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 | We all know most business users use Excel to track sales and metrics. Thus, which tricks on Excel do you use that you strongly recommend for others to use? Please do share. |
| | Hi everybody I have've been asked to do something but I can get only to a point and I am now stuck. Please help. I have written a Sub in VBA for Excel 2003 (see below) in which the top cell of a range (WorkRange) is initially set at Cells(1,2), … |
| | I'm getting ready to build a new computer and want to move my Microsoft Office software to the new computer. Is there any way to accomplish this swap or will I have to buy all new software?  |
| | Hi I have a new computer, and I have put Windows 7 rc on it, but I want to get rid of any unneccesary start up programs. Here is a start up log from my HJK . Can you help with advising what and how to remove stuff. StartupList report, …  |
| | I have an XP system with Microsoft Office installed. My wife can access the various programs in Office in her user account, but I cannot access these programs in my account. Is this a setting that needs to be changed in the user account screen? Or in the Office Programs …  |
| | hey guys, i've been having this problem for the past month now. when i start my computer, the taskbar shows up and after a few seconds it freezes. other programs that i have set to start up will NOT start until i end explorer.exe service via task manager. so it's …  |
| | Hello DaniWeb Community, Hi again. I've been helped before and have been trying my best to maintain my computer. Yet, lately, my internet has been slowed down considerably and my BiTDefender has been constantly telling me that this Trojan.Adclicker.hb has been blocked. I'm posting my most recent HJT file here. … |
| | Hello, I have a Vista laptop which is 2 years old. It's never gone through any extremely serious problems where I've had to reformat everything, but this week, it started to act weird. Occasionally, my laptop screen would blank when it turns on. It's black like the blank screensaver, but …  |
| | so I have a script that is taking input from a text file and using it to populate an excel spreadsheet. it keeps giving me a UnicodeDecodeError, dying on the ± symbol, I'm assuming its not in the codec that is being used: im using the xlwt package for writign … |
| | I used avast to scan my computer, and it detected a trojan generator. I tried to system restore it, but it wouldn't let me. Here's my Hijack This report: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:19:29 PM, on 19/08/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …  |
| | Hi All my outlook profile handles two accounts one is of exchange and another one is of IMAP. Out of these two accounts I want to sync with IMAP account in certain cases only(like when system is idle or when exchange is offline) For achieving this I have created an …  |
| | hi all, i've virus scanned, malware scan and remove all that i could remove but the problem getting more serious... now i can't even have access to control panel... everything is blank... below is the HJT scan that i did a couple of minutes ago... hope someone could help me … |
| | im a second year college studying for computer science and our Thesis report is about a enrollment systems for our school. that will use a microsoft 2003 office can you help me to creat a VB program ? please help me or give some good advice. Thank You DaniWeb Community. |
| | I have been having trouble trying to fix an older dell inspiron laptop with windows xp installed. The laptop runs fine, but microsoft word, excel and powerpoint freeze when they are opened. None of the programs can be forced to close by ending the process tree either. I have scanned …  |
| | Hi, My computer was infected with virus so task manages was disabled desktop, start menu bar was not showing. I removed virus from kaspersky. Then, I ran process explorer, RRT.rxe and hijackthis.exe to enable task manager. It worked. But now webpages are not opening in any explorer. I tried IE … |
| | Though PPC reports can be obtained in document format, you can also receive in csv format for data extrapolation. So if you do data analysis on your PPC results, which Excel plug-ins or data visualization tool do you use to make sense of this data? |
| | Question1 : how to use c++ to read/write excel file without changing it into CSV file? Question2 : How to use CSV parser in c++? Are there any examples? |
| | Greetings, I am glad to join Daniweb and amazed at the size and areas covered in this great forum. For myself, I do relatively basic web design with Dreamweaver MX, utilizing Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Microsoft Office, Pagemaker 7.0 (not quite as often) - - - anything that eventually … |
| | hello For the last couple of days every time i click on Internet Explorer i get a window that says - to help protect your computer Windows has closed this program.- Internet Explorer. Can you please help me? I have copied a file from rapidshare a could of days ago … |
| | I keep on getting this SearchWeb bar at the bottom of my screen everytime, therefore, I'm pretty sure it has something to do in my log........ Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 12:47:15 PM, on 11/11/2004 Platform: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: … |
| | Hi Guys, i created an C# application, i need to read an excel spreadsheet called "Graduates.xlsx", i have to search for a specific row on a column called "ID number", once i get that column i must retrieve a record of that row on column "First name". Its been weeks …  |
| | This week Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) formally appealed the judge’s ruling that MS Word application violates the patent 5,787,449 held by i4i. Microsoft was forced by last weeks ruling that Microsoft must stop selling MS Word in the U.S. containing the patented customized XML tool in the next 60 days. Microsoft … |
 | You have to give Steve Ballmer and Microsoft credit. After years of sitting on the sidelines playing defense and catch-up, this year they have definitely been on offense. Whether it's the ad wars, releasing Bing, the deal with Yahoo!, the retail strategy or its latest move, a deal with Nokia … |
| | [I]How come I can't let go? I'm between two worlds ~Tom Petty, Between Two Worlds[/I] As I watched vendors navigate the changing software world last week at [URL="http://www.e2conf.com/"]Enterprise 2.0 in Boston[/URL], it struck me that the old companies are trying desperately to hold onto to the markets they have dominated … |
| | [URL="http://blogs.forrester.com/information_management/2009/05/microsoft-office-still-owns-the-desktop.html"]Sherri McLeish from Forrester[/URL] reports that 80 percent of enterprise customers still use Microsoft Office. While this is down significantly from the 95 percent reported in this [URL="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_27/b3991412.htm"]2006 BusinessWeek article[/URL], it still makes me wonder why so many companies would continue to use Microsoft Office given the current economy and … |
| | I've been to a couple of conferences recently where I was surprised to see representatives of the U.S. military on panels discussing various uses of technology, but I was shocked to learn that the military was on the cutting edge of the technologies being discussed. To be honest, my perception … |
| | Microsoft today released the first public beta of MS Exchange Server 2010 which forms part of the Microsoft unified communications family. As the first of many products (Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010 all to follow) which will form part of the … |
 | As part of my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4037.html"]ongoing quest[/URL] to [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4007.html"]bring you information[/URL] on getting -- or keeping -- a job in the tech sector, I want to point you to a [URL="http://www.palamida.com/blogs/eight-open-source-projects-for-highly-effective-job-hunting"]great blog post[/URL] by the folks at the application security company [URL="http://www.palamida.com/"]Palamida[/URL]. They've assembled a list of eight open source tools …  |
| | It’s a big bag, if a mixed one, for the financial markets and for technology companies today. Overall, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 42 points, buoyed somewhat by (finally) some good economic news. Check out Monday’s housing sales numbers, which unexpectedly rose off of record lows. Also, a …  |
 | We already know quite a lot about Windows 7: it has a distinct [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2008/09/21/windows-7-leaking-like-crazy/"]Office 2007 feel to the UI[/URL], it is likely to feature some kind of [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21193/53/"]instant on fast booting process[/URL], and the OS itself should [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2008/11/15/windows-7-scales-to-256-processors/"]scale to some 256 processors[/URL]. The launch of an official '[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2998.html"]Engineering Windows 7[/URL]' … |
| | Microsoft’s Web Browser Internet Explorer is installed on every single Microsoft pre-packaged computer making it the computers default browser. What very few people were aware of that the “explorers” that should be making their browser safe didn’t fix an exploit that has existed for as long as 8 years until … |
 | I read an article on Yahoo Tech yesterday that I have to share with you. The title is "[URL="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081028/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft"]Microsoft says next Windows won't be as annoying[/URL]". It's funny that Microsoft realizes, and admits, that Windows Vista is a tremendous blunder. They don't say it as strongly as I just did … |
| | You cannot have escaped the fact that this week is the Microsoft PDC2008. Those attending the Professional Developers Conference, only held every other year, were lucky enough to witness the first full public demo of Windows 7. What's more, PDC attendees even walked away with a full pre-Beta build of … |
| | ZDnet's Deb Perelman asks if it's a good idea to ask IT job candidates to [URL="http://blogs.zdnet.com/careers/?p=178"]prove they've got the technical chops[/URL] to do the job they're after. You bet your server farm it is. Perelman says, "...increasingly, IT professionals are asked to take some sort of test when they go …  |
 | I think I'm going to start compiling a list of these. Last week we had complaints from people not wanting Apple or Facebook to do stuff they didn't like to their websites - excluding content and the like. Now we have [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7609555.stm"]this story[/URL] about Facebook's redesign going ahead regardless of … |
| | Microsoft yesterday released a [url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954593]security update[/url] intended to fix eight critical vulnerabilities in as many as 42 Windows apps and components, including IE6, Media Player, Office, SQL Server and Visual Studio. The patch was made available before they could be discovered and exploited by malicious hackers, or at least before … |
| | Microsoft products have always presented a paradox for organizations. On one hand they seem to be universally derided. On the other, they remain the corporate standard. Open source, SaaS/online and other alternatives have had a hard time gaining widespread traction in large organizations. That's partly because companies would likely rather … |
| | A good friend of mine thinks that data technology access kingpin Qualcomm can be to the wireless market in the 2010’s what Microsoft was to software in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Granted, Qualcomm is smack in the sweet spot – the premier provider of high-speed data access products and services … |
| | Microsoft it was disclosed today will become a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation, forking over US$100,000 a year for theprivilege . In return, Redmond will gain access to the [URL=http://poi.apache.org/]Apache POI[/URL] project, a Java port of file formats of Microsoft's Office suite of applications. Based on Microsoft's history, I … |
| | Here's a story that didn't get much play on the wire services. Microsoft on June 30 published [URL=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc203350.aspx]format specifications[/URL] for Office binary files as well as protocol documentation for Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Outlook 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SQL Server 2005. According to the company, the move … |
| | Microsoft is betting that people would rather fork over $US20 a year for the legal right to use its Office application suite than install an old or pirated copy or use one of a growing number of free alternatives. Having been faced with that exact decision myself this week, I … |
| | The Wall Street Journal reported this morning (and thousands of others since then) in a [URL=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121496732802022117.html] front-page story[/URL] that Microsoft is seeking new channels of opportunity for acquiring the search business of Yahoo. Redmond has reportedly been in talks with Time Warner and WSJ parent company News Corp., cooking up … |
| | According to [URL="http://www.bt.com"]BT[/URL] the average UK office worker sees less sun than the average coal miner. The growing trend of 'chain-desking' where workers feel that being out of the office is the same as being out of touch, is blamed for the vampire-like existence. The research was conducted on behalf … |
| | Easier installation, 3D desktop effects, digital music and video management and an up-to-date OpenOffice are among the enhancements in openSUSE 11.0, which became generally available this week. Designed for the novice as well the advanced, installation options include a choice of Gnome 2.22 or KDE 4 desktop environments and the … |
| | Yes, it's Sunday again and you know what that means--Crystal Ball Sunday and new predictions for Linux and Open Source for the coming months. This week I probe application and operating system interoperability. Developers and integrators are going to begin focusing considerable effort on the interoperability of Windows, Linux, and … |
| | Welcome to another edition of Crystal Ball Sunday! This week my predictions center around system builders and integrators and their use of Linux to lower costs, standardize hardware offerings, and provide a new systems to buyers that are ready to go to work. Acer has already discussed Linux being the … |
| | Before I tell you about Bill Gates’ speech at CEO Summit 2008 today, I’d like to share one more story from my trip to Orlando for STAR EAST last week. And then I’ll tie the two together. In [my May 10 post](http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2434.html) from the conference, I mentioned “Testing Dialogues—In the … |
| | [I]Sometimes you're the Louisville Slugger Sometimes you're the ball ~Mark Knopfler, The Bug[/I] Technology moves so quickly it's a bit like the weather in New England. If you don't like it, wait five minutes. To prove this, not long after I published my post last week, [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2351.html"]Microsoft Misses the Boat … |
| | Microsoft is not old by corporate standards, but in the world of technology it is down-right staid. That’s why it takes a while for it to make major changes (or five years to roll out an OS). A few years ago when Bill Gates was still in charge, he recognized … |
| | [URL="http://www.zoho.com"]Zoho[/URL], makers of an online office suite and business tools, aimed mostly at small to medium sized businesses, made its best effort to make a big splash last week when it announced it was introducing an enterprise version of the Zoho CRM product. Unfortunately, Zoho’s announcement was timed in the … |
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