I mentioned recently I’d been planning some changes around here I wanted to do this on the two year blog-anniversary as it seemed a cool thing to do but it hasn’t worked out that way so I’m doing it today (it’s just a coincidence it’s Halloween) I’m moving my blog and hosting it myself When
Month: October 2008
Creating a multi-column search form in SharePoint v3 with SharePoint Designer
This post isn’t anything ground breaking or new but I remember the first time I tried to do this! Also every time I do it I always forget something The requirement here is simple Create a form that allows the user to enter some search criteria and have it search across specific, multiple columns For
Microsoft’s Virtual Storage Centre
That’s what the BBC called it anyway! With all the Azure stuff in the media I wasn’t surprised when this appeared on the BBC website Microsoft has launched a new platform, Windows Azure, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals’ computers. The BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones opens the door on the company’s
SBS 2008 Launch Event in Bristol
I mentioned in a recent post that I wouldn’t be attending the SBS launch event at the AMITPRO meeting so I’d be going to the Bristol event instead That was last Thursday and I’m pleased I made the journey down It was the first time I’ve attended an SBS user group that isn’t AMITPRO so
Happy Blog Day To Me
Where has the last year gone? Today marks two years of writing my blog (and David Schrag – happy blog day to you as well!) It’s been an interesting 12 months for a ton of reasons. I’m not really into those “last years highlights” posts as you’ll all grown ups…you can go through my archives
Office 2007 – Prompt for Document Information
I got asked this today so it’s here in case I need it again! In Office 2003 (Word/Excel/etc) there is an option to be prompted to enter document information (subject, title, category, etc) when you save a new file In office 2003 it’s on the SAVE tab in the OPTIONS dialog which is very easy
Clustered Redundancy Offspring
Blame Vlad for the title 🙂 Just a baby update! Last week we went for a “4-d” scan This is different from the usual sonograms in that you get to see a lot more detail From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyparkes/2935907828/ I think some of them are a little weird looking but others are amazing detailed. You’ll have to
Quiet Before The Storm?
It’s been a couple of months since I blogged about how I’d not posted all that much recently. It’s happened again. After a brief flurry I realised today I haven’t posted anything for two weeks I’ve no idea where the last two weeks have gone to be honest and I didn’t realise it had been
Opening Excel During a Mail Merge
It’s weird how people panic when something is slightly different to how they expect I client called me this morning as she was trying to do a mail merge but it was behaving differently to how her other mail merges work Basically when she opened the Word document with the mail merge in, Excel also
Date formats incorrect after mail merge using Word 2007
I was asked to look at something by a friend yesterday She was doing a mail merge using Word 2007 with an Excel spreadsheet as the data source One of the fields was a date and was in the British DD/MM/YY format on the spreadsheet but when she did the merge it was in the