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I always use Excel to create heat maps: Here's how you can too

Dynamically visualize your data.

Sleep tracking using smart watches and rings has limits. Do they really work?

As the devices continue to gain popularity, experts say it is important to understand what they can and cannot tell you, and ...
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TikToker goes viral warning her new Toyota requires a paid subscription to use basic features — is she right and are these services worth it?

Dave Ramsey warns nearly 50% of Americans are making 1 big Social Security mistake — here’s what it is and 3 simple steps to fix it ASAP Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as ...
BBC

Excel: The software that's hard to quit

In the 1990s some computer games had a "boss key" that allowed staff to call up an Excel spreadsheet if they needed to look like they were working. Now bosses might frown upon a worker caught ...
Nextgov

Report: Federal statistical system needs help to meet its ‘basic mission’ in the face of upheaval

The federal statistical system is facing “unprecedented strain, uncertainty and transformation” in the face of staffing losses, funding pressures and threats to statistical integrity, according to a ...
PC World

Use Microsoft Excel data types to save unnecessary typing

If you’ve ever doing an assignment for work or study that requires you to display information about a country, you could manually search for it and type it out in Microsoft Excel, but that would be ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...