anything relating to text, including text editors such as TextEdit
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Select and drag text on Mac OS X 10.6 doesn't allow me to drag
I have just been enlightened on what I previously thought was a short-coming of the whole Mac OS X platform - that like Windows, a user may select a block of text and drag it. This is particularly ...
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1answer
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Word stop when navigating text with option-key
I use option and command to navigate text (which is awesome). I've read somewhere that you can specify the characters that constitute a word stop (underscores for example). However I can't find this ...
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1answer
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Why won't my iPhone reply to a text message after updating to iOS 5? [closed]
After updating to iOS 5, I cannot reply to a text message from non iPhone users. iMessage works fine. In order to actually reply to a text, I have to go into my contacts and hit "Send Message"...and ...
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How can one create a shortcut for pasting unformatted text in Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac?
iWork provides the keyboard shortcut Cmd-Option-Shift-V to paste text without it's original formatting. How can I get this or a similar shortcut key for Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac?
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Find/replace in TextEdit?
How can I change all occurrences of one string to another in TextEdit?
Other text editors call this "find/replace".
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1answer
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Cursor selection behavior
When clicking something on the Mac screen, the cursor will
a) take up residence as directed,
If I click again, it will
b) select the whole word,
If I click again, it will
c) select the whole ...
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2answers
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Copying web page content in Safari to HTML
Is there an easier way to copy and paste website content in HTML?
What I want to copy looks like this:
Product Information:
Length: S / M / L
Material: Polyester and Elasthane
Brand: Roxana ...
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1answer
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How to edit writable locations in a document in Pages '09?
The following image shows a region of the sheet it is not possible to write or select. There the cursor is, if i write another letter it will show up on the next page.
How do i enable the document to ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to disable iPhone sounds and vibrations when the phone is unlocked?
I have been chatting extensively on my iPhone via text messages. I always have my phone on silent and the vibrations seem to really run down the battery. It's a waste because a lot of the time I have ...
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1answer
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Good Text List transformation Software
Let's say I have a list of items like so:
default
cube
page
concave
zoom
linear
fade
none
and I want to change it to the following:
'default' => t('default'),
'cube' => t('cube'),
...
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2answers
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save or forward texts from an iPod touch
Is it possible to save or forward texts from an iPod touch?
This is for a kid who is being bullied by a class-mate, and I want to keep a record of the texts sent.
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Why is the “black” text on my Mac made up of so many different colors?
My Mac has this nifty "zoom" function that kicks in when I hold control and scroll in and out. If I zoom all the way in on black text on my screen, it is made up of many different colors. Why is ...
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2answers
1k views
How do I activate markers and link text in iBooks Author?
I want to have text in one place/page, to tap on it and go to another place/page.
I'm new in iBooks Author, I've tried several options and I don't know how it works.
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1answer
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Can I make the UI text on iPhone/iOS smaller?
I have pretty good eyes, and I'd like to be able to see more than 5 emails at a time in the list view. I realize I can reduce the number of preview lines, but I want to keep the preview and just make ...
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2answers
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Texting from my old 3GS iphone without a Sim still shows my old phone number
I've upgraded my iPhone 3GS to the new iPhone 4S. I want to give my old 3GS to my daughter to use as an "iPod touch". We've upgraded the 3GS to iOS 5 and attached it to iCloud with her own separate ...
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2answers
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How to set up equal height columns with a title on top (Pages '09)
This is what I'm trying to do on Pages '09 — http://cl.ly/4sJ2 — two equal height columns with a title on top. Any suggestions?
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2answers
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Contact switched to Android; how to send texts instead of iMessages?
My brother switched to an Android phone from an iPhone recently.
When I attempt to text him, it still tries to send those messages as iMessages.
Two questions:
will he receive these iMessages, and
...
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0answers
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How can I “zoom out” while viewing a text file on an iPhone?
On my new iPhone 4, plain text files display at a width of 38 columns. Rows with more than 38 characters are wrapped. I want to view text files containing prose formatted with widths of 70 or 80 ...
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String AKM not getting displayed in iphone app [closed]
I am facing a strange problem. When i tried to use text AKM its not getting displayed in my iphone app.
I tried with appending quotes, comma etc but no luck.
Any ideas on this ? Am i the first one ...
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1answer
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Changing text navigation buttons in OSX
I'd like to change the default text navigation buttons for OSX (Mountain Lion).
That is, currently the key to move iterate tokens when editing a text file (or in XCode) is alt, and command for ...
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0answers
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Note app that synchronizes AND MERGES with Google docs
I am looking for a note-taking app that will synchronize with Google Docs and MERGE changes.
Right now I am using AwesomeNote, which is otherwise wonderful, but if I make a change off-line and also ...
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0answers
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How do I turn column select off?
When using terminal.app, the cursor turns into a cross and you can drag out a rectangular area of text with it. However, it is required to use Alt/Option in the terminal.
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Extracting iPhone text messages
I was just reading online about how to extract iPhone text messages. I've followed the instructions and have found my messages. I used the instructions on this website: http://iphone-sms.com. (It was ...
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2answers
363 views
iOS application that allows search in Word documents?
I have a huge .doc (Microsoft Word) file (several megabytes) and I need to search it on my iPhone. I have tried like 5 different editors and readers to no avail.
Is there any application that allows ...
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1answer
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Add text substitution for all words ending with certain letters
I’d like to have automatic spelling correction in MAC OSX 10.7 for all words ending with certain letter sequences. It would help me a lot in my typing if all words ending with "...ao” were substituted ...
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iPhone text messages
I do not want my new iPhone to open text messages automatically when I tap the icon because of this recent scam thing with "you've won a prize". I've gotten that message 3 times so far, and I have to ...
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1answer
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How to use Automator to upload my real estate listing to web?
I want to use Automator to extract any text in a set region of a PDF, extract all images from the PDF, place all the text in corresponding fields of an Excel spreadsheet, and then upload that ...
