I use Excel all day, and F4 saves me more work than almost any other shortcut
If you’re looking to speed up your Excel workflow, keyboard shortcuts are crucial. And I’m not just talking about the ones you learned the first time you sat in front of a Windows machine, like Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Some shortcuts are more powerful than those but easier to overlook, and F4 is one of them.
[mai mult...]The first turnkey local AI-powered smart home hub is here
Cloud-based smart homes have been the norm for over a decade now. There are inherent problems with cloud-based smart devices though, with privacy being at the forefront of those issues. UGREEN just surprised everyone and announced the first turnkey local smart home hub that actually matters.
[mai mult...]You don’t need a USB flash drive—your old phone is a better portable file server
Buying a new phone leaves you with an older one that is pretty much useless unless you trade it in. No one really needs a second phone unless it is for work. Once you’ve moved your contacts and photos over, it’s easy to forget the old phone is still useful when repurposed. It won’t lose any of the features that make it such a good mini computer, and you should take advantage of that.
[mai mult...]Nobody says “Google it” anymore—here’s what replaced it
For the last 20 years, we’ve heard the term “Google it” end a conversation, answer a question, or back up a bold claim. At one point, it was so popular, so second nature, that it was officially added as a verb to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2006. But those days are over.
[mai mult...]I refuse to pay Microsoft for these 7 features that Linux offers for free
Linux is pretty impressive, and its greatest feature is arguably its cost. If you were to dip into your pocket and pull out nothing but fresh air, you’d still have enough to cover the license fees for this powerful system. Windows, on the other hand, well, Microsoft locks many of its capabilities behind a tiered payment structure.
[mai mult...]I stopped manually naming ranges in Excel—this little-known shortcut does it in seconds
The best Excel formulas are the ones that explain themselves. That’s why I use named ranges whenever I can. Creating them one by one, though, feels like unnecessary admin—especially in larger spreadsheets. Since discovering Ctrl+Shift+F3, it’s become one of my most-used Excel shortcuts.
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