How to reconcile Excel with a payroll system? I had a past student bring in a problem spreadsheet that they could not reconcile with their Quickbooks Payroll totals. This student had payroll data in an Excel spreadsheet and then entered employee data into Quickbooks to cut checks. At the end of every month the totals […]
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How do you use Goal Seek in Excel?
How do you use Goal Seek in Excel? Goal Seek in Excel is a seldom used tool that can help you find the number of units of a product you need to sell to break even for example. It can also be used to find the proper price for a product to hit a desired […]
How to add a percentage column in a pivot table.
Excel Pivot Tables are sometimes a mystery to users of Excel. In this example I am going to show you how to add a percentage (%) column into a pivot table. This column will calculate that rows percentage of the grand total. We will start with some sample raw data. In the worksheet above we […]
How to create a dual axis chart in Excel
Creating a dual axis chart In my opinion, charting in Excel is an art that needs to be practiced extensively to be an expert. As I demonstrate many examples in class I like to give additional info here for reference, for past, or future students. In this example I will show you how to create […]
How to insert a degree symbol in Microsoft Word
How to Insert Degree Symbol in Microsoft Word I recently created a post on How to insert the degree symbol in Google Docs. The post received quite a few views so I figured I would create a similar post on How to Insert a degree symbol in Microsoft Word as well. Below is a simple […]
How to update WordPress Plugins
Update WordPress Plugins There are already many WordPress blogs out there that may have this info but I would like to add my two cents for my students and other users of WordPress on the steps I recommend for updating plugins. Depending on the number of plugins you normally use it is not unreasonable to […]
How to add a call out Arrow to an Excel Spreadsheet
How to add a call out Arrow to an Excel Spreadsheet Lets pretend that you have an Excel Spreadsheet with an important number that you do not want your viewers to miss. How do you add a call out arrow to your spreadsheet? Below is our sample spreadsheet with a total under the last row […]
WordPress Website Redirected to Spam Site
Is your Website being redirected to a spam site? Was just asked by a client why their website was redirected to spam site. I checked the url of the site and it worked fine from my pc. I first suspected it could have been malware on the users pc. This was not the case as […]
How do you insert the degree symbol in Google Docs?
How do you insert the degree symbol in Google Docs? Google Drive (Google Docs and Google Sheets) are becoming more popular in schools. My son was working on a project and needed to enter the degree symbol in Google Docs. At first it took me a quick second to find how to do it. Below […]
Boot Device Not Found
How to fix “Boot Device Not Found” error. How do you you fix an HP pc that does not boot? Upon starting up I get the dreaded “Boot Device Not Found” error. The pc in question is a clients pc. It is an HP with a 500GB Seagate hard drive. First thing I checked is […]