How to start page numbers in Word from specific page

Posted by Raffael on 10/19/201302/09/2017 Posted in Microsoft Office, Tutorials, Word Tagged Microsoft Word, page number from specific page, Word, word page numbering from section, word page numbering skip first page, word page numbers, word page numbers start on page 2

Insert page numbers in Word documents is a breeze. A click on the tab “Paste”, another on “Page Numbers” and then it is almost done. But if you want to configure only a little more than the orientation or font size of the page numbers, you get an serious problem. Then it suddenly did not seem so easy.
If you want to start the page numbering, for example, from the third page, because for example the first two pages are occupied with the cover page and table of contents, you have to grab in the bag of tricks.
How exactly to do this, if you want to let the page numbers in Word start from any given page, I’ll show you now.
Step 1:
If you have not already done so, activate (for sake of clarity) the display of paragraph marks and […]

Javascript’s escape() in C# – a C# equivalent to the escape()-function

Posted by Raffael on 10/18/2013 Posted in C#.Net, JavaScript, Tutorials Tagged c sharp escape character, C#, c# equivalent javascript escape, c# equivalent to javascript escape, c# escape quotes javascript, c#.net, JavaScript, javascript escape c# unescape, JS, Jscript

csharp_vs_javascript The .NET framework provides a large number of ways to encode HTML code and URLs. There exist, for example, Uri.EscapeDataString(), Uri.EscapeUriString(), System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(), System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlPathEncode(), System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode() or System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlAttributeEncode().
However, if you are looking for equivalent functionality to Javascript’s escape(), so you will be disappointed by all of these aforementioned functions. None of these inherently with the .NET framework delivered functions is equivalent to the Javascript escape() function. For better understanding, I made the following example:
The test text is in german, because the ‘ä’ is a nice character to show the problems. Translated to english it means: “Raffi’s annoying C# testcode”.

// Original source text
// Raffi’s ärgerlicher C# Teststring/Testcode.

// Javascript original (produced by escape())
// Raffi%27s%20%E4rgerlicher%20C%23%20Teststring/Testcode.

// Uri.EscapeDataString():
// Raffi’s%20%C3%A4rgerlicher%20C%23%20Teststring%2FTestcode.

// Uri.EscapeUriString():
// Raffi’s%20%C3%A4rgerlicher%20C#%20Teststring/Testcode.

// System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode():
// Raffi%27s+%c3%a4rgerlicher+C%23+Teststring%2fTestcode.

// System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlPathEncode():
// Raffi’s%20%c3%a4rgerlicher%20C#%20Teststring/Testcode.

// System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode():
// Raffi's ärgerlicher C# Teststring/Testcode.

// System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlAttributeEncode():
// Raffi's ärgerlicher C# Teststring/Testcode.

But I would not blog about it if I did not have […]

QRCoder – an Open Source QR code generator implementation in C#

Posted by Raffael on 10/17/201312/03/2016 Posted in C#.Net, Tutorials Tagged c# iso 18004, c# open source qr code, C# QR code, c# qr code library, c# qr code mit lizenz, free .net qr code library, ISO 18004, QR code

QRCoder demo In modern times QR codes should be known by pretty much everyone. Since smartphones are becoming increasingly popular, QR codes can also be found at more and more places in our everyday lives. As a fairly serious geek this should be reason enough to engage a bit more in detail with the technology behind it. And what way seems to be more suitable than implementing a QR code generator by yourself?
Because C# is my favourite programming language, the choice fell accordingly to this language. Sadly information on the QR code are not so easy to get. The easiest way of course would be the official way – simply buy the ISO/IEC document. That would be the ISO/IEC 18004. But there’s also a crux on that. The ISO 18004 costs […]

Workaround: Canon EOS 300D Windows 7 drivers

Posted by Raffael on 10/14/2013 Posted in Tutorials, Windows 7, Windows 8 Tagged Canon, Canon EOS 300D, canon eos 300d driver windows 7, canon eos 300d driver windows 8, canon eos 300d drivers download, Driver, EOS

Recently I put my hands on a Canon EOS 300D and should copy a few photos from the camera to the PC. Easier said than done. The camera has a few years under his belt and Windows 7 was seemingly not able to find suitable drivers. Also the Windows driver search did not help.
Now comes the part where I want to apologize for the misleading headline. In fact I have no Windows 7 driver for you. However, I have a solution on how to get the Canon EOS 300D running under Windows 7 without additional drivers. Therefore just a setting in the camera menu must be changed.
Connect Canon EOS 300D with Windows 7 – how it works
Step 1:
Turn on the camera and click on the “Menu” button on the left edge of the display.

How to embed Youtube videos in PowerPoint 2007

Posted by Raffael on 10/12/201310/12/2013 Posted in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Tutorials Tagged adding youtube video in powerpoint 2007, how to embed youtube videos in powerpoint 2007, powerpoint 2007 youtube

I already wrote an article about how to embed Youtube videos in PowerPoint 2010 presentations. Today I want to show you how this works in PowerPoint 2007. However, for this you need first the developer tools. If you do not have this enabled, you can catch up quickly in this way.
I would like to mention quickly that the screenshots in this manual are from PowerPoint 2010, since I have no PowerPoint 2007 here. The method that I show here, but definitely works well with PowerPoint 2007. So please do not be put off by the screenshots.
Step 1:
Click on the Developer-Tab in the ribbon menu and then on the button with the hammer and wrench. A window opens with a fairly long list of controls, which can be embedded into your PowerPoint presentation. Select from this list the “Shockwave Flash Object” and confirm by clicking the “OK” button.