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For a business leader, Microsoft Excel 2010 can be an invaluable tool for monitoring inventory, recording customer information or keeping track of business processes. Over time, these Excel ...

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Let’s face it—navigating through a maze of menus isn’t what any user wants to do. And that’s why Microsoft is moving its intelligent search box, Tell Me, from Word Online to similar versions of ...

A check mark box in an Excel spreadsheet is handy for ticking off items, but it can go much further. Excel check boxes can trigger calculations and provide visual indicators. For example, in addition ...

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