table of contents Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:17:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 IT jobs shortage? Slide over to security https://dfarq.homeip.net/it-jobs-shortage-slide-over-to-security/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-jobs-shortage-slide-over-to-security Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:00:19 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7354 IT jobs are getting scarce again, and I believe it. I don’t have a cure but I have a suggestion: Specialize. Specifically, specialize in security. Why? Turnover. Turnover in my department is rampant, because other companies offer my coworkers more

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]]> 7354 Fixing a Word 2010 table of contents that updates with incorrect pages https://dfarq.homeip.net/fixing-a-word-2010-table-of-contents-that-updates-with-incorrect-pages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fixing-a-word-2010-table-of-contents-that-updates-with-incorrect-pages Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:51:21 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6132 I had an issue with a Word 2010 document whose table of contents entries were ridiculously off–entries being on page 45 of a 24-page document, for example. The problem appeared to be due to track changes. The pages it was

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]]> 6132 How to fix blank table of contents entries in Word https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-fix-blank-table-of-contents-entries-in-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-fix-blank-table-of-contents-entries-in-word Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:16:30 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5963 A system security document I was editing had blank table of contents entries in Word. This was in Word 2010, but my research indicated it can happen in Word 2007, 2003, and very possibly earlier versions as well. Since the table

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]]> 5963 How to organize your thoughts and notes https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-organize-your-thoughts-and-notes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-organize-your-thoughts-and-notes https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-organize-your-thoughts-and-notes/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:43:24 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1569 I know a lot of people keep notebooks pertaining to their hobbies. Any time they find something good on a discussion forum or elsewhere, they made a copy, print it out, punch holes in it, and put it in the notebook. Some people even put their own notes, from experience or discussions, in there.

These notebooks are a good way to learn a lot and retain it--you may forget some things over the years, but reading through the notebook again will refresh your memory.

There's just one problem with notebooks--finding the information buried within.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-organize-your-thoughts-and-notes/feed/ 1 1569 Playing around with LyX https://dfarq.homeip.net/playing-around-with-lyx/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-around-with-lyx https://dfarq.homeip.net/playing-around-with-lyx/#comments Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:12:45 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1568 In what little free time I've had the past few days (we have a project that has us in the midst of a death march at work), I've been messing around with LyX, a typesetting program for Windows, Unix, and most other operating sytems. I remember messing with it about six years ago, when there wasn't much else resembling a word processor available for Linux, but this time, I'm more impressed with what I see.

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