When you use a regular keyboard, you get plenty of options when it comes to the characters you get to type. In most cases the upper and lowercase letters, 0-9, and all of the symbols available to you will provide plenty of flexibility in your typing. On occasion though you might find yourself stuck on an American keyboard needing to type the British Pound (£), or Euro (€) … [Read more...]
7 Excel Formatting Tricks
Microsoft Excel, like any other Office product offers it's users simple and intuitive ways to format your data. Many of these formatting options are great for using once or twice, but what if you find yourself needing the same format dozens of times, or need a format that doesn't exist? The following Excel formatting tricks will help you work more efficiently. … [Read more...]
3D Sum Formula Reference
On occasion, it is useful to keep track of similar data in separate worksheets. Data such as monthly, quarterly, or annual financial information isn't always best to show in one spreadsheet. However, there may be times when you want to see a total of the data on each worksheet. The 3D Sum Formula will let you easily add up data across the worksheets without having a long … [Read more...]
Generate Random Character String
You may find yourself faced with a need to generate random character strings for various reasons. Recently I needed to help a company set up email accounts for all of their employees on a new server. I was given the email address usernames but needed to create the passwords for each account. I didn't want to be lazy and assign everyone the same password, or even an easily … [Read more...]
How to Recover Lost Excel Passwords
This article will show you how to recover an excel password to unlock a workbook or worksheet. Let me preface this article by saying that this will not help you recover lost data, or gain access to protected data that you otherwise wouldn't have access to. What it will do is allow you to unlock a password protected worksheet in Excel, for instance, if you have forgot your … [Read more...]