February 8, 2012
In the past, I’ve used email a whole lot in my batch jobs and other automated scripts, just like I’ve described in past articles. These are great for those times when you have a script that’s monitoring the health of a computer or the status of a specific process, but what if you want to automate sending emails from within Office products like Word or Excel?
June 24, 2011
Tabs are something which the guys at Redmond woke up late to. So far, it has escaped an introduction in MS Office; a feature I am sure many of you out there would want as a default. Microsoft Office plug-in Office Tab adds tabbed document support to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
December 20, 2010
Excel is an awesome data management tool. I use it a lot to store and organize the information I need to deal with on a daily basis. As I am working online, most of the time this information contains multiples URLs linking to web sources. Excel provides for plenty of flexibility to geeky, macros-savvy people. [...]
August 3, 2010
Yes, MS Office has a quite a few add-ins (plugins) of its own. They do a lot to enhance work productivity when it comes to extending the way we work with documents and presentations. Do you use any of the 3 Microsoft Word Plugins to Boost Your MS Word Experience? Then there was the one [...]
July 30, 2010
Excel, Microsoft’s spreadsheet application used by millions, is an incredibly powerful and versatile suite. And yet most users don’t reach past the fancy coloring and simple formulae. A lot of people don’t realize Excel’s support for the Visual Basic programming language. You can make use of this, even if you’re not a programmer yourself. Pre-written [...]
July 12, 2010
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Without setting measurable goals and keeping track of various efforts and resources, projects don’t stand a chance of seeing a successful completion. There are many useful tools out there for project management. [...]
July 4, 2010
Google Documents has its problems. Its features are not comprehensive enough for truly serious office work, and it can be a bit slow and finicky when compared to a traditional office program. Still, Google Documents has started a revolution. The ability to access a document from any computer and share it with co-workers is immensely [...]
February 17, 2010
We normally don’t associate the word “fun” or “play” with Microsoft. Pinball and Minesweeper are fine”¦but hey, a game for Microsoft Office? This is where the guys from Redmond have got off the well trodden path and done something that’s downright unique. Microsoft has introduced a Microsoft Office training game called Ribbon Hero that attempts [...]
November 8, 2009
I am not much of an Excel hand; spending most of my time either in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. My most regular use of Excel is as a tool to keep track of my schedule and to list what I am putting out on the web as a writer. So I can safely say that [...]
October 30, 2009
If you’re like me, you love the idea of charts and can think of dozens of useful applications for them, but when it comes to creating them, the frustration starts. Charts often make decision making easy. They’re a nice change from staring at rows and columns of numbers. They add some style and pizazz to [...]
