Cope With Tech - by Eric John Emberda

I was asked today by one of my classmates about converting numeric values to literal values in excel. I thought there was a function for this but I found none. Well I was curious so I looked it up on the web . I've done a little modification here to make it more or less generic (specially when writing in checks). Here's how it's done: Click Tools->Macro->Visual Basic Editor Insert a module Paste the following code: Option Explicit '**************** ' Main Function * '**************** Function SpellNumber(ByVal MyNumber) Dim Temp, WholeNumberText, DecimalText Dim DecimalPlace, Count ReDim Place(9) As String Place(2) = " Thousand " Place(3) = " Million " Place(4) = " Billion " Place(5) = " Trillion " ' String representation of amount. MyNumber = Trim(Str(MyNumber)) ' Position of decimal pl...

Trade fairs are events from which companies showcase their products and/or services. It is one way for companies to potentially grab a share of the market. In my previous post , a trade fair can be categorized under the third "P" which is "Promotion". Trade show displays , although they cost high, they aren't high enough compared to the benefit your business can get. Don't however, have just a plain display. First impression last. If your stand shows mediocrity, there is a big chance that you won't achieve your goal--introduce your product and/or service and get a market share from that area. Have at least an elegant truss , and not just any attractive looking truss but one that is related to your product and/or service. Banner stands definitely help in getting the customer's attention. They don't immediately see your display area you know. It's the same as a customer driving by the highway looking for a certain office. From his/her perspec...

I have been a member of Multiply.com since I really don't know when and I don't bother trying to find out. Yet, why am I posting this? It's because after visiting it back, I discovered that it already gained a page rank! Cool!!! I never thought it would reach that (Well I don't even have the perfect reason why I thought of it either :P). Well, one thing's for sure, I'm getting the hang of this blogging stuff. Thanks to my students! Being part of UIC sure is a good choice. (I crave for knowledge you know...) :D Oh, by the way, visit my multiply site here .

Davao City has many computer stores ready to supply our technological needs. Among my preferred stores are Computer World, Rasi, and Thinking Tools. I buy my personal computing needs at Thinking Tools. Although I don't really feel valued when buying something at their store, the price would make me stay and buy. Our computers in our company were bought at Computer World. Again, preference is given to them because of affordable price. All the rest that cannot be found in those two, we can acquire at Rasi. I wonder if I could save more if I buy online. My printer has high ink cost. I might be replacing it with a more affordable one. Lexmark printers perhaps or printers where I just have to buy a printer toner . Hmmm... it would be nice if it includes a scanner . Well, it would be a lot better if it were a 3-in-1 (Printer, Photocopier, and Scanner) but without the high maintenance or usage cost. I haven't seen a 3-in-1 converted into a Continuous Ink Supply System (CISS). It woul...

Philnits sure is useful. The review reminded me of Searching 101 from which I only remember the Linear Search algorithm. Linear search is a method of searching in sequential order. Given the following values: A = {4, 20, 31, 50, 23, 11, 30} index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Searching is performed in sequential order which means if we are looking for the number 50, we start comparing it from values of index 1 until we reach the search item. Another sorting algorithm is the Binary Search which is very useful when the elements are already sorted. Given the following values: A = {1, 12, 30, 34 ,50 ,56, 67, 78, 89} index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 We would like to look for the number 67, We first get the median value: M = (1+9)/2 = 5 A[5] = 50 We disregard the lower half because 50 The lower bound now becomes M+1. L = M+1 = 5 +1 = 6 The new medi...

Creating a business requires considering and studying many factors. One of which is marketing. Answers to questions like "how are we going to sell our product?" or "What are we going to sell?" are to be answered. In marketing, there's this thing that we call the Marketing Mix. It's composed of four (4) P's: Product, Price, Promotion, and Place. Product refers to the goods or services that our business is giving. How are we going to sell if there is nothing to sell? It was said that having a good product will take care of the rest. A good product will promote itself. Price refers to the strategy on how we give valuation to our product. How much does it cost our customers to acquire the product? It is also important to know this because a wrong pricing strategy will cause us to lose our client base. An overpriced product or service will drive customers away. An under-priced product will create doubts about the product itself or the company selling it. Pro...

Gee, I missed another review session. PAASCU sure got my attention. It's my second miss for this Philnits review. I also skipped classes on my MIM last Saturday. I hope all of this would be worth the time missed. Now I have a lot to cope with. Hmmm... that's all I can say. Hmmm...