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As mentioned in other articles I sometimes like to output data in CSV format and redirect to a file and then open that file with my favourite spread sheet application to create pretty charts instead of using awk to create command line graphs or gnuplot. However I recently found out that Microsoft Excel doesn't do Gantt charts by default, so what follows is an explanation of what I was trying to do and how I simulated a Gantt chart in Excel.

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I generally hate to update things which work just fine. There is usually very little reason to: the application is in use because the stability and feature set of the current version are good. Now I have used Skype for years (probably only using 20% of the available feature set) and I always loathed upgrading because it'll try and install a bunch of stuff I don't need. Which is bad, but installing utter crap now that's just not on. Take a look at what Skype's FireFox addon does to my links below.

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