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Excel’s top 12 most popular formulas with examples

Make sure these date and time functions, math tricks, and data manipulation tools are all at your disposal. by JD Sartain | tech journalist | PCWorld | Oct 02, 2018 2:45 am Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions … Continue reading

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How to Create & Use Custom Forms In Word

Create Fillable Forms In Word or How to Make “Fill in the Blank” Style Word Documents Content Controls & Macros Make It Easy by JD Sartain | tech journalist | PCWorld | Sep 11, 2018 3:30 am It’s a lot … Continue reading

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Excel Add-Ins: How to find and use them

We’ve selected some favorites for you to try, and some are free. by JD Sartain | tech journalist | PCWorld | Sep 6, 2018 3:29 am PT Excel Add-Ins are similar to smart phone apps and graphic plug-ins. That is, … Continue reading

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How to Create & Share Custom Style Sheets in Word & PowerPoint

by JD Sartain | tech journalist | PCWorld | Aug 8, 2018 5:28 am Who knew Microsoft Word could give you a power rush? That’s what you feel when you create a one-click, customized Style Sheet that automatically applies font, … Continue reading

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Excel: How to Create Simple & Dependent Drop-Down Lists

Using tables, named ranges, formulas, data validation, & table styles by JD Sartain | tech journalist | PCWorld | Jun 25, 2018 8:48 pm Drop-down lists in Microsoft Excel (and Word and Access) allow you to create a list of … Continue reading

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Microsoft Word: How to Open or Import Other File Formats

Word can handle a surprising number of file formats, though some may look funny by JD Sartain | tech journalist | PCWorld | Jun 4, 2018 3:01 am You can open or import a surprising number of file formats into … Continue reading

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Cloud Traffic Poised to Quadruple by 2017, Challenge CIOs

–by JD Sartain, CIO; November 27, 2013 A recent report from Cisco Systems suggests that global cloud traffic will reach 5.3 zettabytes in 2017. That’s more than four times the traffic seen in 2012. Analysts and vendors say this will … Continue reading

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Google’s Gigabit Internet: Not Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

Unless you’re lucky enough to live in Kansas City, Provo, or Austin –by Julie Sartain, Network World; November 19, 2013 07:01 AM ET Network World: When Google announced plans in 2010 to jump into the broadband business, the company received … Continue reading

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Will You Star In the Next Google or Facebook Ad?

–by JD Sartain, CIO; November 12, 2013 Recent updates to Google and Facebook privacy policies give the companies permission to use your photos in commercial content such as ads. Users aren’t pleased—but, at the moment at least, they are almost … Continue reading

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The Last Days of Unix

After a 30-year run, once dominant server OS gets 86ed by x86es –by Julie Sartain, Network World; August 19, 2013 06:02 AM ET Network World: Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in … Continue reading

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In Their Own Words: Unix Pioneers Remember the Good Times

–by Julie Sartain, Network World; August 19, 2013 06:02 AM ET Network World: We caught up with the pioneers who brought us the Unix operating system and asked them to share some memories of the early days of Unix development. … Continue reading

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Celebrating Unix Heroes

–by Julie Sartain, Network World; August 19, 2013 06:02 AM ET Network World: Unix, the multitasking, multi-user operating system was developed in 1969 at Bell Labs by AT&T employees and associates. Unix descendants and clones include Berkeley Unix, Minix, Linux, … Continue reading

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Can Your IP Address Give Away Your Identity to Hackers, Stalkers, and Cybercrooks?

–by Julie Sartain, Network World; July 17, 2013 10:04 AM ET Network World: In today’s world of hackers, stalkers and cybercriminals, not to mention government spy programs and commercial sites that collect information about you for advertising purposes, is there … Continue reading

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Can Your IP Address Give Away Your Identity?

–by Julie Sartain, Network World; July 16, 2013 Network World: Can hackers, stalkers, criminals, and other Internet users track you down by your Internet Protocol (IP) address? According to the courts, several analysts, and IT professionals, the answer is both … Continue reading

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