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Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell ISE to use enumeration values.
(image) How can I use the Windows PowerShell ISE to use the standard enumeration types to write a Word automation script?
(image) Cast the string as a type, and store the returned value in a variable. Each enumeration ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to add headers to Microsoft Word documents.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It snowed in Charlotte yesterday. It was not really a surprise because the weather service did a good job of warning that it would happen. Although the Scripting Wife and I ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to list autocorrect entries for Microsoft Word.
(image) Microsoft Word keeps messing up what I type, and I suspect it could be an autocorrect issue. How can I use Windows PowerShell to list all the entries in Microsoft Word autocorrect?
(image) Use the ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create Word documents from a template.
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I often need to create a bunch of Word documents. These documents have a number of standard features. Right now, I basically paste the last document I was working on into the folder, ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell Help to assist with a specific parameter.
(image) I know I can use Get-Help –full to see the complete Help for a Windows PowerShell cmdlet, but how can I see the Help for only a specific parameter?
(image) Use the Get-Help ...