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How can I make fields mandatory in Excel 2007? I knew how to do it in 2003, but now I can't find that option. I feel like it should be under Data Validation...
Jessica, can you do it using the Custom setting in Data Validation and one of the COUNT formulas?
That isn't something I've had to do, but I am at a standstill with my chart making at the moment so I can play around with excel and maybe figure something out for you if you want.
I am my own value proposition.
I don't know what that means, but I like the sound of it.
My sister might be setting up her own laptop (for the first time in ever). I go a bit OTT loading these up for her, but it's hard to think of my process when I don't even have a laptop to hand.
I'm trying to think of a low end graphics app--no need to Gimp her out or anything. And a screen cap utility that has a bit more to it than Snipping Tool might be nice.
FTR, this is what I have so far:
Browsers:
Entertainment
Productivity/Utility
- Evernote
- Notepad++
- WinRAR
- Dropbox
- OpenOffice
- Fences 1
- Password vault
System monitoring:
- Soluto
- AVG
- Set up Windows Firewall
Communication
- Thunderbird email client
- Skype
She should be more than good to go with that, especially after she uninstalls the crap that comes with the big box store purchases, right?
Two applications I use pretty often which aren't on that list are IrfanView and Malwarebytes.
I don't think she'd need Irfan View if I can get her something really simple on the image editing front. I doubt she'd fire up more than two apps for pics. I'm really only expecting her to rescue photographs, and although the Windows image viewer seems to go out of its way to stop you from using the pic, I think it will get her by.
What can she get from Malwarebytes that she doesn't get from AVG and the native tools? Again, she's not technical, and she's also skint. So freeware and few apps is her best bet.
Both are freeware.
I couldn't say whether Malwarebytes is better or worse than than AVG, it's just what I have, and I've found it easy to use.
Oh, I see. I didn't realise there was a lower-featured free version. Assuming that those extras aren't something to miss?
What would be the easiest way to save certain voicemails on our house phone permanently?
Get a recording device and tape it when it plays on speakerphone.
Thanks, Le Nubian. I think we have a tape recorder somewhere, but I was hoping for better sound quality than that will produce without having to buy new equipment. Like a way to transfer it directly to my computer.
You can probably also record it on a cellphone or a microphone connected to your computer. Not many home phones will have outputs that go directly into a computer, but without knowing what sort you have, it's impossible to say.
