5 Cool Microsoft Excel Conditional Formatting Tricks

You'll learn the following 5 tricks:

1. Highlighting alternative rows / columns in tables:




2. Creating a quick project plan / gantt chart using conditional formatting:




3. Extreme In-cell Graphs:




4. Highlight mistakes / errors / omissions / repetitions using conditional formatting:




5. Creating dash boards using excel conditional formatting:




You can read the details and download the formula file (Excel file) from here:
http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/03/13/want-to-be-an-excel-conditional-formatting-rock-star-read-this/

How to Recover Data From a Dead Hard Drive

http://digg.com/hardware/How_to_Recover_Data_From_a_Dead_Hard_Drive
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4294038.html

Installing AJAX for ASP.NET Framework

Installing AJAX for ASP.NET Framework 2.0

1. Download the AJAX Extension 1.0 and run the file (on the server).
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=ca9d90fa-e8c9-42e3-aa19-08e2c027f5d6&displayLang=en
or
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ca9d90fa-e8c9-42e3-aa19-08e2c027f5d6&displaylang=en

2. Install the toolkit controls Version 1.0.11119.0 (for the development machine only)
http://www.codeplex.com/AtlasControlToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=8513

3. Follow these steps
http://www.asp.net/AJAX/AjaxControlToolkit/Samples/Walkthrough/Setup.aspx

(4. Restart computer for the extensions to be working)



Upgrading to .NET Framework 3.5

1. Download .NET Framework 3.5 from
http://www.asp.net/downloads/essential/

2. Download the Visual Web Developer 2008 (for development)http://www.asp.net/downloads/essential/

3. Add the toolkit controls such as ajax calendar etc. Download the toolkit Version 3.0.11119.0
http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/ which refer you to here:
http://www.codeplex.com/AtlasControlToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=8513


Here is an ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit sample website:
http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/


Here is the ASP.NET AJAX website itself in case you want to go there:
http://www.asp.net/ajax/

50 Excellent AJAX Tutorials

50 Excellent AJAX Tutorials
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/16/50-excellent-ajax-tutorials/