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Excel RefEdit in C#

During the development of FlowBreeze 3.0, I wasted a lot of time mucking around with different approaches to emulating the RefEdit control from C#. If you’re not familiar with it, the RefEdit control looks something like this on a typical … Continue reading

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2011 Excel Version Survey

Time for a periodic update to the BreezeTree Excel version survey. The numbers are below and speak for themselves. The survey data was collected over the last six months, and the target audience was business users. Standard disclaimer: This is … Continue reading

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Google Chrome Scroll Wheel Fix

Google Chrome has been plagued by problems with mouse wheel scrolling. Google patched this after the beta. It worked for most people, but for many it didn’t. I ran into this issue on my Vista box, so I investigated the … Continue reading

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Microsoft Excel Version Survey – 2009

For the past few years I’ve been running surveys to see what version of Microsoft Excel people are running (and by extension, which version of Office). Before getting to the latest data, the standard disclaimer applies – this polling data … Continue reading

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Reach Hip Office Workers at their Desks

If you’re anything like me, you were sitting around yesterday with a few billion dollars in your pocket wondering where you could spend it. Well have no fear, because the good folks over at Blogads are happy to help. For … Continue reading

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Updated Flowchart Symbols Overview

The Flowchart Symbols overview has been updated. The symbol descriptions are now color coded, updated, and grouped by type. Click here to read the full article.

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The Kayne West Award Show Flowchart

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Microsoft Excel User Data – 2009

Just a quick update to the earlier data on Microsoft Excel / Office user data (see Office Market Share by Version – 2008 Data for reference). For the first six months of 2009, the survey has collected 594 more data … Continue reading

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How To Lie With Graphs

If I have one pet peeve about newspapers, it’s how they represent data. So let’s do a pop quiz. Which graph in the image below shows the worse looking trend? The truth is, they are three representations of the same … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Market Share by Version – 2008 Data

[Note: new data added under Updates section below.] I’ve decided to share some Excel user survey data in hopes that others find it useful. Trying to find data for the market share of the various versions of Microsoft Office products … Continue reading

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