Productivity

Microsoft PowerToys: The Hack You Didn’t Know You Wanted

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If you’re a PC user, there’s a fabulous app that’s been around since the days of Windows 95 but you can easily download from the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11. Unfortunately, Microsoft describes the app using some weapon’s grade jargon: “Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.” On the surface, it sounds like it has a minimum understanding threshold in order to use but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The reality is they are super … Read more

An Excel Trick To Quickly Increment Dates For Each Row

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You’ve probably found yourself in a position at some point or another where you needed to create a bunch or rows with dates that increased/decreased by a fixed amount for each row. You could spend your valuable time entering them manually or use this oldie but goodie click-and-drag trick to fill in those dates in seconds. Make sure your column is formatted for dates and enter the increment you need to use. In this example, I want each row to decrease by one day. Highlight both cells and look for a tiny … Read more

A Quick Solution To The Problem Of Missing Credit Card Receipts

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We’ve all been there, on one end of the conversation or the other: it’s the end of the month and the finance team is missing receipts for charges on company credit cards. Cardholders get a list of undocumented purchases and begin the scavenger hunt. Some are easier to find and forward to bookkeeping, such as online purchases that had an email receipt. Perhaps it was a recurring charge for some software or other subscription; that too should have either an email receipt or documentation available for download from the provider’s website. Some … Read more