1 How to Lock All Cells in Excel2 How to Lock Specific Cells in Excel3 How to Lock Formulas in Excel4 Extra: How to Password Protect Excel Files5 Extra: How to Password Protect a Folder on Windows Locking cells in Excel – why you should do it We joke about clumsy colleagues breaking spreadsheets, but there are several reasons locking an Excel spreadsheet is a good idea. Often, you’ll be sharing your spreadsheet not for collaboration, but to provide other departments or shareholders with the statistics they need....

1 How to Merge Two Word Documents2 How to Remove or Clear Formatting in Word The method outlined below should work on any modern version of Word. The beauty of it is that it will keep all your formatting intact, and you won’t even need to open the other document to do it. If you’re on an old version of Word, this should still work. However, you may see some minor changes in things like iconography and layout....

1 How to factory reset a Chromebook / ChromeOS when logged in2 How to factory reset a Chromebook / ChromeOS from the login screen3 Extra: How to Copy and Paste on a Chromebook / on ChromeOS4 Extra: How to Take a Screenshot on Chromebooks / ChromeOS / CloudReady Another reason for a factory reset of ChromeOS (aka Powerwash) is that it can speed up your Chromebook. If someone has created a user account on your device without permission, you can do a Chromebook reset to erase it....

Through this feature, Microsoft Lists will get an offline mode. If you’re unfamiliar with Lists, it is a new collaboration service released in May. It uses a grid-based user interface comprised or rows and columns similar to spreadsheet applications like Excel. It aims to allow organization to collaborate and manage tasks. Sure, Microsoft To-Do already does that, but Lists Microsoft is tying the service to OneDrive and SharePoint to promote flexibility across a business....

Of course, Intel will continue to support newer versions of DirectX too. Intel Xe is a brand of graphics architecture that arrived with the 11th generation Tiger Lake processors. It has been available since then on subsequent chipsets. In a bulletin, Intel says the upcoming 13th gen chips running Xe will not support DirectX 9, offering the following explanation: “12th generation Intel processor’s integrated GPU and Arc discrete GPU no longer support D3D9 natively....

The processors are based on the Coffee Lake architecture and come with a number of significant performance increases. The 8950HK will deliver 41% more frames per second in Total War: Warhammer II, and can edit 4K video up to 59% faster. It’s also the first mobile processor with six cores and 12 threads. In general performance, Intel claims a 29% speed increase over 7th Gen i7 models. It features single-core Turbo Boost speeds of up to 4....

According to PC Watch, Intel revealed plans for a new dGPU at ISSCC in San Fransico last week. The early prototype is based on a 14nm process, with 1.5 billion transistors and two primary chips. The hardware is planned to have one GPU chip and a field programmable gate array. FPGA chips allow engineers to write algorithms directly onto hardware, allowing it to adapt to new advancements. In 2016, Microsoft began using FPGA’s in its data centers, hailing it as an “industry shift”....

Several “high—severity” security flaws in the graphics drivers could allow “escalation of privileges, denial of service or information disclosure”. “Intel is releasing Intel Graphics Driver for Windows updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities,” Intel said. The company says the relevant update is available from its official download page. 19 security vulnerability were found and fixes issued. To avoid being exposed to the security risks, Windows 10 users should look for Graphics Driver updates for Windows 10....

Tests by Halide developer Ben Sandofsky seem to indicate a dramatic improvement to edge details, removing the feature’s main criticism. It can now pick out individual hairs accurately, putting it much closer to the depth of field found on DSLR’s. Though we’re yet to see full sample images of improved functionality, Sandofsky has shared some black and white examples that highlight the changes: — Ben Sandofsky (@sandofsky) August 8, 2018...

The 2-in-1 Tablet 10 PC is oriented towards business users and comes with a detachable slate screen and keyboard base. Lenovo has clearly gone for a functional design, which more fits with enterprise use. However, we think it is certainly time where slick designs were used for business customers. This is 2018, organizations want cool aesthetics too. We’re not talking about the bezels either, which are admittedly huge. Those meaty dark strips make sense for businesses who will be passing the tablet section around like hot candies....

Of course, LibreOffice copying Microsoft Office is hardly a new thing. Since its days as OpenOffice, the software has mirrored Microsoft’s suite, albeit with less panache. That is not a complaint. Microsoft Office is hugely popular, so LibreOffice merely gives users what they like, just for free. The latest Ribbon-like UI addition is called Notebookbar on LibreOffice. Some users may have already seen this as it has been in development preview since 2017....

For example, video messages are now supported. Videos have become increasingly important on LinkedIn, and now users can connect videos through messaging. Of course, this is something that rivals such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Microsoft’s own Skype already offer. Elsewhere, LinkedIn now supports tagging. Again, this is another personal social media tool that is coming to business users. Like on Facebook, users can tag a co-worker or contact they know when they upload an image....

Of course, Google has limited this to its own one for now. Firefox users will have to start up Chrome to have a play, or just install it the old way. Whatever the case, it’s worth having a look at the new functionality. 3D Maps Regular users of Google Maps will have seen 3D functionality before, with varying results. It gives a different perspective to regular satellite imagery and provides a lot more useful detail....

Microsoft says a problem in Windows 11 2022 Update is causing sign-in problems when using Windows Hello. This is whether using fingerprints, face recognition, or PIN to authenticate an account. In a bulletin on the flaw, Microsoft points out it affects users who previously set up Windows Hello before updating to Windows 11 22H2. If you enabled the authentication after installing the latest Windows version, you should be fine. Importantly, if Windows Hello is not working, you can still enter your system by using your Microsoft Account password....

Called Microsoft 365 Business and Microsoft 365 Enterprise, the two bundles come with related connected services and a license for Windows 10 Business. The subscriptions are created to help organizations streamline their licensing under one plan. Microsoft says with a single subscription, companies are prepared in terms of software. Microsoft 365 “brings together Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security to deliver a complete, intelligent and secure solution to empowers employees....

Researchers say Microsoft products take up a massive 47 percent of all requests on these forums. There’s a good reason for the popularity of Microsoft amongst the hacking community. The company’s services are spread throughout global enterprise. If a threat actor can access Microsoft services through a vulnerability, they will have access to systems of enterprise. The research was handled by Trend Micro, and the data also shows 61 percent of all sold exploits are for Microsoft products....

The move is part of Microsoft’s wider plans to make it easier for organizations to transition to Azure from other providers. Streamlining the journey to Azure can help the cloud platform through the next phase of growth. Movere operates technology that discovers and assesses cloud migration. Company CEO Kristin Ireland said the company’s own migration to the cloud highlighted common mistakes organizations make. She adds Movere can provide Azure Migrate customers will the assistance to ensure they don’t make the same oversights....

Today, both software giants announced a collaboration regarding team communications and e-signatures. Specifically, the Adobe Sign program will now be used as Microsoft’s preferred e-signature solution in Office 365 and Dynamics 365. In exchange, the Microsoft Teams workplace chat platform will be Adobe’s preferred service for its Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud services. This means Teams has an important partner in its battle against main rival Slack. The expansion of the partnership will also see Adobe Sign folded into other Microsoft services....

1 Integration2 Details This has been a long time coming as the two tech giants originally promised the integration at the start of this year. That deadline came and went as the companies missed their self-imposed launch. Since then we have seen Microsoft’s Cortana strategy become confused, with the company now steering the assistant towards productivity. At the same time, Alexa found traction on Windows 10 and on several OEM PCs....