ChicagoManualofStyleFilter: I'm trying to figure out what Chicago dictates (is there even guidance here?) for proper setup of title page info for a short paper of perhaps five pages or less without a title page. That is to say, how does the information that would go on a title page get formatted when one isn't used. Name/date/course/prof/etc., moved to the top of the first page. Can anyone point me to a specific section in the manual? Bonus question: I know what it vaguely looks like (LastName PageNumber), but I'm also looking for specific guidance for last name and page number info in the short paper's header. Thanks!
posted on Jul 7, 2008 - 4 answers

MS Word 2004 for the Mac: Annoying unexpected behavior when editing tables. [more inside]
posted on Jul 1, 2008 - 3 answers

How do I format an entire data series for a chart in Illustrator CS3? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 4 answers

You know the pop up format menu that comes up in Word 2007 when you highlight something? How do I turn that off? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 3 answers

FirefoxFilter: How can I use keyboard shortcuts in rich text boxes? [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 3 answers

I think I'm finally switching to Ubuntu on my main machine. I have two 160GB external drives, currently both with NTFS, currently mirrored (by software, not a RAID). With what and how should I format/use these guys? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 8 answers

Software that will format a large amount of text? [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 10 answers

How do I make Outlook 2003 not be such a jerk when I'm trying to quote emails in replies? (that blue bar on the left... grr) [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm interested in designing a notetaking markup system for writing & the web. Before I put much more effort into it, does it exist? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I conditionally format an entire row in Excel 2007 based upon the contents of a particular column in that row? [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 8 answers

Probably ridiculously obvious Excel question: how do I set it so that a URL is never turned into a hyperlink? [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2007 - 7 answers

Excel Experts: Is there a way to apply a custom formatting template to an unformatted worksheet? [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - 4 answers

How to wipe a dead hard drive? After backing up my data to a recently purchased external drive, it promptly failed (and produced a horrible, burning electronics odor). As I'm still within the 14 day return policy, I shouldn't have any trouble returning it. However: I want to wipe all of my personal data from the drive first. How to do that with a drive that won't mount? [more inside]
posted on Oct 29, 2007 - 16 answers

APA formatting question. How do I cite a study/article that's cited in a study/article that's the chapter of a book made up of individual studies/articles? [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2007 - 16 answers

Recent Gmail trouble: no text box showing when "rich formatting" selected, using Firefox and XP. Works fine in IE. [more inside]
posted on Sep 24, 2007 - 2 answers

Word Processor formatting screwy filter: I use a few different word processors from time to time and I try to use .rtf since I understand that is a universal format yet when I load a document in a different word processor the formatting always seems to get screwed up. [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2007 - 4 answers

When word processing, how do I make long URLs break at the end of a line (and continue on the next, rather than starting a new line) while maintaining the hyperlink? [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2007 - 2 answers

In Microsoft Word 2003, I'm trying to format a document so that there is both one-columned and two-columned text on the same page. Whenever I apply two columns to the text I want to be in two columns, it always shunts all that text to a new page, as if I had inserted a page break. What do to? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2007 - 18 answers

Coding question: What is the best/easiest way to preserve typographical formatting (like nbsp's, line breaks) of pasted text that will be stored in a database and later displayed in boxes of arbitrary size? [more inside]
posted on Dec 31, 2006 - 6 answers

Is there an online application that will take an HTML page with an external stylesheet and make the styles inline? e.g. style="color:#000000" [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2006 - 8 answers

How can I strip the seconds off when displaying a MYSQL datetime variable, using only PHP commands, not MYSQL commands like "DATE_FORMAT"? [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - 14 answers

Hullo. I'm compiling some weblog traffic reports for a site running on two servers (for load balancing). As they are wont to do, each server has collected differnt data... [more inside]
posted on Oct 20, 2006 - 5 answers

MSWord formatting filter: Is my PC possessed? Suddenly, when I select a line of text and make it bold, italic or bulleted, the ENTIRE DOCUMENT assumes that formatting. What gives? [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2006 - 7 answers

Recipe formatting and XML/XHTML - what am I getting myself into? [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2006 - 9 answers

How can I make Outlook 2003 "adopt" current text formatting when replying to an email by inserting text in-line? [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2006 - 1 answers

I have a resume in Microsoft Word that I use to print and an HTML resume online. Every time I update my resume, I have to do it by hand twice. How do I cut my work in half? [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2006 - 11 answers

You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much disk space... [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2006 - 10 answers

It's not how I'd choose to spend my Friday evening, but for the last few hours, I've been trying to replace carriage returns that have turned up in an Access and Excel file, and drawing a blank. [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2006 - 9 answers

Could you please show me some excellent examples of recipe formatting? How would you improve upon standard recipe formatting? (I don’t mean storing it in XML etc, but when displayed on the screen or on paper.) [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2006 - 8 answers

Help with re-formatting a word document? [more inside]
posted on Jan 6, 2006 - 16 answers

PDF from html with extensive css. How do I resolve my formatting issues? [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2005 - 8 answers

I have to send a manuscript in the be edited and they've asked me to mark all italicized words with an underline and all bolded words with a wavy underline. I've never sent in an ms before so I am unsure how to go about doing this. Is it possible to format a document like this in MS Word? If not, is there another program I should be using? [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2005 - 13 answers

Printing a "booklet" from PDF on the cheap: I'm looking for software that will help me do 2-up on both sides of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet, but I'm open to any suggestions. [more inside]
posted on Jul 7, 2005 - 10 answers

At the top of some Blogger templates, a large white gap is now appearing. They say that it is being worked on, but it has been there for quite a while now and I would really like to get rid of it. Can anyone with knowledge of CSS or web design more generally suggest what might have gone wrong, as well as how to fix it?
posted on Jul 6, 2005 - 4 answers

So I want to retool the look of my resume… [MI]
posted on Jan 25, 2005 - 7 answers

MS Wurd formatting problem: page numbering. [+]
posted on Dec 21, 2004 - 11 answers

I've just install a new 120 gig hard disk as a slave on my Windows 98 PC, replacing an old 2 gig disk. The BIOS recognises the real size, but when I format the disk it only recognises 8 gigs of it. What happened to the rest of it?
posted on Nov 1, 2004 - 11 answers

How do I format cells in EXCEL to accept numeric values in the form: -26:32 (or +26:32 ... that is, mm.ss but including the pos/neg sign)? I'm trying to compile a simply list of Messier Objects (astronomy) and can't figure out how to include declinations.
posted on Sep 14, 2004 - 13 answers

PowerPoint question: I want the basic layout of all my slides to have a title, a website screenshot on the left with a semitransparent shadow, and bullets on the right. The basic layout is easy, the automatic image formatting is not. Is there any way to apply a default style to all your images?
posted on Jul 29, 2004 - 2 answers

MS Word in OSX
I’m formatting my thesis and need to create a “floating page” for my figures. This is a page that inserts itself between two full pages of text, so that the text flows around the page.
Can I do this?
posted on Jul 17, 2004 - 10 answers

What do I need to do before I format my HD and reinstall windows? [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2004 - 9 answers

When submitting a resume in html format, how much formatting is appropriate? Would a bit of embedded CSS be overkill? [Slightly more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2004 - 10 answers

I'm a Mac head formatting a partition on my Windows 2000 Prof box - What's the difference between NTFS and Fat32? Which should I choose?
posted on Mar 12, 2004 - 8 answers

I need help in formatting a hard drive that's running Mac OS 8.1. I can't find the boot CD that came with it and I will be donating/trashing the computer so all I am looking to do is wipe the hard drive. All help is appreciated.
posted on Feb 25, 2004 - 5 answers

Does anyone know of an easy, free way to take a plain text document and automatically adjust the font, font size, leading, etc. to match a predetermined number of pages, when the page size and margins are specified? I ask because I am currently required to purchase specific copies of works in the public domain. This way the whole class is on the same page. I'd rather save the $15 bucks and download from Gutenberg, if possible.
posted on Jan 27, 2004 - 13 answers