excel Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 15 Apr 2023 15:05:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 How to create a stacked bar chart in Excel https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-create-a-stacked-bar-chart-in-excel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-create-a-stacked-bar-chart-in-excel Sun, 15 Jul 2018 11:00:54 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3128 My boss’ management is clamoring for metrics. They want to know, at a glance, what we’re doing and how far along we are. Sounds like a job for stacked bar charts in Excel to me. So here’s how to create a

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]]> 3128 Who still uses Wordperfect? https://dfarq.homeip.net/still-uses-wordperfect/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=still-uses-wordperfect https://dfarq.homeip.net/still-uses-wordperfect/#comments Fri, 07 Jul 2017 11:00:15 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=13334 I had an odd question come up the other day: Who still uses Wordperfect? It’s a fair question. Wordperfect, as you may know, is still very much in production. Corel releases new versions every year or two. It’s the #2

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/still-uses-wordperfect/feed/ 9 13334 Common security attacks and countermeasures https://dfarq.homeip.net/common-security-attacks-and-countermeasures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=common-security-attacks-and-countermeasures Wed, 03 May 2017 11:00:33 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=12696 As a security professional, I talk to a lot of people about common security attacks and countermeasures. I’m not always certain the people I’m talking to know what these things mean. I am almost certain they aren’t willing to ask.

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]]> 12696 Convert a list of hostnames to a list of IP addresses https://dfarq.homeip.net/convert-a-list-of-hostnames-to-a-list-of-ip-addresses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=convert-a-list-of-hostnames-to-a-list-of-ip-addresses Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:00:53 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=10642 I had a client with a huge list of hostnames that they needed to convert to IP addresses so they could scan them. That’s common. I used to have a Windows batch file to convert a list of hostnames to a

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]]> 10642 What does scroll lock do? Or scrlk? https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-does-scroll-lock-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-scroll-lock-do Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:00:17 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=9408 What’s the purpose of the scroll lock key? What does scroll lock do? With modern windowing operating systems we don’t need the scroll lock or scrlk key very often, but it solved a very real problem in the days of

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]]> 9408 Splunk vs Loglogic: Battle of the logs https://dfarq.homeip.net/splunk-vs-loglogic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=splunk-vs-loglogic Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:00:43 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=9400 If you need a centralized logging solution for your business, you’ll need to consider Splunk vs Loglogic. I have experience with both in corporate environments. I guess you can say I spent a lot of time configuring and waiting on

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]]> 9400 Find words in all caps in Word https://dfarq.homeip.net/find-words-caps-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=find-words-caps-word Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:00:42 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=8919 Sometimes it’s helpful to be able to find words in all caps in Word. Microsoft Word, that is. This helps you find all the acronyms so you can make sure you spelled them out or explained them properly. Double-checking acronyms is

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]]> 8919 Get rid of trailing zeroes in Excel charts https://dfarq.homeip.net/get-rid-of-trailing-zeroes-in-excel-charts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-rid-of-trailing-zeroes-in-excel-charts Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:00:10 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=8246 I was making a chart in an Excel spreadsheet the other week and it insisted on adding trailing zeroes in the charts after the decimal point, even though all of my stats were whole numbers. Here’s the solution I finally found

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]]> 8246 The difference between a vulnerability scanner and a SIEM https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-difference-between-a-vulnerability-scanner-and-a-siem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-difference-between-a-vulnerability-scanner-and-a-siem Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:15:25 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7868 I heard an interesting question the other day: What’s the difference between a vulnerability scanner and a SIEM? Qualys and Nessus are examples of vulnerability scanners. Arcsight and Splunk are examples of SIEMs. To a security practitioner, the tools couldn’t

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]]> 7868 Dual screen Citrix, or dual monitor Citrix https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-get-a-dual-monitor-display-in-citrix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-a-dual-monitor-display-in-citrix Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:59:03 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7872 At my current and immediately previous job, we made heavy use of Citrix. Citrix makes remote access and administration really convenient. But you don’t get dual screen Citrix by default, and that’s a shame. And it’s not so nice to be an

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