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Stupid Word Features that should be Turned Off Stupid Word Features that should be Turned Off
Scott Manning | October 21, 2005
I'm an avid user of Microsoft's Word. While it is still the best word processor available, there are plenty of "features" that will drive me nuts. Some of those features were introduced...
Loading and Formatting Text into the TextArea Component Loading and Formatting Text into the TextArea Component
Scott Manning | July 16, 2005
The TextArea component should not be feared. This is a quick walk-through of loading an external text file into Flash MX 2004 and applying a CSS to it....
Quick XML Formatting with Microsoft Excel Quick XML Formatting with Microsoft Excel
Scott Manning | July 14, 2005
After looking for a quick and dirty way to put a list in an XML format, Steve DiBello told me his hack-method using Excel. It's so simple that it needed to be...
Multiple References to One Footnote in Word Multiple References to One Footnote in Word
Scott Manning | November 12, 2003
This question comes from Ram Ramakrishnan. Ram was writing a Microsoft Word document and wanted to use a footnote. He wanted to reference that one footnote multiple times throughout the document. When...
Displaying Partial IP Addresses Using PHP Displaying Partial IP Addresses Using PHP
Scott Manning | August 25, 2003
This tutorial that shows you how to display Partial IP Addresses. "666.66.78.234" would be displayed as "xxx.66.78.234"....
Perform Math Calculations in Flash Perform Math Calculations in Flash
Scott Manning | April 30, 2003
One of the basic requirements of any business app is the ability to do math. In this tutorial, we will cover how to do basic arithmetic in Flash. We'll also cover the...
Tabbing in the Flash MX ScrollPane Component Tabbing in the Flash MX ScrollPane Component
Scott Manning | March 31, 2003
The Flash MX ScrollPane component would be perfect if you could tab within it. This tutorial shows how to enable tabbing and covers the basics of tabbing within the ScrollPane....
Control objects with a ComboBox in Flash MX Control objects with a ComboBox in Flash MX
Scott Manning | November 11, 2002
It took me forever to find a good title for this tutorial and I still don't think it completely describes what I'm going to show you. I want to create a dropdown...
How to fix drunken components nested in a component How to fix drunken components nested in a component
Scott Manning | October 1, 2002
Today, I was trying to build a scrolling form in Flash MX using components. Everything was going well until I published my movie. The fonts and UI components nested within the scrolling...
Adding a Favicon to your site Adding a Favicon to your site
Scott Manning | February 28, 2002
If you are using Internet Explorer 5 or higher, you'll notice that when you add my website to your favorites, my logo replaces the regular Internet Explorer icon in the Address bar....
Embedding Flash Into Power Point 2000 Embedding Flash Into Power Point 2000
Scott Manning | January 24, 2002
Streaming Flash in your Power Point presentations is possible. Here's how to do it....