Category Archives: Microsoft

Rednectar’s Rules for writing Lab Guides

Posted on 2021/04/05 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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How to find powerpoint slides that don’t fit the template

Posted on 2020/03/07 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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MS Community Robot Finds Word Tables Offensive

Posted on 2018/12/04 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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Automated Document Revision Information Reference

Posted on 2016/09/17 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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Conditional Page Break in MS Word

Posted on 2016/07/24 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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I Bought a MS Surface Book, so now I’m really P…d off with Apple

Posted on 2016/01/15 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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GNS3 WorkBench v8.6 is finally out

Posted on 2014/04/07 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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Damn you Microsoft and your forced reboot! HOW DARE YOU!

Posted on 2013/04/04 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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Windows 8 Install – What a ridiculous product key

Posted on 2013/01/08 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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Time for better International Awareness from companies providing International Service

Posted on 2012/10/08 by RedNectar Chris Welsh

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 →

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