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General Software Discussion / Re: Double click tabbar to maximize?
« Last post by AndyM on March 18, 2010, 04:16 PM »
Most of the macro programs allow executing a script by clicking on window parts, a screen area, or a window area.  The script would contain the code or keystrokes to Maximize/Restore the current window or a specified window.

I use AutoHotkey and Macro Express.  In this case I'd use Macro Express because it would be easy.
302
General Software Discussion / Re: save ebay auctions webpages
« Last post by AndyM on March 18, 2010, 04:10 PM »
When you print a page to a pdf, are the links included?
303
Mouser's Zone / Re: suggestion for a simple utility
« Last post by AndyM on March 18, 2010, 07:29 AM »
There are utilities to do this.  I know because I have "Copy Path to Clipboard" on my context menu, but I don't remember where I got it.

Google "Copy Path to Clipboard", you'll get a list.
304
Find And Run Robot / Re: Windows Key ONLY for hotkey
« Last post by AndyM on March 17, 2010, 02:32 PM »
You can probably do this with a simple autohotkey script.  I say probably only because I don't know if the Windows key presents any particular problems, not having re-assigned it myself using autohotkey.

It would be a very short script, simply assigning to the Windows key the key combination that starts FARR.  After that, the only thing that will happen when you press the Windows key is that the hotkey for FARR will be sent.
305
Living Room / Re: Donationcoder: How did you find it + What has your experience been like so far.
« Last post by AndyM on March 17, 2010, 01:14 PM »
Found through SHELL EXTENSION CITY
-cranioscopical (March 15, 2010, 10:02 PM)
Me too

One of the very few places on the web that I try to visit on a daily basis.
-40hz (March 15, 2010, 10:41 PM)
Other than the weather, the only place I check every day.
306
Living Room / Re: First compelling reason to switch to Windows 7
« Last post by AndyM on March 14, 2010, 09:21 PM »
Allow me a predictable retort. Why is this a compelling reason to upgrade to Win7? Why not another OS altogether? Not making assumptions, but I don't understand the inevitability of sticking with Microsoft after XP or Vista.
-zridling (March 14, 2010, 08:32 PM)

In my case because I know, own, and use Windows, Word, and Excel.  What would be the net advantage to learning a new operating system and how to share files and continue to work with all the other Windows/Word/Excel people? :D
307
Living Room / Re: Will you miss newspapers when they're gone?
« Last post by AndyM on March 09, 2010, 12:39 AM »
The daily paper in this part of Vermont and New Hampshire has local news that there's really no other way to get.
308
General Software Discussion / Re: Virtual Desktops For Windows 7
« Last post by AndyM on March 08, 2010, 10:23 PM »
Does anyone know if Virtual Dimension (http://virt-dimension.sourceforge.net/) works on Windows 7?
309
Living Room / Re: In rememberance of....The antiquated hardware/software reminiscence thread
« Last post by AndyM on March 07, 2010, 03:48 PM »
I still use a DOS phonelist/dialer (HotLine), and run SuperKey with the same key definitions I was using in the 80's.


SK.jpg

HL.jpg
310
General Software Discussion / Re: simple software to facilitate reading screen full of text ...
« Last post by AndyM on March 05, 2010, 04:53 PM »
Desktop Ruler has a setting "Stick to Mouse" that would work.

 www.coder.hr

Ruler.png
311
General Software Discussion / Re: Boxer editor 14 released - paid upgrade, $29.00 - text wrap at last
« Last post by AndyM on March 04, 2010, 10:29 AM »
Hmm, still rather expensive.
-Tuxman (March 03, 2010, 09:35 PM)
compared to NotePad, yes. not worth it if you don't need it.

To those of us who use the tool and have had years of experience with the product and the company, a $29 upgrade price is a pittance.
312
General Software Discussion / Re: Boxer editor 14 released - paid upgrade, $29.00 - text wrap at last
« Last post by AndyM on March 03, 2010, 04:59 PM »
$29.00 is quite a lot to pay to get it
I've been using Boxer for a long time.  $29 (half-price) is an excellent price for an upgrade.
313
Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Create Shortcut on the Destop (hopefully not as stupid as it sounds)
« Last post by AndyM on March 01, 2010, 10:47 AM »
Note after you disable/enable an extension you need to restart explorer.exe. One way to do so is kill the process through taskmanager and then still in taskmanger chose New task and type explorer. There may also be an easier way someone here knows
-Eóin (March 01, 2010, 08:19 AM)
NirSoft has a utility that restarts explorer:
http://www.nirsoft.n...estart_explorer.html

314
General Software Discussion / Re: Word 2007: Styles with ridiculous spacing
« Last post by AndyM on February 26, 2010, 09:00 PM »
Set one paragraph the way you like it then right click on the style and choose Update to Match Selection.
-edbro (February 26, 2010, 07:54 PM)

The tools are to make setting it the way I like quick and efficient, otherwise it's too many clicks/keys to change space b4/after.  Once I like it, I update the style to match.  Like I said, I seldom have to mess with these settings.  New designs and cleaning up imported text are when it comes up.   
315
General Software Discussion / Re: Is there such a tool to remove folder with 1 item
« Last post by AndyM on February 22, 2010, 09:09 PM »
No help here, but I'll be interested to see how someone goes about this  :Thmbsup:
316
Living Room / Re: Desktop Icons
« Last post by AndyM on February 22, 2010, 06:46 PM »
Desktop Icon Toy  
http://www.idesksoft.com/

will do what you want I believe, plus a few other things (like shrinking icons, hiding icon text, showing only icon text, saving and restoring layouts).  I'm still using 3.0 which does exactly what I need.

You could set it to toggle hide/reveal your (tiny of course) icons with a single click on the tray icon.  
317
Living Room / Re: looking for a title (short story)
« Last post by AndyM on February 21, 2010, 04:28 PM »
Just bought one from abebooks for $19 and change including shipping.  Sounded too good to pass up.
318
General Software Discussion / Re: Word 2007: Styles with ridiculous spacing
« Last post by AndyM on February 20, 2010, 12:00 AM »
... whereas any that I've ever done using leading/trailing space often less consistent and more jarring differences in spacing throughout, making them more annoying to read IMO.
-JavaJones (February 19, 2010, 06:19 PM)

Using styles gives you the best of both worlds, if you design your styles to work in a standard way.  I don't often have to mess with the before & after settings.  I use the tools for cleanup including the sort superboyac was talking about, for exeptions like spacing the signature lines at the end of a document, or for setup and design (when I get it how I like it, I update the style to match).

Using empty paragraphs (that's what you mean by newlines, right?) makes it impossible to use a very handy function of styles, which is to set the style of the paragraph following (you can always force a repeat of the current style in the next paragraph if you hit Enter just before the last character in the paragraph, like a space).  Useful capability when doing outlines and lists and some other things, adds consistency, and in some cases can save much time.
319
General Software Discussion / Re: Word 2007: Styles with ridiculous spacing
« Last post by AndyM on February 19, 2010, 08:17 PM »
ParaSpacingBox.png

Macro code below for adding/subtracting 2/8 pts before/after, also setting zero/8 before/after
I have shortcut keys for adding and subtracting.  The free floating toobar (usually not displayed) has all the macros.  On the docked toolbar the green pluses add 2 pts before and after, the red minuses subtract 2 pts before and after.

Makes fixing mis-spaced text easy.

Spoiler
Code: Visual Basic [Select]
  1. Sub AddTwoPointsAfter()
  2. '
  3. ' AddTwoPointsAfter Macro
  4. ' adds 2 points of space after (below) the paragraph each time you click the Button
  5. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  6. '
  7.    Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = _
  8. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter + 2
  9. End Sub
  10.  
  11. Sub AddEightPointsAfter()
  12. '
  13. ' AddEightPointsAfter Macro
  14. ' adds 8 points of space after (below) the paragraph each time you click the Button
  15. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  16. '
  17.    Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = _
  18. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter + 8
  19. End Sub
  20.  
  21. Sub SubtractTwoPointsAfter()
  22. '
  23. ' SubtractTwoPointsAfter Macro
  24. ' reduces the space after (below) the paragraph by 2 points each time you click the button
  25. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  26.  
  27. On Error Resume Next
  28.     Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = _
  29. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter - 2
  30. End Sub
  31.  
  32. Sub SubtractEightPointsAfter()
  33. '
  34. ' SubtractEightPointsAfter Macro
  35. ' reduces the space after (below) the paragraph by 8 points each time you click the button
  36. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  37. '
  38. On Error Resume Next
  39.     Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = _
  40. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter - 8
  41. End Sub
  42.  
  43. Sub AddTwoPointsBefore()
  44. '
  45. ' AddTwoPointsBefore Macro
  46. ' adds 2 points of space before (above) the paragraph each time you click the Button
  47. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  48. '
  49. On Error Resume Next
  50.     Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = _
  51. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore + 2
  52. End Sub
  53.  
  54. Sub SubtractTwoPointsBefore()
  55. '
  56. ' SubtractTwoPointsBefore Macro
  57. ' reduces the space before (above) the paragraph by 2 points each time you click the button
  58. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  59. '
  60.    On Error Resume Next
  61.     Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = _
  62. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore - 2
  63. End Sub
  64.  
  65. Sub AddEightPointsBefore()
  66. '
  67. ' AddEightPointsBefore Macro
  68. ' adds 8 points of space before (above) the paragraph each time you click the Button
  69. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  70. '
  71.    Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = _
  72. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore + 8
  73. End Sub
  74.  
  75. Sub SubtractEightPointsBefore()
  76. '
  77. ' SubtractEightPointsBefore Macro
  78. ' reduces the space before (above) the paragraph by 8 points each time you click the button
  79. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  80. '
  81. On Error Resume Next
  82.     Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = _
  83. Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore - 8
  84. End Sub
  85.  
  86. Sub EightPointsAfter()
  87. '
  88. ' EightPointsAfter Macro
  89. ' puts 8 points of space after (below) the paragraph
  90. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  91. '
  92.  Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 8
  93. End Sub
  94.  
  95. Sub EightPointsBefore()
  96. '
  97. ' EightPointsBefore Macro
  98. ' puts 8 points of space after (below) the paragraph
  99. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  100. '
  101.  Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = 8
  102. End Sub
  103.  
  104. Sub ZeroPointsAfter()
  105. '
  106. ' ZeroPointsAfter Macro
  107. ' puts 0 points of space after (below) the paragraph
  108. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  109. '
  110.  Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter = 0
  111. End Sub
  112.  
  113. Sub ZeroPointsBefore()
  114. '
  115. ' ZeroPointsBefore Macro
  116. ' puts 0 points of space before the paragraph
  117. ' Macro written 16/03/00 by John McGhie
  118. '
  119.  Selection.ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = 0
  120. End Sub

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General Software Discussion / Re: Word 2007: Styles with ridiculous spacing
« Last post by AndyM on February 19, 2010, 12:07 PM »
When you see all that white space, is it multiple empty paragraphs?
If so, a macro that will, in a selection, replace two endPara marks with one, run repeatedly until there are no empty paragraphs will be handy.  This will take care of excessive space due to multiple Returns and also double spacing from double Returns.

If the white space is because of Word's Space Before and Space After settings (the proper way to construct a Word doc as it's poor form to use empty paragraphs for spacing), then you can automate editing those settings (hotkeys, right click, buttons, etc. with macros assigned to add/sub 2 or 8 pts before/after and/or specific settings like zero pts b4 or 4 pts after) depending on your needs and typical approach.
321
General Software Discussion / Re: Where to download Microsoft Word 2007 styles?
« Last post by AndyM on February 19, 2010, 11:55 AM »
If you have anyone's Word file, you have their styles.

You can use the Organizer to copy styles en mass.

Or quick and dirty you can copy something from their doc to your doc and you will also have the styles (whether or not you include the endParagraph mark in your selection effects which styles get copied, paragraph and character)

So find documents whose appearance and layout you like, and import and edit those styles.
322
General Software Discussion / Re: Autohotkey question
« Last post by AndyM on February 11, 2010, 11:20 AM »
You can combine scripts, but I find generally it more convenient not too. 

The extra memory used seems to be inconsequential.  I use a tray utility (PS Tray Factory) to hide 13 of the 14 icons for the scripts I'm running.  Btw, you can use the tray icon tips to display info, and you can change the icon from the big white H or S on green to something else. One script I run (KeyInfo by JGPaiva) displays the state of the Capslock/Numlock/Scrolllock toggles.
323
Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Close = minimize, on some windows
« Last post by AndyM on January 31, 2010, 12:38 PM »
Skrommel has a utility called NoClose

https://www.donation...m/Software/Skrommel/

You could disable the Close button on Opera so you couldn't close it accidentally.

Not entirely what you are looking for but perhaps a place to start...
324
General Software Discussion / Re: What would life be like without Windows?
« Last post by AndyM on January 28, 2010, 12:25 PM »
This is clearly going to be a paneful discussion.
325
General Software Discussion / Re: "Renaming" a list of names (not files)
« Last post by AndyM on January 08, 2010, 03:38 PM »
I dont have Excel but do have Softmaker Office - dont know if it's possible via that...
-tomos (January 08, 2010, 02:42 PM)
probably is possible

is the ZZZZ... always the same number of digits and always at the end?  
if not, does the ZZZZ... always begin just after the rightmost space?

if either of these is so, in a column adjacent to your list have a formula that extracts the ZZZZ...(see string formula help), or enough of it to produce a unique list, and then sort the list based on that column.

If you have to have the names actually renamed (just sorting isn't sufficient), you can continue the exercise to construct a string ordered the way you want, and then copy just values from that column (not formulas) to another column to get the list of names.

Alternatively if you have Word, you could do a Search and Replace to move the ZZZZ... to the front of each name.  Any program with a sophisticated enough Search & Replace could be used.

Or someone here can whip up a quick script (which I will keep for future reference!)
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