Microsoft Excel Clustered-Stacked Column/Bar Chart

We can create clustered-stacked column/bar charts -- like those shown below (taken from Reference 1) -- in Excel. It is doable, but the process involves many steps. Follow the instructions in Reference 1.

At one point, the instructions say - "Copy the range, and use paste special to add this data to the chart as a new series", for this if using Excel 2007 you need to click the 'Home' tab on the ribbon, click the 'Paste' drop-down arrow and choose 'Paste Special'.

References:
1. http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/clustered-stacked-column-bar-charts/
2. http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/559998-charts-add-new-data-copy-paste-special.html

vmware tools copy-paste feature in Ubuntu

You will need the vmware tools for having the feature to copy-paste feature between the VM and the host machine. Installing vmware tools on an Ubuntu machine was a little tricky.

You can find the instructions at: Installing VMware Tools in an Ubuntu virtual machine (1022525)

References:
1. http://communities.vmware.com/thread/395491?start=0&tstart=0
2. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1014294
3. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1022525

VNC viewer: copy and paste text

If you are unable to copy text from and to a VNC client to your windows operating system, make sure the vncconfig application is running on the remote server.

Run "vncconfig &" from the vncviewer, and check all checkboxes.

From Unix to Windows from a VNC session:
1) Highlight the text you want to copy by holding down the left mouse button and dragging, just like in Windows. This copies it to the Windows clipboard.
2) Go to your Windows window and paste it from the clipboard as usual.

By the way, to paste it into the Unix window, put your cursor where you want it to go, then click the middle mouse button.

Reference:
http://www.unix.com/windows-dos-issues-discussions/40732-vnc-copy-paste-problem.html