domingo, octubre 21, 2012

Expotar Notas de Outlook a una carpeta de Windows

[De: http://www.syncdroid.net/export-outlook-notes-to-folder]


There are a lot of people who want a free way to export their Outlook notes to text files.  From there they can do many useful things like send them to Google Docs or put them in a Dropbox folder, both of which can then sync them from a PC to an Android device.  Here is a step by step method of exporting those notes.  It may seem tricky, but it really is simple and should take all of 5 minutes to complete.  The notes will be exported into text files with the same name as the notes.  The exception is that note names with "/" or "\" will have those characters replaced with a hyphen ("-").
  • Create a folder on the root of the C: drive called "Notes" (C:\Notes).
  • Open Outlook.
  • Press ALT-F11 which will open Outlook's Visual Basic window.
  • Click on Insert (top toolbar) and Module.  You should see a new window pane open labeled something like Project1, Module1.
  • Copy the following code and paste it in the Module1 window pane: 
Sub NotesToText()
    Set myNote = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").PickFolder
    For cnt = 1 To myNote.Items.Count
        noteName = Replace(Replace(Replace(myNote.Items(cnt).Subject, "/", "-"), "\", "-"), ":", "-")
        myNote.Items(cnt).SaveAs "c:\notes\" & noteName & ".txt", OlSaveAsType.olTXT
    Next
End Sub
  • Click on Run (top toolbar) and then "Run Sub/Userform".
  • A window will pop up asking you to select the folder where your notes are located.  For most people, this will simply be your normal Notes folder.  Select the Notes folder and then select OK.  The Notes are exported at this point.
  • Close the Microsoft Visual Basic window.
  • Close Outlook.  You will receive a popup window asking if you want to save the VBA project.  Answer No.
  • Look in the Notes folder on the C: drive to find your notes.

If you received a "Run time error", click End and then check the following:
  • Did you REALLY name the folder "Notes" in the root of the C: drive?
  • If you changed the name of the folder, did you REALLY end the path name with a backslash?
  • Select Run and then "Run Sub/Userform" again.

sábado, octubre 13, 2012

Can I install multiple SkyDrive apps on my desktop?

[De: http://askludwig.com/2012/06/02/can-i-install-multiple-skydrive-apps-on-my-desktop/]


The short answer is “no, you can’t”, but the longer answer is, “there is a way”.
If you have two Microsoft accounts (Windows Live IDs), you have a SkyDrive for each. The SkyDrive app on the desktop makes managing the files and folders in the SkyDrive as easy as any other folder. So you might want to have access to both right on your desktop.
imageYou cannot install the SkyDrive app multiple times on the desktop, that simply does not work. There is a work-around, however, and once established, works just as you expect – two folders on the desktop, each accessing its own SkyDrive. Not only that, both get synchronized automatically.
Here is the how to install two separate SkyDrive folders on your desktop. Assumed here is that the computer is running Windows 7.
  • Create a user account on your computer for the second Microsoft account. In this article I will call the original user “user 1” and new user “user 2” and the SkyDrive belonging to that user SkyDrive 2User 2 can be a “Standard user” (and really should be).image
  • Switch to user 2Start > power ►> Switch user
  • Start Internet Explorer, sign in with theuser 2 credentials. Click SkyDrive in top menu.
  • imageClick Get SkyDrive apps (navigation pane, bottom). Follow through and download and install the SkyDrive app.
  • Switch back to user 1.
  • Open Windows Explorer. Navigate to Local Disk > Users >user 2. This is the default location where the local SkyDrive folder is located.
  • Right-click on the SkyDrive folder listing. Click on Send to in the drop-down menu and click Desktop (create shortcut).
That’s it. You now have a desktop shortcut to SkyDrive 2, the one foruser 2.
Note that I did not ask you to log out either user. So long as both users are logged in on your computer the synchronizing of the SkyDrive folders will proceed for both. Keep in mind that downloading and especially uploading of files takes considerable time as determined by your Internet connection.
Both folders will be accessible, of course, at all times, including when the Internet connection is not available. Synchronization will resume when the Internet connection is reestablished.