“There’s a way to do it better – find it. Thomas A. Edison”. These are the wise words of Thomas Edison and, by all means, he was right. In today’s digital world, working in informational technology means constantly seeking to improve and develop in each field. It is crucial to always discover new and interesting ways to do better, to increase productivity and to get things done in the most efficient way. Since everything is changing rapidly, people need to learn how to be effective in simple daily tasks. One thing that has become a usual work routine is managing different electronic documents that you receive. No matter which profession…
How to Convert Scanned PDFs with PDF Converter
Different types of professionals like lawyers, accountants, teachers and many others need to share and use a lot of documents in their work, and a great number of them have started to digitize their work in recent years in a positive global trend to minimize the use of paper in business and preserve the forests of Earth. One of the usual and important aspects of work in everyday office environment, besides cutting down the use of paper, is converting all past databases into digital form, which basically means that business professionals often need to scan each paper individually, and save them on their hard drives. The most rewarding format to…
Upgrade to Windows 10: It Just Became Easier
Introducing an Easier Upgrade The new, streamlined Microsoft business model created enormous success for the Windows 10 operating system. Long a first choice for entrepreneurs, Windows now fills screens in millions of office buildings, homes and classrooms around the world. This popularity contributed to public interest in the upgrading process. People wondered whether they could get Windows 10 free of charge, how long beta stages would last, how to get the latest version, and whether all users (including existing Microsoft customers) must first obtain a product key. Questions circulated in public about “digital entitlement“. Upgrading in The Past Previously, customers using Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 had to depend on Windows Update in order to…
3 Reasons to use customized PDF to Excel conversion
The following is a guest post by the pdfconverter.com team. Most Excel users need tools for PDF conversion, especially when they want to preserve the spreadsheet data. Converting Excel files to PDF is usually not a daunting task but things get complicated when you need to edit your document and add more data in the same spreadsheet. That’s why it can come in handy to use an advanced option of PDF to Excel conversion, but not many PDF tools have such feature. One PDF tool that has custom PDF to Excel option is PDF Converter Elite 4. It is a tool that converts PDF documents to MS Office and Open…
What is NPV?
If you’re here and reading this post, then you’ve probably been asked to calculate the Net Present Value of a set of cash flows in Excel. Over the next few posts, I’ll walk you through Net Present Value (or NPV) as a concept and then go into the details of how to calculate this in Excel. Introducing NPV, PV and FV Net Present Value, as the name suggests, is the sum of the present values of future cash flows. Both incoming (i.e. receipts) and outgoing (i.e. payments) are considered for calculating the NPV. So, what’s present value (PV)? Let’s try to understand this via a simple example. Imagine that you…
Security and Backup Essentials for WordPress
WordPress is a cultural phenomenon when it comes to publishing online. What started as a simple blogging tool in 2003 has become the most popular open-source content management system (CMS) in the world powering WordPress.com and millions of sites worldwide. There are a number of alternatives including the very popular Joomla, but the difference with WordPress is the almost cult following that has resulted in some of the best plugins available for a blogging platform. When you first install WordPress it can be difficult to choose which plugins you install first. WordPress doesn’t come preinstalled with any real security or backup abilities, so it’s essential that you start of your…
2 Tips to become more efficient at Microsoft Excel
As part of my day job, I’ve spent a lot of time working with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Not only with 2010, but also with Excel 2003 and Excel 2007. And with any task or software, the more you use it, the more efficient you get with it. Below are two key tips that I have learnt and practice all the time. Are you ready to take that step to become a Microsoft Excel Expert?! Tip 1: Throw away your mouse and embrace your keyboard One of the biggest things that slows down Excel users is the constant need to switch from their keyboard to their mouse, drag it to where they want to reach within the Excel window. This…
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Convert PDF inside Google Drive to Excel and PowerPoint
In it’s portfolio, Google has a large set of free useful services. One that is most frequently used is Google Drive, which is used for storing and sharing digital data. This service is used by almost everyone because it is free and it integrates with other Google services. A feature that many users like is its ability to convert PDF documents, including scanned PDFs into editable text for further reuse. To access this feature, all you need to do is to right click on the file and click on Open with Google Docs. However if you want to convert a PDF into a spreadsheet, a presentation or an image format,…
Goal Seek in Microsoft Excel
Continuing with our Excel Tutorials, in this article, I'll take you through using Goal Seek in Microsoft Excel 2007. The function is same as that of earlier versions of Excel as well as Excel 2010. The screenshots below are taken in 2007.
