Is there a way to have a image signature in Outlook that will display predefined plain text in the event the receiver can only receive plain text emails?
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posted by schindyguy
on Mar 3, 2009 -
5 answers
Excel is chapping my hide. I have a comma-delimited .csv which contains quote-demarcated text fields. The source of my never-ending joy is the recurrent use of inch-marks and commas within the textfields. Right this way...
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posted by mwhybark
on Feb 25, 2009 -
18 answers
I did a dumb thing. I put together a book list in this format:
first-name last-name (tab) book-title
Note that there *isn't* a comma between the author's first and last name.
Is there any "computer magic" I can perform to change it to this format:
last-name first-name (tab) book-title
The list is just in text format, for what it's worth. I'm on a Mac but also have access to a PC. I'd rather not have to cut-n-paste the last names, it's a pretty long list.
posted by edjusted
on Feb 17, 2009 -
16 answers
I am looking for writings on
mimesis in regards new, digital, hypertext and hypermedial technologies and cultures.
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posted by 0bvious
on Feb 16, 2009 -
7 answers
I'm beginning the long process of physically typing my dissertation, and I want to tap the hive mind for how to make the best use of my text editor. Yes, I said text editor: I know that programmers swear by emacs/vim/whatever for physically manipulating text, and I want to know what tricks they know that will be useful for someone writing actual English, not just code.
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posted by philosophygeek
on Feb 11, 2009 -
21 answers
I'm writing a shell script to take a webpage and convert it into a text file. I'd appreciate tips as to how to store URLs, save the file with the URL's title as its name, and also just general tips as to how to improve the script and/or achieve the process better. Specific questions inside.
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posted by WCityMike
on Jan 30, 2009 -
17 answers
What color text on what color background maximizes screen readability while minimizing eyestrain?
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posted by Joe Beese
on Jan 19, 2009 -
19 answers
A previous thread recommended
OhDontForget.com as a way of scheduling text messages to be sent to one's phone. Though the site makes reference to UK cellphone carriers, tests to my O2 phone have not worked, and the site says it is "currently only working in the US and partly in Canada". Does anyone know of a similar service that functions in the UK?
posted by skylar
on Jan 6, 2009 -
6 answers
A friend of a friend who does not care for me told his friend that I sent him a text mesage to his cellphone and even showed his friend the message however, I did not send the message, do not know this person's cell ph # nor do I know his last name. The question is, how did he show my cell ph # as having sent a text message to his cell ph. It must be possible because my friend saw my # attached to this message in the inbox in his cell ph .
posted by tipper
on Dec 23, 2008 -
13 answers
Communicating with a group via text and email? How can a group of 7 communicate via text and email. 3 are email only, 4 are text only, the idea is any member can send a single text or email which is delivered to all 7 as an email or text as appropriate. Does this exist? Alternate suggestions welcome.
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posted by zingzangzung
on Nov 13, 2008 -
7 answers
OSX application for displaying text as one line and scrolling it sideways - like a news ticker?
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posted by djgh
on Nov 6, 2008 -
11 answers
Need a Ultra Edit Windows Free Alternative for a Not For Profit Organization. Meaning "free for non-commercial use" doesn't apply to us. Thanks!
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posted by bleucube
on Nov 6, 2008 -
12 answers
How can I stay up to date on the latest election results while I'm away from my TV this evening?
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posted by nokry56
on Nov 4, 2008 -
1 answer
Does anyone know of a software package or service that will ring my telephone when an email is sent to it?
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posted by JeffMezick
on Oct 6, 2008 -
5 answers
I often lose text that I've written in a web page by accidentally hitting a link and page changes (instead of in a new tab). Is there anything I can do to always save the text on the previous page?
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posted by JakeLL
on Sep 27, 2008 -
13 answers
The phenomenology / ontology of text: has anyone examined this issue directly in philosophical, literary and/or critical terms?
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posted by 0bvious
on Sep 18, 2008 -
26 answers
I am looking for the best of the best OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software out in the market that can translate images ( through scanner) of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into editable text.
posted by omaralarifi
on Sep 14, 2008 -
9 answers
Here's the deal: I've exhausted my neurons looking for some kind of answer to a
mathematical symbol stumper. I'd love to know who invented, originated, or was the first individual to use the double-
tilde (≈) as a means of expressing/denoting "approximately equal" in mathematics. I know that
Robert-Recorde is supposed to have introduced the "equals" sign (=) in 1557. Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated. I await enlightenment.
posted by font_snob
on Aug 28, 2008 -
5 answers
There's only one person in the world that has trouble getting my text messages.
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posted by iconjack
on Aug 22, 2008 -
9 answers
SAS guru question: Is there an easy way to turn voluminous txt multi-page SAS reports generated with PROC REPORT back into a series "one observation per row" SAS tables? I know I can do it with a medium size Perl or Python script but I'm assuming someone must have dealt with this problem before, likely in SAS itself.
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posted by benzenedream
on Aug 14, 2008 -
3 answers
Name. Tab. Phone number. This creates two columns. One for name and one for phone number, except--when someone has a really long name that goes past the tab setting and impinges on the phone number area.
Is there some sort of tab setting that will make that long name wrap around, creating a second line within its own name area?
For the record, I know I could use a table to do exactly this, but I'm reformatting a huge amount of text that is already laid out with tabs. Any advice for this poor sap who accepted the job?
The text is in an InDesign document, but I can copy it to a word processor or anything that would do the trick. Thanks!
posted by largecorp
on Jul 18, 2008 -
13 answers
I recently switched over to a plain text file as my to-do list; I can structure it the way I want, it is an absolute cinch to access in any one of a hundred zillion different ways, it's crossplatform, and so on. However, I am running into one methodology I can't figure out how to translate into the "plain text" world, and that is repeating tasks.
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posted by WCityMike
on Jul 7, 2008 -
23 answers
I am using adobe acrobat pro 8. I have a basic text field in a simple form. How in the hell do I get a subscript character in there (I want put in the text "H2M DEVELOPMENT CO." with the "2" as subscript)? Is this something boneheadedly simple I am missing? I can do it in two seconds in any word processor...your help will be mos appreciated - thanks in advance!!!
posted by kjl291
on Jul 3, 2008 -
7 answers
Literary Darwinism: A relatively new field of evolutionary psychology / literary theory. What has recently been written in argument
against it?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jun 3, 2008 -
7 answers
I have no clue what I am doing in Excel, so this is going to be a bit hard to explain, but hopefully somebody can help me here. I want to give Excel some text, and have it output a string. Let me explain.
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posted by B(oYo)BIES
on May 13, 2008 -
4 answers
Firefox refuses to show the heart symbol (♥) correctly. It shows up as a straight, vertical line instead. Is there anything I can do to fix it?
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posted by elisabethjw
on May 13, 2008 -
17 answers
