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The Excel function VLOOKUP, released in 1985, has been around for about 40 years. VLOOKUP is the third most used function in Excel (after SUM and AVERAGE). However, for a beginner, VLOOKUP is one of the most confusing functions to learn in Excel. Many decades […]
Oh sure, a lot of folks know different ways to select text in Word. You can select all text in your document (Ctr +A) or specific text or items in a table using your mouse or keyboard. You can also select text or items that
Customizing The Quick Settings Some features in Windows are useful when used correctly but several are not explained at all or in limited detail. Microsoft has made some name changes in Windows 11 but users may make changes to their Quick Settings in both systems.
The Windows Recovery Environment provides several options that play an integral role in helping to repair a misbehaving operating system. Windows sets up the Recovery Environment on a separate hidden partition (visible only via Disk Management) to help safeguard against accidental user modifications that could
Try Immersive Reader Microsoft Edge released the immersive reader as a way of simplifying web page layouts. It removes clutter and allows you to customize your reading experience in Windows 10 and 11. According to Microsoft, the immersive reader was originally designed to address the
Ok, we left off on my last post with Top and Bottom options. So we are moving on to the next option today. The next Wrap Text option is Behind Text. If you were following along, you saw with the Top and Bottom option, that
A collection of four short items. Overview Here are four short items, none of which is long enough for a separate article. The first is an update to the Sports Illustrated article I wrote last month. The second is a preview of a new AI-generated
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After months of speculation about an impending Windows 12, the rumor mill has done a complete backflip and is now suggesting that a Windows 12 is unlikely. The main factor behind the theory involves Microsoft’s desire to limit the fragmentation of the Windows user base.
2024 may well be the year we see the release of a rumored Windows 12 but it also represents a milestone in Windows history – 2024 marks a decade since the much-loved Windows XP reached end-of-support. Now, visionary concept creator AR 4789, who previously imagined
If you ever want to reassign the left and right mouse buttons then I will show you how. This came up a few days ago when I was working on my laptop and main computer at the same time. I don’t know what happened, but
In my last post, we went over the basics of different text wrapping options. Today we will go a little deeper and go over some more detailed text-wrapping options. We now know that there are several options we can use: The first option is In
Windows latest news – what’s in store. Microsoft has confirmed that WordPad will be removed via a future Windows 11 update. WordPad, the free native word processor, has been a built-in feature since Windows 95 but a future update will remove WordPad from existing builds
I have done other articles in the past touching on different types of illustrations, and breaks in Word, and how to add them to your documents. Somehow, I managed to forget to tell you about how to wrap text around them! So, as promised to
This is yet another Windows 11 quirk, one that I discovered only recently. When you run Notepad in Windows 11 it doesn’t open a new/blank instance but instead will open a previously saved file. This, in my opinion, is strange behaviour and I have no
