Visual Studio 2012 Tips Series – Content Rollup

Visual Studio 2012 Programmer TipsVisual Studio 2012 Programmer Tips were fun and very edifying to research and write about. With Visual Studio 2013 around the corner, I have decided to provide all the previous Visual Studio 2012 tips together in one place for your reading pleasure.

Visual Studio 2012 is really a different beast and I am confident that trying to master many of its features and coming to grips with its capabilities will make you a better programmer.

Seeing as these only comprise six posts, I considered making them part of one of The Daily Six Pack posts, but decided not to and provide them as an article on their own. So I hope that you enjoy the Visual Studio 2012 series below. (more…)

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Visual Studio 2012 Tips Part 1 – PowerPoint Storyboarding

Windows 8 Search PowerPoint StoryboardingThe PowerPoint Add-In for Visual Studio Premium and Ultimate users is a great tool to quickly create interface designs that you can provide to your customers. This in turn allows you to gain valuable feedback from them because you can make these designs interactive.

What is even better is that, because it is PowerPoint, your customers can change elements on the form to illustrate exactly what they mean. To start using PowerPoint Storyboarding, head on over to your Windows 8 Search. (Windows Key + C to activate the Charm Bar and select Search)

As you type “PowerPoint Storyboarding” into the search field, the results will filter until you can select the application from the search results.

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