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Turn off spell/grammer checking in Office programs
Aaron Tiensivu
writes "....if you are curious how to disable spelling checking and grammar checking in: OneNote 200x, Outlook 200x, PowerPoint 200x, Publisher 200x, Word 200x, Visio 200x, InfoPath 200x, and SharePoint Designer 200x, read about it ...."
Helpful New Word Ribbon Tab
Microsoft Office Word Team
writes " I just discovered a very cool resource to further ease the transition to Word 2007. It’s a small (622KB) free download that adds a “Get Started” tab to the Ribbon in Word 2007....The “Get Started” tab is a relatively comprehensive set of redirects to Word 2007 resources on Office Online.
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Easing the Transition to Word 2007
Microsoft Office Word Team
writes "Whether you have Word 2007 or not, you likely know about the file formats new to Word 2007. If you have Word 2007 you’ve likely noticed that by default you are creating .docx files vs. .doc files (the “x” stands for XML). If you have pre-Word 2007 you’re hopefully one of the millions who have downloaded the Compatibility Pack so that you can open, edit, and save .docx files...."
Newly published content for Office Project Server 2007
Christophe Fiessinger
writes "For your information the following content has been published on TechNet, specifically of interest how to backup and restore a PWA instance from one server to another "
UAC: Don't be Part of the Problem
James Kovacs
writes "...why UAC exists and why we as developers shouldn't turn it off in frustration....The Windows Firewall in XP is notoriously non-admin friendly as it blocks the program without providing the option to allow it through by providing admin credentials.
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Be an IT Hero! How I brought back a document that was never saved.
Ward Ralston
writes "That's when I thought about the new feature in Windows Vista called "Shadow copies" an implementation of the Volume Shadow Service (VSS). In the Excel folder, I opened the properties dialog box and selected the "Previous Versions" tab where I saw a set of shadow copies of the folder that get saved automatically. restored the folder, set the properties of the folder to show hidden files and voila!
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Having problems with your SD card reader on Vista?
Aaron Tiensivu
writes "When you insert an SD card into a card reader on a Windows Vista-based computer, Windows Vista does not detect the SD card. This issue occurs if the following conditions are true: The SD card does not support 1.8 volts and the SD host controller uses 1.8 volts. Typically, most SD cards use 3.3 volts....
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Network Monitor 3.1 Beta does Wireless
Keith Combs
writes "What's new in the beta version of NETMON 3.1 ??? Wireless (802.11) capturing and monitor mode on Vista - With supported hardware, (Native WIFI), you can now trace wireless management packets... "
Using XamlWriter and XamlReader to clone an object
Mike Hillberg
writes "...here’s a trick to clone an object by writing it out to Xaml then reading it back in. As such, the cloning rules it follows matches the Xaml serialization rules (see here for some more info). That primarily means that it only clones public properties – no fields or events – and it clones deep. So here’s what the code might look like:"
Tip on renamed field names and debugging reports
Clint Covington
writes "I have a complex report with 5 grouping levels, subtotals, and three subreports for additional details of totals. There are also lots of calculated fields on the report with embedded control names. I had to rename some fields in the base query as I had to insert some IIF logic in the query."
FREE copy of Access 2007 Inside Out
Clint Covington
writes "I have a FREE copy of John Viescas and Jeff Conrad’s excellent work Microsoft Office Access 2007 Inside Out for your time. If you have built a ribbon application and willing to spend 45 minutes sharing your experience here is how it would work:"
Using Vista BitLocker under Virtual PC / Virtual Server
Ben Armstrong
writes " Up until recently, I thought it was impossible to use BitLocker drive encryption under Virtual PC / Virtual Server (because the virtual machines do not have a TPM for BitLocker to use). However, thanks to Pascal Sauliere, I now know how to do this. It is a bit complicated - so let's get started:"
There is an issue with Office 2007 documents on web sites
Philip Colmer
writes "If you've started putting Office 2007 documents (in the new XML formats) onto web sites, for example SharePoint, you may have encountered an issue when downloading them again. This is because the web server needs to set the MIME type appropriately"
Latest source content for Office Project Server 2007
Christophe Fiessinger
writes "....a detail guide on configuring OLAP for EPM 2007 using both SQL 2K0 and 2K5"
Troubleshooting Project Server Active Directory Synchronization
Christophe Fiessinger
writes "If you are having issues using AD synchronization with EPM (user not synched up for instance) you can do the following two actions to troubleshoot the sync. process:"
Make Your Mark - Help influence the future of BPEL
John Evdemon
writes "Apparently over 3,000 people have downloaded the BPEL Community Technology Preview (CTP) for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Now it's your turn to tell us what you love or hate about the implementation."
Resource to ramp up on Access
Clint Covington
writes "I expect many readers of this blog frequently work with IWs that want to learn more about Access. Here is a new help topic designed to ramp up people on the following core Access:"
What is the lifetime of a TCP session
Nicholas Allen
writes "...lasts exactly as long as you own the underlying TCP connection. Once you give up ownership of the TCP connection...."
Help us make Excel PivotTables faster
David Gainer
writes "Currently, the Excel team is thinking about PivotTable performance, and we are looking for examples of large Excel PivotTables to help with our work....we are always looking for good customer examples of PivotTables to help us optimize performance. So, once again, we would like to appeal to folks"
Updating Analysis Views after an EPM 2003 to EPM 2007 migration
Christophe Fiessinger
writes "After migrating your database from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007, or after migrating from one environment to another (Production to Development for instance), a quick and easy way to update the Data Analysis Views is to issue"
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