The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Change the Font Name and Size for an Entire Word Document?

January 10, 2006 Jan 10, 2006 01/10/06

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the font name and size for an entire Word document?-- CD(image) (image) (image) Hey, CD. You know, this question reminded us of how old we Scripting Guys are getting - well, all of us except for Jean, of course, who continues to get younger and more beautiful every day. Note. No, that isn...

How Can I Close a Command Window with a Specific Title?

November 30, 2005 Nov 30, 2005 11/30/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use WSH to close a command window with a specific title?-- MF(image) (image) (image) Hey, MF. You know, some things are just really hard to believe, regardless of whether or not they happen to be true. For example, according to the Big Bang Theory the entire universe was created when a miniscule spec ...

How Can I Set Word’s Revision View Mode to Final?

November 29, 2005 Nov 29, 2005 11/29/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In Microsoft Word 2003, my documents open as Final Showing Markup. How can I change this so the default view is Final?-- CD(image) (image) (image) Hey, CD. You know, this is the first Hey, Scripting Guy! column we’ve written since returning from the Thanksgiving holiday. After four days of eating, football, ...

How Can I Insert Multiple Files Into a Word Document, Putting a Page Break Between Each File?

November 8, 2005 Nov 8, 2005 11/8/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! On May 3rd you showed us how to merge multiple files in Microsoft Word. I’d like to do that, but put a page break between each file.-- CE(image) (image) (image) Hey, CE. You know, when we read your email our first thought was this: no way did we show people how to merge multiple files back on May 3rd 2005. ...

How Can I Add the Last Lines from a Group of Text Files to a Word Document?

October 18, 2005 Oct 18, 2005 10/18/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I take the last line in a group of text files and paste that information into a Word document?-- JV(image) (image) (image) Hey, JV. You know, one thing we try to do in this column is focus on practical system administration tasks. We’ll deviate from that focus every now and then, but for the most part ...

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