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Software to batch-generate thumnails from first page of pdfs
I am a win 7 user.
Is there a software that coverts a batch of pdf files into image thumbnails using the first page of the pdf?
I need to see several pdfs and do not want to open each.
I tried ...
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Setting custom icons based on files' contents
I'd like to have a custom icon for the files with extension .extension the same way images do. In the windows explorer I see a preview of images as their icon. Instead of having a general icon for ...
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Are There Any iPad Apps That Allow Me To Edit And Preview JavaScript Locally? [closed]
I would like an iPad app that would allow me create, edit and preview HTML and JavaScript files locally (without an internet connection)?
I can't seem to find one, but I can't understand why there ...
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How may I get Explorer to preview .m3u files as text?
How may I get Explorer to preview .m3u files as text? I have tried Windows 7 - Preview other file types as text in Preview Pane and carefully checked, but no joy.
I got no success with .m3u using ...
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How to sort Windows 7 taskbar thumbnail previews?
Here is a screenshot of the list of windows I have stacked in my Windows 7 taskbar. This is just for Explorer, but similarly I have lots of stacked windows of other processes as well.
Currently ...
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Is there a quick way to save PDF notes from Preview into text?
I use a Mac with Preview to read PDF papers. I make notes along the way.
I want to export them to another application (mind mapping tool). Nativley, Preview doesn't allow a bulk copy of attached ...
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Disable preview when scanning with MacOSX
Is there any way to disable preview when scanning in flatbed mode? I don't understand why does it automatically scan a preview since I usually rescan the whole area: it's just a waste of time!
I ...
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Force thumbs.db instead of central image database for folder in W8
I've got one folder mounted through truecrypt which contains videos. If I die, I don't want people finding out about it's content. Windows 8 however saves the thumbnails of the videos in an unencryted ...
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Windows 8: Video preview only shows first frame
I just switched from 7 to 8, but it seems MS changed the way the explorer displays the video preview icons. I think that 7 skipped into the video a few frames, or even took a frame with more colour? ...
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How to properly embed a preview into EPS for use in MS Word?
I know that EPS is not the best format for MS Word. Unfortunately I'm forced to use MS Word and EPS is the format I have most figures in. I'd prefer to stay with EPS in case I make other LaTeX ...
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Locking thumbnail or Pin it permanently or for period Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to keep windows 7 thumbnail preview open for a particular app?
I'm interested in working in my environment while watching YouTube video or whatever. I ...
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About the security of adding a signature to a PDF file
We can add a "bitmap" or image signature to a PDF file, either by using Adobe Acrobat or by Mac's Preview app, but I wonder, besides always encrypting it with a password before sending it by email to ...
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How to open Preview with no documents
I am using Preview on Mountain Lion (10.8.2). I opened a PDF in Preview and searched in it. Now whenever I open anything in Preview, it opens the PDF and the search always shows spinning on the ...
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Disable “Print and Close” Preview Shortcut on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion from Leopard and there is a global shortcut that I would really like to disable.
Apparently, now if you select a document and press Command + p, Preview will ...
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Can't see theme thumbnails in Windows 7 Personalization settings
I can't see themes thumbnails in Windows 7 Personalization settings.
How can I fix this please?
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OS 10.8 Preview URL Annotation
In the Preview app for Mac OSX Mountain Lion, I am missing the ability to add URL annotations. I have also downloaded Adobe Acrobat Reader, and found that this too now lacks this feature.
What free ...
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Windows 8 upgrade offer issues [closed]
does anyone know why, if I've pre-registered for the Windows 8 upgrade offer for £14.99, I am being asked to pay £24.99? I'm currently using the Release Preview (from Windows 7), on a refurbished, but ...
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Sharing on Facebook form preview in 10.8 resizes the image
Is there a way to change the size of images shared on Facebook from OSX 10.8? When I share FullHD screen-shot, it gets resized and on Facebook it is displayed in way lower quality and resolution than ...
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Save annotated PDF notes as plain text from Preview
I have several PDFs with notes attached to them using the annotation toolbar in Preview on OS X. Is there a way to extract all notes from a PDF file into a text file?
Skim does this really well, but ...
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Apple Preview and Chrome Color Profile Accuracy?
I have been having some issues with understanding how Apple's preview deals with Colour profiles. I have noticed that when viewing a standard sRGB image on my Dell u2711 or Macbook Display that the ...
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preview pane no longer showing folder contents
Previously, I would click on a folder in the library pane (i.e. windows explorer's middle pane), and the folder contents, such as mp3 files, would show up in the preview pane. I could then select any ...
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Microsoft Office Picture Manager not showing thumbails
Normally Microsoft Office Picture Manager has the option to show thumbnails of all the images in the current folder, but when I have my phone connected and viewing images on the SD card it doesn't. ...
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How do you get Outlook to show a preview of a new message near the taskbar?
The first e-mail account I added to Outlook would have a small semi-transparent box pop-up whenever I got a new e-mail. This would have the sender and the first sentence of the bod and fades away in ...
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how to add bookmarks in preview which show up in the sidebar?
I have book whose pdf has certain bookmarks like chp1, chp2, ...chpn which show up in the sidebar in preview.
Now I want to add bookmarks for the different letters in the index...how do I do this?
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Autohotkey Script To Open File With Picasa
I'm a completely noob when it comes to AutoHotkey scripts, the limit of my knoweldge is opening a folder with a key combination.
There's one Mac feature that I've always been envious of, the ...
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Why does Windows Explorer block images in local HTML pages?
I store the files for my website offline in a local folder under My Documents. Every time I look at one of my HTML files in the preview pane, Windows Explorer notifies me that it has blocked the ...
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Illustrator opens PDFs on save? How to kill?
OSX 10.7, Adobe Illustrator CS 5.1
When you save a PDF in AI, it automatically opens in Apple Preview (or whatever PDF application you have set as default). So, if you're editing several PDFs, and ...
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How can I most efficiently batch resize images on a Mac?
I've been batch-resizing images through Preview (OS X) through the menu bar, but I want a simpler workflow, since I do this a dozen times a day.
What I want:
Select a group of image files in finder
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Explorer's preview push Word in background window
I have a Windows 7 computer which have a strange behavior: when preview is enabled in explorer, I double-click on any Word document, Word is launched, the document is loaded, and immediatly explorer ...
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Can't save checkmarks in a PDF file [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the rationale behind Fillable PDF's not being able to be saved?
Save data typed into PDF Form
I was sent a PDF form with some input check boxes. When I ...
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Can Copy and Paste from PDF have no “forced” hyphenation?
I found that if using Acrobat 10 to copy and paste to my gmail, the text will be all messed up, but if I use Mac's Preview app to copy and paste to gmail, then the text is 99% good -- with the heading ...
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Turn off TaskBar Thumbnails on Windows 7 - Classic Theme [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to disable windows 7 taskbar thumbnails preview?
Aero peek is turned permanently on.How to turn it off?
Is there a way to get rid of the annoying thumbnail ...
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How do I filp an Image in Preview?
Is there a way to see the mirror image of a photo in preview on mac? Is there a way to have Photo Booth Photos not come out in a mirror image?
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Add a Header to Every Page in a PDF?
Is there a way to add a small header to every page in a PDF on OS X? For example, some option in Preview or something? Maybe even something in AppleScript, etc?
I have a 200+ page PDF file and need ...
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Minimum number of steps to get position and size of image selection in Mac OS X
I need to find out the position (x, y) and size (width, height) of a rectangle selection over an image, in as few steps as possible. This is because I need to repeat this manual process thousands of ...
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Windows Explorer image thumbnail previews not showing (Windows 7)
I can't get Windows Explorer to show the thumbnail previews of images no matter what I do.
It used to work but at some point it stopped generating the previews. It doesn't work for any image type ...
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Need windows video player with seek preview feature
I am looking for a windows video player with the seek preview feature, like the one in the Hulu player described as follows: "Seek Preview displays a preview thumbnail when the mouse hovers over a ...
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Libre Office/Writer PDF export: white borders appear between lines even after setting borders to none
My document prints okay (exactly as it appears on the screen in Libre Office), but when I export to PDF and view the PDF on screen there are white borders around each text or picture object.
Here's ...
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Are there Linux utilities for previewing files (partic. .doc's) rather than full-blown editing?
Instead of opening .doc, .odt, etc. files in LibreOffice which is resource intensive, are there any good utilities for simply viewing (previewing) such files without the need for editing facilities? ...
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Why do some PDF document appear garbled and unreabable in OS X Preview?
I occasionally come across some PDF documents which are unreadable on a Mac when using the standard OS X Preview. They work OK in Adobe Reader, but not in Preview.
Does anyone know what the cause of ...
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How do I disable animations in Preview in Lion?
For example, open up a pdf and set view to two pages and hit arrow key up/down. Is there a way to get rid of the animation? Preview feels really snappy and fast, and to have animations like that just ...
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How can i view InDesign, InCopy, QuarkXPress etc. documents without opening them in their applications?
i am looking for a solution, software, plug-in, application or so which allows me to view/preview InDesign, InCopy, QuarkXPress documents etc. on Mac in QuickLook. It should be a smart, with some ...
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2 Page view in Preview shows the right page on the left and left page on the right?
I have a pdf that I am reading in Preview and I would like to view it in 2 page mode as many pages reference illustrations on the next page. However, when I enable 2 page mode, the left page is put on ...
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Pixelated PDF in Apple Preview slideshow mode, but not in regular window
I have a PDF which is a presentation exported from OpenOffice. Two of the slides in this presentation have embedded .eps graphs. When I run the presentation using Preview's slideshow mode, the ...
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How do I “Move to Trash” in Preview in OS X Lion?
In earlier versions of OS X, in Preview one could delete the currently open file by pressing ⌘⌫. In Lion, the keyboard shortcut (as well as the actual menu item) no longer works.
Is there any way ...
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How to preview hundreds of pdfs & rename them based on content? [closed]
Is there any freeware pdf manager - explorer - anything to do the job. Help is needed urgently.
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OS X: How to perform a lossless crop of a JPEG image?
I'm looking for a simple way to losslessly crop JPEGs on OS X.
Particularly, is there some way to get Preview to perform a lossless crop?
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Is there any way to force Windows 7 to refresh the taskbar previews?
I frequently find that some of the window previews in the Windows 7 taskbar will be lost, especially after a window has been minimized or hidden for a considerable period of time. Instead of the ...
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Disable smooth scrolling in Preview in Lion
Smooth scrolling in Lion's Preview application sucks. Pressing the Page-Down key too quickly leaves you waiting for Preview to catch up to your position.
The only way I can find to turn this off is ...
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images blocked in Windows Explorer Preview Pane when viewing saved webpages
When I try to view saved web pages (with .html extension) in the Windows Explorer preview pane, I often see this message: "Some pictures have been blocked to help prevent the sender from identifying ...
