| June 2010 ( View Calendar ) |
| 6/30/2010 | Change the size of an email message's font when viewing (Outlook 2000/2002/2003/2007) |
| If you find yourself struggling to view an email’s contents, you can increase or decrease its font size. |
| 6/30/2010 | Create a text bubble (Word 2000/2002/2003/2004/2007) |
| You can include text boxes shaped like text bubbles in your Word documents. |
| 6/30/2010 | Diagnose the health of your SQL servers |
| Microsoft has a utility, the SQL Server Health And History Tool (SQLH2) |
| 6/30/2010 | Enable hyperlink rollover effects without writing any code (FrontPage 2000/2002/2003) |
| FrontPage includes a feature that lets you enable and configure hyperlink rollover effects in a dialog box--if you know where to find it. |
| 6/30/2010 | Prevent server crashes by monitoring performance issues in advance |
| As an administrator, one of the most valuable skills you can develop is the ability to analyze and optimize each server’s performance. |
| 6/30/2010 | Save page loading time by sitting at a shorter table |
| From a design standpoint, you may often like to include the contents of a page within a single table. |
| July 2010 ( View Calendar ) |
| 7/6/2010 | Don't burden web visitors with video when text would do |
| A common trend on the web these days is to include some content only in video form. |
| 7/6/2010 | Don’t let fancy CLR debugging slow you down |
| There are a number of tools you can use for debugging CLR integration code in Visual Studio |
| 7/6/2010 | Easily enter numeric characters as text strings (Excel 2000/2002/2003/2004/2007) |
| You'll occasionally find that seemingly simple entries cause problems |
| 7/6/2010 | Implement the best security measures—with the right guidance |
| Keeping up with security measures to protect your workstations and servers |
| 7/6/2010 | Pique people's interest when writing for the web |
| Once a viewer has visited your site, try to keep him there |
| 7/6/2010 | Using your own sound effects in Microsoft PowerPoint slides (2002/2003/2007) |
| If you have a WAV file available on your computer, you can use it as an animation sound effect in PowerPoint. |
| 7/13/2010 | Avoid over-dependence on SQL*Plus with the Group By and Rollup SQL commands (8i+) |
| While the SQL*Plus language is an invaluable tool, it’s important not to get so dependent on it that you forget what to do if it isn’t available. |
| 7/13/2010 | Control the style of links with CSS pseudo-classes |
| For anchors, CSS offers the pseudo-classes :hover, :visited, and :link. |
| 7/13/2010 | Create hyperlinks that point to areas in a workbook (Excel 2000/2002/2003/2004/2007) |
| Excel workbooks can store a huge amount of data, and getting from one place to another in a file can be tedious. |
| 7/13/2010 | Option Strict places an even tighter grip on applications (VB .NET) |
| Many of you are familiar with the Option Explicit statement. |
| 7/13/2010 | Perform fail-safe firmware upgrades |
| A key component to maintaining the reliability and efficiency of your network is keeping the firmware on your network devices up-to-date. |
| 7/13/2010 | Print certain slides as handouts (PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2004/2007) |
| If your presentation has a few killer slides that you'd like to use for handouts |
| 7/20/2010 | Avoid misconceptions about SQL injection attacks |
| You may know that if user input finds its way directly into SQL statements your site executes against the database |
| 7/20/2010 | Avoid the hassle of escaping quotes with user-defined quotes |
| You’re probably quite familiar with the practice of escaping quotes and other special characters in code. |
| 7/20/2010 | Create standalone software packages with the Microsoft Access Runtime |
| Did you know that you can package your Access application as a standalone software application that clients can use |
| 7/20/2010 | Never hit the wrong database again in the Query window |
| It’s easy to do. You create an object and later wonder why it’s not there. |
| 7/20/2010 | Remove a sender from your Outlook junk e-mail list (2003/2007) |
| Sometimes senders that we legitimately want to receive e-mail from get banished to our Junk E-mail folder |
| 7/20/2010 | Split your screen using only the keyboard (Word 2000/2002/2003/2004/2007) |
| In Microsoft Word, you can split your Word document window by selecting Window | Split from the menu bar |
| 7/29/2010 | Browse for audio files on FindSounds.com |
| Most Web users are experts at searching for information on the Web |
| 7/29/2010 | Create recurring appointments in your Microsoft Outlook calendar (2000/2002/2003/2007) |
| When you know a certain appointment will regularly happen again, you don't have to manually enter that appointment on each date. |
| 7/29/2010 | Keep unnecessary files out of sight, but close at hand (Excel 2000/2002/2003/2004/2007) |
| When you're working with data from several workbooks, it's easy to get overwhelmed |
| 7/29/2010 | Prevent mammoth numerical errors by forcing SQL Server to treat values as decimals |
| What's 2 divided by 3? Anyone for 0 as the answer? |
| 7/29/2010 | Protect your Web servers with URLScan |
| Looking for a way to protect your Web servers from unauthorized access? |
| 7/29/2010 | Validate radio buttons with a quick JavaScript |
| When you create a form with radio buttons, you may not always want to specify a field that’s selected by default. |
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