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How to find duplicates in Excel
You'll need more than one trick up your sleeve to find duplicates in Microsoft Excel.
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Create an Excel data table to compare multiple results
If you want to view multiple possibilities within a Microsoft Excel calculation, the answer is to create a data table.
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Regain hard disk space by using Windows Update Cleanup in Windows 7 and 8.x
Disk Cleanup's Windows Update Cleanup weeds through the WinSxS folder and eliminates unnecessary files. Learn how to use the feature in Windows 7 and 8.x.
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It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: January 2014
Here's the information you need to make the right deploy decisions when applying Microsoft's January 2014 patches in your organization.
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Restore a Windows XP backup in Windows 8
Learn how to get Windows XP's Backup Utility to run in Windows 8 so that you can restore a backup.
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December Office tip mailbag: a complex Excel SUMIFS() function
Susan Sales Harkins helps a reader hash out a SUMIFS() solution with several criteria values across multiple sheets and the obligatory monkey wrench.
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Set up a PC as a kiosk using Windows 8.1's Assigned Access
Learn how to use Windows 8.1's Assigned Access feature to configure a local user account to essentially function in kiosk mode.
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10+ dos and don'ts for using Office templates
If your attempts to use Office templates usually leave you feeling stumped and frustrated, read these expert tips to gain a better grasp on how to use them.
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Hightail: a robust alternative to Dropbox
If you want a share-centric cloud file host service, our reviewer says Hightail delivers the features you need at a great price.
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How to replace SkyDrive with Libraries in Windows 8.1
Learn how to move SkyDrive and reinstate Libraries as the primary location for accessing documents and pictures in Windows 8.1.
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Add an exit strategy to bullet points in a PowerPoint slide
It's easy to display bullet points one at a time. It's just as easy to get them to disappear, if you know the right properties to alter.
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Survey: What's next after Windows XP?
Windows XP support is ending in April, and Tech Pro Research is conducting a survey to find out what companies are planning to do next.
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Top 10 Windows articles of 2013
Windows 8 tips about taking screenshots, shutting down, and restoring your hard disk are among the most-read Windows articles in 2013.
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Pro tip: Use an optical Recovery Drive in Windows 8.1
If you're wondering whether you can create a Recovery Drive on an optical disc in Windows 8.1, Greg Shultz says the answer is yes and no. Find out what he means.
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Pro tip: Dismiss Excel's irksome Auto Fill Options list with these tricks
Learn how to reduce the annoyance factor of Excel's Auto Fill Options list.
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Three common errors users make with Word templates
You'll want to avoid these common errors when working with Word templates.
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It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: January 2014
Here's the information you need to make the right deploy decisions when applying Microsoft's January 2014 patches in your organization.
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Three Outlook Calendar defaults you can have your way
Don't work harder than you need to. Change Outlook Calendar's defaults to suit your working habits.
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Use PowerPoint's artistic effects to create superior backgrounds
PowerPoint 2007 and later offers artistic solutions for problematic backgrounds.
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Restore a Windows XP backup in Windows 8
Learn how to get Windows XP's Backup Utility to run in Windows 8 so that you can restore a backup.
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December Office tip mailbag: a complex Excel SUMIFS() function
Susan Sales Harkins helps a reader hash out a SUMIFS() solution with several criteria values across multiple sheets and the obligatory monkey wrench.
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Regain hard disk space by using Windows Update Cleanup in Windows 7 and 8.x
Disk Cleanup's Windows Update Cleanup weeds through the WinSxS folder and eliminates unnecessary files. Learn how to use the feature in Windows 7 and 8.x.
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It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: November 2013
Tony Bradley gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decision when applying Microsoft's November 2013 patches in your organization.
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Quick Tip: Disable the permanent Auto arrange setting in Windows 7 and 8
Bring back the Auto arrange icons and Align icons to grid menu items, the way they were in Windows XP.
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Quick Tip: Add fonts to the Command Prompt
With a quick registry edit and the right type of font, you can add to the font list on the Command Prompt's Font tab.
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Review: USB Security Suite
If you need a tool that will lock down USB ports and eliminate sneaky auto-run malware off your flash drive, USB Security Suite is worth a look.
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Windows 8.1's Reading List app is a Favorites list on steroids
Greg Shultz describes how to take advantage of Windows 8.1's new Reading List app.
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Add flexibility with PowerPoint 2013's improved Presenter View
Put PowerPoint 2013 Presenter View's flexibility into your presenter's bag of tricks.
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Use this 3D reference technique to summarize a set of Excel worksheets
Summarizing multiple Excel worksheets can be accomplished several ways, but Susan Harkins has a clever alternative to show you.
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Fact sheet: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (Preview)
Microsoft is preparing to update Windows to version 8.1 and is offering us the chance to preview the changes before it is officially released.