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How to copy text out of a PDF without losing formatting?
When I copy text out of a PDF file and into a text editor, it ends up mangled in a variety of ways. Formatting like bold and italics are lost; soft line breaks within a paragraph of text are converted to hard line breaks; dashes to break a word over two lines are preserved even when they shouldn't be; and single and double quotes are replaced with ? signs. Ideally, I'd like to be able to copy text from a PDF and have formatting converted to HTML codes, "smart quotes" converted to " and ', and line breaks done properly. Is there any way to do this?
How to open existing VMs in VirtualBox?
I recently got a new workstation and I moved my VirtualBox and VMWare Player VMs from the old PC to the new. The VMWare Player VMs are a snap: you go to “File -> Open a Virtual Machine…”, find the .vmx files from the old PC, and voila! It’s up and running. All the required files apparently are in the same folder. With VirtualBox there just doesn’t seem to be a way to do that. Looks like VMs are tied to the original host in some magical/invisible way like registry entries, etc.
How to check if Win 7 disk is 64bit and what version?
I've got a DVD that I've burnt from an MSDN ISO. I'm not entirely sure if its Windows 7 64bit or 32bit. How can I be sure?
Is it still necessary to shut down computers?
Nowadays with our modern operating systems, is it necessary to fully shutdown computers instead of choosing to stand-by or hibernate computers (desktops and laptops)? Would there be any side-effects of keeping a computer running continuously without a shutdown (putting it to sleep or hibernating it when it is not used)? For example, hard drive life decrease, system internals (Processors, RAM etc.) aging faster than usual, etc?
Change the white background in webpages to another color
I'm currently using a dark theme in Firefox. It looks really nice, but many webpages use a plain white background. The resulting contrast is a little unpleasant and sometimes hurts the eye when I switch from a dark tab to a white tab. Is there a way to make firefox replace white backgrouns everywhere with some other color (light gray, for instance)? It could be a Stylish script, a userChrome.css hack, or anything that works (preferably as light as possible). To make myself clear: after I achieve my objective, the background color whenever I visit the Superuser site should be light-grey instead of white, and the same should happen to any other site with a white background (google sites, tech crunch, etc). Is there a way to do that?
Tab key in Microsoft Word does not increase indent in bullet lists
I create a bullet list, of any type and after pressing Enter then Tab instead of increasing the indent it just injected white-space. I'm using the default template (.dot), there's been no changes to it, can't see any misconfigured settings for this either... Note: this is happening in Word 2007.
Open source command line subtitle converter
Are there any open source, command line, subtitle converters - preferably for Linux?
How Do I Find The Hardware Block Read Size for My Hard Drive?
I'm trying to figure out the optimal size for a large copy from my hard drive using dd. I'm trying to figure out what the best blocksize to use it, which I would assume is the hardware block size for that drive.
Sending file via netcat
I'm using something like this to send file from one computer to another: To serve file (on computer A): To receive file (on computer B): My question is... can I do the opposite? Let's say I have file on computer B and I want to send it to A but not the way I wrote above, but by making computer that's supposed to receive file (A) be 'listening' server and connect computer that's 'sending' file (B) to server and send the file? Is it possible? I think it might be but I'm not sure how to do this. In case my above explanation is messed up: How do I send file TO 'server' instead of serving the file on server and then taking it FROM it (like I did above)?
mklink not installed on Windows 7?
I just installed Windows 7 Pro, and I'm configuring it to my preferences. I go to set up a symbolic link (since it supports symlinks). But I don't seem to have the program in . In administrator mode in Powershell:
What exactly is the sh command?
I can't figure out what the sh command is? http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?sh Does it execute a file? like in tomcat: Sorry, just confused.
7-Zip doesn't ask me for a password for a ZIP file I encrypted while double-clicking it
I just tried to encrypt a folder with 7-Zip by a command line, choosing a password, but when double-clicking on the ZIP file, it shows me the files list without asking any password. Is there a way to truly encrypt a folder from the command line?
How to keep windows split after detaching/reattaching GNU screen
I use screen in a Ubuntu server. I have my screen splited in four regions each showing a different window. The problem is when i detach (or maybe reattach) a get the four windows but only one region and i have to make all over again? How can i keep my screen splitted when a reattach?
Any good way to get the new Menlo font on Windows?
I like the new Menlo font on Snow Leopard a lot. I tried copying it over to my Windows machine, but Windows does not like the format. Does anyone know if there's any legitimate way of getting Menlo on Windows?
Change default CSS of Google Chrome
I would like to be able to change the default CSS used by chrome, such as removing the underlines for links, etc. However, I cannot find the default CSS file used by Chrome. Does anyone know where it is?
Can I use my PC as a Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone?
I have a very good headset and have become quite fond of making all my calls on my PC with Skype. In fact, whenever someone calls my mobile phone, I ask them to call back on my Skype-In number. My computer has Bluetooth, so I'm wondering: can I use my PC as a bluetooth headset for my phone? I'm running Windows 7.
How to rename a file in Windows 7 using the keyboard?
When I try to rename a file in Windows 7 by pressing F2, I get the "search" window. If I press F3, still I get the search window... What is the keyboard shortcut to rename a file in Windows 7?
Open source / freeware application for Windows 7 to create ISO images
I'm looking for a freely available utility I can run on Windows 7 to create CD/DVD ISO images from actual CDs and DVDs. Any suggestions?
How do you download files on a Windows server?
Related question: Native alternative to wget in Windows PowerShell? The question might sound stupid, but this is often a major issue for me. Consider the following scenario: The customer has a fresh Windows Server 2008 based system into which I can connect via RDP. The only available browser is Int…
How do I transfer my Google Chrome profile to a new PC?
Now that I have Google Chrome all set up, I got myself a new laptop. Does anyone have any idea how to transfer my settings, cookies, favorites, etc? I checked , and found nothing.