Questions tagged [help-files]
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How can I achieve a chart like this one in Excel?
I have data for X and Y axes, and for the point represented by the red lines: 3958.08 at 2010.
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Microsoft Office 2016 access to offline documentation
We just got Microsoft Office 2016 installed on a secure system without Internet access. When we try to use Help it tries and fails to go online. How do I get the offline help to work?
(Note I had the ...
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How to use `less` as default pager for `--help`?
I use --help option a lot. It's annoying how it jumps to the end with help. It can be done with |less option. I want |less to be my default option. Can I use less as default paging for --help?
I use ...
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How can I fix my Alienware? Software problems
I have an Alienware 18 running Windows 10.
I am having an Application Process Problem, how do I fix it?
Specs: 1TB hd, 256 ssd, Dual Nvidia gforce860's, 8GB RAM. not under warranty.
I bought the ...
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Open language documentation?
In GitHub's Atom editor, is there a package to find the current word in the file-type-associated language documentation?
E.g.
cursor on word or word selected, ..cloneNode(true);
press F1 (or other ...
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All of the about_* topics are missing from my PowerShell help. What gives?
I've not used PowerShell often on this machine — it was updated from windows 7 pro to windows 10 a few months ago. $PSVersionTable shows I'm on version 5.
I've run update-help as administrator, but ...
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PowerShell "F1" doesn't show any useful about_* topics after updating it properly
When I installed Win10, I brought over a PowerShell profile that I'd maintained since the days of PowerShell beta that still had some old modules in it that no longer work. Nothing particularly ...
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Calculating no of heads using CHS formula
Use the cylinder, head and sector (CHS) formula to calculate the number of heads of a 2 G bytes disk which has 128 Bytes per sector. Disk has 1024 cylinders and 32 sectors per platter
where 1 G bytes =...
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Kernel configuration for the computer and its installation in Linux
I love OS Linux Mint Cinnamon. I've put Linux on their hardware. I wanted to find the one Linux distribution that will use my PC at full capacity. It is necessary to remove all the excess out of the ...
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Vim: map shift-K to open help on current word in a new tab
In conjunction with https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3131393/remapping-help-in-vim-to-open-in-a-new-tab , I'm looking to also make the shift-K shortcut that opens help in a new tab.
I first tried ...
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How to show Matlab local documentation in system browser when pressing F1?
I'm using Windows7 and Matlab R2013a on my PC.
I find it impossible to copy/paste in Matlab's window help or help browser:
so I click Get Page Address and copy the command:
web([docroot '/matlab/ref/...
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How do I prevent F1 from opening help in Excel 2013, without using VBA?
How do I prevent F1 from opening help in Excel 2013?
The only information I found elsewhere entailed using VBA or, for the whole system (I'm using Windows 8), editing the registry. I would prefer to ...
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skype on linux mint 15 cannot be installed
When I try to install skype with
sudo dpkg -f skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb
I get this error message
dpkg: error processing skype (--install)
Then I try
sudo apt-get -f install
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The Vim documentation illustrates a "wrong way" to add comments to HTML. What's wrong with it?
The "syntax.txt" chapter in the official Vim documentation says:
HTML comments are rather special (see an HTML reference document for the
details), and the syntax coloring scheme will highlight all ...
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windows script to copy text from one file into a new file
I am noob at coding! I am trying to create a windows script that I can copy text from one file into another. My main goal is to find lines in the text with "started processing" and "file". I am hoping ...
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