Showing results for January 2007 - Page 4 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a new item to Office Word’s AutoCorrect list?-- OK Hey, OK. To begin with, we should point out that we have no way of knowing whether your initials really are O and K; after all, they could just as easily be TR, and you could actually be Tony Romo, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, writing to us under an ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the version of DirectX installed on a computer?-- ML Hey, ML. How can you determine the version of DirectX installed on a computer? That’s an important question, and we’ll get to that in a moment. Before we do that, however, there’s an even more important issue we need to address: quicksa...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the Date Picture Taken property from a .JPG file?-- MW Hey, MW. Before we answer your question we should point out that this is likely to be the last Hey, Scripting Guy! column for quite some time to come. Not that we’re going anywhere, mind you. It’s just that on Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks will ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I number the lines in a text file?-- AS Hey, AS. You know, after being on vacation for three weeks the Scripting Guy who writes this column has a lot of catching up to do. In turn, that means that you have a lot of catching up to do. For example, did you know that the Seattle area experienced a huge power outage short...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I clear all the formatting from a Microsoft Word document?-- TF Hey, TF. After a much-deserved holiday hiatus we are back, with the first official Hey, Scripting Guy! column for the year 2007. And yes, we know: technically we did have a column yesterday. As it turns out, however, that column was actually written a few...