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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I alternate row colors (using the green/white style) in an HTA?-- MK Hey, MK. You know, we almost didn’t answer you question. Not because it wasn’t a good question, but simply because – like all the questions we get – we received this one in email. Based on what happened recently at Radio Shack, the Scripting Guys are...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I run a PowerPoint slide show from a script?-- IB Hey, IB. Talk about vindication! A couple years ago, when the Scripting Guy who writes this column first started messing around with Microsoft Office, he wrote a simple little script that could run a PowerPoint slide show. The other Scripting Guys laughed at him. “That...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I look at a sequence of numbers in a text file and identify which numbers are missing from the sequence?-- TP Hey, TP. Don’t you know that it’s Friday? This sounds like a tricky question to answer, and the Scripting Guys have an agreement with Microsoft that we don’t have to think very hard on Fridays. OK, granted, Mi...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set the document orientation in Microsoft Word to landscape?-- EE Hey, EE. We think the script that we’re about to show you will answer your question; if it doesn’t, however, we’ll hope you cut us a little slack. After all, according to an exercise bike at the local gym, the Scripting Guy who writes this column died...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to locate all the .wma files on my computer?-- LC Hey, LC. Harry Potter. Hogwarts. Ron Weasley. Dumbledore. Quiddich. What’s all that about? Oh, nothing: just a few words that idly floated through the head of the Scripting Guy who writes this column. And before you ask, no, those words are not...