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Speed up data-entry tasks by using End Mode
<p>The other day, I was filling out a huge Excel table, and I found myself needing to enter the exact same information in multiple cells. To save time, I used something called End mode in combination with the arrow keys on my keyboard to quickly select all the cells I needed to change. Many of my own coworkers have never heard of End mode, so I thought you might not know about it either. It's a handy status bar option, and in my opinion it's often easier to use than fill down when you need to update a lot of cells at once. </p>Line or scatter chart?
<p>Ah, the great questions of life: Paper or plastic? Line chart or scatter chart? Choosing the wrong chart type for your data can easily happen when it comes to line and scatter charts. They look very similar, especially when a scatter chart is displayed with connecting lines, but there is a big difference in the way each of these chart types plots data along the horizontal and vertical axes. Let Excel writer Frederique be your guide as to which type of chart to use and when.</p>Making sense of dollar signs in Excel
<p>We've noticed some of you searching for help using "$" — a dollar sign. In Excel, a dollar sign can denote a currency format, but it has another common use: indicating absolute cell references in formulas. In this post, we'll talk a bit about both uses of the dollar sign.</p>Livescribe smartpen users can now easily connect to OneNote
<p>Smartpens are wonderful devices that can record everything you handwrite (and everything you hear, such as in a lecture). Livescribe smartpen users can now send pencasts of their notes and audio recordings directly into OneNote, where such content becomes fully searchable, thanks to OneNote's fantastic ability to search for text in handwriting, images, and even audio recordings. Read the full blog post to learn where you can download the new version of Livescribe Connect that now adds full OneNote support!</p>![Smiling woman sitting behind a Microsoft-branded computer.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MSC22_PICHA_office_119453-300x200.jpg)