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The process of laying out text in a document for ease of reading. Including font, size, spacing, etc.

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MS Word Pro Plus 2016 - Table of Contents alignment - unlike any I have ever seen

I am having trouble with my TOC for a document and have tried all solutions I know of including clearing all formatting and copying from other headings/styles, alignment of tabs and indents, and ...
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How to hyphenate texts on the command line

I want to split the content of a text file into its syllables (or I simply want to hyphenate it; I don't want to get into the scientifically/lingualistically correct details like here: https://tex....
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Finding spaces OR commas with wildcard search

I'm writing some macros that will automate frequent cleanup/text formatting tasks in the bibliographies I edit. For background, these bibliographies often contain citations for chapters from edited ...
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Evaluate text expression

I have a text expression written with single quote in front '-a+b. Then it's substituted as in the image. I want to evaluate the expression in yellow (evaluate to 4) instead of displaying like that. ...
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Replace an apostrophe in excel?

I have a large database in excel containing text data that I plan to export to a set of PDF files. Some of the lines of text are bulleted with dashes so excel reads some of my cells as formulas and ...
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How Do I Paste A Path Into Netbeans With Proper Formatting?

every time I past a file's path into Netbeans (for example, C:\programs\test.txt) I always have to add in the escape characters so that Netbeans understand the path. So, I will paste "C:\programs\...
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MS Word 365 Equation Numbering Formatting with Chapter Number

I am writing a document in there are equations, each of which should have the chapter number and the equation number (e.g., 2.1). I would prefer my equations remain in display mode, so I am using the ...
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Highlight cells in excel based on whether text exceeds the cell boundary?

I am taking text from excel and pasting it into a fillable PDF using AutoMailMerge. In some cases I have more text than will fit into the PDF field. I've adjusted my excel cell sizes, font, and text ...
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Is there a way to automatically apply capitalization rules in MS Word?

In MS Word, is there a way to automatically capitalize titles or headlines, after one of the commonly used capitalization rules, like you can find them here: https://capitalizemytitle.com? The most ...
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Spacing Words Equally Across Line in Word

There are several words in one line—for example, pineapple, orange, and grape. I want to locate these three with two identical spaces using one complete line in Word. If I use tabbing at 3.25 in and 6....
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MS Word: Create rectangle around words in a paragraph

I'm trying to create a document in MS Word that shows a section for keywords. See following pictures: And this one: It's very easy to create a shape and type text in it and make it a floating shape. ...
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Controlling space between sentences in Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word, if I use two spaces between sentences, the spacing becomes way more than twice the distance if I use only one space. This happens only in a particular document, and does not occur ...
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Word document places text inside rows

Every single document my collegue creates has some sort of view that forces his lines to appear in row-like entities. He would like to somehow turn it off. We are both using Microsoft Office ...
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Microsoft word 2013 is cutting off top of text in tables

The following is happening to me: I can't for the life of me figure out why
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Nested bulleted list in Slack

Is there a way to do nested bulleted lists with the new Slack markdown / formatting tools? E.g. I tried this * something * nested something * something else but it doesn't render it as ...
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Keep caption together with table when table is in different section

I've a requirement to format table into two columns, but keep its caption in one column. It works generally well if I add a continuous section break between them. The only issue is when only the ...
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In Notepad++, how do I split long lines in specific amount of rows?

I'm looking for something similar to this question. However, I'd like to chose the amount of columns and export it as table. My input is a .txt file with a single line and many numbers separated by ...
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Is it possible to add a thousands comma separator to the output of the Linux "df" command

df command gives me good information, and I love to see it in KB unit. But I need a thousands separator (aka: a comma) every 3 digits because the numbers will be always huge. ex> df Filesystem ...
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What Unicode character is used to describe a horizontal fraction bar?

I have searched quite a bit, but all I can find is en and em dashes? I thought Unicode tries to be specific about the use and meaning of a character, so I am expecting something specific. Is there ...
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Word 2019 - Footnote Columns issue

On the left is an older version of the same file. We updated a completely different section of the document, but for some reason the footnote on the olderfile stays in one column floating so the right ...
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ways of automatic capitalizing format in emails (webpage/outlook version)

Is there a way to automatically capitalize the 1st letters, 'I', special terms etc in emails? For lazy people not wanting to press 'shift' all the time.
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Slack multi-level bullet point or numbered list

I've seen the thread on single bullet points here but can't seem to find a way to add a 2nd or any additional levels (i.e. automatic indentation). Is this not a feature? I've tried the standard TAB ...
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Microsoft Word formatting Strong format

I want to replace Word formatting from Strong to simple text. It works with all formats except "Strong". Do you have any ideas? Here is video.
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Word hand-drawn boxes

I created a number of text boxes using the "hand-drawn" outline option such as in this screenshot: Now I can't find the "hand-drawn" outline option anywhere. Existing text boxes still work fine, but ...
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whitespace padding a file length using echo in a windows batch file

I'm using a for loop in a windows .bat file to make a text-file listing files in directories. FOR /R %%G in (*) DO ( ECHO %%~zG %%~nxG >> zzz-list.txt ) [Phone won't let me input a tab ...
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Does VS2019 or a similar program have *horizontal* rulers?

I've started using vertical rulers in VS2019 to help keep my lines from running longer than 80 columns. I've noticed that sometimes my functions start to run long as well, and was wondering: is there ...
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Microsoft Word: Table of Contents, multiple line header tab leader/pagination issue

My TOC contains three levels. At the third level, the heading is so long that there is no tab leader on the same line. The page number (which should be right aligned, as with all other headers) ...
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Full-width color behind line in Word within list?

I'm trying to achieve something similar to Full-width color behind line in Word?: I want a background color until the end of the line, but then within a bullet list and not as a separate paragraph. ...
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Microsoft word: bullet lists with custom spacing

I am creating a list in Microsoft Word, where each bullet has several sub-bullets. I would like to format this list so that before each new bullet, there is a large space, but there is no large space ...
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Using local date format in the references in Microsoft Word

I write a paper with Microsoft Word and use the Harvard reference style. My problem is that at the reference section, Word formats the dates in US format, but the document is in my local language, so ...
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Excel, Import Wizard, detecting wrong file type

Each month, I have the privilege to compile daily pipe-delimited files into a monthly Excel workbook. I use the import wizard to convert the text files into a worksheets in the workbook. I open all ...
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Mac Dark Mode Copies White Text

I am using dark mode on my mac and have an annoying problem of when I try to copy and paste text the pasted text is white. Is there a way to auto choose the right text color when pasting? Example ...
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How to replace bullets with footnotes (with superscript numbers) in Word

I have a Microsoft Word document that has slightly over 600 numbered / bulleted lines (i.e., paragraphs).  Something like this: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,¶ ...
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What Regular Expression Can I Use To Search And Replace The Following in MS Word?

I have lots of text in Microsoft Word similar to the following: 1 The quick brown 2 fox jumps over 3 the lazy dog. I need some help to find a regular expression that finds the numbers and inserts ...
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How do I replace all fragments of text written in uppercase with lowercase applying a particular style in LibreOffice Writer?

I've received a paper written in a plain text editor and I am to re-format it into a proper quality document. The original documents uses UPPERCASE to emphasize on particular elements of a sentence (...
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Formatting lost when pasting from some non-MS apps to MS Office 365 apps

I use Toad (Quest Software) quite a bit, as well as SQL Developer and Crystal Reports. In the past, I would copy text from Toad, which had color and is a mono-spaced font, to Word or Outlook, and the ...
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How do I set the color of a break line in microsoft word?

Whenever you type === or something alike in Microsoft word and click enter, it inserts a breakline, I would like to know the way to change the color of it, since i don't really feel like inserting ...
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Why can't I type text above a table?

Kindly see the screenshot beneath. This is the first page of the document: After I followed user Mak's answer to change the table's Text wrapping to None:
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Line wrap txt file in Intellij

I'm copying some text from notepad over to intellij. Is there any way to get it to wrap when the lines exceed a certain length? Text in notepad When I copy it in intellij the line just doesn't wrap: ...
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How to replace newline with space except when it's the only character in a row

I have some text like: from her patient scrutiny and judicious criticism. J.K. WASHINGTON, D.C. April, 1919. And want to leave it like: from her patient scrutiny and ...
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Excel: subscript of subscript of a word

Is there a way to write a double subscripted word in Excel?  For example, I would like to write something like σVamperometer (i.e., σ with a subscript of Vamperometer, which, itself, is a ...
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Excel number format adds decimal point for whole numbers

I want to be able to see every digit, but without any padded zeros on the right. So I formatted the cells like this: #,##0.################################################################ However, ...
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MS Word – how to insert a column on the right edge of each page

I am writing some test questions in Microsoft Word.  I want to add a grey column on the right, that text should not cross, as indicated by the (hand-drawn) yellow column below. How can this be ...
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Atom Messes Up Formatting In Emacs File

I used the scp command to copy a file from a remote Linux computer to my local Linux computer (this file was edited using Emacs on that remote computer). I tried to open the file in Atom on my local ...
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How can I add a (vertical) margin (i.e., padding) between page header and content on the second page with repeating table header in Telerik reporting

I am using Telerik Report Designer Software. I have a problem: I want to set a margin between the page header and the table header when the table header is repeating. On the first page it looks good,...
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Excel 2016 TEXT function ignores formatting

I have a small pivot table displaying the total sales of three brands in two columns (one as currency, the other as % of total). The currency column's numbers are formatted as currency, with thousands ...
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Microsoft Word: find all words with two 'm's using wildcard

How I can find every word in a Microsoft Word document that contains two or more 'm' s, like "mermaid", "mommy", etc? I have tried doing a wildcard Find using <[! ]@m*>, and this finds all ...
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Microsoft Word "DOT" not showing up after the table

The "dot" as highlighted below in the screenshot does not show up in my another Word document. It only appears in inside the table and not at the right edge of the table. See the difference of the ...
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How to adjust table formatting?

I am using Microsoft Word. I am using a table in it, but I'm not able to maintain formatting as shown in the screenshot. Highlighted color shows a difference in formatting (meaning some Xs are high ...
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Is there a text editor which displays column numbers and/or displays text in a grid to quickly glance column numbers?

I basically need a text editor which displays text in a grid, so that I can know the exact column numbers of the text. The numerical simulation software I am using, TOUGH+ (written in FORTRAN), has a ...
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