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  Wednesday, March 31, 2010 – Permalink –

Sparklines

Hail Tufte

New for Excel 2010







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  Tuesday, March 30, 2010 – Permalink –

Deletion Warning

Reinforce

After a while, the warning that a record will be deleted becomes routine.
Here’s the code to create your own notice:

  1. Open the database, and click Macros under Objects.
  2. Click New.
  3. Right-click the macro title bar and select Conditions. (In Access 2002, click the Conditions button in the Macro toolbar.)
  4. Click in the first Conditions cell and enter the following:
    MsgBox("Do you really want to delete the record?"273,"Delete")<>1
  5. Click in the Action cell and enter CancelEvent.
  6. Click in the next Condition cell.
  7. Enter an ellipsis (...).
  8. Press [Tab].
  9. Enter StopMacro.
  10. Click in the next Action cell.
  11. Enter Keystrokes.
  12. Under Action Arguments, click in the Keystrokes box and click [Enter].
  13. Close and save the macro as ConfirmDelete.
  14. Open the form in design view, then right-click the form and select Properties.
  15. On the Event tab, click in the On Delete property box and select ConfirmDelete
Create a new warning for Access record deletion




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  Monday, March 29, 2010 – Permalink –

Auto Backup

Beep, beep


Automatically creates backups on every save.


AutoHistory: Every time you save your document (and something has changed), a backup (of the history) is created.

AutoHistory






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  Sunday, March 28, 2010 – Permalink –

Stop Logging In

Just stop

If you work in a secure environment, you can stop Windows from asking for your password.

Ed Bott on ZDNet.com






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  Saturday, March 27, 2010 – Permalink –

Launch Apps on Slide Click

Simple VBA


". . . did you know that when you set a shape's action setting to launch a program, you can pass command line switches to that program?"


Launching Other Applications with Command Line Switches








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  Friday, March 26, 2010 – Permalink –

Direct Replies To

Someone else

Instructions about how to send out a message, but have the responses go to somebody else to answer.

HowtoGeek.com






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  Thursday, March 25, 2010 – Permalink –

Head Blog

How to

Some instructions about how to make a header for a Blog or web page.
It talks about Photoshop, but other editors can do the same thing.

PaulStamatiou.com






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  Wednesday, March 24, 2010 – Permalink –

Short Menu Change

In context

Right clicking an object can display a shortcut menu.
Here are some instructions about how to write a macro that will edit that menu.

Changing the Shortcut Menu
Right Click






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  Tuesday, March 23, 2010 – Permalink –

Typing Game

Keyboard action

Improve your typing speed. A geek video game.
CognitiveLabs.com





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  Monday, March 22, 2010 – Permalink –

Database Phobia

Fear of the unknown

What's a database? What's Access? What's what.
A basic description and explanation.
Aunt Crabby






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  Sunday, March 21, 2010 – Permalink –

Sources

Citations, Bibliographies, Equations, References

When putting together a research paper, one is expected to quote authorities.
Word can make it possible:

Final Paper Time






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  Saturday, March 20, 2010 – Permalink –

Type Design

Basic ideas

Sketches explaining some basic issues in type design.



TypeWorkshop.com






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  Friday, March 19, 2010 – Permalink –

Crop in PowerPoint

Do it in house

"Sometimes, you want to crop around an image with a complex shape. Most people do this in Adobe Photoshop or another image-editing program, but you can do it in PowerPoint if you don't have or know another program"

Read more:
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  Thursday, March 18, 2010 – Permalink –

Command Outlook

From the Run line

Create custom shortcuts as desktop icons or run line commands.
(updated through 2010)

HowtoOutlook




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  Wednesday, March 17, 2010 – Permalink –

Ticker Tracker

Free Code

Create your own tracker graphic. It updates automatically.





TickerFactory






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  Tuesday, March 16, 2010 – Permalink –

Conditional Formating

If, then

Jon Peltier offers a number of ways to format conditional charts.
PeltierTech.com




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  Monday, March 15, 2010 – Permalink –

Better Text

How we read

BookofJoe discusses a better way to read text on a computer screen.
A Better Way




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  Saturday, March 13, 2010 – Permalink –

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  Sunday, March 07, 2010 – Permalink –

Certification

Get your paper


"Discover the only worldwide, performance-based certification program that validates the skills needed to get the most out of Microsoft Office and Windows Vista. Whether you want to stand out in the job market, improve your performance, or better prepare your students to enter the workforce, the Microsoft Business Certification (MBC) program can help you attain the valuable expertise you need—and businesses rely on—to succeed."
Microsoft Business Certification






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  Saturday, March 06, 2010 – Permalink –

Hidden Data

Secrets revealed

Ed Bott has a discussion on Metadata. That information, such as names and notes, which is hidden in Word documents.

EdBott.com




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  Friday, March 05, 2010 – Permalink –

Free Design Tools

Simple and free

Mauricio Duque has collected a list of 45 no cost design programs.
"Some of them are pretty decent alternatives, not only for those who are not willing to spend the big bucks, but also for those who need some specific tasks done, like resizing a batch of picture without needing to run the almighty Photoshop."

Snap2Objects.com






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  Thursday, March 04, 2010 – Permalink –

Layout Control

Unique designs

How a slide is laid out can be captured as a custom template.
You are not restricted to the schems that come out of the box.

Custom Layout






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  Wednesday, March 03, 2010 – Permalink –

Mail Excel

VBA + sample

Excel Guru Ron de Bruin has put together the VBA code needed to send Excel via email.
He has also included the sample workbooks for those that are not VBA literate.

Also:
". . . a new add-in named RDBMail for Excel/Outlook 2007-2010
http://www.rondebruin.nl/mail/add-in.htm

The add-in create a new tab on the Ribbon named RDBMail with a lot of mail options.
You have the option to send as workbook or PDF for every mail option."



Code to send mail from Excel






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  Tuesday, March 02, 2010 – Permalink –

Hosting Info

Who dat provider?

Find out which provider a site is using.
Find out which internet providers are most reliable.
Find out which operating system is being used by which provider.
Find out . . .

Netcraft.com






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  Monday, March 01, 2010 – Permalink –

Video Tutorials

What you see


"MIStupid.com is The Online Knowledge Magazine that publishes information that everyone should know, wants to know, or forgot.
MIStupid.com was created in 2001 by Greg Renza with the desire to eradicate the world's stupidity."
A few of the lessons include:
  • Concatenating Cells
  • Conditional Formatting
  • Subtotals
  • Data Sorting
  • Formulas and Named Cells
  • Create Graphs and Charts
MIStupid.com




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