An earlier Design Idea described how to linearize the output of an RTD (resistance-temperature-detector) sensor and how to calculate the resistor values using a spreadsheet (Reference 1).That idea ...

Excel uses a core set of Python libraries provided by Anaconda.As for the use cases, you can run Python codes, perform data ...

The Python-Excel revolution . Overall, if you're familiar with Python and its libraries, there's no reason not to use it in Excel. It bridges the gap between the user-friendly interface of ...

Microsoft Excel spreadsheets hold more than a million rows of data and automate number crunching, but they can do so much more. Excel’s simple interface lends itself to uses well beyond those ...

Recovering the Broken Promise of Increased Efficiency in Science, Industry, and Engineering Enabled by the Advent of the Personnel Computer In the early days of the personal computer, we were ...

Welcome to WIRED Software Review, where we publish critiques of the defining cultural artifact of our time. Spreadsheet software was thus a major draw to the personal computer—not simply for ...

Row Zero founders Breck Fresen (left) and Nick End. (Row Zero Photo) When a spreadsheet gets big, your computer can get slow. Row Zero wants to help. The ...

Using PDFgear to convert PDFs to Excel documents. PDFgear is a free to download and use PDF reader and editing app. It has a very simple user interface and it's our preferred method for converting ...