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When you think about serial communications, Microsoft Excel isn’t typically the first program that springs to mind. But this spreadsheet has a rather powerful scripting language hidden away inside it, ...

Microsoft recently added a new optical character recognition feature to Excel that lets users import data from a photograph taken from a smartphone. Here's how to use it. I first started using ...

I've been treating Excel like a glorified calculator for most of my life. Sure, formulas made doing more complex calculations easier and automatically updated data, and there are free Excel templates ...

Importing data from Excel to Access can be a little dicey, often resulting in missing information, incorrectly converted values, or data that's difficult to work with. These pointers will help you ...

The "Unpivot" button inside Excel's Get Data feature is a hidden superpower. It can turn a tedious, error-prone task into smooth, automated workflows. No more copy-pasting, no more manual rearranging ...

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