6 Aug 2014
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NG, alpha
The very first alpha version of the Next Generation XL Toolbox add-in is
available for download. It can’t do much for users besides checking for
updates, but it represents the foundation of the Toolbox rewrite. Now I
can start adding features.
23 Jul 2014
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FreeImage, code, rewrite
The FreeImage library is an indispensable tool to create graphics
files. Building it with Visual Studio 2013 requires some adjustments to
the solution and project files that I describe in this article.
Furthermore, I provide a compiled a 64-bit .DLL of FreeImage
3.16.0.
16 Jun 2014
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Linux, Network, Samba
File and folder sharing using Samba on Linux is easy to set up, but authorizations and permissions need to be set up properly to get it to work. Here I describe how to do it for a home network.
30 Apr 2014
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PowerPoint, Tips & Tricks
Images that are inserted into a PowerPoint® presentation often do not
appear at the right size and may look blurry when the size is manually
adjusted after inserting them. In newer versions of PowerPoint, there is a
special image setting that can be used to achieve a pixel-by-pixel,
non-blurry appearance. But using this setting manually for every inserted
image is cumbersome and requires lots of clicks. In this post I show how
to set the DPI to a value that ensures proper display.
21 Mar 2014
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Excel, Tips & Tricks
If the arrow keys do not move the cell cursor in Excel, but rather the
entire sheet, then the ‘scroll lock’ function is most certainly turned on.
To turn it off, simply press the Scroll Lock key on your keyboard. But what
if your keyboard does not have a Scroll Lock key? The solution is simple.
25 Feb 2014
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Charts, InkScape, Tips & Tricks
Using the excellent Inkscape vector graphics program, it is possible to export Excel charts to scalable vector graphics (SVG) files.
3 Jan 2014
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4-PL/5-PL, ELISA, non-linear regression, statistics
Fitting a curve onto the standards results of an ELISA is not
straight-forward. However, Excel can be coerced to perform the curve
fitting using the Solver addin. In this blog post I collect some
online resources on curve fitting.