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4 Affordable Mini PCs That Can Replace Your Aging Windows 10 PC
Mini PC

These mini PCs pack serious performance and features into a compact, budget-friendly package.

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Don’t Ignore the Power of F1 in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel

This function key can do more in Excel than you think.

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4 Open-Source Writing Apps That Can Replace Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word

There are other options out there that are just as good as Word.

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Flash Fill in Excel Is Good, but This Tool Is So Much Better
Microsoft Excel

Stop writing complex formulas—let Excel do the work!

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My 10 Favorite Phones From the 2000s That Weren’t Made by Nokia
Android

Decades later, I still love these phones.

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6 Game-Changing Microsoft Excel Tools
Microsoft Excel

Get one step closer to being an Excel power-user.

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6 Cool Right-Click Tricks in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel

Don't let your right mouse button go to waste!

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4 Excel Power Query Commands You Need to Know
Microsoft Excel

Become an expert data manipulator.

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Microsoft Authenticator is Losing Password Autofill—Here's What To Use Instead
Cybersecurity

Don't get caught by surprise when everything stops working.

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Don’t Ignore the Power of F9 in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel

Recalculate and fix your Excel formulas using only your keyboard.

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Outlook Crashing While Opening or Creating an Email? Here's a Fix
Microsoft Outlook

Ahh, it's a temporary workaround again.

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How to Use Parentheses, Square Brackets, and Curly Braces in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel

Who knew that simple symbols could be so powerful?

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Prove Your Real-World Microsoft Excel Skills With the How-To Geek Test (Advanced)
Microsoft Excel

Can you execute complex Excel tasks?

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Need to Stack Data from Multiple Excel Sheets? Use Power Query Append
Microsoft Excel

Don't combine Excel tables manually.

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4 Ways to Split Data Into Multiple Columns in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel

You're spoiled for choice!

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Prove Your Real-World Microsoft Excel Skills With the How-To Geek Test (Intermediate)
Microsoft Excel

Do you know more than the basics in Excel?

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How to Delete Rows from a Filtered Range Without Crashing Excel
Microsoft Excel

Taking one extra step will make all the difference.

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How to Switch to Dark Mode in Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel

Turn off the lights in Microsoft Excel.

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Prove Your Real-World Microsoft Excel Skills With the How-To Geek Test (Beginner)
Microsoft Excel

Do you know how to use Excel's fundamental tools?

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How to Visualize Your Geographical Data in Excel With Interactive 3D Maps
Microsoft Excel

You could spend hours playing with this tool!

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