Tips & Tricks for Windows, Office, and Whatever
Getting the files out of an installation file is fairly easy if you have the right tools. A lot of people already have a tool to extract files from an exe: WinZip. If you aren't a fan of WinZip, try 7Zip can do it too, and it's free. You should … [Continue reading]
Is there a replacement for Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI)? If you need to print documents to an electronic format, use the Send to the OneNote printer. All of the "printed" files are conveniently together in OneNote and you can either … [Continue reading]
I just want to save my Word and Excel files into my Dropbox account. I'm using Windows 8.1 and Office 365. If you use DropBox, Box, Google Drive, Tresors, Copy, or any of the oodles of online file storage services, you can save documents directly … [Continue reading]
I'm often asked how to control print settings when using a macro to print from Outlook. In most cases you can't, because the print dialog is not exposed in the object model. You can use Windows Shell to print any document type, using the native … [Continue reading]
Warning: Do not use this method with OneDrive (consumer) in Windows 10 After moving a client to Office 365, he started moving files into OneDrive. He tried to add some super large files that were too large to sync, which created sync errors that … [Continue reading]
Some days I absolutely hate OneNote. I like to save questions I find on webpages to OneNote to have as ideas for future tips or macros or to report as bugs, to save recipes and other info), but the Send to OneNote command on the right-click menu … [Continue reading]
One of my clients recently purchased a new computer and wanted to know how to remove the extra folders in Windows Explorer. Coming from Windows XP, the user found the folder navigation confusing, with a lot of jumping around. The first thing I … [Continue reading]
A vCard (.vcf file) is a plain text file (try opening it in Notepad!) that contains contact information written in a special format. You can create your own vCards from a CSV file (or Excel sheet) by writing your data in the vCard format. This … [Continue reading]
I setup a website in WordPress and it sends email fine when I use a Gmail account but messages aren’t sent when I configure it to use my Office 365 account. If your Office 365 account offers SMTP (usually offered with POP3 and IMAP) you can … [Continue reading]
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