2. Scott Cate (@ScottCate) CloudDB.com Session Code: DTL326

3. Microsoft Visual Studio Tips/Tricks DTL326 This session is built to enhance your Visual Studio experience! Keyboard shortcuts, macros, layouts, fonts, tools, and external utilities are all very powerful and underused features of Visual Studio. This session aims to make you more productive in Visual Studio. Bring your pen and pad because you'll definitely want to take (minor) notes!

4. Tricks are Numbered and Online History Just write down or remember your favorite tip numbers Sara Ford Original 384 tips http://blogs.msdn.com/SaraFord 2009 Community Goal Add video to all 384 tips http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/000

5. How to Use Incremental Search Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-1http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-1 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/001http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/001

6. How to do Box/Column Select Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-2http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-2 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/002http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/002

7. How to Not Copy a Blank Line Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-50http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-50 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/050http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/050

8. How to Cycle the Clipboard Ring Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-51http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-51 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/051http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/051

9. How to Drive Visual Studio From Find Box Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-91http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-91 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/091http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/091

10. How to Hide the Start Page on VS Start Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-121http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-121 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/121http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/121

11. How to Copy File Path / Open File Folder Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-125http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-125 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/125http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/125

12. Create Temp/Throw Away Projects/Files Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-158http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-158 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/158http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/158

13. How to add Vertical Guides to the Editor Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-184http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-184 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/184http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/184

14. Add code snippets in Toolbox/General Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-191http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-191 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/191http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/191

15. Insert a Code Snippet with Tab Tab Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-234http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-234 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/234http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/234

16. How to Use TraceBreakPoints Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-237http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-237 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/237http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/237

17. How to: Increase/Decrease Font Size Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-242http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-242 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/242http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/242

18. How to Disable the Exception Assistant Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-274http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-274 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/274http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/274

19. How to Use the XML Visualizer Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-321http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-321 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/321http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/321

20. Sort File Tabs by Most Recent First Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-331http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-331 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/331http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/331

21. How to Edit {cs|vb}proj file live in Studio Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-332http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-332 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/332http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/332

22. Bring in “Using” {NameSpace} Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-359http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-359 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/359http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/359

23. How to Display Custom Search Results Original Sara Ford Blog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-363http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-363 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/363http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/363

24. Use a Macro to Quickly Switch Profiles Original Sara Ford Bog Post: http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-372http://tinyurl.com/VSTip-372 Scott Cate Video Post: http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/372http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/372

25. Random (Helpful) Keyboard Shortcuts

26. Developer Express / Code Rush

27. PreEmptive Solutions / Dotfuscator

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30. Track Resources Visit the DPR TLC for a chance to win a copy of Visual Studio Team Suite. Daily drawing occurs every day in the TLC at 4:15pm. Stop by for a raffle ticket http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en- us/products/teamsystem/default.mspx Please visit us in the TLC blue area

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49. Table Format Table Title Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

50. Bar Chart Example

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