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Archive: 11-2007

• How do I... Create holiday cards in Microsoft Word?

  Holiday greeting cards are a great way to recognize and remember business contacts, friends, and family that you’d rather not buy gifts for, but do want to wish a Merry Holiday and Happy New...

  Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | November 30, 2007, 10:41 AM PST

• How do I... Create a customized JavaScript jump menu in Dreamweaver CS3?

  If you are in charge of maintaining a Web site, one of your recurring tasks is likely accommodating a committee of supervisors or clients that want to add links to the site on a continuing basis....

  Posted by John Lee | November 29, 2007, 8:27 AM PST

• How do I... Generate barcodes using C#?

  There are many libraries that you can buy to generate barcodes from the .NET Framework. But why buy one when you could use a free font in conjunction with a few GDI+ functions? Zach Smith shows...

  Posted by Zach Smith | November 26, 2007, 4:24 AM PST

• How do I... Use the Windows Vista FTP command line utility?

  Now that I am on my command-line kick these days, I wanted to show you how to take advantage of a free command-line FTP utility that comes packaged with Windows Vista. Why pay money for some...

  Posted by Steven Warren | November 19, 2007, 12:18 PM PST

• How do I... Use saved searches to organize e-mail and RSS feeds in Thunderbird?

  Organizing that constant flow of incoming information can become difficult and time-consuming. Mozilla Thunderbird’s saved searches allow users to automatically search a choice of folders or...

  Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | November 14, 2007, 10:31 AM PST

• How do I... Group an Access report by the results of an expression?

  Basing a report’s group on natural data is simple, and most of the time it’s adequate. For instance, you might group customers by their names or ZIP codes. Or you could group orders by...

  Posted by Susan Harkins | November 13, 2007, 7:25 AM PST

• How do I... Create an animated image in Flash for my Web page?

  Flash has evolved into a ubiquitous multi-faceted tool for deploying all kinds of content on to the World Wide Web. Flash’s Timeline allows you create smooth and smart animations that can be...

  Posted by John Lee | November 12, 2007, 11:22 AM PST

• How do I... Select records for a dynamic label report in Access?

  Generating reports is a big part of most database applications. Generally, a query or filter does a good job of passing only the data you want to see to the report. But it isn’t always that...

  Posted by Susan Harkins | November 6, 2007, 2:33 PM PST

• How do I... Install, configure, and use LiteSpeed for database backups?

  LiteSpeed by Quest software is an enterprise level backup solution for MS SQL Server. This solution includes several powerful features that increase the ease an efficiency of database archiving on...

  Posted by Joshua Hoskins | November 5, 2007, 1:04 PM PST

• How do I... Subscribe to RSS Feeds with Mozilla Thunderbird?

  Many Web sites offer RSS feeds as a way for readers to quickly and easily view new material. Mozilla’s Firefox Internet browser offers RSS tracking via the use of live bookmarks. However,...

  Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | November 2, 2007, 10:22 AM PDT