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I recently read an article of yours that showed me how I can retrieve the names of all the tables in an Access database, along with a list of all the fields in each table and the data type of each of those fields. That’s a really useful script, but it would be even more useful if it could list the field size and also display a sample record for e...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of Word documents that include fields like LastSavedBy. How can I write a script that retrieves the current values for these fields?-- OS Hey, OS. You know, the other night the Scripting Guy who writes this column was watching TV when he saw an ad for a new Monopoly game: Monopoly, the Electronic Banking Editio...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a new folder in Microsoft Outlook?-- TY Hey, TY. You know, this is an exciting time here at Microsoft; after all, last night at midnight we officially released one of the most highly-anticipated software products ever created: a script that can create a new folder in Microsoft Outlook! Oh, wait; sorry. We’re ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a bunch of Word documents that, for some reason, have been formatted using nothing but lowercase letters. We know exactly how we want to reformat these documents: all the headings (which are in 14-point type) should be in title case and all the other paragraphs should be in sentence case. Of course, it’s pretty tedious...

Hey, Scripting Guy! My company has just created a new PowerPoint template, and has decided that we need to use this template for all our presentations. How can I apply this new template to all the presentations in my C:\Presentations folder?-- OI Hey, OI. You know, this morning the Scripting Guy who writes this column did what he does pretty muc...