In Visual Studio .NET 2003, the default was for the help system to appear within Visual Studio. this blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/30/did-you-know-how-to-have-help-appear-within-visual-studio-instead-of-dexplorer/

In Beta2 dexplorer, you’ll notice in an Ask a Question button on the standard toolbar. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/30/did-you-know-how-to-use-ask-a-question/

Once you have created a set of help doc and search favorites , you can now share them among friends or share them across machines. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/30/did-you-know-how-to-import-and-export-your-help-doc-and-search...

In Visual Studio .NET 2003, your help docs were saved to your IE Favorites. In Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, your help docs are now saved to their own VS Help Topics Favorites. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/30/did-you-know-how...

In Beta 2, on the Search page, you can sort by the following: This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/30/did-you-know-you-can-sort-help-search-results-by/

This tip comes from Elona on the Visual Studio User Education team . This blog post comes from http://saraford.net/2005/06/30/did-you-know-finding-help-in-the-msdn-library/

In Visual Studio 2005 Help Search page, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/28/did-you-know-how-to-select-reorder-help-search-providers/

What is a VPAT? This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/28/visual-studio-2005-beta-2-voluntary-product-accessibility-template-vpat-now-available/

I reread The Dark Tower last week. The book wouldn’t stop staring at me from across the room for weeks. Finally, I broke down and cracked it open, wondering why I was doing this to myself. Only click here if you've read the books; otherwise, don't...

Under Edit – Bookmarks, you’ll see a disabled “Add Task List Shortcut” menu item. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/24/did-you-know-how-to-create-task-list-shortcuts/

Bread Givers – from the back cover “Sara Smolinsky was the daughter…” My maiden name is “Smolensky”, but close enough. At my UMass internship many years ago, I meet this one student in the dorm who was really taken aback by my name. She keeps asking...

Under Tools – Options – Environment – Document, there are the following option This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/24/did-you-know-how-the-miscellaneous-files-project-works/

I asked around on the C# team what they recommend reading... This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/24/did-you-know-what-c-books-to-read/

We have this new feature in Whidbey called Zero-Impact Projects. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/23/did-you-know-how-to-create-temporary-projects-zero-impact-projects/

In Whidbey, we have a feature called How Do I. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/22/did-you-know-you-can-create-your-own-how-do-i-pages/

Holy cow! Batman Begins far exceeded my expectations. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/22/batman-begins-is-awesome/

(New Whidbey Feature). You have a task in mind, but don’t know how to do it. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/16/did-you-know-how-to-use-how-do-i/

Once upon a time, a computer programmer drowned at sea. Many <insert occupation here> were on the beach. They heard the screams of “F1 F1”, but no one understood… This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/16/did...

If you have a suggestion, send it my way ! It doesn’t have to be a blog entry, just send the tips and tricks to me, and I’ll polish them up. Happy Visual Studio’ing!

In Whidbey, there are four commands that involve converting spaces to tabs and vice versa This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/14/did-you-know-how-to-tabify-lines-and-convert-spaces-to-tabs-and-vice-versa/

Gretchen is my hero. You see, I don’t take risks. I’m too afraid to ride my bicycle on the side of the road anymore. I hate gambling at a casino, especially when it is someone else’s money. I play it safe, analyze the situation, and then decide what I...

In Whidbey, we’ve split the Task List into two parts: This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/07/did-you-know-how-to-use-the-task-list/

This tip is for both Everett and Whidbey. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/14/did-you-know-how-to-use-the-toolbox-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-presentations/

Below is something I’ve been working on for a while now, putting all of my thoughts regarding MSAA testing down onto paper. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/06/role-based-testing-strategy-for-verifying-microsoft-active...

Most of what I have been reading lately on the blogosphere is about going to Orlando and Tech Ed. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/06/03/wish-i-could-go-to-tech-ed/