Author: Ken Puls

Weird Chart Sizing Observation

I'm not sure if the observation is weird, or the actual chart sizing is. I think this is a bug, but I'm curious if others see similar behavior. This is an Office 2007 thing (at least, I haven't tested it

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Resize Images in Word

I'm working on writing up a course, and it always drives me nuts when the pictures I put in the document are different shapes. Height is fine, but I always want the width to be the same as the document

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Breaking Links in Excel

So during my infatuation with converting my workbook to use IFERROR statements throughout, I suddenly realized that the reports I had to send to head office needed to work in Excel 2003. After a bit of... um... motivational speaking... I

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Why Doesn’t Outlook…?

Or maybe it does and I just don't know yet... I get emails on a regular basis that I need to turn into appointments.  Why isn't there a feature to create a new appointment or task based on an email? 

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MVP for Another Year

This morning I got a nice email from Microsoft to let me know that I was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for my third year.  I'm pretty flattered to be awarded again, and already planning the trip to the MVP

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Disable the Excel Compatibility Checker

I've received several comments on my blog that people dislike Excel 2007's Compatibility Checker, and would like to turn it off globally. While it's true that you can turn it off for each workbook, the main user interface seems devoid

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