http://skillzdesign.com/blog the SkillZ weblog Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:45:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/07/26/zoe-stands/ http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/07/17/our-first-trip-to-ithaca/ Open VBA editor (Alt-F11). In the immediate window, type the following code, replacing 'x' with the appropriate Slide and Shape indices: ? Application _ .ActivePresentation _ .Slides(x) _ .Shapes(x) _ .LinkFormat _ .SourceFullName This will output the full path information to the linked media file. To change the path, such as in the case of removing full ... http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/05/20/view-or-change-path-to-linked-media-on-a-powerpoint-slide-with-vba/ http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/05/10/zoes-growing-up/ http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/05/10/ava-refuses-to-sing/ I finally retrieved a demo I did with a band eighteen years ago. Eighteen years... Ice Angel - Running Ice Angel - Johnny Ice Angel - Cheating Heart Ice Angel - Witch Update: Visit the Ice Angel MySpace Page (Thanks, J)! http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/04/11/musical-blast-from-the-past/ Yourli.st is a smooth, registration-free online service for sending yourself reminder e-mails. The concept for this plugin came about as I was developing my cooking website, ScreamingSaucepan.com. It occurred to me it might be nice to be able to remind myself about recipes in some way other than tagging them ... http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/04/03/yourlist-wordpress-plugin/ To avoid losing action items as my e-mail flows in, I make extensive use of the "Flag for Follow Up" feature in Outlook. Having grown tired from clicking around the dialog box with the calendar that pops up next to the "Due By" field, I created the following VBA macro: Sub ... http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2008/01/02/flag-microsoft-outlook-inbox-items-for-follow-up-script/ Here are a couple of not-so-very-well documented tips for MS Access 2000. I haven't tested them on any other versions of Access, though I suspect most of them should work on later versions. These tips require the use of the Microsoft Visual Basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which can be accessed ... http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2007/12/31/scripting-is-cool-microsoft-access-vba-tips/ 1. "Let Me Preface This By Saying..." ...that I like to say this to justify everything else I'm about to say. A fine example would be: "Let me preface this by saying that I have refused to listen to a single word you've said during the last hour of this excruciating ... http://skillzdesign.com/blog/2007/12/26/phrases-i-hate-in-2007/