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Written by Erik Gulbrandsen
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Thursday, 15 February 2007 |
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This is a commonly requested feature on the OneNote forums, so I was happy to see the development team write an add-in for the program. The counter will count text words as well as ink on the page.
There may be some us for it somewhere. Click here to read about it.
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Written by Erik Gulbrandsen
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Tuesday, 16 January 2007 |
Ahh, yes, we had a lot of fun. The event was packed (many people standing in the back). During the intermission, there was a video played that was just SO funny (you have to understand that there were 230 of the most absolutely geeky people in the midwest at this event). You can view the "We Share Your Pain (WE-SYP)" at the link below. You will probably want to use Internet Explorer. click here Click on the right, "watch the show" erik |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 January 2007 )
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Written by Erik Gulbrandsen
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Tuesday, 16 January 2007 |
| Here are some preliminary pictures from the Microsoft Tour America, Ready for a New Day. We left Kirksville MO at 3:50 A.M. and arrived in Des Moines, IA at 7:05 A.M., just in time for Ashley and Zach to be 4th and 5th on the standby list. Driving was a little crazy (I almost got a new hood ornament named bambi). There was a lot of snow and ice on the roads. But, we made it. Finding the Polk County Convention Center was a task, because Microsoft had the wrong address on their registration confirmation. Jonathan and I dropped Zach and Ashley off at the "incorrect location" while we parked so that could get in standby (which they did). They were lucky to find somebody kind enough to drive them to the correct location. If not, they probably wouldn't have gotten in. More than that, though, they might have frozen to death, since it was like -50 F outside. Best of all, though, was the new software! I'm very excited to get it. I have already gotten 5 members of my family to sign up for these events all across the country. What a great event! |
 | Here I am, really excited to learn about deployment of exchange (I spent days trying to deploy exchange over server 2003 a couple of years ago, but never got it working--it was because I didn't understand two bits about DNS back then). |
 Here is a Jonathan showing off the delectable goods provided by MS. 
Finally, the tableteers in their respective glory ( Front to back: Zach, Ashley, and Jonathan--your's truly as photographer)  Erik
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 January 2007 )
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Written by Erik Paul Gulbrandsen
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Saturday, 13 January 2007 |
| I just figured out the coolest feature for Outlook 2007 which is helping me stay organized. Since I skip all lectures and listen to them on Noteservice, I often get lost as to which lectures I've listened to and which ones I've actually studied. Outlook 2007 keeps it all in perspective, in an easy way. The first thing to do is to make "class calendars". Back before MedEd took over the calendars, I used to do them by class. Meaning, I made 5 or so calendars a quarter, one for each class. MedEd doesn't do it this way, so, I just found a workaround. Follow these easy steps: Create your "principles of medicine" calendar. In the calendar view, go to File|New|Calendar. Name it "principles" and put the calendar wherever you like. Now, import the 2009Q6 ical file into Outlook. If you use the "import an .ics file" setting in Outlook, it will give you the option to import it into the default calendar or into a new calendar. You can decide which to do. If you choose the default calendar (I don't), follow these steps. Go to your default calendar and search for PM (principles of medicine). I'm searching my "principles" calendar, since I already made the switch. |
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| Now, it should look like this (without the funny colors--called categories). |
| Press CTRL-A to select all of the events with PM in the title. Right click in the area and click "move to folder". Then, find the "principles of medicine" calendar (I called my principles) and put it in there. Magically, you are done! You now have a calendar that only contains the Principles classes. To share it as ical, go to File|save as. Do this for your other classes, and you will have multiple calendars for those classes! Now, select your calendars from this menu: |
| Now, click on the Arrows that point to the left in the tab. This is "overlay" mode. |
| It should look like this, now. The nice feature about this is that I can now click on a course, and it will become more pronounced than the other classes (notice how much brighter PM is versus path and pharm?)
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| When I switch to Pharm, look what happens to Principles. |
| Beautiful, isn't it? You may be asking why I do this, since, google calendar is so good? The reason is that it keeps me better organized. First, if you open the calendar event, say, Unstable Angina and non-ST elevated MI PM, you will see there is a field to open the "Meeting Notes".
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| This will then link to the lecture in OneNote! This is simply amazing! To make it even better, I use "categories" to signify how many times I've read the packet. Right click on the event in the calendar view, and then point to "category". I've customized all of mine, but, black means I have yet to do anything with it. Red means I've listened to the lecture and nothing more. Yellow means I've been through it a second time, and green means I've done it three times (more than enough). To get the file to link to OneNote in a manner that will work for us, you have to do it in a systematic fashion. First, OneNote MUST be open to the notebook and section that you wish to print to (it needs to be unlocked, too). Second, in ON under Tools|Options|Outlook Integration, you need to specify that New meetings are to be placed in a new page on the current section. Second, you need to change your send to ON settings in Tools|Options|Send to OneNote to "print outs" need to be placed on the current page of the section. Now that you have made these changes, I open the powerpoint. Copy the title. Open the event in Outlook. Paste the title in the Subject (leaving PM at the end!). I then hit the save button on the ribbon (not the save and close button). I then hit the "metting notes" button. I then Print the powerpoint. DONE! The most amazing organization is now yours! erik |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 January 2007 )
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Written by Erik Gulbrandsen
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
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This is a quick tutorial that will teach you how to change the speed of the noteservice mp3's to whatever speed you want (and still maintain good pitch--so they don't sound like chipmunks). You need to download two things. One is the program. The other is the mp3 encoder. Read on...it is fairly easy. Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win/audacity-win-1.2.6.exe
lame encoder:
http://www.webhostxpress.net/%7Emitiok/lame-3.96.1.zip
You install the first. Then, unzip the second and place the lame_enc.dll file in a secure location that won't be deleted (such as your c:\)
Open audacity, then, open an mp3 using file--->open. This should take about 45 seconds to import. Then, cut out the dead space at the front and end (highlight it, then, press delete or backspace). Then, press CTRL-A to select all the audio (or highlight it with your mouse). Then, go to effect--->change tempo. Type in 65 (this is 1.65 speed), or whatever speed you wish. Select OK, or whatever it says. This step should take the processor about a minute. Then, go to file--->export--->mp3. Create a name for your file. Then, hit save. As you do this, it will say that the lame_enc.dll encoder wasn't found and it will ask if you would like to find it. You do, so, search for the file that you put in c:\ or wherever you stored it. A tip...you should go to edit--->preferences--->file formats and change the bit rate to something that is more manageable. The default bit rate is 128, which will give you a HUGE file--so change it to like, 32 or 24. Anything less than that is difficult to hear at the increased speeds.
That should do it. Now, all you have to do is take the file, and drag it into a OneNote page. This will bring up a prompt--you want to embedd the file, not copy a hyperlink to it.
hit play, and take notes!
erik
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Written by Erik Gulbrandsen
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Wednesday, 03 January 2007 |
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There is a feature built into OneNote 2007 that will auto-backup your notes for you on another computer. Also, it will allow you to take notes on a seperate computer, and always have them synced. It is called the "shared notebook". Here is what you need to know: - To make a shared notebook, click on "new" then point to "notebook". (do this on the computer that stays at your house--this is for security.
- Type a name, then, follow the steps until it asks if you want to use it on multiple computers--you do, so, use that step. You can have it send you a link if you want, but, you don't need it.
- Know, you need to share that section. Go to windows explorer, and move the notebook to a folder on your computer that can be shared (generally, sharing in the "my documents" folder is a bad idea). This folder can be the "shared documents" folder. Right click on the containing folder (the notebook) and click on sharing.
- Click "share this folder on the network". Also, click "allow network users to change my files".
- If windows asks if you really want to share, tell it that you do.
- Now, go to your laptop, and open windows explorer.
- Go to "my network places" (type it in your browser).
- Look for the folder you shared and open it.
- Open the notebook that you shared
- You are done!
Anytime you make a change on the laptop, it will show up on the desktop (assuming you are connected to the same network). If you are at school, and you make a change on the laptop, when you return at night to the desktop, it will sync it. I have never tried this method exactly like this. I created the shared notebook on my laptop, then synced my desktop (I explained the other way around). I am recommending (for the time being) that you make the notebook on your desktop. The reason is that anybody would be able to delete the notebook that is shared over the network. However, with a home network, that isn't a problem. My only concern is that the notebook on your laptop is stored in a cache file, and I don't know how well it will work being gone all day long. I think it should be fine. Test it out and let me know (I don't go to class anymore, so I can't test it). Good luck! Trust me, the shared notebook is really cool and a great way to have a backup of your notes. It may seem a little tedious to set it up, but, it is pretty simple once you understand the concept. Ask for help, if you need it. erik
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Written by Erik Paul Gulbrandsen
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Sunday, 24 September 2006 |
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So, I got home today from a 3.5 hour church service that took me all
over NE MO to find that my laptop had crashed--I mean CRASHED! The hard
drive was on the fritz and the computer wouldn't turn on. I know about
10 different ways to get windows loaded when it's being moody and none
of them worked. I've had lots of computer malfunctions, but this was BY
FAR the worst.
To make matters worse, my new beta version of
OneNote messed up my backup location (which is across my network at
home), so my only backups of my notes were on my dead hard drive. And,
the panic set it.
Anyway, I finally did some hard disk recovery
and it worked! I do get, however, a free new hard drive (that is nice).
Moral
of the story--check your backup everyday. Get in the habit of doing
this. Also, DON'T backup your files on your computer's hard drive--back
it up on an external or a seperate computer.
One very releaved
tablet user...
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