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David Ringstrom
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David Ringstrom

David Ringstrom exclaimed “Well, this is a stupid program, you can’t do anything with it” the first time that he launched Lotus 1-2-3 in 1987, unaware that pressing the slash key displayed the menu. That moment sealed his fate as he is now a nationally recognized spreadsheet expert. In 1991, David started a spreadsheet consulting practice that he still runs today. David has taught over 2,000 webinars and published hundreds of articles, all on Excel, and he imparts spreadsheet skills to thousands of college students each year. He is the author or coauthor of five books and the technical editor of over 40 books. He is a certified public accountant and a graduate of Georgia State University and has served in the United States Navy.
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Restoring legacy features

The term legacy feature is an epithet Microsoft uses for features that they consider have outlived their useful life. Microsoft rarely removes a feature outright from the software. Typically, deprecated commands get buried in the Commands Not in the Ribbon list, much like storing things in a basement or cellar. Let’s see how to bring back a couple of features that you might have thought were long gone.

Nuance

Microsoft did remove the Workspace feature in Excel 2013 and later. Workspaces were a collection of two or more workbooks and their onscreen layout. You still saved each workbook individually, but you could open the collection of workbooks in one fell swoop by opening the workspace file, which had a .XLW extension. You can still open workspace files in Excel, but you cannot create new workspaces. The workspace feature was a cousin of the Binder feature, which last appeared in Office 2000, and would allow you to create collections of Office...

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David Ringstrom

David Ringstrom exclaimed “Well, this is a stupid program, you can’t do anything with it” the first time that he launched Lotus 1-2-3 in 1987, unaware that pressing the slash key displayed the menu. That moment sealed his fate as he is now a nationally recognized spreadsheet expert. In 1991, David started a spreadsheet consulting practice that he still runs today. David has taught over 2,000 webinars and published hundreds of articles, all on Excel, and he imparts spreadsheet skills to thousands of college students each year. He is the author or coauthor of five books and the technical editor of over 40 books. He is a certified public accountant and a graduate of Georgia State University and has served in the United States Navy.
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