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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: "Invisible clip" ? (Ignore Clip Hotkey)

« Last post by tomos on April 21, 2017, 07:23 AM »

Newly updated beta includes a new customizable hotkey to toggle clipboard capture on and off, which might be useful for scenarios like this.
-mouser (April 20, 2017, 12:21 PM)

thanks for this mouser, will make use of this

my ideal would be (I think like Chessnia is requesting) a hotkey that would copy selected but not save it in the CHS database. Not sure how, or if, that could be implemented.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: "Invisible clip" ? (Ignore Clip Hotkey)

« Last post by tomos on April 20, 2017, 10:52 AM »

It'd be cool if you could just press a special combination of keys to do that...
-Chessnia (April 20, 2017, 09:54 AM)

great idea!

This doesn't cover your request, but worth knowing:
in 'Options' under 'Capture options', there is an ignore list for apps.
Which can be helpful, but not very flexible.

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on April 20, 2017, 08:13 AM »

Dantheman has launched his post *600*
-Curt (April 20, 2017, 03:19 AM)

-MilesAhead (April 20, 2017, 07:01 AM)

thought I could FTFY -- but I couldn't, I think :p
I did fix the link, but it's timing out here

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on April 19, 2017, 03:31 PM »

Looks good?
-Arizona Hot (April 19, 2017, 12:32 PM)

Looks good

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)

« Last post by tomos on April 18, 2017, 07:05 AM »

Bendito Machine V:
-panzer (April 18, 2017, 06:47 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: is there any better software available that won't break the bank?

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2017, 11:21 AM »

VueScan is the only scanner software I know of, that is able to take the output from different models and brands of scanners and use that output in it's own interface.
-Shades (April 16, 2017, 11:07 AM)

I bought Vuescan a couple of years back to keep an older scanner alive (there were no drivers for windows 7 for the scanner).
Not crazy about the interface but it is okay, and probably has everything most people would need; works with old hardware; is not *very* expensive (but yeah, that's depending on how much you need it etc. -- not sure what it costs today).

Irfanview tip sounds good Shades,
there's also mouser's Screenshot Captor which is great for basic scanning:
Video here:
https://www.donation....msg173962#msg173962
Software here:
https://www.donation...hotcaptor/index.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: is there any better software available that won't break the bank?

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2017, 11:01 AM »

I'm not satisfied with the scanning software that came with Canon Scanner LiDE 210
-sky nogara (April 16, 2017, 06:59 AM)

what do you need in a scanner?
What do you dislike about the software that came with the Canon scanner?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Text program with good search for tablet? (Windows, Android, iPad)

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2017, 11:27 AM »

a full word processor for Android is Textmaker -
this page compares it with other possibilities on Android:
http://www.softmaker...textmaker-comparison

Seems you cant just get the Word Processor: the full office suite (Softmaker) for Android is 20€ (here) prob. cheaper in US$, but may still be worth it to you.

Note there is a free version for Android smartphones -- I'm immediately confused: I presume this can also be used on tablets then (?)
http://www.freeoffic...ffice-mobile-android

Disclaimer: the version for Windows I find very good, but I have not used it on Android.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by tomos on April 13, 2017, 09:42 AM »

Disclaimer:
I haven't used this software, so not recommending, but I know that the company is reputable and they make good solid (in my experience) image backup software:

O&O ShutUp10
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

claims to be updated for Windows 10 'Creator' update
says is portable

O&O ShutUp10 means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far.

Using a very simple interface, you decide how Windows 10 should respect your privacy by deciding which unwanted functions should be deactivated.

O&O ShutUp10 is entirely free and does not have to be installed – it can be simply run directly and immediately on your PC. And it will not install or download retrospectively unwanted or unnecessary software, like so many other programs do these days!

YT video

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scan options Screenshot Captor

« Last post by tomos on April 13, 2017, 08:46 AM »

Thank you Tomos for replying, I tried as you explained it to me, but it does not work, I sent two sample sheets.
-james48 (April 13, 2017, 07:32 AM)

hi James,
I'm not clear from those screenshots: can you please describe exactly where/when it didnt work.
I see PDFs there in the thumbnail panel - I think SC cannot review these - you'll need to open them via the right-click menu (oddly, a double-click doesnt work to open them here).

Just in case (I was a bit brief earlier) -- the workflow is to create the individual scans first, then select all the images needed in thumbnail panel, then convert to PDF using the PDF button.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scan options Screenshot Captor

« Last post by tomos on April 13, 2017, 06:31 AM »

one option (the only one I know of) is using the 'Save as PDF button'
Tooltip says to select multiple scans/screenshots to create multipage PDF.

Haven't used it in a very long time, but sounds like what you want?
I dont think pages are numbered though.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on April 12, 2017, 05:16 PM »

Journey in 1974 at Winterland. If your only exposure to Journey has been their career in Top 40 radio, this will not be at all what you expect.

https://www.youtube..../watch?v=UViSSGsPMZg
-Vurbal (March 11, 2016, 02:08 PM)

came across your post looking for something else - that *is* great

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Living Room / Re: Have I Been Pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach

« Last post by tomos on April 12, 2017, 06:24 AM »

Two out of three emails 'breached' -- but all ones I had heard about already.

I was freaked out lately by a spam email (of a threatening legal you havent paid this bill nature) that had my name, address, and *unlisted* telephone number. Was able to trace it back to a previous 'harmless' spam email, but I was not able to find out how they got my details. They wrote my name incorrectly (was spelled correctly) and wrote the telephone number in a slightly unusual manner. Have yet to follow up on it (not sure yet what I can do, but dont suspect I will have much success anyways).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adobe Acrobat - is there an alternative?

« Last post by tomos on April 11, 2017, 06:25 AM »

The only advantage I could find of Acrobat is that it seems to open files faster (or at least the app launches faster when you open the first file). But otherwise XChange is so much more user-friendly and customisable.
-dr_andus (April 09, 2017, 04:38 PM)

You mean there is an Adobe product that opens fast? InDesign and Photoshop CS6 sure don't.
-techidave (April 11, 2017, 06:08 AM)

I find Acrobat Reader the best balance for opening / viewing PDF files:
note I'm usually looking at files with lots of vector graphics and/or images in them.
It is fast, and navigation & zooming is much more keyboard friendly than anything else I've tried, including PDF-Exchange (the last time I tried it at any rate).

Seems to work fine for manuals etc with lots of text too.

[Adobe is one of my least favourite companies, so take that as high praise for the Reader]

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Blank white screen when capturing a browser window

« Last post by tomos on April 10, 2017, 04:34 PM »

Could be something to do with the anti-virus -- IIRC is often the culprit with blank captures.
Maybe try white-listing Screenshot Captor, and see if that makes any difference.
(What is the anti-virus programme btw?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adobe Acrobat - is there an alternative?

« Last post by tomos on April 10, 2017, 02:53 PM »

Adobe Acrobat is outrageously expensive (although moot point for the OP due to educational pricing):
if you really need it fine -- but I wouldnt buy it unless I did really need it.
Saying that, I dont use PDF editors, so cant recommend any (it's good to read the different suggestions here).

Softmaker recently introduced a new editor that would be worth checking out I think:
http://www.softmaker.com/en/flexipdf
(They also do educational pricing AFAIK)

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General Software Discussion / Re: will Win 10 not 'do' a 1920x1080 monitor?

« Last post by tomos on April 08, 2017, 04:43 PM »

Curt, does the machine have a video card?
Is the driver up-to-date? (if so maybe it needs an older driver

)

EDIT//
or maybe uninstall the driver and start again - but not being the expert, I dont know whether to recommend letting windows find the driver, or trying to find it yourself...

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by tomos on April 07, 2017, 02:56 PM »

"cockatoo loves elvis"

[other cockatoo doesnt love elvis]

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Find And Run Robot / Re: access "Shell Context Menu" and "Properties" from keyboard? (without mouse)

« Last post by tomos on April 07, 2017, 03:20 AM »

Is there a way to use the keyboard to get form the FARR command line (where I type) straight into the "Shell Context Menu" or "Properties" for the top item in the result list?
-ottenm (April 06, 2017, 09:15 PM)

AFAIK you have to go through the context menu,
but that can be done via keyboard:

shift-F10
-wjamoe (April 07, 2017, 01:15 AM)

or the appkey** will work too, instead of using the mouse:
but both will only work once the item has focus (arrow down)

** not sure if it the appkey or the appskey, here it is anyways:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by tomos on April 06, 2017, 05:41 AM »

will be graduating for my college degree tomorrow
-Zyreenjen (April 06, 2017, 04:45 AM)

congratulations

and welcome to dc

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: SeqBox - A file container that can be restored after total loss of FS structures

« Last post by tomos on April 05, 2017, 05:56 AM »

You could consider an SBX archive like a ZIP one, with only 1 file inside, and stored / non-compressed.
So yes, the file will need to be decoded / extracted with SBXDec to get the original file.
But, like there are software that can access files inside a ZIP archive without extracting it (like music players that directly can play MP3s stored inside a compressed archive), nothing prohibits to do the same with SBX archives.
It would be actually very easy, since the format is very simple, and the original file isn't changed in any way, just divided in blocks. As such even random access is possible without any issues.
-Mark0 (April 05, 2017, 05:39 AM)

thanks for that info

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: SeqBox - A file container that can be restored after total loss of FS structures

« Last post by tomos on April 05, 2017, 05:29 AM »

hi Mark0,
this does sound interesting for long-term archiving

Possible / hypothetical / ideal uses cases

Last step of a backup - after creating a compressed archive of something, the archive could be SeqBox encoded to increase recovery chances in the event of some software/hardware issues that cause logic / file system's damages

wondering: is that archive then (also) accessible in the normal manner (if without SeqBox password), or will SeqBox be required to access it?

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