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Should you use document metadata?

Is it worth entering author name, title, keywords and so on in a document’s Properties?

August 3, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The importance of document repair

Have you lost any precious files lately? Old movies of your kids when they were young, perhaps. Wouldn’t it be good to be able to recover them?

March 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

Which word processors support Rich Text in Dark Mode?

Which app should you use when you want styled or Rich Text to remain readable whether it’s displayed in Light or Dark Mode?

December 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Comparing files: FileMerge, opendiff, and BBEdit

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How would you compare two text files to see what differences are between them? It’s still a common task, for which FileMerge and BBEdit can be excellent solutions.

April 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Free conversion of text files with textutil

How to convert the text content of text, HTML, RTF, Word .doc and .docx, Webarchive, and other files, for free, using a simple command tool.

March 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Mail offers wrong attachment, an enigma

When I opened an attachment in Mail, the content was that from an earlier attachment. How come?

October 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Opening .doc docs

Sometimes even Microsoft Word cannot open its own .doc document files.

October 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Mixed Arabic and Roman script

Word documents and PDFs containing mixed Arabic and Roman scripts do not display correctly. Why?

October 1, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Word smart cut and paste

How can I fix copy and paste in Word so that the pasted content assumes the style of adjacent text?

September 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Column maths in Word

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How can I get Microsoft Word to compute column totals?

August 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

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