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Regular Expression Help Needed in Notepad++
I need to know the syntax for a regular expression (notepad++) to help me find/replace every instance of following string in a text document
the string is as follows
Where do you want to go next?
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Software for formatting / web-publishing tutorial-type, technical articles
I want to put some of my own technical writing on the web: tutorials, how-to's, conceptual articles about programming etc. I write mostly for myself yet, but think others can benefit from it so I want ...
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What is an ISO file extension regarding a graphics file?
I've worked with ISO 9660 images files before, but now I'm working with Arbortext, a documents processing COTS software product for work with technical manuals. It's taking a CGM file with redlining ...
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Templates for writing a Turkish programming book in Microsoft Word 2007 [closed]
I am going to write a simple book on programming in Turkish but I am not sure how I design my MS Word doc.
It would be great to have a template to get a head start.
Do you know any?
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How to represent [RETURN] key in MS Word
I am writing a technical document in MS Word 2007, which needs to show the reader how to execute some commands on the operating system. Something like:
C:\script_dir> run.bat [RETURN]
Many ...
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Alternatives to the Stylewriter program [closed]
I have just gone to Windows 7 64-bit and the StyleWriter program is not compatible.
Does anyone know of a program that looks for passive verbs and sentence length of 20 words?
I want a program, that ...
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Dealing with Word spell check in technical documents?
I have waste millions of hours clicking the Ignore Once button in Word, while trying to spell check a document related to development. Be that something light on terms like a proposal or something ...
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Adobe InDesign + third party plugins vs. Framemaker
Apropos of this posting on Stackoverflow, I'd quite like to hear anyones experiences on using Adobe InDesign/InCopy plus third-party plugins such as those listed here. Specifically, how good would ...
