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Use PowerShell to Back Up Word Docs
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to make a backup of all Word documents. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need some help. I routinely edit Microsoft Word...
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PowerTip: Find PowerShell Help for Specific Parameter
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell Help to assist with a specific parameter. I know I can use Get-Help –full to see the complete Help for a Windows PowerShell cmdlet, but how can I see the Help...
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Use PowerShell to Create Documents from Template
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create Word documents from a template. Hey, Scripting Guy! I often need to create a bunch of Word documents. These...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to List Word Autocorrect Entries
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to list autocorrect entries for Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word keeps messing up what I type, and I suspect it could be an autocorrect issue. How can I use...
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Use PowerShell to Add Headers to Word Documents
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to add headers to Microsoft Word documents.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It snowed in Charlotte...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell ISE for Standard Enumerations
Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell ISE to use enumeration values. How can I use the Windows PowerShell ISE to use the standard enumeration types to write a Word automation script? Cast the...
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Add Custom Headers to Folder Full of Word Documents
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about reading a CSV file and adding custom headers to a folder full of Word documents.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The snow continues...
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PowerTip: Get Row from CSV File Based On Value
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a row from a CSV file based on a specific value. How can I use Windows PowerShell 4.0 to look up a specific row from a CSV file I imported into a variable? Use...
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Use PowerShell to Add Table to Word Doc and Email as Attachment
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create a document in Microsoft Word, add a table, and email the document as an attachment.Microsoft Scripting Guy,...
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PowerTip: Release a COM Object in PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to release a COM object in Windows PowerShell. My Windows PowerShell automation script uses a COM object. How can I make sure that it releases? Use the ReleaseCOMObject static method...
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Weekend Scripter: Add a Comment to a Word Doc
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to add a comment to a Microsoft Word document.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I spend a lot of time using...
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PowerTip: Easy Way to Troubleshoot a PowerShell Script
Summary: Learn the easy way to troubleshoot a Windows PowerShell script. I receive an error every time I run my Windows PowerShell script. What is an easy way to troubleshoot the script in the Windows...
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Weekend Scripter: Fun Things to Do with PowerShell
Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Teresa Wilson, talks about fun things to do with Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blog post from Microsoft Honorary...
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PowerTip: Easily Check Syntax Options for a PowerShell Cmdlet
Summary: Use the Get-Command cmdlet to check syntax options for a Windows PowerShell cmdlet. I want to know what syntax options (parameter sets) exist for a particular Windows PowerShell cmdlet. How...
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Use PowerShell to Count Comments in Word Docs
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to count comments in Microsoft Word documents.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The process of writing often...
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PowerTip: Troubleshoot a Word Automation Script
Summary: Learn to troubleshoot a Windows PowerShell script for Microsoft Word automation. I have been struggling with a Windows PowerShell script that automates Word. The problem is that every time I...
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When to Use WMI and PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about when to use WMI.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things that Windows PowerShell has done is make WMI very easy to use....
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PowerTip: Find WMI Classes with a CIM Cmdlet
Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell CIM cmdlet to find WMI classes. How can I find Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes that are related to a particular technology? Use the Get-CimClass...
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Comparing WMI and Native PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about comparing WMI and using native Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. When Windows PowerShell was still in beta, there...
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PowerTip: Find “Hidden” Property Values in PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to find some missing property values in Windows PowerShell. How can I find missing property values in the process information I am looking at in Windows PowerShell? Launch Windows...
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