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 ...

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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 ...

IN 2017 A FRENCH auctioneer sold a 200-year-old violin bow made by François Xavier Tourte, regarded as the Antonio Stradivari of bow-making, for a record €576,000 ($687,000). Tourte was among the ...

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Discover four effective techniques for drawing curves using a strip of wood. This video covers the essential methods, tools, and materials needed to create smooth, accurate curves for your woodworking ...

When Andrew Grigolyunovich first started using Excel more than two decades ago, he never imagined the spreadsheet program would land him in Las Vegas or on ESPN. The Latvian financial consultant ...

On the Draw tab, there are various drawing tools that you can use, namely: Select tool: Select objects such as ink, shapes, and text area. They are useful when working with objects behind the text. To ...

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If you've ever visited a woodworker's workshop, you may have taken particular note of their hefty bench. Technically, any workbench could be a woodworking bench if you work with wood on it, but a ...