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Getting Mac OS X applications to close after last window closed
I know it's just a pet peeve, but I hate it that Mac OS X's Preview.app stays open when it has no windows open. Is there any way to make it close when its last window is closed?
Since I don't see ...
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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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How can I refresh the previews in Chrome's New Tab page?
I am using Chrome 6.0.472.0 dev and the New-Tab-feature. Some of my (sticky) previews were created in an "unlucky" moment, eg. superuser.com before I logged in
or GMail ... for whatever reason that ...
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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 do I set Safari on Mac OS X to show PDFs using Preview instead of Adobe Reader?
I shouldn't have installed Adobe Reader on my Mac. But now that I have, how do I set Safari to (go back to) show PDFs using Preview (as the inline PDF display plug-in) instead of Reader? Do I need to ...
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Windows 7 64-bit PDF thumbnails problem
I cannot see thumbnails of PDF files on Windows 7 64-bit. Is there any solution to this problem?
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IE8 Printing Issue - Shrink to Fit is not Shrinking, right side getting hacked
I'm having this problem in a Sharepoint Extranet site. Several long/wide forms and grids are getting their right sides hacked off when printed. In IE7, Shrink to Fit solves this problem. However in ...
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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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Where is the “Print Preview” option for Safari on Windows?
I am unable to find a way to generate a print preview using Safari 5.0.7533.16 on Windows XP Pro SP3.
Google searches indicate that either a) there is a way to generate a print preview that I cannot ...
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on Mac, how to export pdf for certain pages
on Mac, how to export pdf for certain pages.
For example, I have a pdf file for 40 pages, I just want to export page 10 and 11.
Can anyone help me?thnaks
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Color coded Windows 7 Preview Pane?
Customizing what files you can preview is cool, but is there a way to create a custom preview extension to add syntax highlighting? I have many .h, .c, .cpp, .cs and .java files on my windows machine ...
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Mac OSX Preview: Disable the Command-Backspace “Move to trash” keyboard shortcut?
I use Preview to view PDF files (duh) and sometimes annotate them as well as search them profusely. I keep using the Command-Backspace combination to try to delete the current line I'm writing in the ...
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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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Full screen and zoom to page width in Preview or Skim on Mac
One of the features that seem to be lacking on Preview is an automatic zoom to page width during full screen view. This is very helpful when reading user manuals and other long texts.
I would ...
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Huge TIFF file bogs down Explorer thumbnail generation
In one of my photo folders, I have a 3.8 GiB TIFF image file. With automatic thumbnail generation set, explorer completely locks up my system when accessing the folder. By inspecting the Resource ...
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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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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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Fix image previews and thumbnails in explorer on Windows 7?
Image files used to show as thumbnails in the explorer window, and a larger preview could be seen in the preview pane (alt+p).
Now for some unknown reason, I just see a default image icon in both the ...
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Force view text file instead of download in Firefox?
Often times I'll click on a random link to a .sh or .py or .cpp or ... file in Firefox, and all I want is to view the code. I don't have a Firefox handler set up for every text file extension under ...
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Can't see PNG previews in Windows 7?
I´m using Windows 7 x64. I can see the .jpg, .gif, etc. preview thumbnails but if .PNG, I only see the generic image, and not the image preview like in the other formats.
What can I do to fix this?
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Stop Safari from loading webpages preview images
Everyday, the first time I start Safari, if I go to the history tab, I get the following message :
How can I stop Safari prompting this message and completely disable the webpages preview?
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Can Preview (mac) alter the background and text colors of pdfs?
Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to alter the background and text colors of pdf - either to preset 'high contrast' colors or your own choices - and this makes reading onscreen much easier.
Is it ...
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Can I Change the Speed of Slideshows in OS X?
Is there any way I can change the rate in which OS X progresses through images in a slideshow, particularly in Preview?
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Can I convert an image from CMYK to RGB in Mac OS X?
Is there a way to convert a JPEG from CMYK to RGB, using Preview or any other tool built into Mac OS X?
I see I can go to Tools | Assign Profile… and select from a long list of options, including ...
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Open two instances of the same PDF in Mac OS X Preview
I have a file example.pdf, where the key to exercises in the top part of the document are posted at the end. Hence, I want to open two instances of this file, so that I can put the window with the ...
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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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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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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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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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Outlook 2007 attachments wont preview
When I get an email with an attachment in Outlook 2007 that I should be able to preview (ie - image, word doc, etc) I get the following error:
This file cannot be previewed because of an error in ...
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automatic latex math preview in org-mode/emacs
I am using org-mode 8.0, Emacs 24.3, Auctex 11.87, in Windows.
I was able to use latex preview functions in org-mode files by pressing ctrl+x,ctrl+c,ctrl+l. However, I think it would be more useful ...
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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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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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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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Set first image as folder preview in Windows 7
I am trying to customize the way image folders appear in Win7 explorer, but I can't seem to get it under control.
Is there a way to force it to always pick the first image in the folder as the ...
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How to See Hidden Layers of PSD File in Preview of Mac OS X
I am using Preview in Mac OS X 10.5.8 which is able to open .psd files (Photoshop documents). I couldn't find an option for enable & disable view of some layers.
My client has sent me a .psd file ...
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How can I generate a print preview using Google Chrome?
Does Google Chrome have a Print Preview feature? It doesn't seem to appear in the main menus. If it does, how can I activate it?
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How to combine PDF documents to make a new document using Preview?
Preview lets me combine pages from different documents into one window, but I can't find a way to save the resulting multi-page document. Preview displays Untitled (1 page) (3 documents, 3 total ...
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Is there a codec to preview Panasonic rw2 files in Windows Explorer for a 64-bit version of Windows?
Have you been able to find a Panasonic .rw2 image file codec to view rw2 images in explorer?
(Before you answer, make sure it's for 64 bit :+>)
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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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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 ...
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How to update Preview.app from the command line without losing focus on Mac OS X?
I want to update Preview.app in the background from the command line without losing focus of my current window. I know that I can use the following to open/update the view of a file, but then I lose ...
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Mac Preview's map imagery owned by NASA?
When you open the About box of Preview, it says
Preview
Version 5.0
Map imagery owned by NASA
NASA's Earth Observatory
Copyright © 2002–2009 Apple Inc.
All rights ...
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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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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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What's the rationale behind Fillable PDF's not being able to be saved?
Most of the time, if you open a fillable pdf on Windows w/ Adobe Reader, it warns you that you cannot save the data you entered. However, when opening the same file with Preview on Mac OS you are able ...
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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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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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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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Preview in TextMate html created by ruby script
If I create ruby (or maybe not ruby, no difference) script in TextMate which produces html, is there an easy way to preview it using combination like ⌘R or using Web Preview?
Now I found two ways to ...
