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Did you know… How the External Tools Tokens Work? - #205
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Updated 30Apr2008: Note the binary directory is for Visual Studio 2008. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/30/did-you-know-how-the-external-tools-tokens-work-205/
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Did you know… you can have your External Tool’s text displayed in the Output Window? - #204
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At the bottom of the External Tools dialog, you’ll see this blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/29/did-you-know-you-can-have-your-external-tools-text-displayed-in-the-output-window-204/
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Did you know… You can rearrange the list of external tools and create mnemonics? - #203
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Continuing with the newly added notepad tool from Friday’s tip , This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/28/did-you-know-you-can-rearrange-the-list-of-external-tools-and-create-mnemonics-203/
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Did you know… You can add your own External Tools to the list? - #202
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Go to the Tools – External Tools dialog, and you’ll see the Add button. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/25/did-you-know-you-can-add-your-own-external-tools-to-the-list-202/
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Did you know… You can run external tools within Visual Studio? - #201
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It’s the External Tools Tip of the Day series!! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/24/did-you-know-you-can-run-external-tools-within-visual-studio-201/
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Did you know… You can bind the show “Errors”, “Warnings”, and “Messages” buttons to keyboard shortcuts? - #200
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WOW! Tip number 200. There are no words, except for “what a difference a day makes.” This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/23/did-you-know-you-can-bind-the-show-errors-warnings-and-messages-buttons-to-keyboard-shortcuts...
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Did you know… You cannot enable the “stop search” on the Output Window? - #199
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You may have noticed the “Stop Search” command on the Output Window context menu. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/22/did-you-know-you-cannot-enable-the-stop-search-on-the-output-window-199/
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Did you know… You can redirect debug messages to the output window? - #198
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Depending on your environment settings (like the Visual Basic Default Settings), This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/21/did-you-know-you-can-redirect-debug-messages-to-the-output-window-198/
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Did you know... You can use F8 and Shift+F8 to navigate among errors in the output window - #197
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In the General Development Settings, F8 and Shift+F8 are bound to Edit.GoToNextLocation and Edit.GoToPreviousLocation. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/18/did-you-know-you-can-use-f8-and-shiftf8-to-navigate-among-errors-in-the...
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Did you know... You can customize the color scheme in the Output Window - #196
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On the Tools - Options - Environment - Fonts and Colors page, in the Show Settings For combo box, there's an option for Output Window. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/17/did-you-know-you-can-customize-the-color-scheme-in-the...
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Did you know... you can double-click messages in the Output Window to jump to that location in the code? - #195
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if you double-click on any error or warning in the output window, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/16/did-you-know-you-can-double-click-messages-in-the-output-window-to-jump-to-that-location-in-the-code-195/
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Will Twitter for Microsoft MVPs
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This week is the MVP Summit at Microsoft. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/15/will-twitter-for-microsoft-mvps/
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Did you know... You can enable Word Wrap in the Output Window? - #194
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For those following the Tip of the Day series, I've run out of interesting tips with the Toolbox. If you have a toolbox tip, please send it to me! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/15/did-you-know-you-can-enable-word-wrap-in-the...
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Did you know... You can create new Toolbox tabs? - #193
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Combining this week's tips, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/14/did-you-know-you-can-create-new-toolbox-tabs-193/
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I've been Microspotted for open source!
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Microspotting - Like the paparazzi, but for geeks. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/12/ive-been-microspotted-for-open-source/
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Did you know... You can Ctrl+C copy and Ctrl+V paste controls into other Toolbox tabs? - #192
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Yesterday's tip talked about how you can drag and drop code from within the General Toolbox. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/11/did-you-know-you-can-ctrlc-copy-and-ctrlv-paste-controls-into-other-toolbox-tabs-192/
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Did you know... You can drag and drop code onto the Toolbox General tab? - #191
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Today's tip is especially helpful if you are going to write code in a presentation. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/10/did-you-know-you-can-drag-and-drop-code-onto-the-toolbox-general-tab-191/
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Did you know... You can do a "show all" to find your "hiding" toolbox controls - #190
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Today's tip comes directly from the developer who works on the toolbox. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/09/did-you-know-you-can-do-a-show-all-to-find-your-hiding-toolbox-controls-190/
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Did you know... Why does each Toolbox group have a Pointer control, and what does it actually do? - #189
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You've probably noticed how the pointer control is sticky at the top of each tab group. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/08/did-you-know-why-does-each-toolbox-group-have-a-pointer-control-and-what-does-it-actually-do-189/
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Did you know... You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically? - #188
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Although most of the time, the controls are listed in Alphabetical order. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/07/did-you-know-you-can-sort-items-in-the-toolbox-alphabetically-188/
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BlogHer Business Conference 2008 - Trip Report
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Just spent my first 3 days in New York City, attending the BlogHer Business Conference . This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/07/did-you-know-you-can-sort-items-in-the-toolbox-alphabetically-188/
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Announcing the Japanese Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day
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I've created a new blog to host the translated Tip of the Day. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/07/announcing-the-japanese-visual-studio-2008-tip-of-the-day/
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Did you know... You can use Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down to move among the various control groups in the Toolbox - #187
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You could page up and down throughout the toolbox to reach the previous or next control group, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/04/did-you-know-you-can-use-ctrlup-and-ctrldown-to-move-among-the-various-control-groups-in-the-toolbox...
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Did you know... You can use '*' to Expand All and '/' to Collapse All in the Toolbox - #186
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These are specific to the Toolbox. Pressing * (Shift+8 on ENU keyboards) will expand everything in the Toolbox and pressing / (note it is just the / key, and not Shift+/ as that's a ?) will collapse everything. This blog post has moved to http://saraford...
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Did you know... You can switch between Icon View and List Item View in the toolbox? - #185
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And yet another i had no idea you could do this until someone showed me. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/04/02/did-you-know-you-can-switch-between-icon-view-and-list-item-view-in-the-toolbox-185/
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