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February 1, 2017

Email security: How to encrypt email with Gmail and Outlook.com

Recently, I’ve become concerned about the privacy of sending email. What’s a cheap and easy way to protect my email messages?

February 1, 2017

Expanding your app-titude: Stop robocalls to your cellphone with Nomorobo

Nomorobo protects voice over internet protocol (VoIP) landlines and cellphones using “simultaneous ring.”

February 1, 2017

IRS warns tax professionals of another email phishing scam

The latest ploy mimics an IRS request for e-services validation.

February 1, 2017

Microsoft Excel: 3 ways to calculate internal rate of return in Excel

Excel offers three functions for calculating the internal rate of return, and I recommend you use all three.

February 1, 2017

Email security: Securing your Gmail account

The best measure you can take to secure your Gmail is to enable two-step verification.

February 1, 2017

Microsoft Word: How to insert different headers and footers in Word

How to create a Microsoft Word document with different headers and footers.

January 1, 2017

Windows 10: Get to the Control Panel

The traditional Control Panel option is still available through the Windows 10 Start button, but it is buried deeper in the menu.

January 1, 2017

Microsoft Excel: Use Excel to quickly count workdays

Excel’s NETWORKDAYS function (available in Excel 2010 and later editions) returns the number of working days in a specified period of time.

January 1, 2017

Organize your photos with Google

What’s a good way to weed out the duplicate images and organize all of my photos together?

January 1, 2017

Data mining your general ledger with Excel

Learn how to use Microsoft Excel to unearth and interpret the wealth of data hidden in the general ledger.

January 1, 2017

Expanding your app-titude

This month: What do employees think of your firm? Look through Glassdoor … Working to connect Alignable businesses

January 1, 2017

Microsoft Word: Find a lost document

Help, I can’t find the latest draft of the Word document I was working on. I thought I had saved the file before closing Word, but maybe I didn’t. Is there any way to tell?

January 1, 2017

Microsoft Office: Modify auto-correct

Word’s AutoCorrect function contains corrections for many commonly misspelled or mistyped words.

December 6, 2016

Client accounting services emerges as strong revenue driver for CPA firms

For firms that offer virtual CFO and other client accounting services, the category is becoming a significant contributor to the top line, according to the results of a survey from the AICPA Private Companies Practice Section and CPA.com.

December 1, 2016

Expanding your app-titude

A monthly look at apps and websites that can make the CPA’s job and life better. This month: Do! and Asana.

December 1, 2016

Microsoft Excel: How to turn off Excel’s AutoFormat feature

A few options exist for controlling some of Excel’s AutoFormat behavior.

December 1, 2016

Drones: Is drone delivery simply pie in the sky?

Our company is interested in drone delivery technology. When might this technology become available?

December 1, 2016

Internet: A shifty way to scroll up

Pressing the space bar while holding down the Shift key scrolls you up a full page.

December 1, 2016

The 2016 CPA technology gift guide

In what has become a Journal of Accountancy annual tradition, we take a look at the high-tech gifts most likely to make your favorite CPA smile this holiday season. This year’s list of high-tech holiday goodies is heavy on the delivery of HD video and high-quality sound.

December 1, 2016

Internet: CAPTCHA chaos

Is there a way to get around those websites that require you to decipher text images that are barely readable?

FROM THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

Making the right choice when no one is watching

The true test of one’s character is the decision made when no one is looking over your shoulder. Learn how CPAs can uphold ethical standards and take actions that help limit liability risk.