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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search for formatted text in a Word document and then apply HTML tags to that text?-- ES Hey, ES. You know, it’s funny that you should ask this question. Just last night at the dinner table, the Scripting Guy who writes this column finally had The Talk with the Scripting Son. No sooner had they started eating befor...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a new Outlook distribution list based on the membership of an Active Directory group?-- HKM Hey, HKM. Before we launch into today’s column we’d like to make a nomination for the Most Courageous Scripting Performance of the Year. With all due modesty, that would be today’s Hey, Scripting Guy! column, a column...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure the print options in PowerPoint so that, by default, handouts are printed rather than slides?-- OG Hey, OG. You know, whoever said “Lightning never strikes twice in the same place” didn’t reckon on the Scripting Guys, did they? After all, less than a year after winning the Spanish lottery the Scripting Gu...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I save all my contacts as VCards?-- ET Hey, ET. You know, we have to tell you the truth: after nearly 800 Hey, Scripting Guy! articles the Scripting Guy who writes this column is beginning to get a little burnt-out. Fortunately, the Scripting Editor has often volunteered to do the column for him, and the Scripting Gu...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In a previous column you showed us how to list all the tables in an Access database. How can I list all the fields in those tables, along with the data type of each field?-- MF Hey, MF. As you may or may not know, there’s a Microsoft researcher named Gordon Bell who has devoted his professional efforts to “lifelogging,” an a...