I’ve never liked Excel’s default setting for its outline button structure.  If you notice from the example below, the default setting puts the outline button below your summary rows. Visually, I don’t think this is intuitive. I prefer to see the outline button above the summary rows. Making this change is very simple. First … Read more
Here’s a quick Excel 2007 tip I found just by accidentally playing with my mouse. It’s a little clunky at first if you’ve never used it before. But over time, this will make you faster at navigating the Ribbon. Simply place your cursor over the Ribbon and scroll up and down with your middle mouse … Read more
Data validation is one of the most popular features in Excel. For those unaware of what Data Validation is, you’ve probably seen it before. It usually takes the from of those drop down boxes you see, limiting the inputs available to you for a particular cell. You can also limit inputs without a drop down … Read more
The map components in Xcelsius are both one of the most visually appealing Xcelsius components while at the same time being the most frustrating. The main outcry from users comes from the the lack of on-click functionality, meaning you can’t click on a picture of a state and drill down into that state’s information. The … Read more