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About garysch

A bit of a techno nut who likes sharing what I know about technology, especially with those who struggle with it. Also through my podcast www.jargonfreehelp.com

Excel How to Use Subtotals

Excel is packed with lots of great tools. One of my favourites is the Subtotals. Here you can take a list, sort it into order so that appropriate items are grouped together, then click a button and it will determine … Continue reading

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Combining VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP Functions

HLOOKUP and VLOOKUP functions are very useful functions on their own but if you combine them together you can do even more. If you are using VLOOKUP rather than having the two columns one with the value to lookup and … Continue reading

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Free Apps, Songs, Books, TV Shows and Movies for your iPhone and iPad…

…with the free 12 days of Christmas app from iTunes. Everyday from the 26th December for 12 days there is one free item. I have done this now for the past few years and although not everything is something I … Continue reading

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Excel Database Functions

So this week I’ve had a bit of inspiration creating some Excel tutorials but don’t worry I’ve also started others including the photography and video podcasts which will be with you in January 2014. But here is one Excel one … Continue reading

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Excel: Using the HLOOKUP Function

Some time ago I did a tutorial on VLOOKUP and have finally got around to doing one on the HLOOKUP function. It is very similar except that the data is in columns as opposed to rows as you would find … Continue reading

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Remove Duplicates in Excel

I’m often asked how to remove duplicate entries in an Excel list or database, they are the same thing but Microsoft have more recently called them lists. Thankfully it is easy to do, particularly on more recent versions of Excel. … Continue reading

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Photography: Introduction to Aperture, F-Stop and Depth of Field

So far I haven’t really discussed photography, one of the things I enjoy doing and something I now do regularly on a professional basis. My blog tends to be about technology and lets face it cameras and photography use a … Continue reading

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Block Nuisance Calls and Texts (SMS) on iOS 7

How often do you get annoying calls or text messages? I seem to get them everyday from the same numbers trying to get me to upgrade my phone,  tell me I can make a claim and how I can get … Continue reading

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Excel Formulas, Getting Started with Calculations

There are many things that Excel can do but fundamentally it is used for doing calculations. These can be simple or complex. I’ve done quite a few on functions and also some that use multiple functions but I needed to … Continue reading

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Tag Files in Mavericks OS X

Searching for files is something I seem to do everyday, I think this has been made worse by the volume of photographs I now take, much of this because it has become a key part of my work. However, it … Continue reading

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