13 useful add-ons for Microsoft Excel and Word 2013

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	13 useful add-ons for Microsoft Excel and Word 2013 For some reason, Microsoft has taken to calling the mini-programs that you can install into their Office applications "apps." Functionally, though, most of these are similar to web browser add-ons -- in the sense that they add to or enhance the feature set of the main program. Here are the most useful ones for the latest versions of Excel and Word. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exceed Group Courier receives speedy delivery of cellular savings Exceed Group proves that small and midsized companies can uncover huge savings when they implement wireless expense management with Mobil-Eye. Read about what steps Jet Delivery took to reach full optimization of their AT&T contract. Learn how to get your own free Mobil-Eye wireless expenses analysis. Learn More. 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I know it is ridiculous. It is almost boundless in its ridiculousness. But I am going to write these words anyway. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More. How to activate Windows 8's File History feature As I slowly learn my way around Windows 8, I continue to uncover a few features I didn't know existed. (You'd think Microsoft would include a live tile or something that calls out these new features--"Hey, look what we've added!"--but, no.) Read More 5 years after major DNS flaw is discovered, few US companies have deployed long-term fix Five years after the disclosure of a serious vulnerability in the Domain Name System dubbed the Kaminsky bug, only a handful of U.S. ISPs, financial institutions or e-commerce companies have deployed DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC ) to alleviate this threat. Read More A trip to Best Buy showed me why Windows 8 will win I had to go to Best Buy last night to pick up a printer cartridge for my ink jet printer at home. I don't go to Best Buy a lot, so I have not been there since Windows 8 was released. The printer cartridges were in the computer department and to get to them I had to walk through the cell phone area, then the desktop, laptop, Apple, and finally tablet areas. It proved to be an eye-opening experience. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel On the Fast Track to Data The ongoing data explosion puts organizations in a unique situation. Not only do they operate in a world where information is power, the number of sources and volume of relevant data continues to multiply at unprecedented levels. Read Now! Can Microsoft ever gain ground in the creative community? As this reporter has gotten older, trade shows have become less appealing. Not only because it's just tougher on the body, but also this modern era requires running around with a laptop on your back between the floor and the press room to file stories immediately. Back when I started out, my show reports appeared a week after the event. Now, they are forgotten a day after the event. Read More INSIDER Microsoft waived hearing in EU browser ballot antitrust case Microsoft waived its right to a hearing before European antitrust regulators to further answer charges that it failed to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to documents filed with the SEC. 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