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Meta Office suites category

A site for office suites was proposed here: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277548. This proposal is still in early stages and unlikely to get enough support to emerge as a site of its own in the n...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Wicket‭

Question discussion feature-request categories office-suites
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Q&A Anti-Twin's Byte by Byte“ vs. ”Compare images (pixels)"

Kindly see the red rectangle below. How does "Byte by Byte" differ from "Compare images (pixels)"? Which is more accurate? What are the pros and cons of each? Advise me if I got to ask this sepa...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

Question byte image pixels anti-twin
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Meta Can we ask hacking related question?

Actually, it's not easy to answer the question. There's lot of Facebook Brute Forcer and lot of hacking tools is available in github. I am answering the question in few steps. Don't ask : You c...

posted 4y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Paid Windows 10 software for trimming videos (e.g. .mp4) from 2-10 GB?

Can you please recommend PAID software for my Windows 10 laptop, to trim videos from 2 to 10 GB? This differs from my previous question where I requested solely FREE software. I've tried Lightwork...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A What is the main reason for some website hosting companies to change ports?

Some website hosting companies change port 22 to some other open port. I don't think that information security is the main reason to do that; first, because many hosting companies would explicitly...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 4y ago by gronostaj‭

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Q&A Avoid font colour change in macOS 11 menu bar

As a hack, you can open your background image e.g. in preview and add some lighter area at the top of the image. This won't be visible behind the menu bar and you don't need to be very accurate ...

posted 3y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A For the HP LaserJet Pro MFP M426fdn printer, is ProRes 1200 higher quality than FastRes 1200?

"ProRes" and "FastRes" are HP terms and not general terms. Nobody but HP knows what's involved in one or the other. Print quality is a very subjective area - things like paper quality and cleaning ...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta How to handle crossposts

This isn't really a license issue. You are assuming that the post was written elsewhere first, then copied here. However, since the same user posted all of them, we should assume that user wrote ...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How can I halt Windows from forthwith switching to Google Chrome, after I click on URLs on Skype?

Whenever I click on an URL in Skype, Windows opens up Google Chrome straightaway with the webpage. How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype? I like to click and open URL's — tha...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Cloudflare Captcha - which tests are actually important?

It seems like Cloudflare Captcha (which appears to be using Google reCaptcha) shows two types of challenge: One where it's a single image broken up into tiles, and one where every tile comes from a...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

Question cloudflare captcha
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Q&A In FreeCAD, can you set units per-document?

No you can't do that on a project file basis with the current FreeCAD version. See also the FreeCAD discussion about this topic. But honestly, using non-metric units is a stupid idea anyway, don't...

posted 1y ago by H_H‭  ·  edited 1y ago by H_H‭

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Q&A Ought I clone my C Windows drive, from my old SSD to new SSD in new computer?

To save time, rather than installing Windows and programs afresh, I fancy cloning my old C SSD, on to my new SSD in my new computer. But I am getting mixed messages on cloning! Who's correct? Wh...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A In Word's Find and Replace, when to use # vs. (0, 9)? [closed]

I need to remove all the red text below with ‘Find and Replace’, but keep all green text. Input 1:23 Keep this line 1. 4:56 Keep this line 2. Snag Inputting ^#:^#^# removed the red text, b...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  closed 3y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Does embedding an image, in an email, debauch its appearance or quality?

My bosses and colleagues prefer images to be embedded, rather than attaching an image to an email — not least because attachments can be wrongly flagged as spam, and because it's easier to see embe...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quintec‭

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Meta {"status":"failed","message":"New users can only comment on their own posts and on answers to them."}

When I tried to comment on this answer, this message popped up. {"status":"failed","message":"New users can only comment on their own posts and on answers to them."} Am I still new? My comment wa...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭

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Meta What should our take be on software recommendation questions?

Requesting recommendations for particular apps is not a good fit for this site. These are essentially "shopping questions", which are disallowed on other Q&A sites for good reasons. These rea...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Connection closed by remote host in Putty with hosting provider says that the problem is not on their side

I use my smartphone as my "router", with dynamic IP addresses, for nearly 3 years and never had any problem SSHing into various shared hosting environments with Putty. I host my website on a CentO...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

Question ssh cmd putty connection shared-hosting
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Q&A How can I see old photos, so far down a Facebook page that scrolling down freezes the browser?

I don't know anything about Facebook or Simple Autoscroll, but the first thing to diagnose this would be to remove the plugin. Remove or disable Simple Autoscroll, then see if it still freezes at ...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Why Convert All Spots to CMYK, rather than RGB? [closed]

Please read mrserge's answer and the question there before reading this question. mrserge answered What we will do: convert everything to CMYK, then replace specific CMYK value with other and we...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by TextKit‭  ·  closed 3y ago by samcarter‭

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Meta Closing "unclear" questions

That question seemed to mostly quotes from elsewhere. I can see the point to it having been closed due to being link-only. "Unclear" is probably the nearest handy close reason.

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Drag-and-drop webpage layout automation software which can save output in one HTML file

I seek a FOSS content management system agnostic page builder for webpage layout automation with drag-and-drop GUI. A program that would let me create responsive HTML webpages which can also be sa...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

Question software-recommendation html css javascript automation
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Q&A Why's "Merge Layers" faded greyed out? Then how can I merge or combine these 3 colored areas?

Hello. Any Photoshop experts here? As practice, I am trying COLOR my black chair BLUE. As you can see from screenshots, I missed 2 spots that I had to color separately. But I don't want 3 separate...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Este‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Ullallulloo‭

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Q&A What is the formal terminology to describe the hierarchy from a screen to a window?

I figure that there are few concepts behind working with modern computer screens and GUI operating system windows. Screen size: The screen's physical size; everything including its physical peri...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A How can I command my Lenovo laptop — NOT a ThinkPad — to stop charging the battery, at a maximum cap level of my choice?

Update, after Olin Lathrop's answer. I phoned Lenovo Technical Support to ask why the "Battery Charge Threshold" in Olin Lathrop's answer doesn't appear in my Lenovo Vantage. Their engineer acces...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A How to concurrently, productively change all gray color in all headings and subheadings in this PDF?

Screen shot of PDF below. Do not ask me to manually change the gray color in each heading and subheading individually — too much time and work! I hanker change to #4DFFFF — CMYK = 70, 0, 0, 0. I ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

Question adobe-acrobat