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Don't trust Excel's COUNTA function to count non-blank cells—here's a better method

In most counting scenarios in Excel, COUNTBLANK reliably counts blank cells, and COUNTA reliably counts populated cells.

I discovered a hidden Excel trick that turned my spreadsheet into Christmas magic

Here's how to create your own animated Christmas tree in Excel: Open up a new spreadsheet. Click the triangle button in the ...
Hackaday

A Brief History Of The Spreadsheet

We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance ...
BMJ Open

Associations of functional foods consumption with gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal conditions: a cross-sectional study among Bangladeshi adults

Objectives Functional foods have demonstrated potential in preventing gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal (osteo-related) ...
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7 Microsoft Excel tricks you probably didn't know

Press Ctrl+; to insert the current date. Press Ctrl+Shift+; to insert the current time. Press Ctrl+; > Space > Ctrl+Shift+; to insert the current date and time together in the same cell.
Today

He Was Mistakenly Added to a Group Text. Seven Years Later, They Consider Him Family

When Kendrick Constant glanced at his phone one afternoon in 2018, he noticed dozens of text messages rolling in from a cluster of retired fifty-something investment bankers trading jokes and ...
People

How a Wrong-Number Text Became a Decade of Chosen Family Celebrations for Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton (Exclusive)

This year marks the 10th anniversary of friends Dench and Hinton meeting for Thanksgiving and capturing the hearts of millions Green Giant Viral 2015 “wrong number” text sparked a decade-long ...
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How to change Text Direction in Excel from Vertical to Horizontal

In this post, we’ll show you how to change text direction in Excel from vertical to horizontal. “Vertical text” in Excel can mean different things depending on how your sheet is set up. Sometimes your ...
Engadget

Meta's smart glasses have a new shortcut to call and text without saying 'hey Meta'

One of the things that's long irked me about Meta's smart glasses is how often you have to say "hey Meta." Even though the company's AI assistant has gotten significantly more capable, there's ...
Fast Company

Why 40% of U.S. homeowners have no mortgage—and the number keeps growing

According to ResiClub’s analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s new annual data, 40.3% of U.S. owner-occupied housing units are now mortgage-free, marking a new high for this data series. That’s up from ...
Scientific American

Cells Have a Crystal Trigger That Makes Them Self-Destruct When Viruses Invade

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, decide what to do. If the cell quickly self-destructs, that will prevent ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Have you gotten a text message or call about a traffic ticket? It's likely a scam

If you have a traffic citation, there’s a way to look it up online. But now scammers are using these online databases to poach your personal information and trick you into giving them your hard-earned ...