Excel Tips: String skills – part 1 There are MANY things that you can do in excel. These can be split into one of two groups: 1. Sheet formulae – These are formulae that are entered into cells on the worksheet. 2. Macros – These are created in the visual basic editor and are run…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (3): Affect vs Effect This is one that I see quite a bit, people just have no idea when it comes to affect and effect. Affect To act on; produce a change in Effect A result or consequence When you affect the situation, you have an effect on it. Come…
Read MorePowerpoint help: Two instances of powerpoint I discovered this problem today. With most of microsoft products, you can open more than one instance at the same time. However, in powerpoint, you cannot do this! Why? Who knows why Microsoft decided to not let you do this. But there are two ways to work around. Work-a-round…
Read MoreIncreasing Your Imagination – Ways To Open Your Mind: Part 2 I have already given some tips on how I allow myself to think differently to come up with new and different thought patterns. I thought I would extend this, and give even more ways to extend your imagination. 5. Look at things differently –…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (2): Practise vs Practice This is a very common mistake, one that I had to relearn myself. Unfortunately, it seems that this has been lost in the “progression” of the English language. practise verb: be involved in a rehearsal, rehearse, practice, repeat an activity several times in order to improve…
Read MoreThe longest word in the English language This is a tough one, as there are many extremely long words which just aren’t words and have been created just to be ridiculously long. The longest word which actually has a meaning is: antidisestablishmentarianism. (28 letters) Which means “opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England”.…
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Excel Worksheet Tips: convert numbers to text and text to numbers I use excel on a daily basis and as I come across things that I have needed to look up, I will post them here. The first thing I have come across is converting numbers stored as text into actual numbers and vice versa.…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (1): compliment vs complement I’ve noticed that there are many words that people have trouble telling the difference between. I thought it would be useful to help people with some of the common ones. compliment vs complement – Adam complimented Sarah on her new hair colour. “That colour complements your face, it…
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Following on from my previous post (the longest song in the world), I wanted to find the shortest song in the world. This title goes to the band Napalm Death, with the song You Suffer. The song is 1.316 seconds. Check it out on youtube. If you like this post, check out my others –…
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So I was wondering what the longest song in the world is. You would think that this would be a simple question to answer, but no. There is dispute as to what actually constitutes a song. After a bit of searching, there are many possible answers.Dream Theater – Octavarium (23:59)Mike Oldfield – Amarok (1:00:02)Green Carnation…
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