Recover Data from a Corrupt Excel File
Posted on January 28, 2012 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads, MS Office Tips | Leave a Comment
Excel files are commonly used to keep and make sense of large amounts of data. Some companies have painstakingly used the same spreadsheets through two decades of Excel versions. So, having a precious spreadsheet suddenly become corrupt is a devastating experience.
Recovering data from a corrupt file can be a pain. One of the most comprehensive tools we have found for recovering data from a corrupt Excel file is Excel Recovery.
Create and Use Windows Live Business Cards
Posted on December 17, 2011 - Filed Under MS Office Tips | Leave a Comment
Microsoft, in its never ending quest to bring its online user community every advantage that is available to people who communicate in person, has a feature in Windows Live Mail that is meant to replicate the passing of business cards back and forth. And while you still can’t drop them in a jar at restaurant to win a prize, you can send them along with an email so that those you converse with can see a little bit of who you are, and can contact you in every conceivable way, should they wish too.
Dress up your Text in Word 2010 Using Gradient Fills
Posted on December 11, 2011 - Filed Under MS Office Tips | Leave a Comment
Gradient fills might not seem like the most exciting thing in the word, but they can truly dress up an otherwise dreary document, and in learning all the ways that you can dress up your text using gradients, you also learn a lot about how to use other Word 2010 graphics features.
To begin, a gradient fill is where text has shades of color, generally progressing from light to dark or vice versa. It can also have progress from one color to another.
How to Do Simple Math Using Microsoft Excel 2010
Posted on November 29, 2011 - Filed Under MS Office Tips | Leave a Comment
A lot of times people find themselves wanting to do some simple math and find that what they want to do is a little complicated for Windows Calculator, and then wonder if it might not be easier to do the job in Microsoft Excel. Unfortunately, since so many people rarely if ever use Excel, they find trying to do something simple takes far more time than they’d bargained for; It doesn’t have to be that way though, because learning to do something very simple in Excel is pretty easy, that’s what this article is for.
Create and Use Basic Formulas in MS Excel 2010
Posted on November 25, 2011 - Filed Under MS Office Tips | Leave a Comment
Oftentimes people avoid using certain programs because they figure the learning curve might be too long or the amount of time invested won’t be worth the eventual payoff. Nowhere is this more apparent than Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet program that comes with the Office suite of applications.
Millions of people the world over have this application on their computer, but only a fraction of those ever take the time to learn how to use it, mostly due to its reputation as being hard to use. This article serves to do debunk that myth by showing just how easy it is to create spreadsheets that make use of formulas, the underlying powerhouse of Excel.
Create Basic Charts in MS Excel 2010 the Easy Way
Posted on November 24, 2011 - Filed Under MS Office Tips | Leave a Comment
Let’s face it, a lot of people are still intimidated by Excel; all those numbers and it has that grid and it just seems like it would take quite an investment of time to even get started. The problem with that line of thinking though, is it just isn’t true, not anymore; take creating charts from your data for example. Maybe in the old days you had to sit down with a bunch of manuals to figure out how to do it, nowadays, things are different. Take a look at the simple sheet below: