I'm looking for a free, easy to use program to turn one standard-formatting article into a fancy one with columns and pictures and stuff! I'm using word, but it's terrible and I'm getting very frustrated trying to make some pictures big, and some pictures fit columns and the paragraphs keep getting wonky. Does such a thing exist?
posted by Grandysaur
on Apr 18, 2013 -
13 answers
I have a scenario where I have to evaluate work performance. There are 5 categories I'm evaluating. Now when the person fails to meet a benchmark, I want to send him a letter explaining why he didn't meet the benchmark. So I have 5 paragraphs (one for each category) that explains what was wrong and how to fix it. Instead of copying and pasting from a document to create the letter, I'd like to be able to select from a list of responses, and have those responses formatted in a letter form. More after the the jump.
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posted by FireStyle
on Mar 9, 2013 -
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I work for an advocacy organization and we're getting ready to send out a press release. I know this will make me sound old fashioned, but I'd like to include an infographic we've developed and I'm not sure what the right way to do it is. I know sending images and graphics with press releases is very common now, but I've never needed to do it before. I usually send things like that as a follow up to interested reporters. In this case, we want to send the graphic to everyone off the bat.
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posted by dottiechang
on Mar 1, 2013 -
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I’m currently working on an international project and need to format documents written in German, Polish and Croatian for use on the web. What is the quickest way to convert all the non-ASCII characters into the relevant character entity? Some sort of web form would be my ideal solution, but I’d settle for a freeware program.
posted by the latin mouse
on Feb 27, 2013 -
8 answers
Looking for a recommendation for any free video conversion software programs...
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posted by dbirchum
on Feb 12, 2013 -
7 answers
I'm looking for examples of fiction that heavily involve transcripts of online communication - forum posts, website content, emails, IM conversations, the more and more varied the better.
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posted by restless_nomad
on Jan 3, 2013 -
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I'm looking for an OS X word processing program/app that will allow me to format pages for extensive marginal comments. Pages doesn't appear to allow this type of formatting. Some years ago, I tried doing this on Word 10.x and was driven close to madness by the fact that the marginal comments would shift up, down and onto adjoining pages, apparently at will. I was wondering if there are any other not hugely expensive options out there. Thanks.
posted by the sobsister
on Sep 30, 2012 -
13 answers
I just started using Chrome. I need to be able to copy text phrases from any random website into MS Word and have it be unformatted or better yet formatted as Times New Roman 12 pt. I'm on a mac. I've been trying to figure this out for so long that it's made me regress. Please talk to me like I'm five and help. HELP.
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posted by rabidsegue
on May 30, 2012 -
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In LaTeX, how do I insert one box per page, each the same size and in the same spot on every page, with a single paragraph (or image) in each box? Failing that, can I have two columns of parallel text, rather than one stream of text split into two columns?
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posted by waxbanks
on Mar 6, 2012 -
2 answers
Switching from Word for Mac 2004 to Word for Mac 2011. Formatting and compatibility issues. Really truly clueless. Help?
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posted by greta simone
on Jan 18, 2012 -
12 answers
Working on a project for a client where we need to send authors a template Word 2007 file with styles embedded. We want them to ONLY use our 10-12 predetermined styles. We do NOT want all the other default Word styles to be an option.
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posted by misanthropicsarah
on Oct 25, 2011 -
4 answers
I need an iPad2 spreadsheet app with some specific requirements concerning conditional formatting:
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posted by amf
on Aug 7, 2011 -
3 answers
Does anyone know of a Chrome extension which will allow hyperlinked text to copy over to email properly?
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posted by gman
on May 14, 2011 -
4 answers
I've been keeping research notebooks since the early 1990s, on a lot of different subjects. They're all finally consolidated as a couple thousand text files written in Markdown syntax. I'd like to start putting them up, gradually, on a website for others to use. A wiki seems the best way. (Is it?) I've got a few other questions about the best one, and best way, though:
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posted by finnb
on Apr 18, 2011 -
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We're trying to set up a collaboration on a textbook-like document, but we're not sure what formatting system to use. Considering LaTeX, but would appreciate some perspectives on how to make it easy for people to make contributions.
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posted by Maximian
on Feb 13, 2011 -
5 answers
How do I format an external hard drive so that it can be used on both a PC and a Mac ... DUMMIES version ?
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posted by lobstah
on Nov 9, 2010 -
23 answers
Can I strip SOME formatting from text? I'd like to be able to strip all formatting
except HTML links. Even better I'd like to strip all formatting other than HTML, bold and italics. Are there any good workarounds for this?
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posted by barnone
on Nov 7, 2010 -
9 answers
Word 2007 filter: can I keep my headers/footers in one orientation and the body text in another?
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posted by penguinliz
on Oct 28, 2010 -
2 answers
I need help copying a table from Word to Excel in Office 2007. Where there are hard returns within a cell in the Word table, Excel splits the table cell into multiple rows. I need Excel not to split cells in the Word table into multiple Excel rows. At the same time, I need to retain the paragraphs that appear within the Word table cells - that is, I can't just get rid of all those hard returns; the formatting must be preserved. My Google-fu is failing me rather seriously. Is there any way to do this?
posted by Dasein
on Oct 18, 2010 -
8 answers
When I enable HTML in email messages in Entourage, the email and signature both become double-spaced. How can I enable HTML and send single-spaced emails?
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posted by nosila
on Sep 19, 2010 -
2 answers
Recently, I updated to Wordpress 2.9 and the html formatting on my blog went nuts. Now when I save all lines of code run together.
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posted by captainscared
on Jun 30, 2010 -
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I'm trying to paste some text from Excel into Word. Normally when I do this, I select Paste Special > Unformatted Text so my stuff doesn't display as a table. But this time, the Excel text is already formatted with a ton of bold, italics, and underlining, and I don't know how to retain that formatting while still ditching the table. Help?
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posted by anderjen
on Jun 10, 2010 -
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I have a Word 2007 document. It has 2 sections. I want page numbering to start in section 2 at page 1. No page numbering in Section 1. Obviously I've done what I should do, ie clicked in section 2, set up page numbering to start at p 1. And it does. But section 1 gets page numbering too. Delete that and section 2's numbering goes too. Help!
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posted by LyzzyBee
on Jun 8, 2010 -
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I am looking for an artistic way to present a recipe that my spouse and I use pretty regularly. I would like to create (or, more likely, commission) an artistic representation of the recipe suitable for framing.
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posted by Xalf
on May 19, 2010 -
7 answers
I need a tool to auto-format text according to my rules, such as 2 spaces between every sentence.
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posted by dvrcthewrld
on Apr 29, 2010 -
8 answers
I once used a web-based spreadsheet tool that let me copy data from pretty much any webpage into a properly formated spreadsheet. Upon pasting an entire page worth of HTML-formatted search results, for example, it prompted me for the desired cell arrangement in the spreadsheet and applied it to the entire set of data. I can't remember what it was called, I can't seem to google the right terms and this will save me (not to mention my employer) countless hours copying and pasting data this week and next. Alternatively if you have another solution, please share.
posted by reeddavid
on Dec 29, 2009 -
10 answers
Is it possible to automate a citation style change on an entire column in Excel, or do I need to do this by hand?
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posted by min
on Nov 24, 2009 -
11 answers
in what format should I have contributors submit pieces to be posted later in wordpress?
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posted by bingo
on Oct 11, 2009 -
16 answers
Can you help me figure out how to change the color of the line down the right side of the page
in this document? It's from a template and I don't know how "grab" the line to change it.
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posted by orsonet
on Aug 23, 2009 -
4 answers
A former professor and I are meeting tomorrow, as she's writing me a recommendation for getting a PhD. She's requested that I bring a CV along with my writing samples. I've been employed as an editor, freelance writer and blogger for the most of my post-undergrad career. None of my articles are particularly serious or scholarly. What's the best way to format this info in a CV?
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posted by Hwaet
on Jul 29, 2009 -
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After reformatting an OS 9 ibook, it won't boot (I get flashing question mark). Yes, I chose "install OS 9 drivers" when reformatting! And I need to fix this in an hour....
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posted by jimmyjimjim
on Jun 12, 2009 -
8 answers
HELP! I've been bluffing for years about my graphic design abilities, technical knowledge, and general printing skills. Please recommend some books so I can actually understand what I am doing.
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posted by Classic Diner
on Jun 9, 2009 -
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