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Writing tip of the day is *really* time consuming.  So, today's extra post is a "go sara go" post.  If you like Tip of the Day, please just leave me a quick comment, even if it is just "go sara go".  I really, really helps me keep going when I get emails and comments that people like what they are reading.  (and of course, i'm open to suggestions on what tips to write, provided they are related to the IDE).

and of course, you can always just contact me directly.

Thanks!

Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:28 AM by saraford

Comments

go sara go said:

go sara go

# September 20, 2007 2:40 PM

Stuart Ballard said:

go sara go!

# September 20, 2007 2:48 PM

Peter Ritchie said:

Go Sara, go!  Keep up the good work!

# September 20, 2007 3:07 PM

John C said:

go sara go

# September 20, 2007 3:36 PM

Jimbo said:

Love your tips - they have really helped.

# September 20, 2007 3:39 PM

noocyte said:

go sara go :)

# September 20, 2007 3:40 PM

k said:

i dig it.. check it nearly every day while im waiting for compile :)

# September 20, 2007 3:46 PM

jane said:

go sara go :)

# September 20, 2007 3:46 PM

Rory Becker said:

go Sara go

# September 20, 2007 3:48 PM

Tim said:

like, um, go... and stuff

# September 20, 2007 3:49 PM

stephen patten said:

go Sara go

# September 20, 2007 3:54 PM

Craig said:

I read it every day.

# September 20, 2007 3:58 PM

Don Bailes said:

Sara,

Your blog is my favorite out of about 50 I read each day.  I wish more people provided "make my life easier" tips every day as you do.  Please keep up the great work.  You are appreciated.

# September 20, 2007 4:00 PM

Potiguar said:

way to go sara, learned a lot from your tips.

# September 20, 2007 4:00 PM

georgem said:

yep! go go go!

i'm enjoying the tips

# September 20, 2007 4:01 PM

Monte said:

I've been using VS.NET since 2003.  Finally, a couple weeks ago I started wanting to use it better.

I found your blog and am working my way through the archive.

Love it!  Love it!  Love it!

Thank you so much.

# September 20, 2007 4:02 PM

rahulso said:

Go Sara go... I love those tips!!!!!

# September 20, 2007 4:03 PM

josh.dale@gmail.com said:

Go Sara Go!!!

Got any stuff to make us multi-monitor people happier?

# September 20, 2007 4:07 PM

Corrado Cavalli said:

Go Sara go! :-)

# September 20, 2007 4:07 PM

Techsoda said:

go Sara go

# September 20, 2007 4:08 PM

saraford said:

Ah yes, multi-monitor support, something very near and dear to my heart (you have no idea).  Wish I had more to share, but this is the best i got thus far for multi-mon tips.

http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/2005/07/20/441126.aspx

# September 20, 2007 4:11 PM

aaronmar said:

go sara go!

I've been working *on* the Visual Studio team for 4 years, and I still get some great tips and tricks from the posts. :)

# September 20, 2007 4:12 PM

DonB said:

From an *old* guy that has struggled all the way from CPM to NET, without training, it is remarkable how much I have missed.  Sara, you make it fun again.  I always knew that an old dog could learn new tricks.  Keep it up!

Don

# September 20, 2007 4:17 PM

Sashidhar Kokku said:

Hello Sara,

   Ever since I stumbled upon your blog, I am following your VS tips on a daily basis (sparing the weekend ;) )

I really appreciate the effort you put into providing these tips on a daily basis. Trust me..I know what laziness means :).

Anyways...kudos to your work, and thanks for your time.

-Sashidhar

# September 20, 2007 4:17 PM

Steve said:

go sara go

# September 20, 2007 4:17 PM

saraford said:

aaron, you crack me up =)  

# September 20, 2007 4:17 PM

Luke Foust said:

I have been subscribed to your feed for a long time and am a huge fan of the VS Tips. I always enjoy reading the blogs of those microsofties who take the time to put a human face on such a big company.

# September 20, 2007 4:25 PM

brian lee said:

...Go...Go...Go Go Go!!!!!

# September 20, 2007 4:27 PM

Mikeware said:

Sara,

Please continue to enlighten us with your handy tips!!!

In my native tongue: "Vamos Sara Vamos!!!"

Greetings from Mexico City.

# September 20, 2007 4:29 PM

Ron McMahon said:

Sara, I stumbled across your blog about a month ago....and I've added your RSS feed to my Google homepage, your tips list is usually what I glance at first.  So, please...go sara go!!!!

# September 20, 2007 4:32 PM

Fredrik said:

Stumbled upon your blog recently, and loved it instantly! I hope you'll keep it up :)

# September 20, 2007 4:33 PM

Michael said:

Go Sara Go

# September 20, 2007 4:34 PM

Michael Teper said:

go sara go! :)

# September 20, 2007 4:35 PM

Mike Sargent said:

Go Sarah, go!

Seriously, these are great. One area Microsoft really, really fails in is informing users about the cool new small things. These are a great help.

Mike

# September 20, 2007 4:37 PM

Mike Weiss said:

go sara go!

# September 20, 2007 4:40 PM

RobertP said:

go sara go!

# September 20, 2007 4:40 PM

Tim Binkley-Jones said:

go sara go

# September 20, 2007 4:40 PM

In Ardua Tendit said:

I read your blog avidly - keep those tips coming!  And re: multi-monitor - I remember using CodeView in the olden days with a monochrome monitor (nostalgic sigh implied)...

# September 20, 2007 4:43 PM

macjohnmcc said:

Sara you totally rock. I know it's not go sara go but I gotta be me.

Enjoy our overcast Eastside weather today. (I'm in Bellevue).

# September 20, 2007 4:46 PM

Jeremy said:

You're in my RSS feed. Required daily reading.

Thank you!

# September 20, 2007 4:48 PM

eznihm said:

ty for putting these together

# September 20, 2007 4:53 PM

Nick said:

I certainlly do read them every day, via RSS. And learned a few usefull tips along the ways.

# September 20, 2007 4:56 PM

Martin said:

totd kicks ass! go sara go!

# September 20, 2007 4:57 PM

Mubbashir said:

tough my I am on Microsoft platform, but i always read your Tip Of The Day!! so Go Sara GO..

But what I miss posts in "http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/tags/Software+Testing/default.aspx"

I hope that you will keep this tag Alive :)

--

Regards,

Mubbashir

# September 20, 2007 5:01 PM

peterpla said:

go Sara go!

I'm using your Tip of the Day series as an example of what my company should be doing to educate our users on all the cool nooks and crannys of our product.

# September 20, 2007 5:04 PM

Jonesy said:

Go go go!

# September 20, 2007 5:09 PM

sergio giraldo said:

go sara go !

# September 20, 2007 5:20 PM

robert said:

I've only stumbled upon your blog about a week ago and I'm really loving your tips. I thought I knew quite a bit about the IDE and boy, was I wrong! Please keep going!

# September 20, 2007 5:27 PM

Justin said:

great blog.  keep it up

# September 20, 2007 5:43 PM

yo said:

yo! go sara go

# September 20, 2007 5:47 PM

apple pan dowdy said:

keepa goin missy sara

# September 20, 2007 5:48 PM

Brad said:

Go Sara Go...from one of your fans in South Dakota - I appreciate the time you spend clarifying and simplifying these little nuggets

# September 20, 2007 5:50 PM

Sven said:

go sara go

# September 20, 2007 6:08 PM

Tim said:

I read this blog avidly and carefully, so go steve go!

# September 20, 2007 6:11 PM

Tim Rayburn said:

I love these posts, they are the next best thing to CodeRush for making me more efficient in Visual Studio, so please keep them going.

# September 20, 2007 6:26 PM

James Snape said:

Go go go... Seriously, some of the tips are very useful....

# September 20, 2007 6:26 PM

Dave said:

Go girl, go.  

* does slightly strange does to act it out *

I love these tips. The only thing that's better than them are the times I already know the tip (only happened twice), which makes me feel highly intelligent. Well, less dumb perhaps.

# September 20, 2007 6:29 PM

Eric Duesing said:

Go Sara Go!

# September 20, 2007 6:33 PM

Pedro said:

go sara go!

# September 20, 2007 6:38 PM

Grant Holliday said:

Go Sara Go! Love the tips - keep them coming.

# September 20, 2007 6:46 PM

Rob Caron said:

Sara's a rockstar.

# September 20, 2007 6:57 PM

Ben said:

Love it!!!  Don't stop!

# September 20, 2007 6:59 PM

Travis Illig said:

Love it!  Keep 'em coming!

# September 20, 2007 7:00 PM

Nicolas B. said:

Sarah you've done a great job so far... I hope you'll continue...

# September 20, 2007 7:06 PM

Mike Chess said:

go sara go!

I too discovered your tips about a month ago.  Your tips are the very fist thing I look at when I get to work at 6:00 am.  The tips are really helping as we transition from one development environment (Delphi ... old Delphi at that) to another (VS 2005).

Keep up the fantastic work!

Mike

# September 20, 2007 7:12 PM

David Gardiner said:

I've got your blogfeed in my list, and I find your posts really helpful,

-dave

# September 20, 2007 7:12 PM

GregM said:

I'm subscribed to the RSS feed!

# September 20, 2007 7:16 PM

Jacob said:

Ditto.

# September 20, 2007 7:16 PM

Eber Irigoyen said:

Your series of tips of the day have been pretty good, even though I know most of them, most users don't, so I have been including all of your tips on my link blog

thanks for sharing!

# September 20, 2007 7:22 PM

tomsmi said:

go Sara go!

I've been using VS and testing VS components for quite a while, and I only know maybe half of the tips so far!

# September 20, 2007 7:40 PM

Adam said:

Looks like you have quite a few readers!

I always read your tips via the RSS, they are quite usefull.  I even pass some of them around the office.  When i do, people always comment on how much stuff is inside VS that they never come across.

If it is quite hard, maybe you could have a little section where people can make suggestions on possible tips for you?

oh btw, Go Sara Go.

# September 20, 2007 7:45 PM

saraford said:

Mubbashir:  yeah, i loved posting to my software testing feed, but unfortunately, i stopped once i became a program manager.  but who knows... maybe i'll find some topics to blog about over time.

Adam:  Back in the VS 2005 tip of the week era, i had a "submit a tip" link at the bottom of each tip.  Even though I had a 100 tips there, I only got 2 tips ever.  Maybe a better way to run a tip of the day series is via some sort of Wiki?

# September 20, 2007 7:57 PM

Paulo Morgado said:

go sara go!

http://msmvps.com/blogs/paulomorgado/archive/2007/09/05/sara-ford-s-quot-did-you-know-quot-series-on-visual-studio.aspx

# September 20, 2007 8:10 PM

Jalen said:

Love your tips - they have really helped.

# September 20, 2007 8:46 PM

Jalen said:

Love your tips - they have really helped.

# September 20, 2007 8:46 PM

fallenrogue said:

Word.

# September 20, 2007 9:21 PM

Rob Cannon said:

You're just getting to the good stuff.  Keep it up, please!

# September 20, 2007 9:59 PM

TonyB said:

GO sara go.

# September 20, 2007 10:50 PM

Andrej Kyselica said:

Much appreciated, work the effort.

# September 20, 2007 11:14 PM

Brendan said:

go Sara!! Everyday tips for everyday programmers.

# September 20, 2007 11:28 PM

Steve Trefethen said:

go sara go!

http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/DidYouKnowSeriesFromSaraFord.aspx

Keep up the great work!

# September 20, 2007 11:29 PM

Richard said:

Go go gadget... tip of the day!

# September 20, 2007 11:34 PM

Chris said:

Enjoy it... keep them coming!

# September 21, 2007 12:17 AM

Bernd said:

go Sara go!!!

I Lovit, dont want it to stop.

# September 21, 2007 12:31 AM

David said:

I read Tip of the Day!

and have lots of fun doing it!

and learn alot from it!

go sara go!

# September 21, 2007 1:12 AM

Beneke said:

We even read your tips over here, in Belgium

Go Sara Go

# September 21, 2007 1:48 AM

Geert said:

Go Sara Go

Read it every day.

# September 21, 2007 2:02 AM

Simon said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 2:08 AM

Morten Lode said:

Keep the tips coming, please!

# September 21, 2007 2:15 AM

Dennis said:

Go Sara, go!

# September 21, 2007 2:15 AM

Marcel van Koper said:

go sara go

Vooral doorgaan!!!

Greetings from Aalsmeer, the Netherlands

# September 21, 2007 2:35 AM

alois said:

go Sara go!

with greeting from austria, europe

# September 21, 2007 2:49 AM

xr1fab said:

Go on with it Sara!

# September 21, 2007 2:55 AM

Marko said:

Sara, ne se ustavit!

(that's Slovenian for: "Sara, don't stop!"

# September 21, 2007 2:56 AM

Justin Lee said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 3:13 AM

ibisxin said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 3:17 AM

Steffen said:

Go Sara, GO

# September 21, 2007 3:26 AM

Ian Griffiths said:

I read all these tips, and I think this is all really useful stuff! Thanks for all the hard work.

# September 21, 2007 3:26 AM

Martin said:

I learned a lot. Please keep going.

# September 21, 2007 3:44 AM

Deniz said:

I bought the Book "Best Kept Secrets in .NET" by Debroah Kurata. But I never look into it. Reading one tip a day is really cool and useful! Keep going!

Me and my colleagues fav is STRG+I for incremental search! :-) Thanks for that.

# September 21, 2007 3:59 AM

Richard said:

Go Sara Go!!

Read it every day and already use the mouse less and less :)

# September 21, 2007 4:12 AM

Mike Dunn said:

Go Amy go!

# September 21, 2007 4:37 AM

Jannik Anker said:

Goooooooooooo SARAAAHHH!!! :-D

# September 21, 2007 4:45 AM

Joel Hammond-Turner said:

Keep going, Sara!

Your tips almost universally get forwarded around my dev-team with a "how useful is this?!" comment!

Cheers

# September 21, 2007 4:49 AM

gf said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 4:59 AM

Christopher Myhill said:

Top blog keep up the great work

# September 21, 2007 5:08 AM

Jens said:

Go Sara Go

# September 21, 2007 5:12 AM

Flatlineato said:

go Sara go

# September 21, 2007 6:27 AM

mjimji said:

GO, Sara, go!

# September 21, 2007 6:41 AM

Darren said:

I read you every day, have been a .net developer since it first arrived and have still learnt plenty from your excellent tips.  These are precisely the sort of things I never seem to find time to discover.

Go Sara go!!

# September 21, 2007 7:57 AM

Jeff said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 8:13 AM

Mike said:

I've subscribed to the RSS feed.  I'd hate to see this blog disappear, so. . .

Go, Sara, go!

# September 21, 2007 8:25 AM

Robin said:

Go Sara Go!

# September 21, 2007 8:29 AM

Brian Schmitt said:

Keep it Up!!!!

# September 21, 2007 8:32 AM

jedatu said:

Your's is one of my favorite blogs.  When you use Visual Studio 12+ hours a day, it is nice to learn some new and preferably obscure productivity tips!

See Sara. See Sara blog. Blog Sara, blog!

# September 21, 2007 8:55 AM

Bob W said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 8:56 AM

S. Valentine said:

I love 'em!!!!

They help me to "pay attention" to the IDE rather than just blowin thru with the same ol' - same ol'.

You Rock! Sara.

Keep up the good work (we're all like a bunch of sponges - soaking up these little tidbits and flowing thru the IDE with ease & efficiency :-)

# September 21, 2007 8:58 AM

rdeetz said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 9:04 AM

Joe-Code said:

Sister Sara,

Please continue to enlighten us with your great wisdom.  Without you, we would be lost sheep in a forest full of wolves.  You provide the light by which we set our course.  In other words, Go Sara Go!

# September 21, 2007 9:37 AM

Tim B said:

!og araS oG

# September 21, 2007 10:04 AM

Robert said:

1 2 3 Go

Useful tips and a great blog in general.

# September 21, 2007 10:16 AM

Jason Haley said:

# September 21, 2007 10:18 AM

Jason Haley said:

# September 21, 2007 10:18 AM

Hal White said:

I just found you blog recently and look forward to the tips. Great work. Thanks.

# September 21, 2007 11:05 AM

Ian S said:

This is good stuff, please keep it up.

# September 21, 2007 11:06 AM

southwynd said:

Great job!  Keep it up.  Go Sara Go!!

# September 21, 2007 11:12 AM

David said:

Yes I read it every day.. Excellent resource!

# September 21, 2007 11:33 AM

Raj Kaimal said:

Sara,

Love the tips! We need more!

Thanks,

Raj

# September 21, 2007 11:44 AM

PieterD said:

Go Sara, Go!

# September 21, 2007 2:34 PM

I said:

Go Sara go!

# September 21, 2007 2:55 PM

Eric said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 3:30 PM

kevin said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 3:43 PM

Jon said:

This is the first feed I go to when a new post shows up in my RSS reader.

# September 21, 2007 4:35 PM

.NET Development Architecture said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 4:56 PM

Jon Kruger said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 5:09 PM

sckeels said:

go sara go...

Thanks,

# September 21, 2007 5:56 PM

John said:

go sara go

# September 21, 2007 6:08 PM

JWilcox said:

Good stuff!  Tip of the every-other-day would be awesome if it made your life easier too :-)

# September 21, 2007 8:04 PM

paul said:

go sara go!

# September 21, 2007 10:00 PM

Dax said:

Another fan

# September 21, 2007 10:49 PM

Bill said:

Go Sara Go

Everyone in Slidell is talking about them!

# September 21, 2007 11:44 PM

Arjan Zuidhof said:

wow, seems there's hordes of people who like your Tips, me included. go-go-go!

# September 22, 2007 11:07 AM

jaimer said:

I recommended this way before.. keep it up please!!

# September 22, 2007 12:33 PM

saraford said:

Go slidell!  I'll be down there the first week of October.  I'm heading home for a family reunion on the Miss gulf coast.

# September 22, 2007 1:15 PM

Brian Orrell said:

Go Sara Go!  Your posts are very much appreciated!

# September 22, 2007 9:11 PM

kclin said:

Just found this blog today via another blog.  Go Sara Go!

# September 22, 2007 10:31 PM

Paul Middlin said:

Keep up the good work; these tips are handy!

# September 23, 2007 1:46 PM

moszi said:

i'm reading it from hungary ! :)

# September 23, 2007 2:40 PM

Manoj said:

Go Sara, go!  Keep up the good work!

# September 24, 2007 12:03 AM

Dewayne Mikkelson said:

The Tip of the Day is a GREAT asset to my work in VS 2005, please keep it up!

# September 24, 2007 9:34 AM

Dan Ciruli said:

Gogogo!

# September 24, 2007 6:16 PM

Max said:

Go Sara, Go!

# September 24, 2007 6:31 PM

Biscuit said:

Loving the tips, keep them up! Along with Daily WTF, my favourite dev reads!

# September 25, 2007 4:19 AM

DanielPuzey said:

Go Sara, go!

# September 25, 2007 6:16 AM

Amr Elsehemy said:

Go Go Sara Go

# September 25, 2007 7:10 AM

Jeff said:

go sara!  Love the tip of the day

# September 25, 2007 9:18 AM

Bryan said:

go sara go!

# September 25, 2007 11:56 AM

Björn said:

Feep!

# September 25, 2007 3:00 PM

dfmartin said:

va Sara va

ga Sara gaan

vont Sara vont

gehen Sara gehen

vai Sara vai

去Sara去

サラは行く行く

Sara는 간다 간다

يذهب [سرا] يذهب

How many more ways can it be said?  

BTW, all via Translator.live.com :)

# September 25, 2007 5:45 PM

Zaakiy Siddiqui said:

Fantastic stuff!

# September 25, 2007 6:01 PM

hm said:

go sara go

# September 26, 2007 1:36 PM

Andrew Wilkinson said:

Yay! Go sara, go sara, gooooooooooooo!!!!

# September 26, 2007 4:33 PM

Merill Fernando said:

Shout out from Sri Lanka! Rock on!

# September 27, 2007 2:49 AM

David Mohundro said:

I started reading your Tips of the Day when you started the last series! (was that for VS2005?)

# September 28, 2007 11:40 AM

Walter Lounsbery said:

Great stuff Sara!  Please keep those great tips coming!

# September 28, 2007 12:24 PM

rolkA said:

greet ! it's very very interesting and THE bookmark to have for Visual Studio developers ;)

Thank you !!!

# September 29, 2007 1:51 AM

Keith Hill said:

Good stuff. Keep it up.

# September 30, 2007 11:56 AM

Niels Ladegaard Beck said:

Go Sara Go!!!

# October 1, 2007 5:40 AM

Lukkha Coder said:

I hope I am not too late. GO SARA GO.

# October 1, 2007 11:44 AM

Mihir Solanki said:

Go Go Go Go Go .... Sara ... Go Go Go Go Go. Thanks for your time sara. It takes your lots time and energy but it saves 1000s of hours of developers around the globe. Thanks again.

# October 1, 2007 12:13 PM

Anon said:

Go Go, Go Sara Go Go Go!

Sara Be Good!

# October 1, 2007 12:41 PM

AndrewSeven said:

I'm not sure how I missed that you are making lots of tip-of-the-day posts.

Keep up the good work :D

# October 1, 2007 3:18 PM

Diamondz said:

Go Sara. Just found this excellent blog, its so good i've added your feed to google reader.

# October 1, 2007 4:22 PM

bitbonk said:

Your tips are awsome. I wish Visual Studio had one of these "Tip of the day" Popup Windows so I can make myself remember all those nifty keyborad shortcuts.

# October 2, 2007 4:20 AM

go sara go said:

go sara go

# October 5, 2007 9:29 AM

Dave Gardner said:

I just stumbled across you blog and have been going through your archive. You are the lifehacker of Visual Studio!

I wish more Microsoft SDET's would blog - I reckon you lot know the products better than anyone else (even the devs).

Go Sara Go!

# October 7, 2007 10:57 PM

Sara Ford's WebLog said:

I'm very excited to announce that today is my first day as the Program Manager for CodePlex , Microsoft's

# October 15, 2007 6:57 PM

Simon said:

go sara go

# October 16, 2007 2:32 AM

lancehilliard said:

Didn't see this post until today, as I'm using Google Reader to search for a specific keyboard shortcut that you highlighted ... sometime... during the last month (I'll find it).  This blog is a great resource for the developer who's looking to accelerate his use of the IDE.  Bravo, and thank you.

# October 29, 2007 4:13 PM

Thomas G. Mayfield said:

Your posts keep popping up on my link rolls, and I keep hitting them. A lot of stuff I already know, but--even then--the comments your posts generate prove useful.  And, there have been some wonderful gems I hadn't known. Go, Sarah, go.

# November 1, 2007 5:10 PM
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