Questions tagged [editing]
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible and film media used to convey information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate and complete work.
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Excel: how to undo in current file only?
Microsoft Excel's undo / redo feature behaves unlike any other program I know. The undo stack seems to be global across all open files, so that undoing sometimes switches to another file and undoes ...
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How do I reverse selected lines order in Vim?
For example, if I have four lines as follows:
the first line
the second line
the third line
the fourth line
I want to reverse them to
the fourth line
the third line
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Delete a line in Visual Studio without copying it?
There is the shortcut Shift+Del to delete a line, but I want to delete the line without modifying what is in the clipboard.
Is there some way to configure it or another shortcut?
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In Notepad++, how do I split long lines in several rows?
I usually use Notepad++ for programming, but recently I started doing some writing in it as well.
Writing usually involves long paragraphs with no line breaks, and currently those are displayed in ...
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How can I edit a file if there is no vi, vim, joe, etc?
Is there a way to edit a file if there are no vi, vim, joe, mcedit? In another words is there a way to edit a file using just the shell commands?
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When a PC edits a file, does it delete the original file?
If code.txt (or whatever file) is edited and saved I have two ideas of how a PC would handle the process:
The PC deletes code.txt completely and makes a new code.txt (edited version) from scratch.
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How can I yank multiple lines into a register?
I want to yank multiple lines in a single register in vim, to easily paste different text templates in a document.
For example, "iyy yanks only the the current line, if I try to select multiple lines ...
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vim open file in a new tab
I would like to do this -
Open a file, say a.txt in vim. Then, do ctrl+z, which will take me back to the terminal, and hide vim in background. While I am in the terminal, now I would like to open b....
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How do I make all file types open in the internal editor in eclipse?
When using the open file dialog on Eclipse, many file types open in the internal editor as expected (.java, .txt). However, others open in an external editor. For example on my system attempting to ...
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Could less show the viewed proportion of text file?
As the title implies, when I am browsing text file,I would like to know the current viewed porportion of the whole text file.
I know that with -N option,we could turn on the line numbers,but how ...
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How to type a Unicode character by its number in Emacs?
How to type a Unicode character by its number, e.g. 0x2E3B for Unicode character U+2E3B (THREE-EM DASH) in Emacs?
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Can people see the changes made in word document?
I drafted something in a Word document and then made some changes before emailing it. Can the person receiving the document see or roll back to previous edits?
If they can, how can I prevent that?
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In Emacs, how to reformat an edited paragraph so the line breaks are properly reinserted?
In Emacs, I have a paragraph of text, which is already properly wrapped at, say 79th column on each row, then you edit it, adding some text on some of the rows, how to reformat the edited paragraph so ...
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Cropping videos in Windows Live Movie Maker
I want to crop (as in, take a subset of each frame, like when you crop a photo) a video in Windows Live Movie maker. Is there a way to do this, and failing that is there another free tool i can use to ...
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Use vim to edit ANY text on Linux
I come from the Mac world, where I use http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/quickcursor to edit text from anywhere in Vim.
Is there anything like that on Linux ? I'm already using "It's All Text" ...
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Vim delete motions include under the cursor
If you delete backwards in vim, it doesn't delete the character under the cursor. What do you need to do to have it delete, say, back to the last space?
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How to comment a block of code in Emacs?
In Emacs, how to comment a block of text, i.e. how to indent a block of text rightward by n whitespace characters and put a chosen character sequence, say ##, at the beginning of each line?
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How to add a picture onto an existing pdf file?
My OS is Ubuntu. So I prefer Linux/Debian software, but any Windows software that can run under Wine or mono would be okay too.
I have a scanned pdf file which is an application form, and a picture ...
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What subtitle file editor for '.srt' files supports synchronization? [closed]
I downloaded .srt files for watching a French movie. But unfortunately, it is out of sync.
Is there any tool in Windows using which I could manually sync it specifying the start time?
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How to edit the system/user dictionary in Windows 8?
Windows 8 has system-wide spell-check/autocorrect:
Users can also choose to add unknown words to their own custom dictionary:
I believe the dictionary is one of the settings that is synced/roamed as ...
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How can the Table of Contents in a PDF file be edited?
How can I edit the Table of Contents of a PDF file on Linux? I tried pdfedit but I can't find where the content table list is stored.
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Substitute a font in a PDF document
I have a PDF document (not encrypted) with editable form fields. However, the font for those fields is broken: it is missing some glyphs, so when I enter text some gaps appear.
How can I modify the ...
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OpenOfficeOrg Calc: enter data into all selected cells?
I want to enter the same data (e.g. "superuser") into multiple cells in OpenOffice.Org Calc (version 3.3.0). In order to do so, I select all the cells I want the data to be entered in. However, only ...
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Is it possible to edit a PDF file directly?
I have a PDF file that is produced as part of a help file compilation. There is always late breaking stuff which goes into a text file (e.g. "What's new in this version" type of stuff) and while Help ...
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How do I hard code a movie with subtitles?
I have ripped my Kill Bill DVD's but the Japanese parts aren't subtitled in English... I found some subtitles online but the only ones which seem to work are the ones for the entire movie. I want to ...
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Resizing pages in Adobe Acrobat Pro
I am using Acrobat Professional 8 to assemble a document from two imported page images (JPGs). Acrobat seems to interpret the images at screen resolution, and creates a document that's about 35" by 46"...
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Save UTF-8 without BOM Visual Studio 2012
It seems that Visual Studio 2012 hates UTF-8 without BOM and always adds it, resulting in an empty line in PHP pages.
How can I change the encoding to UTF-8 without BOM (or at least to Unicode...)
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Irfanview nearest equivalent for linux [closed]
IrfanView is a wonderful freeware Windows swiss-army-knife for image viewing & editing.
For me, the key features are fast viewing, simple editing (crop, contrast, brigthness, rotation, resampling)...
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How can I indent multiple lines, and indent "backwards", in gvim?
I'm just learning vim (via gvim, I used to be a Notepad++ user) and haven't yet found how to do 2 things:
How can I indent a set of rows x spaces/tabs right? In Notepad++, for example, I just ...
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Adobe Reader XI automaticly save as itself
Is it possible to make my Adobe Reader XI overwrite it's own file when I click SAVE, instead of acting like I've clicked Save As.. and ask me about file name and all that nonsense?
Preferably I ...
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Change first byte of file in Linux?
How can I change the first byte of multiple files in Linux? Willing to use perl/awk/sed/whatever. This must work correctly on binary files (i.e. not change any other bytes).
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How can I edit a PDF file? [closed]
I received this PDF file and need to make some changes in the document, is there any great free software available for me to do this?
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Tool like Media File Segmenter for Linux
I'm looking for a tool for Linux which can segment a video file into multiple small .ts files.
I know one for Mac OS X called Media File Segmenter which is a simple command line tool - I'm looking ...
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How to copy remote machines text to local machines clipboard through SSH?
I work on a remote machine through ssh. I have a very large text file there (approx. 500 lines) which I usually need to modify, then copy the contents of that file and paste it in my local browser. ...
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Remove Master Boot Code but leave Partition Table?
For testing purposes, I need to fidget with the MBR on a Windows7 test host: I'd like to remove the Master Boot Code but leave the Partition Table within.
Does the following Linux command do this, or ...
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Transform a trapezium into a rectangle
I used my iPhone to capture a painting. However, the angle was not perfect, so instead of getting a straight rectangle, I get a trapezium. I want to transform this trapezium back into a rectangle (...
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What is the Numbers equivalent of F2 in Excel?
What is the Numbers equivalent of F2 (edit cell) in Excel?
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Is there a server-side video manipulation software?
I'm looking for a hosted or self-hosted solution that will allow me to manipulate video files that are uploaded to a server by an end-user.
Does anyone know of any solutions - open source or ...
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Can XMPP/Jabber support editing of messages and offline message like in Skype?
I've got used to edit about 30% of my messages in Skype. Also I expect my messages to be delivered in the end independently of whether the peer is online now or not (i.e. eventually the message will ...
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Cheat Engine for Mac OS X or Linux [closed]
Cheat Engine is an open source tool designed to help you with modifying single player games running under window so you can make them harder or easier depending on your preference(e.g: Find that 100hp ...
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What's a good text editor with Mercurial support? [closed]
I'm looking for a decent Windows editor with solid Mercurial support. I've had some trouble with Notepad++ (the Windows Explorer plugin was constantly crashing). What are some alternatives?
I'm not ...
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Trying to edit a python file but the "edit with IDLE" has disappeared when i right click the file. How do I restore that command?
Trying to edit a python file but the "edit command" has disappeared all of a sudden when I right click the file.
How do I restore the edit command so I can continue working on my python files?
I ...
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Excel: Why does double-clicking in a cell jump to a different cell?
Normally, when you double-click a cell, you enter in-cell editing mode, right? This works most of the time, but occasionally on random cells, a double-click instead moves the focus to a different cell ...
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How do I edit a missing template used in a Word document?
I have a Microsoft Word document which was created using a template. I have only the finished document, and want to edit the template it was based on (which I don't have). I cannot find a way to do ...
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How can I automatically lower Spotify playback volume when my Video Editing program makes a sound?
I'd like to listen to Spotify while I am video editing. This is just casual listening - nothing to do with the editing work.
How can I automatically fade out the volume of Spotify when my video ...
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Does the video card influence the speed at which a video is processed and exported from Adobe Premier Elements?
or is all the processing done by the CPU.
What is an entry level card that would handle video processing adequately?
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Remote sudo edit in Vim
How can I edit a remote file with sudo?
I have ssh/scp access to remote server, and passwordless sudo on it.
I want to edit /etc/some/file as remote root, so I ran:
$ Vi scp://server/etc/some/...
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In vim's visual mode (type "v"), how do I select multiple lines?
What are the shortcuts that I need to know, to make it snap snap?
Right now, all I do it the up/down arrow...it's noobish.
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Concatenating videos (mp4) in Mac
I got a bunch of mp4 videos (different parts of a same film) downloaded from YouTube. Is there a way to join them to make a single video? I have a Macbook.
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Best software to edit your photos (red-eye correction etc.) [closed]
My mother wants me to correct her photos (red eye, some other defects). But, actually, I don't know what tool I can use on Windows for digital photo editing. Preferably, free of course. I was going to ...
