One of our favourite fall vacations is a short trip to Rochester, New York, to do some shopping and sightseeing. We didn’t get there this year, so I dug out some photos from our visit in October 2016. The highlight that year was a forest trail filled with tiny fairy houses! Continue reading “Fairy Houses in Tinker Park Rochester New York”
Fix HTML DataTables Interactive Search Box Missing
On my Contextures Excel Tutorials website, there are a few pages with long lists. To make it easier to find information in those lists, I’ve used DataTables, so people can sort the columns, and search for specific text.
Broken DataTable Features
This week, I noticed that, on one page, the table wasn’t showing its interactive features. The Search Box, the column sorting arrows, and the items per page drop down, were all missing.
It took me a while to find and fix the problem, but it’s working correctly now. If you have a similar problem with DataTables, I hope the notes below help you fix the problem.
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How to Fix Microsoft Access Warning Messages Not Working
Yesterday, while I was working on monthly reports in Microsoft Access, I noticed that the standard warning messages weren’t appearing. Here’s how I fixed the problem, with an easy solution. And it’s not one of the 2 suggestions that you’ll see in most places!
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Stop YouTube Pop-Up-Allow Google Cookies-Firefox
Last week, when I tried to add a video in a Community post, a Google cookies pop-up message appeared. It would NOT close when I clicked the Accept button.
Here’s how I finally fixed the problem, to get ride of the Google cookies pop-up message in YouTube.
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Microsoft Access Query-Date Range Criteria-Form Boxes
To make a Microsoft Access report easy to use, enter date range start and end dates on an Access form. Then, click a button to see all the sales orders in the selected date range.
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Long Ago Work From Home Macintosh Computer Modem 1200
Way back in 1985, I started working from home, using one of the original Apple Macintosh 128K computers. I’ve got a much faster computer and modem now, but was happy with that early computer equipment.
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Are You Ready to Pivot and Turn Things Around
With Microsoft adding AI-powered search to Bing and Edge, the online world could change quickly, in the coming months. If you depend on search traffic for your blog, are you ready to do things differently?
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Ode to Excel for Robert Burns Day by ChatGPT
If you’re celebrating Robert Burns Day at the office today, here’s a poem that you can recite, before you dig into your first spreadsheet of the day. This Ode to Excel was written by ChatGPT, based on my prompts, and I hope you enjoy it!
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