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Welcome to the Power Users community on Codidact!

Power Users is a Q&A site for questions about the usage of computer software and hardware. We are still a small site and would like to grow, so please consider joining our community. We are looking forward to your questions and answers; they are the building blocks of a repository of knowledge we are building together.

Posts by TextKit‭

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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 9mo ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Why did Windows automatically open 1 Word document, but not 2 others, in the same folder?

Call the 3 Word documents in the same folder 1.docx, 2.docx, 3.docx. I followed Allen Wyatt's instructions for "Opening a Word Document when Starting the Computer" that is encapsulated by Microsoft...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A In Word, how do I readily sort a string of numbers separated by commas?

My string of numbers is 32, 29, 10, 30, 40, 39, 48, 12, 42, 41, 38, 18. How can I sort this from smallest to largest most readily? I clicked OK as pictured below, but nothing happened. Then I pick...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Wicket‭

Question microsoft-word
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Q&A How can I click inside a gnarled window?

I need to install BCUninstaller. But I can't click to pick the options inside, OR the maximize button on the upper right that's greyed out. No other window is gnarled like this on my desktop, which...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by jimbobmcgee‭

Question installation
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Q&A How can I record merely heads in a video call?

To save Hard Drive space, how can I record merely the green rectangles below containing the heads of my family? I waste bytes if I record the areas crossed out in orange, like the backgrounds and ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 1y ago by TextKit‭

Question skype
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Q&A Why doesn't permanently deleting emails dwindle the .ost's size, absent new emails?

My old backup email account never receives incoming emails. In Microsoft Outlook, I deleted at least 50 emails in the Inbox and Sent Items, then emptied "Deleted Items", but the .ost for this email...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 1y ago by TextKit‭

Question outlook
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Meta Why did samcarter delete my post, simply because later other websites cross posted it?

I have rewritten this post in response to samcarter's answer. I posted, and wrote myself, https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/287106. At the time of posting, I was unaware of any cross post. sa...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A In Word, how can I set 'Header Position from Top' and 'Footer Position from Bottom' simultaneously for all pages?

I don't have time to set, or change, the 'Header Position from Top' and 'Footer Position from Bottom' for each page individually and manually! How can I set them all at once, in one fell swoop? Pl...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 1y ago by TextKit‭

Question microsoft-word
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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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Q&A How can I see old photos, so far down a Facebook page that scrolling down freezes the browser?

One relative has taken so many photos, that scrolling down to his pictures before 2020 takes too much time and effort. But once scrolling reaches his pictures uploaded in 2020, my browser froze. I ...

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

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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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Q&A In Microsoft Word, how do I systematically add space before the Footnote Superscript?

Undoubtedly, it's too unproductive to add spaces manually before each Footnote SuperScript. I clicked on Manage Styles, but see no option to add such spaces PRODUCTIVELY. Word grayed out "Paragr...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A Should I now delete backup files already stored on my SSD C Drive? Should I use free space on SSD C Drive?

On both my desktop and laptop, my Windows 11 C drives are on a 500 GB SSD. My D drives are on a 1 TB HDD. Desktop A Microsoft Support Engineer noticed that I backed up 300 GB of family videos on ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Lundin‭

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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 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  closed 2y ago by samcarter‭

Question microsoft-word
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Meta Please don't presume cross posting from me.

I just want to respond to comments like this. That cross posting wasn't mine. I had never heard of solveforum.com before! Reply to samcarter I agree completely with your paras. 3 and 4. Henceforw...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by samcarter‭

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Meta How can I heighten the Security window?

Dr. Olin Lathrop alleged Both the pictures in your question are links into Microsoft's domain, and are therefore used here without attribution. This post needs to be deleted due to gross intelle...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Meta Can I post this question — now REwritten and citing Super User — similar to one deleted by moderator?

Just checking before posting the following. Thanks. Title Can I await Mozilla or Firefox to unearth the awry Add On(s)awry, before attempting myself? How long needs Firefox? Body Does Firef...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Mithical‭

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Meta Wasn't this deleted question salvageable?

A moderator unilaterally deleted https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/285718, but isn't deletion overkill? Can't it be saved? A moderator can simply add the necessary citations. I don't think "a...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A What's this orange "Work" with briefcase icon in Firefox?

I've used Firefox for approximately 10 years, but I've never seen this before! Please see below. I was working under the premise (very unlikely true, but still) that interacting with that ico...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A How do I Google for ≤,≥ a particular natural number?

How can I Google to see all titles on a public library, like Toronto's, that have ≥ n copies? n is a natural number and UNBOUNDED. I see no relevant operator here. What must I input along with sit...

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

Question Google-search
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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 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Distinguish like I'm 9 years old — Bit rate vs. Data rate?

How do **Data rate **and Total bitrate differ? I am untutored in computer science — please explain like I am 9 years old. See below pls. David Vanderschel PhD in Mathematics & Physics from Ri...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How can the total size of all frames of a video > that video's size?

I commanded Free Video to JPG converter to convert every frame of some .mp4 into JPGs. One .mp4 of 131 MB got converted into pictures totalling 700 MB! Another .mp4 of 377 MB got converted into pic...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A How can you edit the keys on keyboard's Numeric Pad, with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator?

These steps from UC Davis don't picture or mention the number pad on the far right hand side of computer keyboards. If Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator can't edit numeric keypads, please recommen...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y 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 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by manassehkatz‭

Question adobe-acrobat