I wanted to have a “simple” solution for an (external) backup of my USB stick. The simplest way would be copy and paste, but I wanted something more robust. So what gets you robust copying of files in Windows? Robust File Copy – robocopy –, of course.
I use this manually, but for internal or permanently attached drives etc. this could be automated with task planning and removing the user promts.
How cool is that
I needed to run a ping with timestamp, but the ping command isn’t capable of such fancy features.
Continue reading “Ping with timestamp”Innovaphone has got a tutorial on how to implement a panic alarm with a function key on an IP phone which uses a BC conference object. This is good, but depends on the availybility of the function key. The key wouldn’t be available if you’re not on the IP phone’s home screen.
I needed something that can utilise a dedicated hardware button. Another helpful tip came from Nicos innovaphone Blog using multicast announcements.
This enabled me to build the following using a http command with a Shelly button 1:
Continue reading “Panic Button/Silent Alarm with innovaphone IP PBX and optional Shelly button 1”I had some trouble saving MS Word form letters to individual files, since Word lacks this functionality and macros didn’t quite do what I needed.
After some more searching I found pdfsam, which is — in its Basic version — free and open source software.
Now after I create a form letter in Word, I save the merged file as a PDF. Afterwards I just run it through pdfsam to split the file into new ones every n pages.
tl;dr: Use pdfsam
MS Word has a good form letter feature, but it’s limited in a way: when you want to save each form letter individually, you’re out of luck. You can only create a single Word document, which contains all letters. I was searching far and wide for a solution to my problem and stumbled upon some Add-ins, but what helped me the most is a simple macro.
Continue reading “Creating individual files from MS Word form letters (Update)”