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There's a sort-of Black Friday Special on our Excel for Engineers Live Online Training later this month, the last one for 2021. Also, available now, a self-paced version at a special price.
In the latest Excel Tip in our long-running series, we finish improving our macro.
Could POPIA kill your business? Get savvy and be safe.
We end with an emoticon of wisdom from Computius.
"If you need to use notes, be subtle and do not read your speech."
When you read from your notes, it can be obvious to your audience, even during current times while we have meetings online.
If you need your notes, rather use cue cards with keywords to help you remember the core points of your speech.
Either way, the most important thing you could do is rehearse your speech ten to twenty times over.
Adequate rehearsal will prevent you from needing notes at all, or at least allow you to use your cue cards more effectively!
Mariswe Toastmasters, Taking #smallsteps to #excellence
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Microsoft Excel is (pardon the pun) an excellent engineering tool. Not only does it have all basic mathematical functions, it has advanced statistical functions, matrix manipulation, charts, and much else. Are you, as an engineer, using it to the full? Are you aware of how much it can do? Many of us are self-taught and have gaps in our knowledge. Fill those gaps on the online Excel for Engineers training: two full days of personal attention in a small class.
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In the previous issue, we tested our macro that processes a list of telephone numbers into a uniform format. Then, last issue, we looked at improving the macro. We will get the macro to run repeatedly until it gets to the bottom of the list, using a Loop: The While ... Wend Loop. We ended with a cliff-hanger: What condition should we use to make sure the loop stops when it is done?
How about using the fact that there is something in the cell to work with? It should stop when it hits a blank cell, thus:
While
ActiveCell.Text > ""
[statements]
Wend
If we indent almost all of our code (to make the block obvious) and put it inside a While ... Wend loop, this is what we get (new While statement with red breakpoint, and Wend selected in blue):
We also added And IsNumeric(Tel$) to the last If statement, just to be sure.
Next time we will look briefly at other types of loops that are available to us.
You can use this time to learn simple Excel macros. Do repetitive work in a flash, instead of repeating the same boring stuff manually. Save hours not working late, and spend more time with your family... The Software Africa Quick 'n Easy Turbo-Start Excel Macros course is now online. The lockdown discount has ended, but it is still a bargain.
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA, or the POPI Act) went live on 1 July.
It applies to every business in SA, no matter how tiny.
The penalties for non-compliance are vindictive:
This new law demands you set up "reasonable" safeguards to protect the information you hold against theft, loss, and hacking. It does not matter if it's lost, stolen or hacked, you have to report it.
Know what's involved so that you can protect yourself and your company: Take the Complimentary Online POPI Act Training for Small Business Owners. It's self-paced so you can do it at any time. Share this with anyone who is interested in POPI. If you're not the owner of the business you're in, send this to the Owner. They will thank you later.
You know you are spending too much time online when you change your signature to an emoticon.
All the Best from the team!m!
Judith and Rick
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