Questions tagged [formatting]
Process of preparing a disk for storing data. Specifically, "high-level formatting" involves the creation of a new file system and/or a boot sector. For text formatting, use [text-formatting].
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Microsoft Word suddenly lose the whole formatting
I was working on a document in MS Word when all of a sudden the whole formatting went lost. I don't remember the exact sequence of operations I did, and I understand this could be a problem, but I ...
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No drives to choose while formatting
I was trying to format my friend's computer and when we came to the point where we have to choose which drive to install windows on, there was no option to choose from, i.e there were no drives listed....
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Some way to reset formatting when ENTER is pushed in microsoft word
When I do some special formatting when writing text (such as bolding or italics) it carries over to the next line when I push ENTER automatically. Is there any way to set it so that when ENTER is ...
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How to rescue Compact Flash card that has been corrupted by a bad formatting
I used my CompactFlash card as a boot drive to install Snow Leopard for my laptop a while ago. To do that I had to repartition it to HFS+ with a GUID partition table.
When partitioning it back to ...
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Format main OS hard drive with non-standard allocation unit size before restoring Ghost image
I want to try formatting my main internal hard drive with NTFS using an allocation unit size of 64 KB instead of the default 4KB.
Then I have a Windows 7 Ghost image that I will be restoring to the ...
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Word 2010 Equations Alter Themselves without my Approval
I regularly use Microsoft Word 2010 to write long, technical documents. One of many annoyances is that equations alter themselves without my approval. For instance, characters sometimes completely ...
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Using same home partition with same username while reinstalling
I use Debian Lenny and would like to change over to Squeeze. My system consists of two partitions: lenny installation & home directory partition. I have all my personal files in the home directory....
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How do I go about resizing a column in Omni Outliner?
I've added some columns to Omni Outliner, and can't seem to find the control that allows me to adjust their width. The drag and drop control on the side of each column resizes the entire table. I bet ...
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MS Word: Change font-size in table autoformat
After trying it for a few times, I can't seem to edit the font size through Ms Word's Table -> Table Autoformat. I can edit a lot of other stuff except for the font size. Are there any explanations ...
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Formatting of output .csv file generated by a software
I've been using a software which gives the output in .csv format automatically. In my .csv output file "." is used as a decimal separator. In my colleague's computer, the same software outputs the ....
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W10 Can't see whitelisted USB device after formatting
I have implemented several security policies that block USB devices based on their device ID's. However, when I format one of these devices, the policies prevent the system from recognizing it after ...
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My Seagate hard disk shows that's is RAW and also show that is 0 bytes
My Seagate hard disk shows that's is RAW and also show that is 0 bytes and in diskpart it shows that it is healthy, when trying to format to NTFS using diskpart it is stuck on 0%.
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Where is the Sparkline tab in the Show group for Excel?
How would I display the high points?
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Copilot says:
You Apply Blue sparkline color and display the high points for the
sparklines.
Copilot Certainly! Let’s create sparklines in Excel, apply ...
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How to quickly delete files and folders in Windows 10 so that they can never be recovered or accessed again
I have an application and txt files where the records of this application are kept. When I give a command via CMD, I want these files to be quickly deleted, irrecoverable and inaccessible. Depending ...
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Excel - status (online/offline) corresponding to concrete number
I cannot deal with the below tasks, and need your help!
The thing is that I need to use a formula to solve this (not just copy-paste, assuming that the data will be much bigger). Basically, I need to ...
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Auto Numbering in a single cell
I want a Cell to Auto-populate a Tracking # in a form that several people have access to on a shared drive. Example:
I open the Exception Form for the first time and it should show SL(date)-#:
result ...
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Why can't Windows 11 read properly the SSD which I connected to my laptop using a USB connector?
I wanted to wipe an SSD that was previously in a PC with Windows 11. I connected it via USB to my PC and Windows is telling me "A specified device does not exist". I checked it using "...
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(Microsoft Word) How to stop styles opening in a box?
I'm trying to make some text be in the style of Header 1, Header 2, Header 3, etc
When I change the style of text, it opens up in this box instead of staying normal text that is in line with the rest ...
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Cells number format breaks in one column only if multiple cells are moved
I have a table where I keep track of best times & corresponding dates in pairs of cells. Time on top with the date below it, stored in range [B3:E10]. The time values are entered into the formula ...
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File System Unknown after decryption with Veracrypt Rescue Disk
My laptop had 2 veracrypt (1.25.9) disks (one as system, and the other with the same password) with windows installed in the first disk.
Suddenly it could´t boot anymore (May be it happened because, ...
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How can be column incluted into rows?
There is the table in MS Excel or LO Calc.
How can be it converted to this view of the table?
The transformation using links (within the same table) to the initial version is allowed.
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ext4lazyinit and forcing to have similar times as an ext4 format time, advantages and disadvangages
I saw this question and while 2 years is a long time, can anybody share anything about any progress on ext4lazyinit. I am specifically interested in this statement by Ted Tso -
So that is what the ...
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How do I format a target cell based on a source cell, using VBA?
I'm looking to copy the format of a cell within the table table1 to cells with matching text within the second table table2.
So for instance: NOT(H) is showing as green in table 1 and I want it to ...
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Excel - paste *only* number formatting
Is it possible to copy/paste only number formatting in Excel.
There are various paste special options.
In particular Formulas/Number Formats and Values/Number Formats. But is there a way to paste only ...
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Is there a way to create persistent bullets in Power Point?
I have added three custom bullets to the Style Master Text placeholder, however, I would like to have a choice to choose one of those three bullets on the fly. These come in a custom font.
This will ...
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How to change all numbered paragraphs using one numbering format to another
Somehow, I have a Microsoft Word document with a lot of numbered paragraphs that aren't showing the intended number.
This seems to be because the document has a numbering format that's not actually ...
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Formatting margins in Word documents
I am formatting a document written by someone else and am frustrated by the wandering margins. I have tried deleting all the margins and resetting but the problem remains. The ruler at the top of ...
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Unformat HDD, windows / linux mess up
So i have an 8TB hard drive, was formatted in Ubuntu and was filled with data that i would give my little finger to be able to recover.
I recently installed Windows 11 in another SDD and when i opened ...
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Can't format nvme
I'm trying to install linux over a broken Windows 10 install.
I've booted on a live USB and tried to remove old partitions and format the disk, but everything I've tried until now failed.
If I try to ...
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Removing outer white space around a bar graph
It might be a bit of a simple question but on
I want to remove the outer white space around the graph but I have no idea if its possible or how to do this. Any help woule be appreciated.
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What is the strongest means to force MS Word to not underrun a minimum table column width
As is generally known, desired column widths in a Word table can be set in the table properties individually for each column in centimeters or percent:
However, experience shows that Word does not ...
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Why does Windows 10 only offer to format my memstick to NTFS (not eXFAT)?
I have a 128 GB memory stick which shipped with a exFAT-formatted file system.
But when I try to reformat it (context menu properties in File Explorer), it only offers to format to NTFS with no other ...
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Wiped and Reformatted external hard drive says it is completely full and windows cannot access it
I had a 1TB external HDD that developed an unresponsive folder. I used the errors checking tool on the properties tool tab, and that repaired the folder. I then moved the data off to a replacement ...
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Conditional Formatting for cells that are 50%<
I am trying to get conditional formation to highlight cells in column G that are 50% greater than the corresponding cell in column D. I have tied to use a formula to determine which cells to format ...
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Removed thousand seperator in Excel currency format
we have a big file including a lot of prices in EUR. These columns are format on currency. By doing this Excel automatically creates a , as thousand seperator. This , creates an issue in our file ...
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Is it possible to force-write to an unrecognized SD card?
I have an SD card that I am trying to salvage, but whenever I plug it in to my Macbook, it doesn't show up. I know the issue is not with the card reader because it can pick up several other cards just ...
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How to search for formatted text in EPUB?
When reading a book, I add it to the catalog on one of the book cataloging websites. Then I go through the book's bibliography and mark all mentioned books "to-read". Sometimes bibliography ...
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Formatting issue with Office Word
I am having problems formatting a paper in the correct way. Here's the image where you can see two overlapping sheets. On the left the correct format, on the right the problematic one.
edit: every ...
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Is my SSD broken?
I've tried to delete all partition in my ssd using several method like disk manager, diskpart and 3rd party MiniTool Partition Wizard in windows 10, gparted, zero fill data dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc ...
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Unable to access and format a USB drive, which is seen in Disk Management but not This PC on Window 10
I have tried steps on two posts in this superuser thread: Recovering a Partially Formatted USB Thumb Drive
These are my attempts:
Attempt 1: referring to user LJD200's post
I ran these commands on CMD ...
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Can't convert a RAW SD card(MBR formatted) to NTFS or any other windows readable file system
I want to convert my RAW sd card to NTFS or FAT32 file system. I tried using diskpart and tons of other third party tools to recover it but my sd card is partitioned MBR style and I believe diskpart ...
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SD Flash Card Read-Only Issue
recently during re-partitioning my hard disk, I mistook SD flash drive as some sort of "extra" "wasted" space and deleted it.
ever since my computer(s) stopped recognizing it.
I ...
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Office365 Excel and different formatting inside cell
LibreOffice can do different formatting inside cell. But when I try to do the same with Excel on Office365 it does not work.
e.g. I have text:
When I select part to format it, bold/italic/underline/...
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How to format Cells like accounting except using Percentage sign
I am trying to create a hybrid format between Accounting and Percentage.
My cell value I am going to format contains a percentage. I would like to move the % Sign to left justified in the cell as it ...
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How can I leave out the numbering for certain list levels in a multilevel list?
I am using a multilevel list for automatic indentation, formatting and numbering of a Word document. Currently, my formatting looks similar to this:
1 Heading
1.1 Subheading
1.1.1 Paragraph
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Excel 2013 fails to record macro correctly
So, i want to create a macro that will set selected cells' format to 0,0 ¥.
However, if you record the steps and then try to run the macro it will set format to 0,0 ?. Is there a way to fix this?
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All my text is within 1 cell instead of multiple cells? Excel
As you can see in the screenshot all my data has been crushed into 1 cell it seems when it is supposed to be in separate cells as shown in the original screenshot.
Any idea how to solve this?
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Merge separate text lists alphabetically
I need to merge the separate lists alphabetically (without the duplicates) in the same column and keep the original lists as they are.
I'd like the merged list to update automatically when one of ...
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Number format #.# - Excel bug?
I try to use the number format #.# to display 7 as 7, but it does display "7." (in Excel, or other MS environment)
I want 7.1 to be 7.1, and 7 to be 7, and 7.49 to be 7.5, that is #.# (see ...
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How to combine all sentences to form a continuous flow of text in MS Word?
When I copy and paste Youtube Transcript on MS word, the text appears with sentences on different lines. For example, Instead of " We are celebrating this as a huge occasion in our hometown",...
