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  Saturday, October 31, 2009 – Permalink –

Hiding Duplicates in Query Results

Once is enough


It's easy to hide duplicate entries when you run a query, even though Access doesn't go out of its way to call attention to this ability.
  • Set up a query as usual using the design grid.

  • Choose View>Properties from the menu bar to display the Query Properties dialog box.

  • Change the Unique Values property to Yes.


Access displays unique records based on each field returned by the query.



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  Friday, October 30, 2009 – Permalink –

Thumbnail Views

Little pages


The Thumbnail view can be used to see the layout of a page or to jump from one page to another.

With Word 2003 and 2007, Thumbnail views are available in Normal, Print Layout, Outline, and Reading Layout views. Go to View>Thumbnails to display the Thumbnail pane to the left of your document. In 2007+ go to View>Navigation tab>Show.

Thumbnail versions of your document will appear in a new pane to the left of your current document. Click on a thumbnail page and Word 2003/7 will automatically jump to the selected page.




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  Thursday, October 29, 2009 – Permalink –

Hep Me

It's EZ


Thomas Brunt's Outfront.net has a number of web developer tips.

Shirley Wood wrote an article about "Spell checking your web site"

FrontPage uses the same dictionary as Word and Excel.

A spell checker, however, only goes so far:


Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marcs four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.


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  Tuesday, October 27, 2009 – Permalink –

PPT Secrets No More

Tutorials and downloads


Here's an exceptional collection of animation techniques as well as sample file you can use to emulate their brilliance.
  • The Power Of "Ping"

  • Let The Good Times Roll

  • 4 Picture Animations

  • Master Linking Presentation

  • Formatting Best-Practices

  • Stars Wars Style Credits

  • Animation Sample

  • Scrolling Credits

  • Movie Across Slides

  • "PPTLive" Animation Tutorial

  • Motion Paths
TLC Creative Services:
 PPT Tutorials



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  Monday, October 26, 2009 – Permalink –

Office 2010 Blogs

A collection of sources


Here is a list of Blogs put out by Microsoft developers and proselytizers:

Official MS 2010 Office Blogs

Microsoft blogs about everything:
Team Blogs




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  Sunday, October 25, 2009 – Permalink –

Hep Me

Help topic locations


This from Ron de Bruin:



"Using the Help Context IDs

To make use of this file(s), locate the help topic of interest and make a note of its context ID.

Then, write a VBA subroutine that displays the topic.

You can attach the subroutine to a button, or provide some other way for the user to execute the sub.

For example, if you'd like to display the help topic that show the Date/Time Functions List,
you'll find that the context ID for that particular topic is 5199659.

The following VBA procedure displays that help topic."


Sub ShowHelp()
Application.Help "XLMAIN" & Val(Application.Version) & ".CHM" ,5199659
End Sub


Help Context IDs for Excel

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Export Formatted Sheets

Access to Excel


Access provides an easy way to export data to Excel through the Office Links feature.

To use this feature, simply select a relevant database object and choose Tools>Office Links> Analyze It With Excel.

The worksheet Excel creates includes some minor formatting applied to the field headings that appear in row 1. Some formatting in your original Access database affects the worksheet cell formatting as well. For example, if you're exporting from a datasheet, gridline and font attributes are carried over to Excel. If you use the Office Links feature to export data behind a form, text box shading and font properties are applied.

The final result in Excel may not exactly match your Access data; however, you'll probably find that less work is required to get your Excel version of the data into an easily readable state.

In Office 2007-10 it's External Data>Excel




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  Saturday, October 24, 2009 – Permalink –

What's in Your Head(er)?

See it all


There are ways to see an email header.

See:
Email Headers
Outlook-Tips.net shows a way to do it:
. . . you can view the header and source together in the options dialog, if you edit a registry key. This works on mail downloaded from Internet mail transports only, not Exchange server mailboxes. However, if you access the mailbox using an Internet transport, you'll see the full source.
Open the registry editor and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Mail

Right click on the right pane and choose new DWORD:

Parameter: SaveAllMIMENotJustHeaders
Value: 1


Viewing Headers


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  Friday, October 23, 2009 – Permalink –

Calculation Tool in Word

Select and Add


In Excel an instant answer is displayed on the Status bar, when a series of numbers is selected.

If you would like to calculate lists or columns of numbers in Word, look at ToolsCalculate. It will display the answer AND let you paste the result in your document.

ToolsCalculate can be added to a menu or tool bar. Pre-2007, it is available through Tools>Customize.
  1. On the Commands tab, select All Commands in the Category list, then scroll down the Commands list until you find ToolsCalculate.

  2. Drag it to the menu bar and hover the mouse over "Tools" until the Tools menu drops down.

  3. Drop Tools Calculate somewhere on the menu or drop it on a toolbar.

  4. Close the Customize box.
For directions see:
MVPS.org FAQ
  1. Type the numbers you want to calculate, along with the appropriate mathematical operators.

    Word can calculate numbers in a line, in a column or row in a table, or in a column separated from other columns with tabs. Word can also calculate numbers interspersed throughout the text in one or more paragraphs if you include a space on either side of each number.

  2. Select the numbers and operators.

  3. From the Tools menu, choose Calculate.

    Word calculates the result and displays it for a few seconds in the status bar. The result is stored on the Clipboard.

  4. To insert the result into your document, position the insertion point and choose Paste from the Edit menu (CTRL+V) or click the Paste button on the Toolbar.
This is left over from the halcyon days of Word 2.0 when Woody Leonard and Ed Bott were but children.


In 2007-10,
  1. Click the Office logo
  2. Go to Word Options on the bottom of the box.
  3. Go to Customize.
  4. Select All Commands and find Calculate.
The Calculate icon will now appear on the Quick Access toolbar.



Of course, you could use formulas:
 MicroSystems.com




[Edited entry from 10/8/2006]


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  Thursday, October 22, 2009 – Permalink –

Move Using Alt

One sheet to another



To move data from one worksheet to another, highlight the data.

Hold down the ALT key and move the mouse until the pointer arrow is on the border of the selection.

Drag the selection down to the destination worksheet tab.

When the arrow touches the tab, Excel switches to the desired worksheet.

Now drag the selection to the correct position. Let go of the mouse and then the ALT key.

To copy data hold down the CTRL+ALT keys and perform the steps above.

BTW the screen will not scroll while you hold the ALT key down.


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  Wednesday, October 21, 2009 – Permalink –

Halloween on One Slide

Scary trick


Kathryn Jacobs, PowerPointAnswers, has created a single slide presentation with a Halloween theme.

Through the clever use of animation, AutoShapes, and witchcraft. A whole show is contained on just one slide.

Pumpkin Time!

Brainy Betty also has some free templates
Halloween Backgrounds

 Also see Indezine:
Halloween Templates



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  Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – Permalink –

Display Data Once

Report Trick


Sometimes, you may have data that needlessly clutters a report.

For instance, suppose your report is listing the fields strCompany, strFirstName, and strLastName.

If there are multiple names listed for each company, and the report is sorted by company name, repeating the company information is unnecessary.

You may want to set a group header based on the company name, but there's an easier way to hide the redundant data.
  1. Open the report in Design view.

  2. Select the control that displays repetitive information.

  3. Display the control's Property sheet.

  4. Set the Hide Duplicates property equal to No.

  5. Finally, Save and preview your report.


If the data in the modified control is the same as the data from the previous record, the control is hidden.


 [Edited entry from 10/2/2006]


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  Monday, October 19, 2009 – Permalink –

Re-search Research

Look again


Outlook has a feature functionality for "Search Folders".

Henrik Walther, at Outlook Exchange, has written a description of how to use this tool:

Using Search Folders in Outlook


Search Folders are a kind of new user interface for the Advanced Find functionality, which has been with us through several Outlook generations. The thing that makes Search Folders new and unique is the possibility for defined search criteria to be saved and represented through a kind of virtual folder in the Outlook client. What this means is it gives us a virtual folder view of the content in one or more "normal" folders, for which a search criteria has been defined.

Also:
Office.microsoft.com:
Search Folders




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  Sunday, October 18, 2009 – Permalink –

Theses by the Numbers

Colour or Color?


The University of Calgary has a step by step tutorial on how to write a thesis.

  1. Choose a template
  2. Download a template
  3. Guidelines
  4. Styles & their Relevance
  5. Saving your files
  6. Writing - hints & tips
  7. Creating the Front Matter
  8. Assembling Chapters
  9. Page Numbers
  10. Printout & Submission

Included are Word Thesis Templates

Some of the hints may provide you with some help even if you use the letter "U" in a more parsimonious manner. [Edited entry from 9/30/2006] See all Topics

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  Saturday, October 17, 2009 – Permalink –

Shortcut Borders

Keyboard trick


Use Ctrl+1 to bring up Excels Formatting dialog box. Shift+B will take you to the Borders tab.

Now you can use the following key strokes (2002+):

ALT+T
Apply or remove the top border.
ALT+B
Apply or remove the bottom border.
ALT+L
Apply or remove the left border.
ALT+R
Apply or remove the right border.
ALT+D
Apply or remove the downward diagonal border.
ALT+U
Apply or remove the upward diagonal border.
ALT+H
Apply or remove the horizontal interior border.
ALT+V
Apply or remove the vertical interior border.
ALT+O
outlines the cells.
ALT+I
give interior (vertical and horizontal).
ALT+N
removes all borders.
ALT+C
brings up the color palette.



Shortcuts for Applying Borders

Ctrl+Shift+7 will outline a cell without having to display the Format dialog.


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  Friday, October 16, 2009 – Permalink –

Plan for your Site

Outline then do


Always a good idea. Pre-plan and then do. Too often projects are started without a plan and too often plans are made and not carried through.

"When creating a website there are several different tools and methods available, but it is important to plan the steps. This guide will help outline the important steps required for website creation and promotion. Information in this document should help readers avoid many pitfalls and save time throughout the process."

  1. Inception and Planning

  2. Design

  3. Construction

  4. Promotion
CompTechDoc.org:
Website Creation Tutorial



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  Thursday, October 15, 2009 – Permalink –

Definition of Definition

One Stop OneLook


A plethora of punditry

"If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, we'll quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word. If you don't know how to spell the word, we'll help you do that too. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook search engine.

What can you do at OneLook.com?
Define words:
Type a word into the search box on the front page to retrieve a list of dictionary web sites that define that word. Be sure "Find definitions" is selected.

Translate words:
Type a word into the search box and select "Find translations" to retrieve a list of dictionary web sites that have translations of that word into other languages.

Find words:
Type a pattern consisting of letters and the wildcards * and ? to retrieve a list of words matching your pattern."

OneLook.com


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  Wednesday, October 14, 2009 – Permalink –

Access to E-mail

What's the Outlook?


Garry Robinson from GR-FX Pty Limited of Australia and Scott McManus from Skandus, have a tutorial about:

Processing E-Mail Orders using Outlook and Access.

They have include sample database downloads and the code needed to make the engine work.

"Using Microsoft Access and Outlook together can reduce manual processing of Ordering emails very substantially. I know this because sometimes it would take up to 15 minutes to undertake all the little steps of saving customer details into tables and newsletter lists. Also without software, it was very difficult to explain to other staff members what to do when an e-mail arrived. Now we can process the orders in a couple of minutes when Outlook email arrives in the correct folder."

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  Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – Permalink –

Email Garage

Auto Archive


Auto archiving of old messages is a two-part process. Go to Tools>Options and choose the "Other" tab.

Click the "AutoArchive" button.

Select where you would like the archive.pst file to be stored and how often you want messages to be moved to the archive.pst file, for instance every 14 days.

OKyour way out.

AutoArchive is a process that searches for folders that have items that need to be saved.

Now you need to set up the folders that you want AutoArchive to look at. Go to View>Folder list.

Right click on a folder such as Inbox, Family letters, any other directory that you have created.

On the Right click Shortcut menu, choose Properties.

Choose the AutoArchive tab.

Put a check next to "Clean out items older than" and choose the time period. You can decide to have items in that folder sent to an archive file of your choosing. For instance older than 3 months.

OKyour way out.

Now ever 14 days AutoArchive will look at the folders and archive files that have become older than 3months.

Also see:


Working with AutoArchive Default Settings - University of Wisconsin
Outlook Email Archiving Tips and Tricks - The Naked PC
Outlook Backup and Archive Procedures - Kellogg School of Management
Setting Up Retention Settings in Outlook 2003 -Microsoft Office Online
An Overview of Archive and AutoArchive - KB 290847

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  Monday, October 12, 2009 – Permalink –

Adjust a Page Border

Fix the box


There is a border around your title page, but the bottom line doesn't print. Usually the reason is that the bottom line (or on a landscape page, the right border) falls within your printer's unprintable area. Here are some suggestions for finding just where that area is and how to adjust your border so that it will print.

  • Find your printer's unprintable area

    Your printer manual may specify the unprintable areas. Inkjet printers, in particular, often have a large unprintable area at the bottom of the page.

    Here's a way to discover them for yourself in Word.

    1. Choose File>Page Setup>Margins tab. Change all four margin settings to 0". Choose OK.

    2. You're told that one or more margins are set outside the printable area of the page. Choose Fix.

    3. Word adjusts the margin settings to your printer's minimum values. Jot down your printer's settings for your future reference, then Cancel the dialog.

  • Adjust the Page Border

    1. Set the insertion point on the page that's bordered, then choose Format>Borders and Shading> Page Border tab. Choose Options.

    2. At the Border and Shading Options dialog, note that the default settings are to have all four borders set to 24 pt (which is 1/3"), and to have Measure from: set to Edge of Page.

    3. To maintain the measurement from the edge of the page, yet move the borders in more toward the center, set the measurements for each of the four margins to 31 pt (the maximum allowed).

      For an alternative setting, set Measure from: to Text. Now the Margin settings measure outward from your text margins. You can set the Margin values anywhere from 0 pt to 31 pt.

    4. Click OK>OK. Use the Standard toolbar's Print Preview tool to evaluate your results.

The border is measured from your text margins, not from your actual text. So, if your bottom border still doesn't print, increase the size of your bottom margin, then adjust the other margins as needed for a balanced appearance.



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  Sunday, October 11, 2009 – Permalink –

Update Excel on the Web

Auto Republish


You can save an Excel file as a Web page and makes it easy to update data in a worksheet that has already been saved to the Web.

Here is how to save an Excel file as a Web page and set it up it for automatic updates:
  1. Click Save As Web page from the File menu. (click the Office logo in 2007)

  2. In the Save As dialog box, click the Publish button. (click Publish, Create Document Workspace in 2007)

  3. Use the drop down arrow beside Choose to select what you want to publish.

  4. In the File name field, enter a file name.

  5. Place a check beside Auto Republish every time this worksheet is saved. This way the data will be updated each time you make changes to the worksheet.

  6. Select Open published page in Web browser to view the data in your Web browser after you click Publish.

  7. Click Publish.
Lockergnome.com:
 Save Excel as Web Page

DevX.com:
 Four Ways to Use Excel on the Web

Penn State:
 Interactive Excel on the Web




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  Saturday, October 10, 2009 – Permalink –

Web Furnishings

Clips, buttons, templates


ZeroWeb.org accepts submissions and provides free downloads of web ingredients.

Website Layouts
Clean
Heavy
Strange
Premium

Web Graphics

Clipart


Zeroweb.org -- Free website layouts and templates, clipart, graphics and website tools.


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  Friday, October 09, 2009 – Permalink –

Does Butter Fly?

Not Birders - Butters?


North American Butterfly Association
The North American Butterfly Association (NABA) is, by far, the largest group of people in North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico) interested in butterflies.

[Butterflies - North American Butterfly Association Home Page Graphic]

Here are some quotes from the FAQ:
How many kinds of butterflies are there?
There are approximately 20,000 species of butterflies in the world. About 725 species have occurred in North American north of Mexico, with about 575 of these occurring regularly in the lower 48 states of the United States, and with about 275 species occurring regularly in Canada. Roughly 2000 species are found in Mexico.
How many kinds of butterflies can I find near where I live?
In most parts of the United States, you can find roughly 100 species of butterflies near your home. The number is higher in the Rio Grande Valley and some parts of the West, somewhat less in New England. As one goes northward into Canada the number decreases, while as one goes southward into Mexico the number greatly increases.
How long does a butterfly live?
An adult butterfly probably has an average life-span of approximately one month. In the wild, most butterflies' lives are shorter than this because of the dangers provided by predators, disease, and large objects, such as automobiles. The smallest butterflies may live only a week or so, while a few butterflies, such as Monarchs, Mourning Cloaks and tropical heliconians, can live up to nine months.

Also See:
An Obsession with Butterflies

"Just living is not enough, said the Butterfly. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. "

-Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875)


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  Thursday, October 08, 2009 – Permalink –

Copy Paste

Excel tables


One way to create a new table in an Access database from information included in an Excel spreadsheet is to select the pertinent data on the spreadsheet, including the field names.

Copy the selection (Edit>Copy, or CTRL+C)

Switch back to Access .

With Tables objects being shown in the database window, choose Edit>Paste, or use the CTRL+V shortcut.

Access will ask if the first row contains the field names and then will paste the information as a new database table.

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  Wednesday, October 07, 2009 – Permalink –

Outlook's Right

The bounty that is a right click.


  • Right click on Outlook's group headers to Collapse All or Expand All

  • Right-click your calendar and choose Open in New Window. When you do, Outlook opens a new window for your calendar and you can toggle back and forth using the Windows taskbar

  • Right-click the message in the message view window and select Options. The box "Request a read receipt for this message" under Tracking Options will have a check in it if the message was sent with a read receipt

  • Right click in the middle of the file name if there is a file attached. You will see the option box with the choice of Print, Save As etc…

  • Right the name in the email you receive if you want to add to the contact list. click on Add to Contacts in the context menu and entry for the contact will open with the name and e-mail address already filled in. Fill in the other details if required and save the contact

  • Right-click the folder you want to search in the Folder List or Outlook Bar and select Advanced Find

  • Right click on the Day planner's time scale to change the scale or access Time Zone settings.

  • Right click Personal Folders and choose Properties. Select Folder size to see the size of your PST

  • Right click on any Day/Week/Month view for a host of options, include Go to Day...

  • Right click on folders (including shortcuts on the Outlook bar) to see folder options

  • Right click the Deleted Items folder Click Empty Deleted Items Folder on the shortcut menu.

  • Right -click the folder you want to Archive, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. Click on the AutoArchive tab. Specify whether you want to archive this folder and it so, whether to use the default AutoArchive settings or your own settings

  • Right click on any white pace in any folder view to access view options. (Double click in white space to create new items)
Here's one of the sources for these tips:
 Outlook-Tips.net



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  Tuesday, October 06, 2009 – Permalink –

Unicode is Big

More symbols and letters


This free download lets you see and select more characters in the Unicode set. The Unicode Character Grid shows all assigned characters and private use characters in Unicode 5.2.




Here's a blog covering Scripts, Unicode, Character Encoding and BabelStone Stuff
BableStone Blog



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  Monday, October 05, 2009 – Permalink –

Gambling for Tuition

Casino tutoring


An education will probably increase your lifetime earnings. Why not make that probability work for you? Or not.



Teaching probability can be challenging because the mathematical formulas often are too abstract and complex for the students to fully grasp the underlying meaning and effect of the concepts. Games can provide a way to address this issue. For example, the game of roulette can be an exciting application for teaching probability concepts.
In this paper, we implement a model of roulette in a spreadsheet that can simulate outcomes of various betting strategies. The simulations can be analyzed to gain better insights into the corresponding probability structures. We use the model to simulate a particular betting strategy known as the bet-doubling, or Martingale, strategy. This strategy is quite popular and is often erroneously perceived as a winning strategy even though the probability analysis shows that such a perception is incorrect.

The simulation allows us to present the true implications of such a strategy for a player with a limited betting budget and relate the results to the underlying theoretical probability structure. The overall validation of the model, its use for teaching, including its application to analyze other types of betting strategies are discussed.


Illustrating Probability through Roulette


More Roulette strategy and statistics:
To Be Ahead And Quit


The Laymans Guide to Probability
"An in-depth but easily readable guide on probability theory, covering various aspects of the theory with a bias to gambling games and strategies. Includes working examples in an excel spreadsheet."



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  Sunday, October 04, 2009 – Permalink –

Who dat?

And Where


Let's say you wanted to set up a web site for your friend Bob, who lives in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Would you know that the root zone code was .ba and that the contact person has an office at:

Universtiy Telinformatic Centre (UTIC)
Zmaja od Bosne 8 (objekat 33)
Sarajevo 71000
Bosnia-Hercegovina

See:
International Assigned Numbers Association:
Root-Zone Whois Information

There is also a page that defines such top level domains as .COM and .NET.
Generic Top-Level Domains

BTW.
Sorry feline fanatics,
"The .cat domain is reserved for the Catalan linguistic and cultural community and is sponsored by Fundació puntCat"



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  Saturday, October 03, 2009 – Permalink –

Clean Up Your Presentation

Design suggestions



Julie Terberg is a contributing editor for Presentations Magazine.
There are a number of PDF copies of her columns, plus PowerPoint shows that can be downloaded at Terbergdesign.com

Some topics discussed include PNG format, exploring print options, animation tools, and bringing a company logo to life.


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  Friday, October 02, 2009 – Permalink –

Messy Email

Junky appearing addresses


Office-Watch is a great newsletter covering Email/Windows/Access and Office in general.
One of their recent offerings tackled email addresses:

Which of these email address (all fake) is formatted correctly?

f.r.e.d.a.g.g@gmail.com

"Frederick Dagg"@freddagg.com

Fred+sheepdip@freddagg.com

Fred*Dagg=funny@freddagg.com

FredO’Dagg@freddagg.com

Bruce^Bayliss@freddagg.com

Prof~Taihape@freddagg.com

FD{Prof}@freddagg.com

Pa$toral@freddagg.com

The answer is that they are all strictly valid though they might not be useable in practice.

Further discussion at:
Office-Watch.com



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  Thursday, October 01, 2009 – Permalink –

Guided Help

Microsoft to the rescue


Guided Help is a program that you can download from some Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. Depending on the task, Guided Help can automatically perform the task that is described in the article, or Guided Help can guide you through the steps to perform the task yourself.

Guided Help performs the steps by interacting directly with the Microsoft Windows user interface, or by using functions that are included with Guided Help. For steps that interact with the user interface, you see the steps occur on the screen.

For some tasks, you can select to run Guided Help in one of the following ways.
  • Do it automatically: The whole task is automatically completed while you watch. You might be prompted for input if input is required.
  • Show me step-by-step: Guided Help points on the screen to where you must click or type to perform the task.
For Instance:

 Troubleshoot 2007-2003-2002 Word List of articles with Guided Help


[Edited entry from 9/6/2006]




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