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How to repair a damaged .doc (word) file
(This is Lubuntu 13.04)
I have a damaged .doc (word) file, made with abiword. The power went off, and damaged the file. I tried reading it in libreoffice as well. Any advice on how repairing this ...
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revert to the original document folder
Sir, I do have a unique problem and though I have tried to solve it on my own I cudnt...
The problem is as follows:
* please take a backup of ur files before u attempt to solve the problem.
If u ...
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How can I open these .docx files from Chrome more quickly?
This is a very specific question. I'm a lawyer from Chile, the thing is we use a webpage to check on the state of our judiciary cases.
The problem when I started using Ubuntu (and Chromium) is that ...
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PDF file renaming according to metadata?
Is there something I can use that renames PDF files according to their content? Basically an equivalent of http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=27620 in Ubuntu.
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How to set up ubuntu default double click action on a gdoc file to open its url in a web browser?
I have an ubuntu vbox guest 10.04 running on win7 host. I set up vbox folder sharing so that I can access Google Drive set up on win7 host inside ubuntu vbox guest.
All is well except that I can ...
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Font issue with PDF viewer
after having installed the msfont package for use Arial and Times New Roman I started having all sort of problems with fonts in Ubuntu.
Now if I open a pdf file the document viewer shows no text and ...
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How to edit PDF document?
Usually I receive a PDF contract that I need to sign and send back online. I am wondering what is the easiest way to do so on computer, to avoid the hassle of print/sign/scan process?
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How can I keep two different font sizes on two different documents?
I am using Xubuntu and I need to keep document A with font size 8 and B with with font size 12. If I save A with font size 8, this switches the font size to 8 for all the other documents, including B. ...
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GUI for retrieving pdf documents
I have many pdf documents in my computer and I need an easy to use GUI for retrieving those that contain certain terms / phrases. So, my question is if there is any such application for ubuntu 12.04 ...
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Searching through ODT documents without opening them?
Let's say I have 2000 .ODT files. Their names are random numbers. How do I go about searching for, let's say, "pricing list"? How do I find the document I need without opening all of them one by one ...
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How to search within pdf and other documents, other than simple text, preferably using a GUI?
Is this possible in principle?
It seems to me that search tools like gnome-search-tool, Catfish and Searchmonkey can search within text files, but not within other more complex documents like pdf or ...
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Content disappearing
several times now, I've had a document with very large parts of the content simply disappearing. I have Ubuntu (precise pangolin) a few days now. all of the years with windows, I never encountered ...
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How to save files in pdf format?
Lately I have been having trouble with my Libre Office ap. I appears that it doesn't have anymore the Save to PDF command. Do you guys know any way around this problem? I looked around for converters ...
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How to secure Ubuntu server
Is there any complete Ubuntu server hardening document which will suffice ISO 27001 or PCI DSS or any other security standard.
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How do I add a document shortcut to the Unity Panel?
In Gnome 2, I used to be able to drag a particular document, for example, my_to_do_list.txt to the panel. It was quick access to my daily to do list, which opened up in Gedit.
This is the same case ...
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How to open OLE2 file format document
I received a file that is .OLE2 format by email and I can't get it open.
When I try to open it with Document Viewer (default pfd program Ubuntu) it says it can't support it. I searched in the ...
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MintMenu recent documents
I install the MintMenu and i am starting to like it but i miss a feature i liked in the ubuntu "application - places - system" menu.
I cannot find my recent documents
it is possible to add/show the ...
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Store multiple synchronized copies of a file [closed]
I would like some advice on how to, if it is possible, do the following:-
I want to have the same text file in a number of locations. I would like all files to update no matter which file I modify.
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Auto convert odt to pdf
I am creating a few documents in Libre office and I have to always send them as .pdf.
but each and every time I forget to export it as pdf , So is there any way to auto convert the .odt document into ...
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Extract text from a scanned document
Is there any way to select the text from a scanned document? (output is a jpg) What kind of tools does Ubuntu offer to do such a task? Is there any libraries I can use instead of pre-build software ...
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Any introduction on how to use sisu?
sisu is an application for documents structuring, publishing in multiple formats and search.
I was wondering
How well it is received by users, and if there are other similar applications that are ...
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Are there plans to support the WWF file format?
First, read this article. Second, are there plans to build support for this format into Ubuntu? For example, print to file support, support from Evince, etc.
It acts exactly like a
PDF, but you ...
