A simple Excel worksheet mistake caused a change in economic policy. Was it a user’s mistake or Microsoft’s? A few weeks ago, came the news that a much-quoted academic paper was based on a faulty Excel worksheet. The paper titled “Growth in a Time of Debt.” from Reinhart & Rogoff
A PDF editing mode arrives in Word 2013. For a long time people have asked for a way to edit PDF files – Word 2013 has it, sort of. It’s an understandable feature request even though it’s a bit like asking to edit a paper book or a stained glass
How to get table or other information from the net into Excel (or Word). Ever seen some data on the Internet and want to copy it for yourself? From small tables to large data chunks, there’s several ways to do it. Simple copying Almost any table or grid on a
The Comic Sans haters have risen again as a TV show is plastered with the hated Comic Sans font Stephen Fry’s latest TV show uses Comic Sans as its primary font, so the haters of the common font have risen in protest. We’ve talked about Comic Sans before. It’s not
It’s easy to make an Excel list into an HTML table. Excel has great list making features. It’s often the best way to manage a simple list or database. There’s features for sorting, filtering, auto-complete and calculated fields. But using the finished list isn’t always obvious, especially if you want
Microsoft Outlook has provided the capability to work with multiple calendars in a single installation of Outlook since at least Outlook 97. However, in Outlook 2003, new functionality was added that makes this feature far more practical and easy to use. By Kara Monroe Microsoft Outlook has provided the capability
