character

Articles

Join character strings with Excel's concatenate function

August 8, 2002 7:00am PDT

Cleaning up spreadsheets might not be in your job description, but it's an all too common task for some consultants. Use Excel's handy concatenate function to tidy up databases by joining...

1

Blog Post

Four ways to insert an em dash in a Word document

March 1, 2010 12:00am PST

When you need an em dash, you can let Word enter it for you the easy way. If that approach doesn't suit your needs, try one of three manual methods.

30 Latest comment by Marshwiggle

Blog Post

Samsung Galaxy Note II S Pen tips and tricks

December 20, 2012 7:06am PST

Jack Wallen highlights some S Pen features that will help you make the most out of your Samsung Galaxy Note II.

2 Latest comment by corleyman@...

Blog Post

Use a custom format in Excel to display easier to read millions

March 14, 2012 11:16am PDT

Use a custom format in Microsoft Excel to reduce the number of digits in a large number without losing its scale.

8 Latest comment by jeng02@...

Articles

10 tips for using wildcard characters in Microsoft Access criteria expressions

January 30, 2007 8:00am PST

Wildcards come in handy when you need to locate records with similar data or you're trying to track down a specific record based on limited information. But if you don't use the right wildcard...

7 Latest comment by kevinowpb

Blog Post

How to enter a tab character in a Word table

March 24, 2008 12:00am PDT

Enter literal Tab character in a Word table

5 Latest comment by smccan

Blog Post

How to customize Word bullet points

June 5, 2012 8:21am PDT

Word's default bullet character is adequate, but you can add a bit of distinction or creativity by using custom bullet characters.

5 Latest comment by ssharkins@...

Blog Post

Quickly replace multiple space characters with a tab character

May 18, 2009 12:00am PDT

Replacing multiple spaces with a tab can be a nightmare, unless you know this simple Find and Replace trick.

28 Latest comment by Marshwiggle

Articles

Displaying values with more than 12 characters in Excel

May 24, 2005 3:13pm PDT

By default, Microsoft Excel displays cells that contain a number with more than 12 characters as scientific notation. Follow these three simple steps to change how Excel formats these large numbers.

10 Latest comment by NYC_Entrepreneur

Blog Post

10 steps to beating Excel's character limit for headers and footers

March 2, 2010 8:01am PST

Excel restricts the amount of text you can place into its headers and footers. Here's a quick way to outfox it.

9 Latest comment by ssharkins@...

Blog Post

Better and cleaner code: Unit testing with Xcode

March 14, 2013 11:12am PDT

Add unit tests while developing your app to ensure your app works as expected and fixes remain fixed as you make changes.

Image Gallery

Game of Thrones: A quick character guide

April 14, 2011 7:47pm PDT

For geeks, the Game of Thrones mini-series is one of the most anticipated pop culture entertainment events of 2011. For those who haven't read the book, here's a quick cheat sheet of the most...

8 Latest comment by seanferd

Blog Post

Send faxes easily with CamScanner

February 7, 2013 12:14pm PST

Sending faxes from your mobile device is easy with CamScanner. Find out why Matt Nawrocki thinks it's worth adding to your app library.

Blog Post

10+ keyboard shortcuts for entering special characters in a Word document

July 27, 2007 9:35am PDT

A PDF list of 80 Word 2003 keyboard shortcuts is available as a download. In 10 Word annoyances (and how to turn them off), we looked at how to shut down a number of Word's automatic changes....

6 Latest comment by DrPamB

Blog Post

Set up Access parameter queries to search for a character string

October 14, 2008 12:00am PDT

Make life easier for your Access users by building a parameter query that lets them search for specific text. Instead of fumbling around with wildcard characters, they can just enter the search...

12 Latest comment by Capo400

Articles

Globbing wildcard characters with zsh

December 1, 2006 8:00am PST

Vincent Danen explains globbing with wildcard characters, and how using globbing in the z shell (zsh) yields powerful results.

Blog Post

Use Word's no-width optional break character to facilitate wrapping

July 11, 2011 7:06am PDT

Long text at the right margin usually gets wrapped to the next line, leaving a gap. Word's optional break character offers a helpful workaround that lets you, not Word, control the break.

18 Latest comment by simon.freeman@...

Blog Post

Two useful Word shortcuts for quickly deleting text

July 11, 2012 9:02am PDT

Editing text is tedious work. Use these two shortcuts to delete whole words instead of single characters.

10 Latest comment by stapleb

Articles

Enforce strong passwords with pam_passwdqc

September 1, 2006 7:00am PDT

Vincent Danen show you a tool that can be customized to help users create appropriate passwords. Here is a short review of pam_passwdqc.

3 Latest comment by DeepSeaNautilus

Blog Post

10 toxic character types you'll meet on the job

May 15, 2011 5:31pm PDT

You know that obnoxious, manipulative, picked-last kid you used to play with? He's all grown up and making life miserable for his boss and co-workers now.

150 Latest comment by progressivescan1@...