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How to use paste link in Excel and PowerPoint for automatic chart updates

Create a dynamic bridge between Excel and PowerPoint to automate chart updates and prevent manual copy-paste errors.

PCA goes platinum

The College Board has recently announced that Palmetto Christian Academy has been named to the Advanced Placement (AP) ...
Computerworld

11 cool things Copilot can do in Excel

Microsoft has woven its generative AI technology throughout Microsoft 365, the company’s productivity suite. Its Copilot AI assistant is most often used in M365 apps for text-oriented actions, such as ...
JournalofAccountancy

How CPAs can use exponential smoothing in Excel for better forecasts

Q. I use Excel to do traditional linear forecasting, but I would like to upgrade to exponential smoothing for more accurate forecasts. Is there a way to do this in Excel? A. Accurate forecasting is ...
The Boston Globe

Live-in personal care attendants no longer subject to income tax

Personal care attendants in Massachusetts who assist people they live with will no longer be required to pay state or federal income tax, Governor Maura Healey announced Monday, a change that could ...
Tri-City Herald

Partial shutdown of Eastern WA paper plant will cut 200 jobs

Packaging Corporation of America announced a partial shutdown of its Wallula containerboard plant that will cut production by nearly half. Officials said in a Dec. 4 announcement via Business Wire ...
Recycling Today

PCA says corrugated volumes reflect ‘cautious ordering patterns’

The company’s third-quarter net sales were flat and net income slightly down, though CEO Mark Kowlzan says ordering patterns are improving. Packaging Corp. of America's third-quarter net sales were ...
ZDNet

Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.
Food Safety News

Ten years after PCA: Reflections on a trial, its impact, and what still needs to change

This is the final installment of a three-part series marking the 10th anniversary of the historic sentencing in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) case. To read Part 1, click here. To read Part 2 ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Windows Thanks to Microsoft adding all those extra features to Notepad, it now unfortunately sports one more: An exploitation vulnerability with a high security rating AI Microsoft AI CEO curiously ...
Christianity Today

PCA Releases Results of Its ‘Jesus Calling’ Investigation

The denomination had ordered agencies to determine the “appropriateness” of the book for Christians. The Presbyterian Church in America’s bookstore wouldn’t recommend or sell Jesus Calling, but the ...