Ever opened a file and seen strange symbols or jumbled text? This post shows how to change the character encoding in Excel or ...

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You will miss certain features and conveniences, but that's to be expected. What you earn in return is full control and autonomy. Reclaiming your data is a slow process, but after you start seeing the ...

Excel rarely wastes your time in one dramatic mistake. It drains it in tiny motions, scrolling, clicking, repeating the same steps over and over. These five keyboard shortcuts remove the most common ...

Microsoft updates for Excel in January 2026 introduce Agent Mode with Copilot, new import tools, clearer error messages, Power Query on Mac and Web, and Office Scripts automation to ease daily tasks.

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NovaBuilder is an open-source, self-hosted internal tool builder designed for building and operating real-world business ...

The Document Foundation released LibreOffice 26.2 today with several long-awaited features and performance improvements for Writer, Calc, and Base.

Google has quietly flipped the proposition compared to a NAS. With a NAS, storage comes first, and smart features are a bonus ...

LONDON — In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military ...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5077181 and KB5075941 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security ...