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Less a news summary and more a stream of consciousness, this page blogs on the latest happenings at Wise Owl! Click on any item to see more details:

Date Item
15/05/2012 New blog - Creating a website using CSS - a full worked example
15/05/2012 New blog - How to create styles for HTML tags using CSS
15/05/2012 New blog - New in SQL 2012 - code snippets and surrounding code
14/05/2012 New blog - Creating CSS cascading style sheets for HTML
11/05/2012 New blog - Controlling the number of rows per page in Reporting Services
08/05/2012 SQL Server 2012 reviewed
08/05/2012 New blog - New features for SQL within SQL Server 2012
08/05/2012 New blog - SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 - What's New?
04/05/2012 New blog - What is PowerPivot for Excel 2010 - an Overview
01/05/2012 New blog - Createing master pages, CSS, skins and themes
30/04/2012 New blog - Introduction to SQL Server Management Studio
30/04/2012 New PowerPivot 2010 for Excel course launched.
24/04/2012 New blog - Tutorial - creating the perfect ASP.NET website
23/04/2012 New blog - Wise Owl is 20 years old this year: 1992-2012
23/04/2012 New blog - Designing databases for SQL Server and Access
16/04/2012 Anyone can now create custom skills tests
16/04/2012 New Squidoo lenses published
30/03/2012 New blog - Why the Easter Bunny prefers SQL Server to Access
23/03/2012 New blog - Windows Forms or WPF ? Choosing software.
23/03/2012 New blog - Finding missing WPF controls in the Toolbox
15/03/2012 New blog - Why VB trumps C#, and how trolls don't agree!
08/03/2012 Video tutorials section of Wise Owl site created
06/03/2012 New blog - Capture Excel application events - event sinks
06/03/2012 New blog - How to Delete Digital Certificates from your Computer
06/03/2012 New blog - Macro Security and Digital Certificates in VBA
05/03/2012 New blog - Collections of class object using Excel VBA
05/03/2012 New blog - Using Excel Add-Ins to Share VBA Code
05/03/2012 New blog - Creating classes in VBA - class modules
02/03/2012 New blog - Using Calendars in Microsoft Project 2010
28/02/2012 New blog - Protecting Worksheets and Workbooks in Excel
28/02/2012 New blog - Using Data Validation in Microsoft Excel
28/02/2012 New blog - Advanced controls in userforms with VBA macros
27/02/2012 New blog - Writing VBA macros to work with user forms
27/02/2012 New blog - Scheduling Data Imports in SQL Server
27/02/2012 Better skills assessment test charts
27/02/2012 New blog - Using Scenarios in Microsoft Excel
27/02/2012 New blog - Drawing UserForms in the VBA code editor
24/02/2012 New blog - Goal Seeking in Microsoft Excel
24/02/2012 New blog - Writing functions for Excel using VBA
24/02/2012 New blog - Using enumerations in VBA
24/02/2012 New blog - Arrays in Visual Basic for Applications macros
24/02/2012 New blog - Using Styles in Microsoft Excel
24/02/2012 New blog - Reporting Services date parameter formats
20/02/2012 New blog - Writing recursive programs in VBA
16/02/2012 New blog - How to Edit all Records in a SQL Server 2008 Table
16/02/2012 New blog - Calculating Age in SQL with a User-Defined Function
16/02/2012 New blog - Changing Settings in SQL Server Management Studio
13/02/2012 New blog - SQL Server Tutorial
13/02/2012 New blog - Dates and Times in SQL Server
09/02/2012 Advanced Visual Basic and C# courses launched
09/02/2012 Visual Basic for the under-16s (Small Basic)
09/02/2012 Reporting Services - maps added to course
09/02/2012 WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) courses
09/02/2012 New blog - Passing arguments to subroutines in VBA
06/02/2012 New blog - Linking to ADO databases with VBA
30/01/2012 New blog - Making Reporting Services reports refresh automatically
23/01/2012 New blog - Copy, rename, delete and move files and folders
13/01/2012 New blog - Reading and writing to/from a text file using TextStreams
13/01/2012 New blog - Linking to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime library
13/01/2012 New blog - How to choose files and folders in VBA
12/01/2012 Update to VB and C# 2010 for WinForms complete
12/01/2012 New blog - Customising Microsoft Project
12/01/2012 New blog - Custom Reports in Microsoft Project
12/01/2012 New blog - Custom Views in Microsoft Project
12/01/2012 New blog - Custom Tables in Microsoft Project
03/01/2012 New blog - Creating references programmatically in VBA
03/01/2012 New blog - Importing Bank Holidays into the Outlook Calendar
15/12/2011 New blog - Ten Useful Applications That You Can Get For Free
14/12/2011 New blog - 10 reasons why Santa Claus does not use Project
09/12/2011 New blog - Using CreateObject and GetObject to create references
05/12/2011 New blog - Referencing Word and other applications in Excel VBA
02/12/2011 New blog - 10 Excel Quick Tips
29/11/2011 New blog - Error-handling and error trapping in Excel Visual Basic macros
25/11/2011 New blog - Debugging macros in Excel Visual Basic / VBA
22/11/2011 New blog - Event-handling macros in Excel Visual Basic
15/11/2011 New blog - Looping in Visual Basic for Applications macros
15/11/2011 New blog - Conditions in Visual Basic for Applications - IF and SELECT CASE
11/11/2011 SEO consultancy for managers available
11/11/2011 New Advanced Reporting Services 2-day course
10/11/2011 New blog - How to Create Custom Charts in Microsoft Excel
10/11/2011 New blog - Setting the Default Chart Type in Microsoft Excel
09/11/2011 New blog - Collections, objects, methods and properties in Excel VBA
09/11/2011 Report Builder 3.0 training course launched
09/11/2011 SharePoint 2010 end user course available
08/11/2011 Skills Assessment tests averaging 150 per day
07/11/2011 New blog - Differences between Report Builder and Reporting Services
07/11/2011 New blog - Multivalue parameters in Reporting Services
31/10/2011 New blog - Install Report Builder 3.0 despite .NET 3.5 Framework error
31/10/2011 New blog - How To Create Custom Date Formats in Microsoft Excel
20/10/2011 New blog - Common Table Expressions (CTEs) - SQL Training
20/10/2011 New blog - Temporary Tables in SQL - a Training Blog
19/10/2011 New blog - Using Icon Sets for conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel 2007
19/10/2011 New blog - Conditional formatting with Data Bars in Microsoft Excel 2007
19/10/2011 New blog - How to apply Conditional Formatting in Microsoft Excel
12/10/2011 New blog - How to Remove Duplicates from a List in Microsoft Excel
10/10/2011 New blog - Why you should program in Visual Basic, not Visual C#
10/10/2011 New blog - Using ClientIdMode to name web server controls
03/10/2011 New blog - Using the InputBox Function in VBA Macros
03/10/2011 New blog - Using Fractions in Microsoft Excel
28/09/2011 New blog - Using MsgBox to Display Messages in VBA Macros
19/09/2011 New blog - How To Make Part Of An Image Transparent In Microsoft PowerPoint
19/09/2011 New blog - Choosing Colours In Microsoft Office Applications
19/09/2011 New blog - Overview of Data Controls in ASP.NET 4.0
07/09/2011 New blog - Changing Form Appearance in Access 2007 and 2010
05/09/2011 New blog - Variables and Constants in Excel Visual Basic
24/08/2011 New blog - Review of VB.NET Data Storage Structures
22/08/2011 New blog - Using the VLOOKUP Function in Excel to Calculate Exam Grades
22/08/2011 New blog - Using Range Names in Excel
17/08/2011 New blog - Select All The Text In A PowerPoint Presentation
17/08/2011 New blog - Stop Text Changing Size in PowerPoint
16/08/2011 New blog - Free Excel Visual Basic Tutorial - VBA Macros Online Training
16/08/2011 New blog - Relative Selection using Excel VBA Macros
11/08/2011 New blog - Selecting Cells using Excel VBA Macros - Absolute
08/08/2011 New blog - Gradient Fill Colours for SSRS 2008 Chart Data Series
02/08/2011 New blog - Changing Visual Studio default settings for ASP.NET
01/08/2011 New blog - Using the Organizer in Microsoft Project
01/08/2011 New blog - Custom Fields in Microsoft Project
27/07/2011 New blog - Creating animation triggers in PowerPoint
26/07/2011 New blog - Number format bug in SSRS 2008 R2
26/07/2011 New blog - Repeating Page Headers in Reporting Services 2008 R2
26/07/2011 New blog - Fixing page titles during scrolling in SSRS 2008 R2
25/07/2011 New blog - Exporting SSRS Reports to Excel using RenderFormat
25/07/2011 New blog - Free tutorial - Gauges in SSRS Reporting Services
25/07/2011 New blog - Free Tutorial in Indicators in SSRS 2008 R2
21/07/2011 New blog - Inserting in-line keys in HTML using CSS
01/07/2011 New blog - Compressing pictures in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
01/07/2011 New blog - Using VBA in Microsoft Project to Set Up Unusual Calendars
01/07/2011 New blog - Introduction to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
01/07/2011 New blog - Assigning short-cut keys to VBA macros in Excel
30/06/2011 New blog - Displaying the Developer Ribbon in Excel 2010
30/06/2011 New blog - Recording macros in Excel Visual Basic - VBA Macros
27/06/2011 New blog - Top 15 Short-Cut Keys in Microsoft Word
23/06/2011 New blog - Baseline Taskbar bug in Microsoft Project 2010
15/06/2011 New blog - Creating a Picture Frame Effect for Images in Microsoft Publisher
15/06/2011 New blog - Creating Custom Stencils and Custom Shapes in Microsoft Visio
14/06/2011 New blog - How to Draw a Jigsaw Puzzle in Microsoft PowerPoint
14/06/2011 New blog - How To Create a Self-Running PowerPoint Presentation
08/06/2011 New blog - Adding data labels to a chart using VBA
06/06/2011 New blog - Changing the Legend in a Microsoft Project Gantt Chart
01/06/2011 New blog - Conditional Formatting in Microsoft Project Gantt Charts
01/06/2011 New blog - Using sheet codenames in Microsoft Excel VBA
31/05/2011 New blog - Using SQL UNION queries to populate the first Item in a list type control
31/05/2011 New blog - Rolling Up Tasks in Microsoft Project
31/05/2011 New blog - Shortcuts for changing Project 2010 task types
17/05/2011 New blog - Problems with Outlining in SSRS 2008 R2
16/05/2011 New blog - Data Structures in SQL Server Analysis Services
10/05/2011 New blog - Visual Studio - Recent Projects not Showing Up
28/04/2011 Wise Owl blog goes live!
28/04/2011 New blog - Commenting out code in VBA
22/02/2011 Wise Owl Blog ready for testing
04/01/2011 January 2011 newsletter sent out
21/12/2010 New blog - Access project ADP file extended properties error
17/12/2010 New skills assessment site launched
28/11/2010 New blog - Capturing text using SnagIt
02/11/2010 Intermittent downtime problem sorted
29/10/2010 Facebook "Like it" button added
30/09/2010 Twitter launched
14/09/2010 RSS news feed created
02/09/2010 September newsletter sent out
01/09/2010 Wise Owl are on FaceBook
31/08/2010 Credit card payments online
30/08/2010 Office 2010 courses launched
30/08/2010 Website revamp
30/08/2010 Visual Studio Tools for Office course launched
30/08/2010 SSRS 2008 R2 course launched

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