Questions tagged [layout]
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How to force Windows to save desktop icon positions?
Is there a way to force Windows to save desktop icon positions?
Jelle Geerts
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Prevent Microsoft Word from wrapping tables across columns and pages
When writing technical documents, it is often required for tables to not wrap across columns and page breaks, so that all data from a given table are displayed in one place. In LaTeX, there is a setting to prevent tables from wrapping unless they…
nhinkle
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US International without dead keys layout Windows 10
I have a problem with my keyboard layout. When I bought my new keyboard, I set the Windows layout to US International, because it has a US layout, but I still need to type international characters.
Everything worked just fine as I wanted it to, that…
Drakem
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How to refresh vim layout when split
After setting up some splits/vsplits and resizing gvim or the console running vim, splitter positions are not updated. Is there a way to force updating splitter positions (by retaining them in the same relative position, say split at 50% of the…
ron
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Two-page view in Word, shouldn't the first page be on the right?
Greetings Superusers,
I'm putting together a lengthy document in Word, and it's going to be printed and bound duplex.
I've put page-numbers "outside" etc, and all is pretty.
The problem is, in the "Two Pages" view, it puts p1 on the left, then p2 on…
Cylindric
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Modern vertical layout for Thunderbird?
It's weird that I haven't been able to find relevant information anywhere. Basically what I want is a modern vertical layout for the inbox of Thunderbird. That is to say, the message sender and subject should not be crammed into one line, but…
xji
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Vim: Show the index of tabs in the tabline
Lets say I opened file1.txt, file2.txt, file3a.txt and file3b.txt such that the tabline (the thing on the top) looks like this:
file1.txt file2.txt 2 file3a.txt
(Note how file3b.txt. is missing because it is shown in a split, in the same tab as…
bitmask
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Can Thunderbird and MS Outlook be made to play nice together
I have had a long-term ongoing battle in having nicely formatted emails sent in Thunderbird totally destroyed by MS Outlook. Are there any settings in either program which can resolve disagreements in layout and font selection?
By way of example,…
Cornelius Dol
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How to change Windows 7 window border size thinner than 1?
Every window has oversized borders, i tried to go to the border settings already, but im at the minimum border size now: 1, but they are still 10px wide!
How do i get it even thinner?
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How to make Thunderbird's message list view show sender and subject on two rows (like the macOS Mail app)?
Is it possible to make the Thunderbird message list display each message as two rows (one row for the sender, and one row for subject, like Mac Mail does?)
Here is what my version of Thunderbird (version 45) shows:
And here is what I'd like…
Taylor R
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How can I do two columns in OpenOffice.org Writer?
I would like to structure my document with two columns in the middle of the page, and one column in the top and in the bottom. Like my example below. How can I do two columns like this in OpenOffice.org Writer?
My document My document My document My…
Jonas
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Adobe-reader double-page layout like a book
When setting the Adobe-reader to two-page layout it looks like this:
Title, page 1
page 2, page 3
...
But I'd like to view it as if it were printed in a book:
empty, Title
page 1, page 2
page 3, page 4
...
Fabian
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How to remove splitter and keeping one ui element
Since foobar2000's splitter UI elements are containers providing space for two adjacent ui elements, when removing the splitter, both adjacent elements are removed, too. But often, when reordering a layout I want to keep one of the two. I could…
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Word 2013 - How to create a new table style from an existing table style?
In Word 2013, lets say I have a few table layouts. For example
Is there any way to create a new table style via the Design tab based on my existing table design, or am I forced to try to emulate this table design by creating a new style that…
Richie086
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Visio UML Activity Diagram - equally space swimlanes?
In a Visio 2013 UML Activity Diagram, how do I equally space swimlanes across the page?
If I attempt to select the whole diagram and use the right drag point, it only resizes the last vertical swimlane, not all columns. If I CTRL+click (select) all…
PeterX
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