Do you find yourself repeating the same Excel tasks every month, or have you tried to use macros but given up because VBA is too difficult? If so, you are not alone. In fact, by using Python and a ...

With my guide to the best cameras for macro photography, I'll show you the top tools for capturing images of the finest details. While the lens is arguably the most important component of macro ...

For many years, I used Excel macros (VBA). Monthly reporting, formatting forms, transcribing data... I would say, "Why don't we automate this with VBA?" and I wrote dozens of macros. But this year, I ...

It took some convincing, but at the start of this year, I ended a years-long relationship with Microsoft 365. I'd like to say I ditched the office suite for some nuanced reason, like I don't want ...

The Document Foundation has officially released LibreOffice 26.2, the latest major update to the widely used open-source office suite. With improvements spanning performance, user interface ...

Abstract: Bayesian inference provides a methodology for parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification in machine learning and deep learning methods. Variational inference and Markov Chain ...

As a statistics professional handling voluminous tabular data and reports, I developed this tool to automate LibreOffice operations when restricted to Linux environments without Office VBA access.

The big picture: Today's world runs on digital documents, but companies and users face a maze of incompatible proprietary file formats. LibreOffice developers contend that only strictly open standards ...

Abstract: To overcome the computational limitations that impede large-scale palaeobiological research, we engineered PyDivDyn, a high-performance Python package. We architected PyDivDyn with a fully ...

The latest version of the open-source Office alternative was released earlier this month with deprecated support for older PCs and Windows versions. A new version of LibreOffice, a popular open-source ...

Organizations migrating away from end-of-life Microsoft ecosystems must consider the impact of macro policies. And those staying should better protect their systems with key rules and settings. The ...