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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 2010 - automatic updating table in footnotes

I would like to insert a table footer in my policy manual which shows the for example the "Version" (draft 1, draft 2, final etc) "Date of Update", "Updated by". Is there any way of Word 2010 ...
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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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Split long image into DOC/PDF with 2 slices per page?

I have a rather unusual situation. I have to make printable documents from very large images that are essentially printscreens. They are ~40000px in height and around 600px in width. (I'll try to ...
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MS Word 2010 - Change Displayed Doc Properties in File>Info

When you click File > Info in Word 2010, you can view/edit the common properties for the document. I have added some custom properties like "Approver", "Date Completed", "Version" etc. These are used ...
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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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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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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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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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Copy text from a PDF document with phonetic alphabet included

I have a long list of vocabularies in a PDF document where the foreign words are also shown in phonetic spelling, like this: el chico [ˈtʃiko] Now, I have to copy the everything into a different ...
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How do I change the color of (in)active document windows in Windows 10

I was reading the article below, and I also want to change the colors of the INactive document window and the Active document window. So, WITHIN an application, not the applications themselves. I ...
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Open Office Writer certain documents don't appear in recent documents list

I have a file I copied from another PC, it's password protected and I always have to look it up to open it because it is never saved in recent documents list in Open Office->File. It is not hidden, ...
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Word: Make cells independent

I'm trying to make those cells (Title5 & Title6) separate from each other so I can resize one of them without moving second one, but I fail, whatever I do and apply to those cells. This is what I ...
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Print landscape document on a single page (word 2013)

I have word document(single page) in landscape mode but its wide and I have to print it on a single page. I want to print this in landscape mode and the contents should print on a single page. right ...
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Tuleap document management : how to move a document with history across projects

I have few projects in tuleap. I realized I have to move some document folders with documents from one project to other project keeping all the versions with history. Can you please advice how to do ...
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Table is malformed when opening IBM Notes documents

We have an IBM Notes client application where users store all kind of rich text information into notes documents, mostly it is pasted email conversations and some attachments. this is working fine in ...
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Is there a way to change the page styles of a range of pages in Libre Office?

I copied in pages to a target document from source documents which had page 1 (which was the page I was always cutting from) set to "First Page" style. This caused all my pages in the target document ...
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Creating navigatable bookmark list in Word

How can I create such navigable bookmarks in Microsoft Word (I didnt prepared this doc; I just got this .doc and wondered how we can create those)? Edit Ohkay I realize that this can be done by ...
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ANSI Russian docx to unicode

I've a big ms-word doc file which contains ANSI encoded russian texts and some fomula's with special formatting. I would like to know is there any tool using which I convert the "ANSI" encoded doc ...
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Microsoft Word suddenly lose the whole formatting

I was working on a document in MS Word when all of a sudden the whole formatting went lost. I don't remember the exact sequence of operations I did, and I understand this could be a problem, but I ...
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Trying To Organize Folders - Can I Delete?

Had to get a new laptop and it came loaded with Windows 7. How many folders do I need that have "documents" in the title? I've spent days trying to get answers to questions and running into forums ...
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Word file converter that removes compatibility mode

I have a user who has a lot of files that need to be converted from .doc to docx. A fully batched process is not the right way to go but multiple files are needed. I think that a right-click in ...
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Going directly to result page in Windows

Consider following scenario: You use windows search to find XYZ inside PDF,DOCX or DjVu files of a folder. Windows return some result. You open first file of result and again use adobe reader find to ...
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Notepad++ Document Monitor with Remote File

I am trying to use Notepad++ to monitor a log file using the plugin Document Monitor. This works great on local files but does not work on remote files. I have tried both mapping the remote drive and ...
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Flatbed Document Scanner

I have a flatbed scanner hooked up to my older WinXP machine. When I hit the scan button it brings up the prompt asking to what program I want to run. Is there a registry edit, program that will allow ...
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How can I create a PDF with form fields from a collaboratively edited source document?

I want to create a PDF document with a fill-in form. The source of the document is right now Google Docs, so that my team can edit it collaboratively with ease. However, Google docs doesn't support ...
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Tagging PDF files on CD/DVD and opening them with the associated viewer

Simple thing. I have a lot - and I do mean, A LOT (if it was possible to colour this in red, it probably would be red as well) of PDF/dejavu/word/plain jpeg files; mostly articles from my professional ...
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Vim, highlight repeated words

When writing a technical document (papers, blueprints...) it's very likely to repeat a keyword, and a lot of time is wasted in trying to replace repetitions with synonyms. A very helpful tool in this ...
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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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Can I create a single user-specific link to a document?

I want to sell a single online document to 30 people. The dilemma I'm facing is if one person pays, s/he can share the link to others and they might not buy again. Is it possible I generate a non-...
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Loading of documents in Windows Explorer takes long time

Recently, my Windows Explorer is really slow whereby a green loading bar is visible for a long time. I tried multiple options such as: a refresh via the task manager rebuilding index clear explorer ...
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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 to open old Microsoft Office files using the exact formatting as they were created with?

I have a bunch of old .doc and .ppt files from around 2004, created with Microsoft Office 2003 (or Microsoft Office XP, but I think it was 2003. Is there a way to check this?) and I would like to open ...
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Start typing anywhere on a sheet

Would anyone know if it is possible to 'preformat' a Word doc so that I can click and start to type anywhere on the sheet (within the margin limits), rather than at the (default) top left. If feature ...
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Does windows autorename folder after allocating it as system documents folder

We've placed a NAS as fileserver and moved data there. Now for 4 users, we've mapped a letter to the data share. That data share has 4 subfolders, 1 for every user. We than changed the location of the ...
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