InterWorks Blog: Excel

Seeing as we're the experts, we thought we'd share some of our intel. But beware, this level of inside information may cause extreme shock and awe. If you get lost, just fire up a flare - we'll come and get you.

Ben
Business Intelligence
Jul 16
2012
Kickstarter has been making waves in recent months as the premier place for crowd funding.  Projects range from big to small, from purely entertainment to potentially life...[more]
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Tim
Business Intelligence
Dec 15
2011
There are a couple ways we can connect to data in Excel … today I want to show you one that many people overlook.  You can simply drag an icon for a file that Tableau recognizes (Microsoft...[more]
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Networking
Aug 30
2011
I came across this issue today where opening a network file caused Excel 2003 to hang or crash. Opening the file locally worked normally.   Removing security updates KB2541025 and KB2502789...[more]
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General
Feb 28
2011
Have you ever had to look at two excel documents at the same time? By default it will open the excel documents in different tabs in the same window. It can get pretty annoying if you really need to...[more]
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General
Mar 08
2010
Excel and myself, we don't get a long very well. Excel, for some reason thinks it's really cool and neat that it can make anything that looks like a URL or email address clickable and making the text...[more]
Excel
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Networking
Feb 01
2010
If you have ever tried to open an excel document and received the error that says "There was a problem sending the command to the program", you can fix it by doing the following: Open Excel 2007...[more]
DDE, Excel, Excel 2007
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Dan
General
Jan 27
2010
  Do you long for Excel 2003's simple toolbar?  While I like the Excel 2007 version,  it does take up a lot of screen real estate.  How can you minimize the toolbar but still have...[more]
Excel
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Jay
Networking
Jan 05
2010
Ever had the problem of wanting to see two different Excel documents on two different monitors. Currently, within Microsoft Office 2007, your only options are either to view the speadsheets within...[more]
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