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10 steps to beating Excel's character limit for headers and footers
Thu 4th Mar 10 - 17:15

Excel headers and footers are a great place to display page numbers, titles, an author’s name, and so on. However, there is a limit to the number of characters the header or footer will accommodate. Excel will reject an entry of more than 255 characters. Most of the time, the…

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10 issues to consider when developing a cross-platform backup strategy
Mon 1st Feb 10 - 8:01

1: Does your backup application support all of the necessary platforms? The most basic question you will need to consider is whether your current backup application will even work with the “foreign” operating systems or whether you’ll have to invest in something else. 2: Does your backup software support anything…

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10 technology traps users should watch out for
Wed 27th Jan 10 - 8:00

1: Saving a file directly to an external drive Those external USB drives or flash memory sticks provide convenient extra storage. However, you should avoid saving an application file, such as a Word document or PowerPoint presentation, directly to such a drive. Save the file to your internal drive and…

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