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Excel Twitters 20080830

Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

There were more Excel Twitters than usual this week, and some of that was thanks to Dick Kusleika, who decided to record all his activities in Twitter. I didn’t include those — you can follow Dick and read them for yourself! Anyway, here are some of the Excel comments that I found interesting this week.
Excel [...]

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Back To School

Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

In my neighbourhood, the kids head back to school next week, and the fall session has already started in other school districts. Maybe you’ve thought about taking a few courses yourself, but don’t have the time or energy to get to evening classes, or there’s no school nearby.
If it’s just the experience that you’re looking [...]

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Office 2007 Bulk File Conversion

Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

There are many tools available to help you prepare for migration to Office 2007. The 2007 Office Resource Kit has white papers, books and other tools that you can download, such as the Migrating to Excel 2007 white paper.
One of the tools is the Migration Planning Manager kit, which contains an Office File Converter that [...]

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Batch Resize Graphics With Shrink O’Matic

Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

How many times has this happened to you? You have a graphic. You’re trying to find an exciting new way to prepare it for your blog or website.
You could scale the graphic, remove the graphic’s tail, head and bones, and serve the graphic as you would any other graphic dinner. But why bother, now that [...]

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The Business Side of Twitter

Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

Sure, you can use Twitter to let everyone know what you had for lunch, or all about football practice, or what you fished out of the swimming pool, and plenty of people do just that. However, you can also use Twitter to ask for feedback, share links, or give quick updates on your business or [...]

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Catalogue Your Books at LibraryThing

Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

Use the free web application, LibraryThing, to catalogue your books, see what people with similar tastes are reading, and share reviews. There’s also an Early Reviewers program in which publishers provide free advance copies of books, for members to review. However, there are many more requests than copies available for most books, so your chances [...]

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Excel Twitters 20080823

Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

This week there were several twitters about Excel and music, but no consensus on the type of music that works best. There’s also a growing number of twitters comparing Excel to Apple’s Numbers. There are the usual battles with Excel, and even a few people talking about pivot tables. And apologies to all the cat [...]

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Learn Languages Online from the BBC

Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

If you’ll be travelling soon, you might want to learn a few key phrases of another language before you go. Free language lessons are available online, at the BBC website. It’s good to see Nick’s tax dollars hard at work.

It’s too late to learn much Mandarin before the Olympics are over, but you can study [...]

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Product Support at Get Satisfaction

Posted on August 21st, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

If you’re frustrated or pleased with a company or product, you can join the discussions at Get Satisfaction. The site is similar to the Microsoft newsgroups, with a wide range of questions and comments. Company employees are encouraged to participate, and customers help one another.
You can ask questions, describe problems, voice an opinion, or help [...]

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Add Links to the Windows Taskbar

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Debra Dalgleish

Maybe I’m the last person in the world to learn this, but with two big monitors to navigate, I find this tip pretty handy. You can add a Links Toolbar and My Desktop Toolbar to the Windows Taskbar!
I’ve added many programs and files to the QuickStart toolbar in the Windows Taskbar, and use it frequently [...]

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