ins and Dives Spreadsheets
Did you know that there’s a blog for fans of the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives tv show? Best of all — it has spreadsheets! Scroll down a bit, and in the right-hand sidebar there are links to Google spreadsheets — … Continue reading
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Shrink Long URLs With Google URL Shortener
When you’re adding a link in Twitter, or in an email, you might not want to include a really long URL. In the past, I’ve often used a site like bit.ly or is.gd to create a shortened version of the … Continue reading
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Spot the Differences
Today I was looking through my photos, and found this shot of my office peripherals table, taken in November 2001. I had two large phones, a huge scanner, an answering machine, giant router, and a business card Rolodex file. You … 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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The Spreadsheet Day Poll
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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How Long Have You Been Using Excel?
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
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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Online Collaboration
Recently, I tested WiZiQ for an online meeting with a client, and wrote about the experience. In the comments, Pierre suggested edufire and andy recommended showdocument. I took a quick look at both sites. Edufire looks like it would be … Continue reading
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