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General Software Discussion / Re: Convert PDF to DOC in a special way...

« Last post by tomos on December 04, 2012, 04:18 AM »

Maybe Universal Document Converter 5.5 would help(compatible w/Office 2013) to convert pdf into image files(multiple pages will be correctly handled if choose tiff format, note that color tiff files are usually large size, if black n white tiff files sizes are smaller):

http://www.print-driver.com/overview/

-SKA (December 04, 2012, 04:14 AM)

I can print to multi-page Tiff with PDFCreator (which I think Contro uses as well)
http://sourceforge.n...projects/pdfcreator/

Can one successfully bring a multi-page tiff into a word processor?

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: NANY 2013 Pledge - Progress Bars of Life

« Last post by tomos on December 04, 2012, 03:45 AM »

Great

another request -
the ability to show how long since something happened

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor v3.13 Beta Test

« Last post by tomos on December 03, 2012, 01:14 PM »

Your software is very good, it would be amazing with a built in screenshot upload to various image hosting websites specially photobucket picasa etc. currently you need to install another software to do that, please add this feature.

-hushz (December 03, 2012, 11:40 AM)

hi hushz,
have you looked at Preferences - go to Auto-uploading
I havent used it myself so cant tell you any more about it, but it's there ;-)

(There are a couple of threads about it here if you do a search. Possibly some info in the help file too, but that might not be up-to-date)

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: NANY 2013 Pledge - Progress Bars of Life

« Last post by tomos on December 03, 2012, 11:33 AM »

Can think of using it as 'countdown' for my projects, which I generally miss.

-anandcoral (December 03, 2012, 10:28 AM)

I was thinking along these lines as well.
With that in mind, would it be possible to make it like a resizeable toolbar that you could drag the corner and end up e.g. with 1x2 or 2x4 or 1x4 format



you could even have it like the new docking auto-hide SC "Quick Capture Bar" (could you reuse the code?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Multi-boot Live USB

« Last post by tomos on December 03, 2012, 10:21 AM »

I was sure something along these lines was discussed here this year but I couldnt find the thread I had in mind.
(Maybe it was focusing on linux )

Did find this FWIW my pc anywhere

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

« Last post by tomos on December 03, 2012, 08:17 AM »

Thanks Curt - looking for Alan Alan was inspired

Here's a youtube playlist - it's (so far I'm @#4) a bunch promotional shorts from BBC many of which are included in the vid above
http://www.youtube.c...t=SP0663F5654A7B6C91

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Living Room / Re: putting politics before lives ...

« Last post by tomos on December 03, 2012, 07:57 AM »

- Does anyone see anything odd in that extract ?

-joiwind (December 03, 2012, 07:35 AM)

I dont see anything odd in it -
just the commonly used emotional blackmail approach to why-you-should-support-this.

I wouldnt mind, it almost sounds reasonable to me - they just want to see who you emailed, not what (content) you emailed. But when they start off with the emotional blackmail, alarm bells go off.

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Living Room / Re: Free E-book: 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10

« Last post by tomos on December 02, 2012, 03:49 PM »

^ I'd say it would go over my head, but nice website too

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

« Last post by tomos on December 02, 2012, 03:31 PM »

(belated) thanks for posting that Arizona - it's nice to see 'the other side'
I guess I should now take a pic of the view of suburbia not shown in my pics above -
but I think your 'other side' is much more interesting
... and I dont like taking pics of my neighbours - they might get the wrong impression ;-)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Default to web search

« Last post by tomos on December 02, 2012, 02:11 PM »

Welcome to the site Peter  

-mouser (December 02, 2012, 12:57 PM)

  I think you got the wrong thumb there mouser

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General Software Discussion / Re: Are you going to wait for Windows 9?

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 03:50 PM »

@dr_andus
I cross posted that to the Surface RT thread
https://www.donation....msg308820#msg308820

I'm not feeling very positive myself - been thinking most of the problems with 8 are relatively minor (in spite of their big effect) yet they didnt fix them.
Didnt bother fixing them? (Why?)
Or things were maybe too hectic for them to get their act together.

SP1 will be a clue I guess - hopefully something positive.

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General Software Discussion / Re: A month with my Surface RT

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 03:22 PM »

thought I'd cross-post this from the "Are you going to wait for Windows 9?" thread, as it's mainly about the Surface:

I hope MS will be still around to launch Win9 because at the moment things are not looking good. Some of their strategies seem decidedly amateurish. Take for example the advertising that focuses on the fact that Surface comes with a kickstand. Seriously? That's the most important thing about it?? And who came up with that amazing name, "Surface"?

Then take the ever-increasing options for the consumer. Do I buy Win8 or WinRT, Metro, or Win8 Pro? Do I need a keyboard for an extra $100 or not? Do I buy an MS manufactured device or one from another manufacturer? Which chipset is better, ARM or Intel? Can I run my Win7 software on the Surface or not? And why should I pay $200-300 more for this than the alternatives (incl. laptops)?

Confused customers don't buy. It's just so much simpler to go for the latest iPad and not have to deal with any of this nonsense.

Take e.g. this:

The 64GB Windows 8 Pro running Intel will be priced $899 and excludes the touch cover, which retails for around $100.

Compare that to the 64GB iPad from Apple, which is priced at $699. The Android-powered 64GB Samsung Galaxy Tab, meanwhile, comes in at around $889, no keypad required.

The problem for Microsoft here is that the keypad is essential on the Windows 8 Pro edition, because – as Microsoft points out in the supporting blog – Windows 8 Pro will run your existing Windows 7 apps, and those apps won’t be built for touch.

This is not MS-bashing on my part. I genuinely want them to succeed because I've invested into this relationship and I love my software on Win7. But this is increasingly looking desperate. Ballmer has looked like a disaster for quite some time. There must be something seriously wrong with their internal processes if they are not able to bring in more talented managers than the current ones who are confusing customers.

-dr_andus (December 01, 2012, 02:35 PM)

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Living Room / Re: UiO linguist makes sensational claim - English is a Scandinavian language

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 12:24 PM »

  nice to hear from the source Curt

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General Software Discussion / Re: What would YOU like to change in Win.8

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 11:45 AM »

If they would simply allow you to choose your windows manager (like you can with Linux) ...

-40hz (November 29, 2012, 07:01 AM)

Can you explain "windows manager" to those of us who have no linux experience - or are just plain ignorant about it :-)

I use Gridmove and MoveIt, but I think you mean something else (?)

-tomos (November 29, 2012, 07:50 AM)

bump
do you mean like a shell?

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General Software Discussion / Re: What would YOU like to change in Win.8

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 11:43 AM »

I think I was maybe a month too late with this thread

here's a very early (2010) Win8 dc thread, looking for suggestions to imporve it
Windows 8 Requests
some interesting idea there (in case MS are reading ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keyboard shortcut of the day

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 10:13 AM »

thanks nudone and Barney

Ctrl+Shift+Z is very nice -
especially in combination with Ctrl+Z if you want to toggle undo/redo to find the ideal undo moment.

I'll consider it a bit.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Auto draw 2 lines about 1 inch apart & curve around but not overlap.

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 09:54 AM »

Regarding printing big, I think I can use a program called The Rasterbater or another called Poster Forge to do that.

-dartgame (December 01, 2012, 06:27 AM)

that's an option too,
but -
(I think I said this above but I will emphasise!)

You're probably going to create a vector drwaing.
If you do create a vector:

• you can scale it to *any* size (set page size; enlarge)
• you will lose *no* quality in the enlargement
• you can easily create a vector PDF with (I think) any of the common PDF printers (simply print to PDF)

compare that with messing around with enlarging bitmaps:
huge file sizes, and no sharp print at the end...

Then printing - here's the Adobe Reader X print dialogue:



the printer selected is A4 - you can see 'tile' options under 'Poster' and that the print-preview is automatically divided into whatever your maximum page size is.

PS I promise I'll shut up about that now

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DC Mug/TShirt Designs that would be nice to have an artist for..

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 03:51 AM »

^ nice

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keyboard shortcut of the day

« Last post by tomos on December 01, 2012, 03:50 AM »

^ quotes got confused there (I didnt say that - it's good to know though!)

Re the remapping, sure I could do something that direction. I just thought (hoped) there might be an alternative hotkey for Ctrl+z - like with Shift+Ins etc for Copy etc.
Thanks!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: I will not spam

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2012, 08:12 PM »

XYPlorer can do it all right:
By default, if you left click on a thumbnail, it will display at full size. This makes it difficult to drag! Go to:
menu >Tools >Configuration >Thumbnails >Turn off: popup image on mouse down (bottom of window).
Then try it as instructed above and it works fine.

someone else might have other ideas too.

__________________

Just following instructions for new post. (Say's type "I will not spam" in top box, then displays Type "I will not spam," in 2nd box.)

-Parchuvegal (November 30, 2012, 07:55 PM)

sorry for pestering you but I'm really curious now
- what instructions/where?
EDIT/
I think it's just for new members - in the hope that they will not spam.
Donationcoder will hypnotise us for our first posts - look at the swinging watch and repeat "I will not spam" ... sorry, I'm getting silly now ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keyboard shortcut of the day

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2012, 07:55 PM »

I wonder is there any alternative for Ctrl+Z?
(my keyboard is QWERTZ so the Z is not so easily accessible ....)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: I will not spam

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2012, 07:46 PM »

XYplorer file manager has this feature -
Menu >Tools >Customise List >Manual Sorting
then
drag n drop to sort.

I havent used it in a while - it doesn't seem to work with large thumbnails, but does work with the details-with-[small]-thumbnail view.

http://www.xyplorer.com/


PS welcome to the forum
and what's with the I will not spam title ?!

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

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2012, 06:49 PM »

^ that was really good fun 

I'm curious - anyone know who made it?
I wonder was it a BBC programme that got dubbed (or maybe made for BBC?)

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: NANY 2013 PLEDGE - Contractor's Work Log

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2012, 06:24 PM »

thanks for the update Jim

# I get a tray-popup after 30 seconds idle time [after two minutes inactivity it automatically stops the timer] - this is too soon imo, I find it pops up more often than I want and considering the (default?) two min limit on inactivity I think it would be better at the half-way (one minute) mark

-tomos (November 27, 2012, 07:42 AM)

Yeah i was always wondering about this, i just kind of got used to it personally, how about at the 75% mark?

-relipse (November 30, 2012, 12:24 PM)

at this stage, someone is either working (probably reading a text) -or they've gone on a break. In either scenario any popup is fairly irrelevant, so I think the 75% mark would be good. (If taskbar is on autohide, it's fairly intrusive - taskbar pops up with the popup.)

minor notes from today so far:
# close to tray should be default setting for an app like this imo

-tomos (November 27, 2012, 07:42 AM)

Hmm, I'll need more feedback to justify changing the default.

-relipse (November 30, 2012, 12:24 PM)

well I think it's that - or add a minimise button (probably with minimise to tray?). I suspect the majority of people will not want an app on-top. But even if I'm wrong there, I think there should be some option out-of-the-box to minimise, or make the on-top window disappear.

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General Software Discussion / Re: web clipping

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2012, 05:18 PM »

^ Gotcha, thanks.

I'm using InfoQube

-tomos (November 29, 2012, 04:06 PM)

From what I've heard InfoQube users saying, it's too complicated for me!  Expensive, too, if you have to pay the full price.

-rjbull (November 30, 2012, 04:13 PM)

yeah, it does need some work to make it more user friendly.
I cant compare it to many apps. Lets see, related: I have used Surfulater and Evernote. It is more complex - but that does also mean (in this case) that there is much more flexibility/capability. You dont have to get into (most of that) complexity unless you need it. TBH, I dont very much - I'm a *fairly* basic user of the majority of software I use, including IQ.

I started using it for other things (work: tracking job/file status) but did get a lot of help with that (great trade off: learn a complex programme when in beta - you get a huge amount of help setting it up). Once I got it set up -with that help- I just use it. So, I guess I should say that aspects that I use could be called advanced ;-)

For web content *for me* it's mostly a case of being a dumping ground and then search. I can though -very easily- sort in (multiple) hierarchies (also multiple times in the same hierarchy), and show in multiple pages/grids/views. Inbuilt tagging is weak but if you learn filtering it's more or less the same. Search suffices too - either way though - you dont (currently) get that overview of tags.

Re "The Price" -I'm not sure what that is - it's still in beta. I have donated, that will go towards my license when it is released.

PS I am/was a big fan of Surfulator - with IQ I just happen to have an app that kind of covers everything, so I use that ;-)
There are pros and cons to using multiple apps for various uses (maybe they're just segregated by theme/topic even) - or using a single app for multiple uses.