A relationship coach splits the chores with her husband using a color-coded spreadsheet — and says dividing the housework has made their sex life better. Tara Blair Ball, 38, ...

Track your goals with color-coded calendars created with R packages ggplot2 and ggcal. Topics ... One way to set up the spreadsheet is with two columns: one for Day and another for Activity.

Neatly diagramed flow charts and color-coded spreadsheets are not what most people think of when they envision the densely worded documents that will carry out their last wishes.

You can use Microsoft's Spreadsheet Compare tool to get a color-coded chart showing how two spreadsheets compare and what's missing or changed from one to the other.