The Old Editor fears that in your zeal to prune the shrubs and clear the undergrowth, you might lose track of where you are in the forest. Don’t let the little stuff distract you from the big stuff.

I have written about Nebulous Notes before. Back in August, I posted an overview of my workflow with the app, plain text, and Markdown: Combining Nebulous’ support for text substitution and cursor ...

Recently, while helping Linux Journal convert its editorial process to use DocBook/XML for articles, I had occasion to convert some old Vim macros for use with the new process. The original macros ...

I've been treating Excel like a glorified calculator for most of my life. Sure, formulas made doing more complex calculations easier and automatically updated data, and there are free Excel templates ...

Here at TidBITS, we rely on the venerable BBEdit to write our articles. Among its many powerful features, it offers syntax coloring for the Markdown format that we use for articles, connects to the ...

As far as Microsoft Excel is concerned, a macro is simply a piece of code. This code will be loaded every time you launch the Microsoft Excel software. Macros are pretty useful. They can help you ...

1) Open your 'Macro Window' ("U" Key by Default). 2) Click 'New Macro' 3) Name your Macro 4) Create a description of your Macro (optional) 5) Choose which Icon you want to use, this will be on shown ...

When you open an Excel file after downloading it, it opens in Protected View by default. However, some users cannot edit the file even after enabling editing. They ...