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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I specify the number of decimal places to be displayed in an Excel spreadsheet?-- JS Hey, JS. Yes, it is Presidents Day here in the US, a day on which schools, banks, and government offices are all closed. Fortunately, though, the Scripting Guys are open and ready for business. Why are the Scripting Guys open and read...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure Office Excel to autosave every 5 minutes?-- KK Hey, KK. You know, that’s a good question. As it turns out, the autosave capability in Microsoft Excel – hey, wait a minute: do you realize what day it is? Today is the first day of the 2007 Winter Scripting Games; why in the world are you reading ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I save an Office Excel chart as a picture?-- JB Hey, JB. You know, yesterday was a good day for the Scripting Guy who writes this column. If the phone rings at the Scripting House and if it’s for the Scripting Guy who writes this column, well, it’s never really for the Scripting Guy who writes this column;...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I import a .CSV file into an Office Access database?-- CS Hey, CS. We’ll get to your question in just a minute. First, though, a few thoughts leftover from Super Bowl XLI: Overall the Scripting Guy who writes this column thought that the game was OK, although it did buttress his belief that college football is f...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete all the messages in my Sent Items folder?-- OG Hey, OG. You know, throughout his entire life the Scripting Guy who writes this column has been told that “the only dumb question is the question that goes unasked.” Now, to be perfectly honest, he doesn’t really believe this. For example, when ...