Keeping boxes in storage organised is difficult. Even it starts out looking nice, the second you go searching for something it turns into a quick mess. DIY blog Apartment Therapy recommends not just labelling all your boxes, but creating a spreadsheet with the contents so you can quickly find whatever you’re looking for. More »
The best way to tackle a problem — whether it’s something big like what car to buy or as small as where to eat out — is to evaluate the possible solutions. This Excel spreadsheet helps weigh all your options and find the best choice. More »
You have a few choices when it comes to making spreadsheets, but if you’re going beyond the basics, we think Microsoft Office is the most feature-filled, easy to use, and compatible program around. More »
There are a handful of capable, solid spreadsheet apps for Mac, but we’ve got our money on Excel thanks to its rich feature set, cross-platform (and web) compatibility, and data management tools. More »
Aside from some language and performance improvements, Microsoft’s web versions of its Office Apps haven’t seen massive changes since their launch last year. That changed a little over the weekend, with the Excel spreadsheet app adding direct printing from within the app and a number of right-click editing options. More »
Want to get your geek on while cheering on Australia in the 2011 Rugby World Cup? Microsoft’s Excel Blog highlights a free Excel tracker template which you can use to highlight games for any country and track scores as the tournament progresses. [Excel Blog]
Most Excel users will know about the Fill command, which can be used to rapidly copy data and formulas into a group of cells. But there’s also a related option that can make it easy to add selected data: end mode. More »
Excel has handy keyboard shortcuts for everything from bulleted lists to text wrapping. The official Excel blog offers up PDF cheat sheets for the most common shortcuts, sorted into Control-triggered shortcuts, function keys and other oddities. More »
One of the most common problems with some Excel workbooks (and other types of spreadsheets) is painfully slow load times and updates. There are three typical cuprits: too many calculations, too much formatting, and unnecessary file overhead. Here’s how to fix them. More »
