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Did you know... How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension? - #097
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On the Tools – Options – Text Editor – File Extension page, you can map a file extension to one of the included editors. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/30/did-you-know-how-to-get-syntax-highlighting-for-a...
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Did you know... What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do? - #096
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Honestly, I had to ask around what this one did. I couldn't remember to save my life. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/29/did-you-know-what-does-that-automatic-delimiter-highlighting-option-do-096/
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Beth blogs about Sara blogging about Beth's Tip of the Day Browser as the Tip of the Day Today
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I think I've blogged myself into a recursion. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/28/beth-blogs-about-sara-blogging-about-beths-tip-of-the-day-browser-as-the-tip-of-the-day-today/
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Heading to DevTeach for tonight's open source panel
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At first, when I heard "come down to Vancouver", i thought Vancouver, WA. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/28/heading-to-devteach-for-tonights-open-source-panel/
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Third Helping: Visual Studio Tip of the Day Windows Sidebar Gadget! - #095
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Hey, you know you went back for a third helping at thanksgiving This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/28/third-helping-visual-studio-tip-of-the-day-windows-sidebar-gadget-%e2%80%93-095/
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Second Helping: Beth Massi's Visual Studio Tip of the Day Browser - #094
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So what Turkey Day was last week? No reason why we can't have a second helping of tip of the day... but as an add-in! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/28/second-helping-beth-massis-visual-studio-tip-of-the-day-browser-094/
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Did you know... How to use undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point? - #093
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In a previous tip, we learned more than we ever wanted to know about go-back markers . This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/28/did-you-know-how-to-use-undo-to-jump-the-cursor-back-to-the-last-insertion-point-093/
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Highlander: The Source - Why Adrian Paul? Why?
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Wow, I had recorded this the other day, because hey, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/28/highlander-the-source-why-adrian-paul-why/
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Did you know... How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape? - #092
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I hope this tip's title makes sense. The idea is that This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/27/did-you-know-how-to-jump-to-the-beginning-of-some-selected-text-when-hitting-escape-092/
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Did you know... How to have fun with the Find Combo Box - #091
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It's time for an old favorite from the Visual Studio 2005 days... This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/26/did-you-know-how-to-have-fun-with-the-find-combo-box-091/
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Did you know... How to create a command alias? - #90
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To create an alias, open up the Command Window (or anywhere you can type in VS commands) and This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/23/did-you-know-how-to-create-a-command-alias-90/
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Did you know... How to run external executables from the VS command line? - #089
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The command Tools.Shell will run an external executable out of process from VS. To run, it is basically This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/22/did-you-know-how-to-run-external-executables-from-the-vs-command-line-089/
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Did you know... How to log your command window session? - #088
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You can record your command window session via the log command. Just run This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/21/did-you-know-how-to-log-your-command-window-session-088/
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Did you know... You can run Visual Studio commands with arguments from the command window? - #087
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Press Ctrl+Alt+A to open the This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/20/did-you-know-you-can-run-visual-studio-commands-with-arguments-from-the-command-window-087/
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Did you know... how to browse Find Symbol results? - #086
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The results of a Find Symbol or a This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/19/did-you-know-how-to-browse-find-symbol-results-086/
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Did you know... You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to do a Quick Find Symbol - #085
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Similar to yesterday's tip on Find Symbol... This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/16/did-you-know-you-can-use-shiftaltf12-to-do-a-quick-find-symbol-085/
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Did you know... how to search for a symbol? - #084
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The final search command is Edit.FindSymbol, bound to This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/15/did-you-know-how-to-search-for-a-symbol-084/
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Did you know... How to search from the command line? - #083
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Almost all Visual Studio commands can be run via the command line (scope willing). This blog has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/14/did-you-know-how-to-search-from-the-command-line-083/
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Did you know... How to show and hide find messages? - #082
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Far too often, we uncheck the "Show this message again" checkbox not knowing how to get the message back. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/13/did-you-know-how-to-show-and-hide-find-messages-082/
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Did you know... How to do a replace all in files? - #081
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You could say that all these find tips for the couple of weeks are building up to this tip... This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/12/did-you-know-how-to-do-a-replace-all-in-files-081/
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Did you know... How to stop a find in files search? - #080
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Press the keyboard chord Alt+F3, S (bound to Edit.StopSearch) to stop a This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/09/did-you-know-how-to-stop-a-find-in-files-search-080/
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Did you know... How to use F8 to navigate the Find Results window? - #079
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You've probably noticed that doing a Find in Files returns all the hits in a This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/08/did-you-know-how-to-use-f8-to-navigate-the-find-results-window-079/
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Did you know... How to customize what files to find in? - #078
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With the Find in Files window showing, change the This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/07/did-you-know-how-to-customize-what-files-to-find-in-078/
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Did you know... How to find in files? - #077
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And yet another way of searching code in Visual Studio... it's called This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/06/did-you-know-how-to-find-in-files-077/
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Did you know... How to dock the Find and Replace window? - #076
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The Find and Replace window is not a dialog, but actually a tool window. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2007/11/05/did-you-know-how-to-dock-the-find-and-replace-window-076/
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