EXCEL: Emailing a Single Sheet from an Excel Workbook

SCENARIO: You want to email someone one sheet from your multi-sheet Excel workbook.

 

There is no “quick” way to do this. However…there are two ways you can send a single sheet…with a bit of work.

 

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GOOGLE: Making Sure You’re Looking at Organic Search Results

Google has been getting sneaky. Have you noticed when you do a search the results that appear do not visually distinguish (much, if at all) the difference between a paid ad (related to your query) and actual organic (real) search results?

 

As a “user” I find this annoying. When I’m searching for “smoky eyes” I don’t want ads to buy the eye shadow – I just want to know how to do it. So I automatically figure I need to skip the first few results – but how many? Like I said, they don’t look any different than the organic search results.

 

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WINDOWS 8: Five (life-saving) Tips

 

As Windows 8 is no longer in operation (thankfully!) – these tips have been removed.

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Word (all versions – but these instructions are for 2013): Customized memo pads

I have been using these for years. Print out a page (divided into two memo pad pages) – take it to your local printer and they can print up pads of them – gummy binding and all. Makes great gifts too! And it’s easy-peasy!

 

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Windows: More than Just a Calculator

#1: Calculator – It does so much more than you thought it did!

 

You can start up the Calculator by clicking inside the Windows’ TYPE HERE TO SEARCH box at the bottom of your screen – and typing in the first few characters of the word calculator.

 

The calculator has been part of the Windows repertoire for years, but it is actually over a dozen calculators rolled into one.

 

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Categories: Windows 7

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Excel: A built-in Dashboard Camera

Excel has a built-in CAMERA feature (no kidding! and it has for years!) that allows you to take a picture (or pictures) of a portion (or portions) of your spreadsheet – creating a visual reference on another part of your spreadsheet.

 

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PowerPoint: Three Little Shortcuts Worth Using

Faster is always better. So…here are a few ways to do things faster in PowerPoint.

1. Duplicate an object

2. Selecting Multiple Objects

 

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Excel : Freezing

If you have a long spreadsheet where the headings keep scrolling up and out of sight – you should turn on the FREEZE PANES function.

 

It’s been greatly improved since 2003 – especially if you have a “clean” spreadsheet (one where the first row (#1) is headings and all subsequent rows are records of data…basically a database-type spreadsheet.

 

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Windows: Stop the Keyboard From (Suddenly) Changing Languages on You

If you ever use Excel and especially Excel on a laptop – you probably find that, from time to time, certain characters you type all of a sudden start showing up as French characters.

 

Here’s WHY and what to do about it.

 

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Categories: Windows 7

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iPhone (and some Androids): Some shortcuts and tricks

 

Sorry ‘droid (Android) and BlCrackberry users – I am (WAS) an iPhone (and iPad) user so I am apt to pick up more of those tips. However, the odd tip below (marked) will also work on Androids.

 

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