I love using the Color Picker tool within IE8’s Developer Tools (which replaced the need for my old pal the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar) to grab color hex codes from Web content. (To use it, choose Tools / Show Color Picker.) However, I recently had some PDFs where I wanted to do the same thing. …
Thanks to my pals Caterina Betancourt and Pedro Arboleda for this EXCELLECT list! I’m going to start using Cooperation Radar immediately. Mobability • the ability to perform real- time work in large groups • a talent for organizing and collaborating with many people simultaneously Influency • the ability to be persuasive in multiple social contexts…
I’ve been using Word 2007 since it was released, but somehow I’ve not needed to do any real graphical work in it until now. I was getting frustrated trying to figure out how to add multiple graphical objects into my Word document until I found something which talked about adding a Drawing Canvas. To do…
Ever since I upgraded from IE7 to IE8 (first to the beta, then to the released version), I’ve seen that my cookies seem to disappear from time to time. This is evidenced by the fact that I need to log in again to such innocuous sites as my.yahoo.com. I’ve finally figured out that this seems…
In an earlier post, I wrote about Eliminating Duplicates in Data View Web Parts. I just got a question on that post about how to create the dropdown in the first place, and it seemed post-worthy. Generally, you’ll want to create a separate DVWP containing a dropdown and use it to trigger the display of…
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time over on the SharePoint – Design and Customization forum at MSDN trying to provide answers to some of the questions there. Based on many of the questions that I’ve seen, my favorite Data View Web Part (DVWP) continues to be underused, even given its tremendous potential. Something…
I’m unlikely to unearth better details on this than good ‘ole SharePoint Joel. Check out Joel’s post for all the dirt. If, though, you’re like me and you just say “Gimme the downloads!” here are the key bits: 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (x86) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7816D90-5FC6-4347-89B0-A80DEB27A082 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (x64)…
We got an ODP file (turns out that’s a presentation file a la Powerpoint) from a friend the other day and couldn’t figure out how to open it until we found the Sun ODF Plug In for Office. The overview from the above site: The Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office gives users of Microsoft…
Odd tip of the day… I was trying to install Nortel’s Contivity VPN client on my Vista laptop today and kept getting the error: This version of the Contivity VPN Client can only be installed on Vista. If this is a Vista system, turn off compatibility mode for the CVC installer (typically this is eac607d.exe).”…
I’ve alluded to this in the past, but I had a client situation in the last few days that brought it top of mind again. One of the quirks of a Crosslist DVWP is that you *must* specify all columns you would like to display in the CAML for the Data Source. You can add…