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Crossover, the Windows emulation for Mac computers, has released v17 which adds support for Office 2016 for Windows. With Crossover v17, the default compatibility has changed from Windows XP to Windows 7. That’s a big improvement and opens the way for a lot more recent programs to run like Quicken 2017. There are also some […]
It’s time again to see how Microsoft Word’s spell checker goes against the newest words in the English-speaking world. We’ve taken the “Word of the Year” from various dictionaries plus some other 2017 contenders and typed them in Word to see if the red squiggle appears. We used Word 2016 for Windows and Mac with […]
The FBI is using evidence from Microsoft Word to oppose a change of release conditions for former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. We’ll show you the mistakes that were made and how to avoid them. We’re not interested in the prosecution itself nor the politics, here’s a summary. Our focus is on the little known […]
The Australian tax authorities have released some interesting data about the biggest corporate (non) taxpayers in an Excel format. It’s raw data ready for extra calculations, charts and PivotTables. Another example of how publicly available data can be used by anyone to dig into previously obscure areas using Excel tools. The “Corporate Tax Transparency” report […]
You’re not locked into the PivotTable sorting options provided by Microsoft. Excel lets you arrange a PivotTable into any order you like. Right-click on a PivotTable column and choose Sort | More Sort Options | Manual. How to Drag and Sort It’s not obvious how to select an item (row or column) to move it. […]
