Critical Bug in Outlook 2007
I’ve recently stumbled on a bug in Outlook 2007. Apparently it is quite well known and the only reason that I hadn’t found it was that I don’t use Outlook as my main email client. In fact I only use...
View ArticleSetting list item gaps in Microsoft OneNote (AutoHotKey script)
Although I like Microsoft OneNote and use it continuously, it does have a few failings. One of these is the inability to set the default styles and layout for text. In particular, when you create a new...
View ArticleCopy and Paste to OneNote (AutoHotKey script)
After yesterdays OneNote tool, I thought I’d do another while I think about it. Another annoyance of OneNote is it’s lack of control over pasting information from the clipboard. I’ve raised a...
View ArticleHow-to use WebDAV on Windows Vista and Windows 7
Windows is supposed to have a built-in WebDAV client. However, it doesn’t ever seem to have been especially robust and certainly since Vista a lot of people (myself included) have found that it simply...
View ArticleNearest Postcode Search in Microsoft Excel
I need to find a load of addresses by proximity to a postcode. I have the addresses in a Microsoft Access database. Download Paul Jenkins’s UK Postcode csv and import into Access as a table Create a...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Facebook Docs.com fails at the first hurdle
Had my first test for Microsoft’s new docs.com this week – and it failed badly. In case you don’t know, Microsoft recently announced a new beta Office Live link-up with Facebook. You can log in using...
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Microsoft Word Wildcard and Regular Expression Search and Replace
One often missed aspect of the Find dialog in Microsoft Word is the ability to use wild cards. In fact, Word not only has the simple wild cards (* and ?) but uses simplified Regular Expression (REGEX)...
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Microsoft 64-bit Application Support (lack-of)
The joys of working with Microsoft products! So I have a brand-new, shiny 17″ HP laptop. 64-bit throughout. 6GB of RAM and comes pre-installed with 64-bit Windows. You would think, then, that you would...
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