Formatting refers to styling text elements on a page, using a word processing or page layout application.
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How to insert a section break in a Pages '09 Page Layout document?
I have a Page Layout document. I need to remove the header and page numbering from the title page. So, I want to insert a section break after the title page. The problem is, I cannot do that. No ...
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Background shape for paragraph styles in Pages
I was wondering if it was possible to achieve this in pages.
I would like to have a background shape for a paragraph style (heading 1). Currently I place them manually but it would be much better ...
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Excel Mac 2011 doesn't update custom dates
Excel doesn't seem to update custom dates. For example, in the screenshot, the date should have a three letter day of week and a four digit year.
Tried pushing enter a bunch of different ways, and ...
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How to set default number formatting in Numbers?
In Numbers, I've seen how to change the default cell colour and font, based on table styles.
But how can one change the default number formatting? The default "American" formatting for dates, for ...
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Why do I get “double greater/less thans” instead of double quotes in Word?
I am using Word 2011 on my Lion iMac. Sometimes as I write, when I hit the "double-quote" key, I don't get double-quotes, but another symbol that looks like "double-less-thans" or ...
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external disk formated with NTFS not working on Mac [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hard drive read only access with Mac
I bought new 1 TB WD My Passport and format it with NTFS on windows XP. and now when I connect it on mac, I see the drive but I cant ...
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Create Automator Service With a Python Script?
I'm trying to create an Automator Service that will act on selected text, converting dashes to spaces, and also making word caps for all the text.
A friend gave me this python script (I know nothing ...
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Has anyone figured out a keyboard shortcut to globally strikethrough selected text in any OS X app?
We have command + b to bold, command + i to italicise, u to underline, but we don't (as far as I can tell) have a shortcut to strikethrough selected text in any OS X rich editor.
I added a keyboard ...
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AppleScript and Growl: How to choose the display style?
I'm using AppleScript and calling Growl notifications and I notice that it ignores my choice of using Bezel as my system default style. It only changes if I manually change it in Growl's preferences.
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USB pendrive/disk formatting clarification
I have three doubts regarding USB pendrive formatting.
1) Is there is any simple/quick way to format the USB pendrive from MacBook Pro?
Now, I am doing this by Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility ...
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Can't format SD Card after OS X Lion update to 10.7.4
Today I tried to format my SD cards with no success. The only thing different that I did was updating to 10.7.4 this weekend. What can I do to re-enable this function?
The can't format part means I ...
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Is it possible to change text size & formatting of Numbers' formula input field?
Is it possible to set the text-size and possibly other formatting of the actual values/formula input field in Apple iWork Numbers?
Comparing these two screenshots, it seems possible to set the size ...
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How do you use small caps in Pages?
I don't see any obvious options for small caps in Pages, either under styles or text formatting. Do I need a special font, or does Pages have small caps capability at all?
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Is it possible to add inline links (rather than bare URLs) to a message using Apple Mail?
I'd like to write messages using Apple Mail using inline links, as opposed to the "naked" URLs, so I can do something like this:
Have you visited Ask Different?
Unfortunately, the best I seem to ...
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Formatting Text in Mail
I'd like to have all email that I send formatted with my font and size and color, like the way web based email does it. I'd just like to set a default font and have all email I send formatted this ...
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Have Mail.app format the text when changing the default message font
I've changed my default font for message to be Georgia 12 Normal. The trick is, to have the message formatted this way (Georgia 12 Normal), so when the recipient open the email it is also formatted as ...
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What are the advantages of formatting an external disk as journaled HFS+?
The application Disk Utility /Library/Utilites/Disk Utility.app which is part of the applications that ship with the Mac OS allows to reformat an external disk.
Options include:
Mac OS Extended ...
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Insert code blocks in the body of emails
I'm a developer, and I'd like to be able to distinguish blocks of code from regular text, when I write emails.
Basically I wanna be able to do this. In the Mail app, (or Sparrow!).
Is there a way ...
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How to setup Indian rupee format in Numbers?
Indian rupee number format is different from US number format.
e.g. 1,00,00,00,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee
How do I setup a custom number format in Numbers?
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How do I batch convert a lot of .doc file to .html?
I have some archive documents in .doc format, and I want to convert them to a searchable data base. I know that .pdf is searchable, but PC users seem to find .html documents more easily searchable ( I ...
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Pages: can I style space before a set of characters?
I wish to add space before a span of characters:
As an afterthought, I may realize this isn't a job for Character Styles, since those
operate on single characters, not spans/groups of ...
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Formatting picture in a mail message
When writing an email, I want the picture I insert to be formatted (add shadow or border for example). How to do this ?
When right-clicking the picture, I only have basic options:
I found nothing ...
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In Numbers, how can I determine the default formatting of cells in rows that have just been added to a sheet?
When using Numbers, I have noticed that whenever I add a new row above existing rows, all of the formatting for the new row is exactly like the rows below it. However, if I add a new row below ...
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Deleting a partition in Disk Utility fails. (Error: -69879)
This is the output in Disk Utility:
Disk Utility cannot modify this disk because it contains CoreStorage
physical volumes. Use command line distil instead.
The selected partition won't be ...
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How do I control text alignment in a document with a 3 column layout in Pages 09?
How do I create a menu/brochure for a salon with 3 columns, where the price will be next to the description but right-aligned?
I think there has to be be a better way than hitting the Space bar to ...
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Safari is not showing style sheets
For some reason, starting yesterday, Safari will not show ANY style sheets for any webpage I visit. I updated today to Safari 5.0.5 thinking that might help, but it didn't.
I restarted, and that ...
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Is it possible to copy 'rich text' formatting on iPhone?
If I copy text from Safari or another app, is it generally copied in rich text format, or plain text format? And if rich text, is there any way to paste it formatted, or see the HTML source of the ...
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How to create custom text format style and apply to hotkey in Pages?
There are paragraph styles that you can create and tie to the function keys.
This is all great and dandy, but not if I wish to switch style in the middle of a paragraph and then revert to the one I ...
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How can I embed an image in an Apple Mail signature?
I use Apple Mail daily, and up until recently I could have images inside my mail by referencing an external source. However the external source has since become unavailable, so ideally I would like to ...
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Reformat iPod on windows
I plugged in my 5th gen iPod to update during the latest iTunes update, but my computer crashed while in the middle of it.
Now I can no longer turn on my iPod.
Rebooting shows me the sad iPod face ...
