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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I open an Excel spreadsheet, update all the links to other Excel spreadsheets, and then break those links?-- YH Hey, YH. Before we begin, we’d like to make an announcement: the Scripting Guy who writes this column gives up. To tell you the truth, that’s not something we ever expected to say; after all, the Scripting G...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I loop through a folder, open all the Excel files in that folder, then run a specified macro in each of those Excel files?-- BR Hey, BR. So, did you watch college football this past Saturday? In particular, did you watch as the Washington Huskies dismantled Boise State 24-10, snapping the Bronco’s nation’s-best winnin...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the email addresses in my Sent Items and then write those addresses to an Excel spreadsheet?-- RD Hey, RD. As a matter of fact, yes, we are having problems focusing on work today. Granted, that’s true most days. However, at least today it’s understandable, coming on the heels of a very exciting (an...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a background picture to an Excel worksheet?-- GA Hey, GA. You know, being the health-conscious type, each morning the Scripting Guy who writes this column eats some non-fat raspberry yogurt … right before he eats his daily doughnut. (But don’t worry: it’s a medically-proven fact that eating yogurt counteracts an...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of my appointments for a specific month (for example, all my appointments for December, 2007)?-- HG Hey, HG. We’ll get to your question in just a moment. Before we do that, however, the Scripting Guy who writes this column wants to take a little time and enjoy the last few days of August (and, in effect,...