October 2011 - Posts

• Superscripts, subscripts, special characters, and Unicode

  Office applications and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) handle superscripts and subscripts differently. Office apps such as Word allow you to assign font properties to make a character appear superscripted or subscripted. SSMS doesn’t support font Read More... Posted Sunday, October 30, 2011 10:51 PM by John Paul Cook | 16 Comments

• Speaking at Houston TechFest on October 15.

  I’m speaking at the free Houston TechFest on Saturday, October 15. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so ASAP. My topic is SQL Server Tips and Tricks. If you’re in Houston, check it out. There are many other topics and speakers so there should be Read More... Posted Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:55 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments

• Enabling custom spell checking in Word 2011 on a Mac

  I previously posted how to add a medical dictionary to Word 2010. It’s a simple matter of copying a file and adding it to Word. Although the concept is the same with Word 2011 on a Mac operating system, implementation on a Mac requires some additional Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:06 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments

• Spell checking in Excel

  Many people have added a custom medical spell checker to Word after reading my blog post found here , which was updated and simplified earlier today. Some people have mistakenly thought that spell checking in Office applications doesn’t work in Excel. Read More... Posted Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:07 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments