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Check out the Visual Studio 2010 multi-line cursor called "zero-length box selection".  This feature allows you to work with multiple lines of code at the same time.  General:  SHIFT + ALT + [UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT] ARROW; ALT + Left Mouse…

Some of the best features are ones you don't have to do any work to get.  Reference Highlighting is one of those features.  In this video I will show you how it works and how to take full advantage of this new addition to the Editor.   Original Blog…

Did you know you can set a Breakpoint in the Call Stack Window within Visual Studio?  You can!  This video shows you how.   Original Blog Post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainnab/archive/2010/02/05/setting-a-breakpoint-in-the-call-stack-window-vstipdebug0008.aspx  General: …

Learn how to use the new zoom features in the Visual Studio 2010 Editor.   Original Blog Post: …

In this video I'll show you how to use the new box selection features to replace multiple lines of code quickly.   General:  SHIFT + ALT + [UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT] ARROW; ALT + Left Mouse Button Command:  Edit.Line[Up, Down]ExtendColumn; Edit.Char[Left, Right]ExtendColumn…

The How-to-Geek stumbled across a hidden menu in the beta version of Windows 7: the expanded “Send To” menu. As you already know, when you right-click on any item, one of the options that displays is the “Send To” menu. In Windows 7, you can choose to send that item to a Compressed (Zipped)…

Although I don’t personally recommend this, there are some people out there who don’t want to bother with using a password to protect their Windows user account. Of course, using a password in Windows isn’t required, only suggested. But even if you don’t fill one in, you still have to click your…

Abstract: Andrew Duthie and Program Manager Kirupa Chinnathambi from the Microsoft Expression Blend team join us for part one of this series as we take an inside look at how Blend can help developers design their Windows 8 apps. Tune in as they build a basic “hello world” application, add HTML…

Abstract: In Part 2 of our Using Blend for Windows 8 apps series,  Andrew Duthie and Kirupa Chinnathambi take a deep dive into how you can use Blend to easily design your Windows 8 apps for various devices.  In this episode they’ll show you how to use the device panel and how to react to…

Abstract: In the final part  of our Using Blend for Windows 8 apps series,  Andrew Duthie and Kirupa Chinnathambi take a look at the Interactive Mode for Blend and demo for us how to style a template using CSS, data binding and more. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download the Tools for Windows 8…