I turned my giant Excel formula into something I can actually understand
We all know someone who loves building a ridiculously complicated Excel formula and proudly announcing that it works. I used…
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I upgraded my Excel PivotTable with these 3 simple features
I’m probably guilty of making Excel spreadsheets more complicated than they need to be, but I have one rule I…
The real reason Microsoft bundled Solitaire with Windows had nothing to do with games
If you used a PC in the 1990s, there’s a decent chance green felt and pixelated card backs are burned…
Microsoft accidentally made a fantastic 4K Blu-ray player years ago
Physical media is making a resurgence, especially in home theater circles. Rather than pay for streaming services in perpetuity, some…
The operating system Microsoft actually wanted wasn’t Windows
Windows feels so welded to Microsoft today that the company’s operating system strategy in the late 1980s can seem almost…
My best Excel PivotTables start with these 4 functions
PivotTables are great for turning thousands of rows into useful summaries in Excel, but they’re only as good as the…
The 32-year-old Windows placeholder that Microsoft says is now a permanent feature
Many things that we consider temporary at first become a permanent part of our daily lives, for one reason or…
I turned every key on my keyboard into a Copilot button and survived a full workday
A couple of years ago, Microsoft introduced a new specification that allowed laptops and desktops to brand themselves as “AI…
Students can get these 4 expensive apps for free
Back-to-school season is here, and getting ready for another semester can get expensive fast. Tuition and books are only part…
I thought Copilot would clean up my messy Excel spreadsheet—it had other ideas
Cleaning up a messy Excel spreadsheet can easily take longer than building it in the first place. I wondered whether…