Questions tagged [save-as]
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Non desirable ' " ' in excel sheets saved as text files
I have a spread sheet with cells containing formulas in column A concatening multi-lines text and cells contents e.g.:
="test
list = {
{
obj1 = "&B1&"
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How can I save the BIOS CMOS or the UEFI BIOS settings of a notebook in a file and restore them if necessary? [closed]
Basic configuration settings of a PC are stored in the BIOS CMOS or in the UEFI BIOS. In DOS times there was a software called Checkit and QAPLUS, at least one of them could save the configuration of ...
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Web page saving
I want to save a web page as a HTML document, that I can have access to this web page with all subsites forever, because the web page will close by the end of this year. So the web page won’t exist ...
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Why do Windows applications have varying behaviors when saving to recently accessed directories?
I'm wondering why certain applications have a different behavior when displaying recently accessed directories in their Windows 'Save As' dialogue boxes. For example, when I use Adobe Photoshop CC, I ...
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Excel Macro error prompting Save As dialog box with weird file name
I made a code for a friend something like this :
Sub SaveToMainData()
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
pfn = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Backup\MainData.xlsb&...
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Create a macro on Word to save with current name at a different location
I have a Windows 10 PC.
Basically I have a similar problem to this: How can I save a file to two locations at the same time?, but just the opposite. I have files on a USB stick, and I want them to be ...
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How does Notepad++ understands "last used directory" term?
For the term of "last used directory" in Notepad++ I have these questions:
What is the exact meaning of in?
Exactly which directory will be taken as that each time?
When exactly Notepad++ ...
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How to extract database from WhereIsIt catalog software and save that database as an excel or text file?
can anyone knows how to extract database from WhereIsIt catalog software and save that database as an excel or text file?
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Save as without creating a new file?
Is there a way in Windows to save an existing file (after editing it) as without ending up with two files, of which the old one I'll have to manually look up in file explorer and delete it?
So ...
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Save edited HTML in Firefox
I load a page in Firefox. In the developer panel I edit some content.
I change some contents (some paragraphs, some bullet points) eventually removing some nodes or adding a new one.
I want now to ...
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Save As PDF reduces image quality even when "Do not compress images" is enabled
I'm using Microsoft Word and have the settings set to High Fidelity and Do not compress images in File but when I do Save as PDF with PNG images in them, they still get compressed and lose quality. I ...
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Bulk fix for Excel 97-2003 error "format does not match extension"
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I have received around 1700 97-2003 excel files with a ton of data including some text information. I am trying to read them all into Stata before I clean and run some statistical analysis. ...
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Macro to create folder\subfolder\file.xlsm via Shell(cmd /c md)
I found this amazing code by nixda ... which creates a folder\subfolder structure named with values from a worksheet's cells.
Creating folders and sub-folders with a VBA macro .
Would it be possible ...
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How to view file extension in macOS 'Save As' dialogue box in web browser
In macOS (Monterey), when I save files in a web browser (ex. Chrome or Safari), I cannot view the file extension in the save dialogue box. This means I must download the file before finding out the ...
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Automatically send certain filetypes to preset location
So the workflow I'm going for is saving the active webpage as .MHTML using a keystroke and make it go into a pre-set save location, so there's no interruption to browsing. I can easily get the .MHTML ...
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How to download all files in a webpage's directory/sub-folder all at once?
Say a directory or folder's path on a website is https://superuser.xyz/images/, but you don't know this right away. Ordinarily, webmasters don't make browsing of sub-folders available, i.e. the images ...
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How to inspect and download banner image from this website?
How to use Google Chrome's Inspect menu, or an alternative procedure, to extract and save the image that appears in this website's banner at the top of a man wearing a hat? Could not locate the image'...
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Saving PDF with Save As in Adobe Reader causes Windows Installer to open and hang, also impacts other programs. Windows 10
Dell XPS15 with standard Dell-installed Windows 10. Software is completely up to date, all drivers up to date.
When using the "Save As" open in Adobe Reader to either save a PDF to a new ...
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Gimp file and settings dialogues open extremely slow under Windows
It was pestering me for years that even though I have a pretty fast PC with SSD that every file dialogues (Open..., Save as..., Export as...) are brutally slow in Gimp.
The Edit \ Settings dialogue ...
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How to “Save As” a document in macOS? I can only “Save” the document
I am new to macOS computers. I am use to using Notepad on a Windows PC. I make my own invoice using Notepad.
First I make what I call a header for specific clients with just the info needed to keep ...
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How to create a macro in Notepad++ that will save a file as a different name?
In Notepad++, how can you create a macro that will save the current file with a different name?
When I use the macro recorder in Notepad++, it doesn't seem to record any Save operation.
Ideally, I ...
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How to manually change the Last Modified Date of a Windows file?
Windows explorer shows files and their Last Modified date, based on when they were last saved. Is there a way to manually edit that date in File Properties or through Command line, without naturally ...
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ZIP save as weird text as type in windows
When i try to download a zip file and click on save as the following weird text appear in the select box.
I can change all files or this, the file is ok when saved, but what can be this, how can i ...
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Windows 10 "Save As" dialogue takes a long time to come up
I am running Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 17 that's only a couple of months old. Most things run blazingly fast, with one exception: Whenever I try to save a document (either from the web or from within ...
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Automating Excel to save file as CSV and run live updates
For starters - I am raw and have limited skills, thus the guidance here is important to me.
We have to supply data to a 3rd party in CSV format. The data must be updated at frequent intervals with a ...
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Mhtml is Saved as .html extension in chrome and edge. how to fix it?
Like the photo above, when i try to save web as to .mhtml file, It dosen't save .mhtml. it just save to as .html. So when i save web to .mhtml, I manually change file extension html to mhtml. How can ...
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Windows - Freeze on Save As Dialog Box
I've come across an odd issue that I'm not sure has been around for a while or just something I've happened to come across, I've done some searching around already but can't see anything that really ...
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How to save documents in Office software?
A long time ago, to save an office document (Acrobat, Illustrator, Word, Excel...) I just had to hit and choose the folder where I wanted to store it. The operating system was smart enough to suggest ...
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I have 10 PDFs open in a Chrome window: how can I save all the PDFs on my disk at once?
I have 10 PDFs open in a Chrome window: how can I save all the PDFs on my disk at once? I don't want to manually go on each tab and save PDF one by one.
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Windows 7 or 10: How can I force every Explorer view to be in "Details" view always (including "Open" and "Save as" dialogs)?
I would like every instance of Explorer to always open in "Details" view, regardless of the folder I'm viewing. I like this default to never, ever change; I can select different views if I ...
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How to remove the "(1)" suffix from the name suggestion in Windows 10 save/download dialogs
When I download a file with Chrome, I have configured Chrome to always ask where I want to store the file. So every time I download something, I'm prompted with a save dialog.
If the folder that is ...
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Saving a webpage along with its animation
I'm looking for a way to save a wepgage along with its animation (example).
I tried the chrome extension Save Page WE, the right click->save as, and the bash command:
wget --page-requisites https://...
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Saving a webpage along with its gifs [duplicate]
I'm looking for a way to save a wepgage along with its gifs (example).
I know how to save a single gif, but my goal is to save the whole webpage (not as a pdf) and its gifs so that, when I open the ...
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Auto hot key AHK script for this logic to save wallpapers from website
I am sure auto hot key handles this but not sure how to do it. Here is the scenario. I have 10 tabs open on Google chrome. In each chrome tab, there is a wallpaper photo that I need to save. This is ...
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Permanently change default size of open/save dialog boxes in Windows 10
When I go to save a newly created file in, say, Word, I like to click on "Browse" to open the traditional open/save dialog box that I'm still used to from older version of Windows. My problem has ...
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How to save an already-saved INDD file for use with an InDesign one version earlier?
I have created 30 files with my 2019 InDesign version and for some reasons I am reverting back to InDesign 2018 and need those files opened there. So, I have not yet uninstalled InDesign version 2019. ...
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Delay when using right click 'save as' function in all internet browsers
In Windows 10 when using the right click 'save as' function on any internet browser [well,Firefox,Edge and Chrome anyway],there is an annoying delay before it saves the file. I've tried everything ...
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Hexadecimal in ASCII
am working with a very minimal version of linux borph, I use this OS to interact with a FPGA. I could read some registers inside the FPGA using a process who ask for the data via telnet and gives me ...
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Office 365 for Mac - Changing default attachment opening and saving behaviour
Situation:
MAC User opens a word doc attachment from outlook, makes edits, forgets he has never saved-as, then saves or quicksaves, quits, reboots MAC.
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attachments opened in word exist in ...
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Shortcut to file browser when saving files
Background: I miss the days when Ctrl-S instantly brought up a file browser with a text box at the bottom for a name and a menu below for file type, but for many years it's only been easy if you want ...
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In Windows 10, is there a way to deselect file(s) while in the 'Save As' window prompt?
I just noticed that the standard Ctrl+Space does not deselect current file selection while navigating the Save As window prompt. What would be the equivalent and native keyboard-input method, if any ...
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How to save a selection of drawings in MS-VISIO as pdf?
I have a Visio file with a lot of drawings inside. I would like to export one drawing as pdf. How can I do that?
(P.S. Copying it to another Visio file is not helpful while I cannot save the object ...
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Shortcut Keys to Save As?
Is there a shortcut key that will automatically "Save As" a file from a certain URL like below? I know Alt + o opens a file but I need a shortcut key that will "Save As" the file, and not "Save"
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How do you save a wikipedia article with the styling intact?
I'm using Cmd+S to save webpages in Chrome and for most pages it saves the assets to a folder as well. This usually includes the CSS and images. Thus when you open the local HTML file in Chrome, it'll ...
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I want to prevent canceling out of save as window
Hi I'm very new to macros in fact below is my Frankenstein code which works great except for one little issue. I do not want the users to use the cancel button or the x button when in the save as ...
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Gmail saves pdfs to default download location despite the fact that I asked it to ask me where to download
Gmail saves pdfs to default download location despite the fact that I asked it to ask me where to download every time.
When I click "download", I expect a "save as" dialogue box to pop up and allow ...
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Excel - How to not save cells or worksheets in new files
I'm wondering if it's possible to not save some cells or even worksheets on new file using a model.
To explain better: I have a excel model that I use to save data in new files. Now to automatize ...
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Get currently opened path in Save As dialog with no address bar
In Windows, there are dialogs for saving files with no address bar, like the following from notepad++
As opposed to something like from mspaint
I suppose the dialog from the first screenshot is ...
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Why can't I save a document when I click on Save in Word 2010?
I use Word 2010, and when I click Save or Save As..., nothing happens. The dialog doesn't even pop up. It's strange because I can create a copy of an existing document and save it just fine.
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Word - must not be able to edit --> but can save as
Our company has a lot of agreements and appendixes lying on a mutual drive, almost everyone can access. Being human we make mistakes once in a while, and sometimes results in saving on top of a ...
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