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Build a simple timesheet in Excel

May 3, 2013 12:43am PDT

Excel makes it easy to set up a system for tracking time. Follow these steps to create your own or download our sample timesheet template and customize it to fit your needs.

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OK, so stick with Windows XP: But how big a risk do you run?

April 10, 2013 6:00am PDT

Some organisations intend to keep using Windows XP even in the post-apocalyptic world after Microsoft ends support in 12 months. It's a calculated risk and one they should weigh up carefully.

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10+ advanced formatting tips for Word users

April 4, 2013 1:43pm PDT

You can waste a lot of time trying to get a document to look right. These power user tricks will help speed your formatting chores.

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Integrate a custom Shutdown menu into the Windows 8 Desktop context menu

April 4, 2013 11:53am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to tweak the registry and add a cascading Shutdown menu to a Windows 8 context menu.

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10 advanced formatting tricks for Excel users

March 7, 2013 12:28pm PST

Your worksheets will be more polished and easy to read if you learn a few sophisticated formatting techniques.

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Build it yourself iOS Twitter client Part 3

November 28, 2012 11:55am PST

In the final part of our Twitter app, we move on to the mentions feature, which is mostly the same code, only with a different Twitter API resource.

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How to get started with Amazon's Simple Storage Service

October 17, 2012 8:00am PDT

Nick Hardiman shows you the step-by-step to creating buckets and objects in the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).

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10 steps to creating a scrolling Excel chart

October 16, 2012 6:57am PDT

When you have too many data points to display in a dashboard chart, add a scroll bar so users can still view all the data.

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10 tips for using spell check more efficiently

September 6, 2012 3:01pm PDT

Most users know the basics of spell checking a document -- but they don't always do it in the most efficient way.

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10 Outlook defaults you can customize to work the way YOU want

August 23, 2012 5:38am PDT

By changing just a few settings, you can configure Outlook to match your needs and working style.

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10 steps to a multi-column search in Excel

July 5, 2012 7:22am PDT

This illustrated walk-through (with a demo worksheet) shows how easy it is to create a multi-column search solution using validation lists and conditional formatting.

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A few ways to customize Excel to increase your productivity

April 25, 2012 9:05am PDT

Working with Excel's out-of-the-box defaults can waste your time. Change default settings to work more productively and efficiently.

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Poll: Is it OK for people to expect free IT advice from you?

March 7, 2012 6:41am PST

Every IT pro has been asked for some kind of technical advice from friends and family members. But when near strangers in a social environment ask, is it out of line?

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10 powerful ways to use Excel's paste features

December 12, 2011 12:19pm PST

Excel's Paste and Paste Special commands harbor a multitude of useful options. Use them to do everything from transposing data to copying Validation rules.

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Apple Talk: OK, no iPhone 5 - but why no high fives for the iPhone 4S?

October 5, 2011 5:14am PDT

For some, the 4S just doesn't have the same ring as the iPhone 5...

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Five of my favorite Excel worksheet tips

August 23, 2011 6:56am PDT

If you're not using these worksheet-related tricks, you're working harder than you have to! Susan Harkins shares five of her favorites.

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Five tips for working with Excel comments

August 3, 2011 1:38pm PDT

Comments provide a convenient way to attach information to worksheet cells without getting in the way of your data. Here are some tricks to help you get more from this handy feature.

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Google and OK Go team up in HTML 5 interactive video

July 27, 2011 1:15pm PDT

See some HTML 5 in action in this OK Go music video, created by Google. It's meant to be viewed in the Chrome browser.

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Use Find and Replace to globally apply a Word style

July 5, 2011 6:21am PDT

Quickly changing formatting, globally, is an easy task, if you use Word styles and take advantage of Search and Replace options.

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Adding messages to Windows 7's logon screen

June 2, 2011 12:00pm PDT

With a few simple registry tweaks, you can customize the Windows 7 logon screen to include a warning message and logon statistics. This illustrated walk-through shows you how.

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