Microsoft OneNote: Complementing Other Office Applications. While the most widely-used Microsoft Office applications are robustly useful for their respective target domains — e-mail and calendar management (Outlook), print-oriented documents (Word), presentation graphics (PowerPoint), and spreadsheets (Excel) — they have not been particularly useful for note-taking or hypertext information management and collaboration.
In Office 2010, Microsoft has introduced a variety of OneNote integration options that make OneNote a powerful complement to the traditional Office applications, and likely provide, collectively, a leading indicator of future Office trends that will further blur boundaries between productivity application categories. OneNote is a robustly useful application for hypertext information management and collaboration. Handwritten Notes Integrated into Microsoft OneNote. The Metro hater's guide to Windows 8.1. [October 17, 2013: Instructions and screenshots updated for official release of Windows 8.1] In unveiling Windows 8.1 earlier this year, Microsoft executives said, “We’re listening to feedback.”
That’s a polite way of saying they were trying to avoid being splattered by a barrage of rotten tomatoes. Some of the most vocal complaints—sorry, feedback—came from longtime Windows users who wanted the good parts of Windows 8 without sacrificing the familiar Windows 7 desktop. Fiddler and Windows 8 Metro-style applications - Fiddler Web Debugger. Over on StackOverflow, a new Windows 8 user asked how to get Fiddler working with new Windows 8 Metro-style applications.
These applications work somewhat differently than classic desktop applications, and require a bit of special configuration work to get Fiddler to work properly. Fear not, however, Windows 8 and Fiddler get along just fine after a few tweaks. Work Item Tagging In TFS. Inside TFS Work Item Tagging In TFS Work item tagging allows you to add searchable "keywords" to individual work items in TFS.
With the release of Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012, Microsoft decided to adopt a new approach to delivering value to the products. Rather than wait two to three years for a new version of the product, the company will instead provide "updates" to both products throughout their current lifecycle. These updates will provide not just bug fixes, but new features to support the latest software trends in the market. Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 has just been released and is available for download. Markbird. This Outlook macro will politely remind you to attach a file if it finds the word "attach" in your email and no actual attached file.
Adding a macro to Outlook is easy. Just copy everything below starting with "Private Sub" through "End Sub. " In Outlook, select the "Tools | Macro | Visual Basic Editor" menu option. You may need to expand the project by clicking the plus signs under Project1 until you see ThisOutlookSession, and double-click it. Click into the big white empty page and hit Paste. I've attached a screen shot of what the editor should look like below the code. Click Save and you'll be all set. Types of hyperlinks - Outlook. When you type one of the following Internet (Internet: A worldwide network of thousands of smaller computer networks and millions of commercial, educational, government, and personal computers.
The Internet is like an electronic city with virtual libraries, stores, art galleries, and so on.) protocols (protocol: A method of accessing a document or service over the Internet, such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).) in the body of a message, Microsoft Outlook creates a hyperlink (hyperlink: Colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file, a Web page on the World Wide Web, or a Web page on an intranet.
Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet, and FTP sites.) from the text. If the Internet address includes spaces, or Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters, you must enclose the entire address in angle brackets (< >). For example, < Documents\MyFile.doc>. The MOST. Posted by Ben Bond on Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 Earlier this week, a friend posted on Facebook about the ease of inserting a line in a Microsoft Word and the difficulty of removing it.
It seems to be a headache for many people, and I am unsure why Microsoft ships Word with the default autoformatting options to make that line. However, once it is inserted, it is easy to remove with a couple of clicks. Six awesome built-in Windows utilities no one knows about. Windows 8 may not be the easiest operating system to use, but no one can accuse it of being stingy.
If you poke deep inside the new OS, you'll find a generous assortment of software tools, many of which make third-party utilities redundant. One built-in tool helps you calibrate your PC’s display. Windows - xcopy files into single directory. Shutdown Windows 8.1 In Two Clicks. Microsoft released Windows Server (“Blue”) to MSDN subscribers yesterday, ahead of the BUILD (#bldwin) conference later this week in San Francisco.
The build provides us a number of clues as to what we will see in the official Windows 8.1 (Blue) preview. The server build number is 9341, the windows 8.1 preview build will be: 6.3.9431.winmain_bluemp.130615-1214. Right clicking on the start button in Windows 8.1 will now give you the option to shutdown the machine: Robocopy. Robust File and Folder Copy.
By default Robocopy will only copy a file if the source and destination have different time stamps or different file sizes. Bring the *nix "ls" to Windows with GNU ls. Three Useful Tricks for Organizing Your Messy Windows Taskbar. The Power User's Guide to the Windows 7 Taskbar. 101 Free Admin Tools. We know administrators love tools that make life easier – especially when they’re free! So here are 101 of them! System and network analysis 1. NTFS Permissions Explorer Using this MMC snap-in you can quickly visualize the user and group permissions of a local or remote folder or drive in a hierarchical format to help identify problems. 2.
Wi-Fi Inspector is a powerful Wi-Fi management and troubleshooting tool that allows you to locate and verify Wi-Fi devices, detect rogue Access Points, troubleshoot connections, and search for Wi-Fi networks. 3. Whois performs a lookup of the registration information of a given IP address or domain name. 4. ShareEnum allows you to scan and view the security settings of file shares on your network. 5. PipeList displays a list of named pipes on your system, including the number of active instances and the instance threshold. 6. Cygwin Cheat Sheet - voxforge.org. The Cygwin Console (i.e. the Cygwin Bash Shell) is where you will execute all your HTK/Julius commands and scripts, and your VoxForge scripts. Questions/472692/how-to-copy-a-directory-structure-but-only-include-certain-files-using-windows.
List of Windows 8 Shortcuts - Yash's Blog. With a paradigm shift in how we look at a Start screen, Windows 8 has added a lot of shortcuts for easier navigation. Check out a loooooong list of shortcuts for Windows 8 to make your life simpler. PageUp: Scroll forward on the Modern Desktop Start screen PageDown: Scroll backward on the Modern Desktop Start screen Esc: Close a charm Ctrl + Esc: Switch between Modern Desktop Start screen and the last accessed application Ctrl + Mouse scroll wheel: Activate the Semantic Zoom on the Modern Desktop screen.
Shell Commands to Access the Special Folders in Windows 7/Vista/XP. Download ls for Windows. Rainmeter. If this is your first experience with Rainmeter, then you're in the right place! Getting Started is a guide designed to walk you through the basics of setting up Rainmeter, using, customizing, and ultimately creating your own skins. Before you begin, here are some frequently-asked questions about what Rainmeter is and how it works. What is Rainmeter? Rainmeter is a free, open-source application for Windows PCs. It is a platform that enables skins to run on the desktop. What is a "skin"? Some Rainmeter skins. Business Workflow and Web Development Solutions. Keyboard shortcuts. The new Windows 7 taskbar. 15 Killer Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts That Might Surprise You.
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows Home Page. Microsoft Windows 8 News, Updates, & Reviews. HostsMan - abelhadigital.com. Hosts file configuration - Windows, Linux and Mac. The Hosts file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. This file is loaded into memory (cache) at startup, then Windows checks the Hosts file before it queries any DNS servers, which enables it to override addresses in the DNS. This prevents access to the listed sites by redirecting any connection attempts back to the local machine. Another feature of the HOSTS file is its ability to block other applications from connecting to the Internet, providing the entry exists. How-To Geek - Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek. The Beginner’s Guide to Using an AutoHotkey Script.