Substitute words for links in writing posts.

I've recently noticed several posts contain words (which show up in blue) and directly link to a URL or a link. As an example, one poster recently provided a link by writing 'You can find how to do this ... 'here' (the 'here' showing up in blue). How is this done?

You copy the URL you want to link to into your paste board.
Then you select the text that you want to become a link and press the "Insert link" button (the blue "A" with the chain beside it )
and paste the link into the text field that opens. Press "Insert"
Regards
Léonie

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Hi,
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edited

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Msg 7391, Level 16, State 2, Line 3
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Able to execute the above statement successfully without using transaction.We need to run the statement with transaction.

How do i access word for mac on my macbook air?

how do i access word for mac on my macbook air?

Purchase it. Here's one link to an Amazon site to buy one of the many Office configurations:
http://www.amazon.com/Office-Mac-Home-Student-2011/dp/B003YCOJA8/ref=sr_1_3?s=so ftware&ie=UTF8&qid=1349217216&sr=1-3&keywords=office+for+mac
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automatic date entry doesn't enter entire year
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It's a bug, but whether it's a bug for Apple to fix or for Microsoft to fix is unknown. The thread you post is unauthoritative, being only comments by other users who have no more idea as to where the bug really lies (unless an Apple engineer has confirmed a Lion bug, something I've not seen) as any other user does; no one in that thread works for or speaks for either Microsoft nor Apple.
You can comment on the issue to Apple, if you wish:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
but whether it's something they can fix or whether it's Microsoft's problem I can't say.
Regards.

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Setup a linked server using the following query:
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver
@server = N'LinkedAC',
@srvproduct = N'Visual FoxPro 9',
@provider = N'VFPOLEDB',
@datasrc = N'"\\server1\share\TIW\KOKAC"',
@provstr = N'VFPOLEDB.1'
At first I could not view the tables when expanding default>Tables, it failed due to a "catastrophic failure". That can't be good ;-). After digging around, I surmised it was because I'd set the SQL Instance to run as NT Authority\NetworkService.
I created a new user, LinkedVFP, and added to the SQL Instance (using Windows Authentication), mapped the user to the master database with the db_datareader role. I also added the LinkedVFP user to the network share. I was then able to browse
the tables in MSMS and query the data when local, but still not across the network.
I'm using Crystal Reports to try and query the data from my local workstation using SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(mylinkedserver, 'select * from table1'). This produces the two errors I mentioned above.
To clarify, the VFP tables are on server 1 and the linked server is on server 2. I've read about service account delegation, but unclear if this is the issue. I went into our domain controller (neither server 1 or 2), AD User and Computers, and
for server 2 I enabled 'Trust this computer for delegation to any service (Kerberos only)'.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks!
Aaron McVanner

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