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What a VAR Can Do |
3 Ways to Recover a Corrupted Excel Workbook
reprinted with permission from the HP Small Business Center
It's your worst Excel nightmare: a damaged or corrupted workbook. This can happen for a variety of reasons -- and the good news is that there is a variety of ways to retrieve your damaged file.
If a file is corrupted, Excel should normally perform an automated recovery. However, if that doesn't work, there are a few other options you can try.
1. Recover
or repair the file manually with Excel
The steps for manually recovering a workbook are quite
simple.
1. Select
"Open" from the File menu. In Excel 2007, click the
Office button and select "Open".
2. Using the Look In control, locate and specify the
corrupted workbook.
3. From the Open button's dropdown list, choose "Open
and Repair".
4. If this is your first attempt to manually recover the
workbook, click "Repair" in the dialogue box that
appears.
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What a VAR Can Do for Your
Business
A VAR enhances an existing product, such as hardware, with additional features, such as software, and then sells it as an integrated package often tailored for specific industries. VARs add further value to the products they sell through consultation and design, training, implementation, and ongoing service and support. The right VAR can serve as a small business's IT advisor and help it deploy the same technologies that larger companies use, such as CRM software and IP communications. You can then use those tools to enhance customer experience--a key step in growing customer loyalty and the bottom line. |
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The Future of Computing is
in the Clouds
Technology is in the early stages of a big shift, one that will transform how companies and individuals access information, share content and communicate. This next wave will be driven by a new model of computing: people and businesses will use their Web browsers to access a wide range of "cloud services"--computing services available on demand, over the Internet. Imagine services that are intelligent enough to anticipate your needs, based on a real-time understanding of your location, time of day and preferences. In this next phase of computing, the search for information will be done for you, not by you. You will have a seamless, consistent experience across all the devices you own, and all the on-demand services you care about. What's needed: New core
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Technology can go
a long way in helping your business stay competitive, meet
customer expectations and improve operational efficiencies.
But most small businesses simply don't have the resources to
evaluate technologies and aren't sure where to find the
right technology partner. That's where a value-added
reseller can help.
reprinted with permission from the HP Small Business Center
Upgrading to the new Windows® 7 operating system can make your PC faster and easier to use. Many users fear that the upgrade process itself will be stressful and difficult -- but fear not! Following these five simple steps will help you have a smooth and stress-free transition.
1. Check to
ensure you meet system requirements
Before you upgrade to Windows 7, your PC will need to have:
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
For an easy way to ensure you've got what it takes, move on
to Step 2.
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