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May 11, 2021

Format column headings in Excel to make them easier to read

Learn three simple formatting tricks to make column headings – or other cells – more readable in Excel.

May 6, 2021

Excel depreciation advice; risk management lessons learned

Hear more on calculation of depreciation in Excel from a Technology Q&A author, and hear from a risk management expert on what organizations have learned in the past year.

May 5, 2021

AI presents opportunities for cost optimization in manufacturing

Artificial intelligence and machine learning can drive more efficient operations and more effective growth for manufacturers. Here’s how the technology is being used to monitor for defects, schedule preventive maintenance and improve forecasting accuracy.

May 1, 2021

8 ways to calculate depreciation in Excel

The first section explains straight-line, sum-of-years’ digits, declining-balance, and double-declining-balance depreciation. The second section covers the remaining depreciation methods.

April 29, 2021

A new risk matrix for blockchain implementation

A new joint publication from AICPA & CIMA and ISACA provides a risk matrix that identifies risk in five key domains — governance, infrastructure, data, key management and smart contracts.

April 15, 2021

How nonfungible tokens work and where they get their value

A cryptocurrency expert explains the basics of NFTs and the business and buzz behind them.

April 13, 2021

How one accounting program introduces students to RPA

A professor explains how and why to incorporate the technology into the curriculum.

April 13, 2021

See descriptive statistics in Excel

Learn how to use Excel to quickly calculate basic descriptive statistics for a dataset, including mean, standard deviation, minimums, and maximums.

March 17, 2021

Cybersecurity requirements provide new opportunity for CPAs

CPAs can be engaged as third-party assessors of US defense contractors’ compliance with new cybersecurity requirements.

March 9, 2021

Get started with robotic process automation

Experts offer their advice on teaching this emerging technology.

March 9, 2021

Add the Data Analysis ToolPak to Excel

Excel’s Data Analysis ToolPak allows you to perform many advanced data analytics functions. Here’s how to enable it.

March 1, 2021

Data thieves strike at any weak point

Cyberattackers remain unrelenting in adapting tactics to exploit human and technological vulnerabilities.

March 1, 2021

Arming staff with the right tools to succeed

This month’s column looks at tactics and technology that leaders can employ to manage staff working remotely.

February 16, 2021

4 tips for launching a new initiative virtually

This article offers tips for forming, testing, and launching a new endeavor under remote-working circumstances.

February 9, 2021

Various ways to display formulas in Excel

There are a number of different ways that you can display formulas in Excel. This can be useful when investigating why a certain formula isn’t working correctly or when grading your students’ worksheets to ensure they are using formulas correctly.

February 9, 2021

What faculty should know about Alteryx

Don’t be afraid of teaching this easy-to-learn data analysis software.

February 1, 2021

Zoom vs. Teams vs. Google Meet: Which is right for you?

Most of the time, you simply click the link given to you and never think twice. But for those of us who have to host meetings, which platform is best? Let’s take a look at each.

February 1, 2021

Discover more about your data with Ideas

Excel Ideas will analyze your dataset and give you recommendations, or ideas, for charts, PivotTables, and PivotCharts that work with your
dataset.

February 1, 2021

Searching within Excel comments

You can search for text that is contained within comments, hidden or unhidden, of an Excel spreadsheet.

February 1, 2021

A better way to save

You can specify a default location to save your Excel workbooks. You can also “pin” other locations so that they are quickly accessible every time you save.

FROM THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

4 ways solo practitioners can stand out

Five years ago, a grieving Angel Zhen started his own CPA firm with no clients and no revenue. Today, he has 300 clients, $600,000 in revenue and 12 weeks of annual vacation. In this JofA article, he shares how he set up his firm and how you could do the same.