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Category Archives: Microsoft
Rednectar’s Rules for writing Lab Guides
I wrote these as a guide for lab writers whose work I get to review and are in the context of writing lab guides using the frustrating wordprocessor known as Microsoft Word. It is meant to be a set of … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Word, MS Word Tips
Tagged Education, Microsoft
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How to find powerpoint slides that don’t fit the template
any slides that have been altered cause a new slide layout to be added to your template with same name as the original with the characters 1_ prefixed. Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, PowerPoint, tutorial
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MS Community Robot Finds Word Tables Offensive
I posted this question on the Micsoft Community board and in the course of the following discussion, I posted this picture of a MS Table with the Language incorrectly set. But suddenly, it was removed from my discussion. Replaced by … Continue reading
Automated Document Revision Information Reference
I went looking for a solution that would automatically update the front cover every time I added a new version number in the Document Revision Information table. Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft Word, MS Word Tips
Tagged automated revision, automated version, automated versioning, automatic revision, automatic version, field reference, formula, Microsoft Word, MS word, reference, versioning, versioning word, word
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Conditional Page Break in MS Word
Background For many years I have put up with using MS Word’s Insert | Break | Section Break (Odd Page) (now Layout | Breaks | Section Breaks | Odd Page in Word 2016) to force a page break when you want … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Word, opinion, rant
Tagged chapter heading MS word, chapter headings, Conditional Page Break, even page, field codes, How to insert a conditional page break in MS Word, MS Word field codes, odd page, page break, starting chapters with odd pages
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I Bought a MS Surface Book, so now I’m really P…d off with Apple
Because if Apple had kept up its history of innovation in Personal Computers, Apple Laptops would now be shipping with touch-screens and stylus pencils. Continue reading
GNS3 WorkBench v8.6 is finally out
Executive Overview The next version of GNS3 WorkBench is out. You can download it several forms: An entire Virtual Machine as a single blob (although split into two files 2.5G-3G in size) The same Virtual Machine as individual files (in case … Continue reading
Posted in CCNA, Certifications, Cisco, dynamips, GNS3, GNS3 WorkBench, ICND1, ICND2, Labs, Mac OS X, Microsoft, Routing, Wireshark
Tagged Linux Mint, WorkBench
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Damn you Microsoft and your forced reboot! HOW DARE YOU!
I’ve just lost 30mins (at least) of work. I was was in the middle of doing a complicated install of a virtual machine (I was installing FreeBSD on a QEMU virtual machine) and documenting each step. All of a sudden, … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, opinion, rant, Windows 8
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Windows 8 Install – What a ridiculous product key
Not Happy. Since I have a Mac, I had to buy the System Builder version of Windows 8 to legally run it in a Virtual Machine. I don’t have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with … Continue reading
Posted in Macintosh, Microsoft, opinion, rant, virtual interface, VMware, Windows 8
Tagged computer, software, technology
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Time for better International Awareness from companies providing International Service
In the early days of the Internet it was common for many websites to assume the audience was a) English speaking and b) North American. Given the importance of and target audience for the business conducted on the Internet in … Continue reading
