Questions tagged [documents]
Text based information often for the purpose of description or instruction
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How to automate a certain word in Figma letter component by wrapping the next line right beside it?
I generate different instances of a certain document (a letter to be precise) several times a day (in pdf).
Only thing, I change is
the date
the addressee
the subject
a certain word in the first ...
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Extracting foregrounds from DJVU files
I tried extracting the foreground using ddjvu -mode=foreground and ddjvu -mode=black but the file that was generated was several GB in size. Following one of the answers in rhis link I then tried to ...
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Convert web page to Word document
It is known that web pages can be downloaded as MHT or HTML files, and then opened in Word.
However, particularly with complex web pages, formatting can be lost, and only the text without much ...
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Unexplainable/unclear write restrictions/error/exceptions in Windows Documents Folder
When I use a commandline tool like npm create vite to create a React project in one of the subfolders or the Documents folder itself, then npm hangs up. However when I create project whereelse, like ...
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Convert html, pdf or .doc format to google doc without breaking formatting
I'm building some documents which need to live online on google docs. I start off by building static html files using Ruby on Rails. These look fine.
Then I convert them to a pdf using wkhtmltopdf. ...
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Can't make changes to word document opened as read-only
I've some documents on a network share that are password protected.
I need to open those files, make some temporary changes and then print them. Since I don't want those changes to be saved, I'm used ...
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Word Doc Text alignment
In a Word doc I am trying to aline both sides of the page to the sides (the left text to the left side and the right text to the right side. The text is separated on each line as it is a contents list ...
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Searching words in a document by using the voice
I'm wondering if there is a way to search a word in a document by using the voice.
So far I tried to do it in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, but without any success; it seems that this option is not ...
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Prevent Excel 365 from opening a recently closed document in a new window
When I run my Word 365 standalone app, it opens up with a new document open. When I select any item from File → Recent, the newly open document replaces new document (opened during startup sequence) ...
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Why 7Plus is not working in my windows 10?
7Plus is useful to create New Text Document on Windows 10 Explorer using custom keyboard shortcut. But 7Plus is difficult to open now, why?
It open and stay in the system tray for a few seconds, and ...
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Best Way to Bulk Scan Center Stapled Booklets
I wanted to scan some A4-Sized Textbooks that had the centre stapled binding. There are around 60 (15-25 sheets each) of them that I wanted to scan as soon as possible. Is there any way I can scan ...
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Are Windows WSL2 "distributions" just docker containers under the hood?
I found this document on github:
WSL2 Distributions Run As Containers
It hasn't been updated in a while though, so I'm wondering if anyone knows whether or not Microsoft has published a technical ...
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PowerShell How to Get File Owner/Author?
Below script retrieve specific file types from the I: drive and outputting specific file properties to a delimited CSV file. How to return file owner and authors? Any help is very much appreciated.
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Microsoft Word Page Number Location
I am working on a Macbook, and I am working on word 16.57.
I added some page numbers at the bottom right of the pages, but the numbers show way too high up in the page. It is the first time I see it ...
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Make Word 365 Table of Contents ignore annexed document
I am currently writing my graduation thesis and it is a requirement to annex side documents to the main document.
The problem is: These annexed documents are documents of their own. They have their ...
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What is the difference between File Type and File Format?
I've some confusion regarding the File Type and File Format.
Is it that Document is a File Type and PDF a file format?
or Video is a File Type and MP4 is a file format ?
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How to add numbered suffixes in MS Word doc?
I have a few headings spread through out an MS Word document. I would like these headings numbered so that if I remove one, add a new one etc the rest adjust accordingly just like a numbered list. The ...
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Need some help on document template creation in word [closed]
I need some help/suggestion or pointing to some resources about creating a template in word. The template I am trying to create is to share with third parties. The idea is the fist page has a header ...
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Full-text search the content of ansible-doc
I am using Ansible in an isolated network. To search for examples of a playbook, I want to do a full-text search for all the content of ansible-doc that is installed on the local machine.
Is there any ...
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How to open a document on a network computer with a batch or Powershell
I would like to open a document (OpenOffice) on a laptop from my desktop PC. I do not need a full remote desktop, only that the document opens itself on the remote computer.
Is there a way to do this ...
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Word Document Not Responding
I am trying to work with a Word Document since many months, but it does not respond most of the time. It opens sometimes, but is very slow and with a few edits it hangs.
After doing some research, I ...
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Very old doc-file with equations
I have certain doc files, made in 1999, possibly on already old software. These doc files have had equations or other mathematical expressions in them.
If I open these files with notepad, I can see &...
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How do I change part of a word with wildcards, Microsoft Word
I'm converting a timecode and need to replace a colon with a full stop -
00:00:00:000 needs to become 00:00:00.000
I've not used Wildcards before, but gave it ago with no success. What would I have to ...
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"This PC" document and picture selections won't target folders in the user's folder
Windows 10. After some messing around, OneDrive has been uninstalled, and all my personal folders are in my user's-name folder on the C drive as they should be. My libraries have been defined to ...
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How to resize a screenshot so together with its explanation it fits one document page
I am writing instructions for tablet/smartphone users. Generally I have one screenshot and some explaining text on one document page (currently a Word document). Is it automatically possible in Word ...
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Why an’t I seem to produce 8.5 x 11 scans of 8.5 x 11 docs when using Brother scanners?
I have 3 scanners – one HP and two Brothers. Neither of the Brother machines can produce a PDF that is exactly 8.5 x11. Sometimes I'll get 8.26 x 10.76 or 8.32 x 10.79 - you get the idea. This creates ...
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Insert "Copy" button in pdf
I want to add a button to a pdf that will copy some text to clipboard when clicked. Is it possible? If yes, how? I'm using LibreOffice Writer.
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Getting White Space While on both side Printing the Word file
I tying to use margin 0 page.
While I am editing there is no problem.
After printing the document to PDF there some white space left over. How to remove those white space.
Margin: 0;
Page-size: A4 (8....
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rd "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents" how it work?
I use the following commands:
rd "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents"
mklink /J "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents" "D:\Save Games\Documents"
and it does not work. I've ...
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Splitting a MS Word page into 3 horizontal sections
I want to split a MS word page into 3 horizontal sections, such that the header and footer of the page do not repeat in the sections (this excludes putting 3 separate pages on one page). I have tried ...
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Difference between Input and Output in USB
I'm relatively new to the the USB field and I have come up with these equations in the USB standard (These equations are in the 5.11.3 section in the documents and are used to calculate bus ...
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How to delete Document folder from Start Menu in Windows 10?
How can I delete this folder using the registry?
Is there a way?
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disable atomatic text options changes in word 2016
Often when writing a document, either by moving the cursor from current text to a different part of the text, or when I change between languages in the text,
word will change the text settings on it's ...
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Removing the Onedrive Documents folder?
I don't like that onedrive is using my actual Documents folder as default. I don't like seeing the path with onedrive in it. Like if I'm saving a project, it saves inside the onedrive path.
I tried ...
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Windows 10: Documents folder missing
Whenever I log in to my computer I get a notification saying:
A synced folder is missing
Backup and Sync is trying to sync "Documents", but the folder has
either been moved or deleted.
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How can I change font line size in MS Word?
I installed a google font (.otf) to use it in MS Word. The problem is that with the same font size (11px), the selection highlight is much bigger, and also the line space is different.
font size ...
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Pinning to Word Documents Windows 10
I recently and regrettably had to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and am having trouble with pinning a Word document onto the Word Document program (2016 version) on the task bar.
Previous in ...
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Word: How to link all of the dialogue of a novel (in a Word doc) with other documents?
This is what I'm trying to figure out:
I have a Word doc containing a novel I'm writing.
I'd like to move all of the dialogue for Character A into CharacterA.docx and move all of the dialogue for ...
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Why would the DIR command not be working for the documents folder in CMD?
Why would it be that I can't list the contents of the documents directory, but it works for every other folder. It is behaving like I accessed the special folder "My Documents", but I didn't.
The ...
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Are all PDF readers compatible with PDF/A
I was exploring the setting for my printer/scanner, and there is an option to make all scans PDF/A Compliant. Having never heard of this, I looked it up.
I understand that PDF/A is a method of ...
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Path folder for linux pdf temp files
After every time I open and read a PDF, I lose disk space (somewhere between 50mb and 800mb) , depending on the PDF size and how much I read from it.
Where does Atril save temporary files?
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I took pictures of documents on my iPhone and I want upload them onto my Mac and then what do I need to do next if I need edit the documents?
I have taken pictures of the documents I need and I have them saved on my iPhone. I want to somehow take the picture of the document and either upload or convert it so I can edit the document and then ...
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Default Documents folder still being use even though changed
"Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Personal" has been changed to "D:\Users[user]\OneDrive\Documents", so has the "Documents Properties" and ...
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Enter page number of some context in a sentence of a paragraph in MS Word document file
I am writing an article that has too many pages. Still i am writing and page numbers change all the time. I want to mention some page numbers in my word file which exist at few page next to current ...
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Remove the same image watermark from every page of a pdf file
I am in possession of a long PDF file. On each and every page of this file there is an annoying watermark/logo that I wish to remove. The printing shop unlawfully added their own logo on somebody else'...
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Are Master Documents still unreliable in Word 2016?
In previous versions of Microsoft Word, many expert have reported that Master Documents can easily corrupt the linked documents. Is this still the case in Word 2016.
I have separate documents for ...
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Sublime Text 3 doesn't show separate files in tabs, how to switch between files?
If I open two files in Sublime Text 3 on macOS, the tab bar at the top only shows one item, i.e. just the last file I opened.
There is no visual feedback that the first file is also still open, and I ...
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Opening a .doc file, which is actually an HTML file, as a .doc file
My software generates .doc files which are actually HTML files but with the ".doc" extension.
When I open them in Microsoft Office they open as a .doc file and the user does not know that it is ...
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Can I add a feature to be able to create text over underlines?
I created some documents with underlines (for print outs) but now I am told they want to be able to writer on the underlines. How can I do so without having to redo all of the forms? ...
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How can one do to making screenshot documents easier? [closed]
I like to save important information in my PC for reference in future. It can sometimes be a portion of a webpage, two or three complete screen views of a webpage, etc. I want to keep similar kind of ...
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