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Most common error messages in MS Excel and ways to fix them

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MS Excel is most widely used application used by business owners for record keeping purpose. Most of the users are comfortable working on Excel but sometimes it generate weird error messages that are difficult to understand even for an experienced user. So here I am discussing the most common error, you may came across in Excel and ways to fix them. 1.#Name? : This error occurs when a function is missing or there is some spelling mistake in formula. To correct this error check the spelling of the function. Suppose you have use SUM (A1:A5) to add a range but you forget to type the M in SUM, than this error occurs.

Are you unable to open your Company file in QuickBooks? Here is the solution

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Are you facing problem in opening your company file in QuickBooks? If yes then you should read this article to solve your problem.  A file cannot open successfully due to various reasons like problem with reports; more than one computer are accessing the file, mismatch between .TLG and .QBW file, encrypted file, damaged company file and many more. So let's discuss the possible solution to solve this issue. If one solution fails then try another. Make sure you are using the latest release of QuickBooks: If you are not using the latest release of QuickBooks then update to the latest release from Intuit Latest Release webpage.

Are you unable to open your Company file in QuickBooks? Here is the solution

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Are you facing problem in opening your company file in QuickBooks? If yes then you should read this article to solve your problem.  A file cannot open successfully due to various reasons like problem with reports; more than one computer are accessing the file, mismatch between .TLG and .QBW file, encrypted file, damaged company file and many more. So let's discuss the possible solution to solve this issue. If one solution fails then try another. Make sure you are using the latest release of QuickBooks: If you are not using the latest release of QuickBooks then update to the latest release from Intuit Latest Release webpage.

What to do when a new blank document in Word does not open blank?

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It happens sometime that when you open or create a new blank document in MS Word it does not open blank and instead show the text of some old document. This issue mainly occurs due to problem in global template i.e. Normal.dot file. The Normal template is a special kind of Word file that contains text, style, macros, toolbar etc. All the documents that you create in Word are based on Normal template. So the above problem may occur if:

How to solve “Filename is not valid” error in MS Excel?

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Today in this article I am going to discuss about the error that might occurs when you try to open or save your file in Excel. Have you guys ever got “Filename is not valid” error message while saving your file in Excel? This is the most common error that we usually came across in Excel. This error can occurs in many forms such as you might receive below error message: “The file could not be accessed.” Or “The path you entered, '<filename>', is too long. Enter a shorter path.” Or “<Filename> could not be found. Check the spelling of the filename, and verify that the file location is correct. “

How to deal with “QuickBooks not responding” error?

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Have you ever got “Not responding” message in QuickBooks? I am sure most of you must have faced this problem when you try to open your Company file and suddenly “QuickBooks is not responding” message pops up. To end this error, user sometime press Ctrl+Alt+Del to end task but this is really not a good idea. You should wait at least 10 minutes before doing this end task thing. Moreover some user just restarts their computer in the hope that they will now be able to open their company file. This is also not good idea because you may end up with QuickBooks corruption. So stay calm and try to understand the cause of the error first.

Cannot View PDF in web browser? Here is the solution

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Are you unable to view PDF file in your web browser? Are you thinking had I done something wrong? If yes then you are also one of the victims who have been suffering from this problem. It generally happens that usually when you click your PDF file, it open normally in browser but sometime it create problem in opening and what you see in browser is a blank page or a broken link.  So today I am going to discuss the different ways to solve this issue. Restart your PC: Before doing anything else just restart your computer to see if problem goes away or not.

Ways to prevent corruption in FileMaker database

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Corruption in any type of database is impossible to avoid completely, even most secure and safest relational database like FileMaker Pro also got corrupt sometime. However you can still avoid corruption in FileMaker Pro to a certain limit, if you take necessary precautions. So let's first understand why FileMaker Pro got corrupt at first place. Reasons of corruption in FileMaker Pro: Since FileMaker is disk based application, so it just transfer the data as needed in main memory instead of loading the entire database. When it transfer data from main memory to hard disk and you unexpectedly quit the application then it is most likely that your FileMaker database becomes corrupt.

Easiest Way to Repair PDF Files

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PDF is an industry standard for document exchange and one of the most popular file formats across the globe. There are many benefits of using PDFs like it can be published on Internet, send through emails, viewable on any platform, portable and many more. Although PDF is most secure application due to its advanced security features like password protection but at times it also gets corrupt. Here first I am discussing the possible reasons of corruption in PDF file: Improper download of PDF file : One of the main causes behind PDF corruption is improper download of PDF file from the Internet. Sometime it happens that when you try to download PDF file from Internet, the download process gets interrupt due to sudden shutdown of computer or loss of Internet connection.