I personally use exiftool to extract EXIF or Exchangeable Image File data from files including Microsoft Office files such as .doc, .xls, and .ppt. The newer versions of Microsoft Office have new file extensions as you know which are .docx, .pptx, and .xlsx. The version of exiftool on Backtrack Linux doesn’t extract EXIF data from…
Earlier I was analyzing a bunch of data and needed to go through a couple hundred columns and fill out specific data in each column. One of the tasks I needed to complete was adding a URL to a single cell and once that URL was added to the cell I needed to then create…
I have been doing a lot of work in Microsoft Excel lately and there are certain basic tasks that I have never spent the time to learn or at least to remember. One of those items is merging cells together which I typically use for titles of sets of columns in the Excel documentation work…
I use Outlook 2007 to manage email and to schedule appointments or meeting requests. Recently Outlook crashed and required a scan of the PST file before it would operate properly again. All seemed to be working without issue and then one of my recurring meetings continued to alert me that it was time for the…
A quick and easy way to convert Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) files to pdf is to install the free 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF. It is not necessary to close Word or restart it for the add-in to take effect. When finished installed, click Save As… > .pdf to save the file…