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Hey, Scripting Guy! In an Office Excel spreadsheet, how can I change the color of the text if the value in column B minus the value in column A is greater than or equal to 10?-- EP Hey, EP. You know, before the Scripting Guy who writes this column started writing this column, he vowed that Hey, Scripting Guy! would have a laser-like focus on hel...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert an Office Excel spreadsheet to XML?-- KE Hey, KE. We apologize in advance if today’s column seems a little rushed; at the moment, we’re sitting in an office, surrounded by boxes and packing crates and waiting for the movers to come in and clear everything out. And no, the Scripting Guy who writes...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if Office Outlook is running and, if it isn’t, start it?-- NA Hey, NA. You know, this past weekend the Scripting Guy who writes this column found himself wandering through the local shopping mall, a turn of events which left him very uneasy, almost fearful. Why? Well, the last time he’d been in...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert a field in a Word document that shows the date two weeks from today?-- HO Hey, HO. As you’re reading this the Scripting Guy who writes this column is no doubt sitting in the bowels of the King County Superior Court, waiting to hear whether he actually gets assigned to a jury or not. We realize that many...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Office Excel’s default file path to a user’s home directory?-- LL Hey, LL. We hope that the script we’re about to show you will answer your question; if it doesn’t, you might have to wait awhile before we can get back to you on it. That’s because the Scripting Guy who writes this co...