Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Word 2007 footnotes appearing on wrong page

I like to create a nice looking document when I'm tasked to do so. This includes using footnotes in Word 2007. I recently found that Word sometimes puts a footnote on the wrong page (especially if I have more than one footnote on a page). You can adjust the line spacing of the footnote to correct this (once I complete a document, I go back and modify all the footnotes even if they are on the correct page).
  1. Put your cursor in the footnote
  2. Modify the paragraph
  3. Set the Line Spacing to "Exactly" and "At" 10.5 pts which is a bit larger than the default footnote font size of 10 pts.
That should do it!

Friday, January 1, 2010

How do you handle configuration differences for environment (dev, QA, prod) using Visual Studio?

When executing a software application, there are always differences in configuration, depending on the environment. These configuration changes may include references to a database server, contact email addresses, or how exceptions are handled. I was recently doing some research on how Visual Studio 2010 handles this.

The question I would like to pose to folks is:

"What is your thoughts and/or model for building and deployment of the software bits? How do you use Visual Studio or other tools to build and deploy a "kit" to an environment?"

Can't RDP? How to enable / disable virtual machine firewall for Azure VM

Oh no!  I accidentally blocked the RDP port on an Azure virtual machine which resulted in not being able to log into the VM anymore.  I did ...