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December 13 Random Text in Microsoft WordYou have obviously heard before that you can type =rand() and hit <enter> in a Word document to auto insert paragraphs with the text: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".
What is interesting is that this is not a hidden Easter egg. It is a known documented feature, and is described in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article. Basically, the idea is to quickly add some sample text to a document. Perhaps to test the print margins, the header/footer behavior or to see how the text looks like when you apply the new Style you just created. I found this really handy when I wanted to test the Booklet printing features in Word and wanted at least 5 pages of text. :) Now you don't have to blindly type repeatedly to fill in a document. Use =rand(p, s) and <enter> to insert p number of paragraphs with s number of sentences. So, =rand(3,5) would insert 3 paragraphs with each having 5 sentences of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". Go ahead, try something like =rand(100,100) (note that the maximum number you can give for a parameter is 200) It works in Word 2003 if you have Auto-Correct turned on, by the way. November 23 iTrippin'taken from reuters:
OFCOM have announced the legalisation of fm tuning devices that broadcast over a small distance. The devices, which operate on AAA batteries and have a range of 2 meters, can be set to any fm frequency and plug in to iPods or other MP3 players.
The most popular devices include the Belkin which can be purchased for around £35-40. November 07 AVG ties with Microsofthttp://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;182787946 - it appears Microsoft has recognised the wonders of AVG. Hurrah! October 03 Grinding on...OK, recently we've been doing more orders for hardware for home users. One thing that does concern me is that there is now a large lack of support from venders like Symantec and Mcafee to them without a service charge. Why? As an IT Professional, I am failing our clients if I tell them to go elsewhere for support - but sometimes if the support backup is behind me, I can't support them. Knowledge Bases are a good thing, then. The problem is that Symantec fail to keyword their own to relevant information (An error number is fine, but when you get a vague error message, its another matter). Microsoft manage this to a point, but after that it gets vauge. What I'd love is a form of knowledge base that keywords everything relevant automatically. I know it probably exists in the form of Wikipedia, but when a client or myself types in "Cannot update (21)" - it tells me "You might have one of these 3 problems, here are the situations they can be found in". Its not rocket science, after all, is it? Does it actually exist out there? September 24 Life, the oodleplex and - well, everythingJust recently life has giving me challenge after challenge, and I've been neglecting this a lot. I've been on and off work and I've made a concious decision that I need to do a bit more of a personal blog. Sadly, this one has always been focused on my work, and I need to keep one for my work. So, with that in mind, I'm going to make this a 100% work blog. I'm going to build another one in wordpress on my own site to allow me to express myself better. In the mean time, I'm afraid this blog is going to be a bit quiet. I'm going to be on and off work for now and ergo - a bit more basic in my work. If you do regularly pop here, leave me a message. And if you're not... I expect a damn good reason why... September 19 Living la vida locaWhilst I wait for a CD to burn (god love ISO's), I figured I should send up a quick post from Windows Live Writer. I just hope it works! August 25 TrainsOK - this is going to be time lined...
11:25 - I arrive at Llandrindod Wells train station. The 11:35 is cancelled because the early morning train from Shrewsbury to Swansea is still cancelled.
11:50 - the bus from Llanwrtyd turns up.
12:10 - the minibus from all stations from Llanwrtyd arrives
12:30 - the station staff phone Arriva Trains Rails control who offer to call Fraiser Eagle ref: late taxi
12:45 - still no cab. We phone Fraiser Eagle direct - who discuss what would be better and then go on a re-freshed hunt.
13:00 - Fraiser Eagle search prooves fruitless over a 50 mile range.
13:15 - Arriva Control agree to re-imburse Llandrindod Wells station if they pay for a cab.
13:25 - Llandrindod Wells station hand over £100 to a taxi firm to drive me to Birmingham New Street.
16:00 - Arrive at Birmingham New Street. Need the toilet and a drink at this point, so I decline the offer of the 16:30 service and opt for a later one.
17:30 - Depart Birmingham on time
18:35 - Arrive into Chesterfield, on time
19:00 - Arrive home.
If Fraiser Eagle paid promptly and a decent rate, I could have been moving at 11:45... but as a result, I was delayed by a good 3 hours. If I had not had the wheelchair, I could've been moving at 11:50. Go figure. Direct Push goes furtherOnly a brief entry tonight as I've been busy all day... O2 have assured me that I can use Push to Email without needing to get anything set up at their end.
So, I'm going to give it a go over the weekend - but first I need to do an entry about today's travel. August 24 More on the Push frontOK - since my last missive I have gone on and made some adjustments:
1st I re-installed my certificate. This gave me an error code of 85010014. Looking this up gave me several results, this first being on Pocket PC FAQ Forums - here. This led to me re-building my ActiveSync profile on my pc - no big deal for me, the phone has only got stuff on it that is backed up with Exchange/Outlook or on my Memory Card.
My Second result was here. Tells me... well, not a lot really. 4 Reasons... - not more specific than that (doh!).
The really annoying thing is I want to click "This was not helpful to me"... but in which was was it not helpful? It's like saying "Where am I?" and getting the answer "At my computer" - technically correct but totally useless. I know some of the people reading this are thinking "And he like's Microsoft stuff, too. Hee hee." To those of you who are: leave me alone. I think we can get this fixed.
So, my next step is Google again. A lot of the results are saying "Get ActiveSync 4.2! It works! It works!". I have news for you all - I have ActiveSync 4.2 build 4876 (Is this correct - should I have something newer?).
I eventually end up Googling "85010014 Universal" (For my HTC Universal, of course) but this leads me round and round. When I googled "85010014 XDA Exec" (Because my phone is badged as a O2 XDA Exec) I find this page. Aha! I think and secretly plan a migration to AVG or Nod32. But - I cannot find the registry entry it is pointing to. Oh dear.
At this point I'm giving up and going to find something else to do that I can succeed in. I wonder if I'd be good at baking a cake. Maybe vegan, for the challenge...
*I wander off...* Push to EmailI have decided to give Push To Email using Direct Push technology a go. I'm a fairly easy minded guy - so I figured, since I have backed everything up, that I would give it a try.
First thing is to upgrade Microsoft ActiveSync to version 4.2 - this enables direct server syncronisation over SSL (port 443 using HTTP) - this I did last night, to be honest, in planning such a deployment.
My server is running Windows Server 2003 with Exchange Service Pack 2. I have already got set up RPC over HTTP (That's Remote Procedure Call over HTTP) - this allows me to use the exchange features when working from home.
So, with all this already running, I decided to give it a go. Alas - I fear it didn't work - ActiveSync gave me an error message of 80072f0d - which is (when I search Microsoft.com), the following error:
(Taken from http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=915152) So - it seems my own certificate (issued by my server to myself) is not acceptable. Ah. So - where does this leave me now? Well, I have two options - my first is to wait, sort out the remainders of my new server-in-waiting (a Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise with Exchange SP2), establish a new (External) certificate and then give it another go... or complain loudly to anyone in Microsoft. Either way, I welcome your thoughts. I will, in the mean time, go off reading some more at Microsoft...
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