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I'm implementing text highlighting functionality in a custom text editor using vanilla javascript, similar to how MS Word highlights text. The issue I'm encountering is that when a user selects text ...
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I am building a custom text editor using vanilla JavaScript, and I need to implement functionality to export the content from the editor into an RTF (Rich Text Format) file. The basic structure of my ...
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I implement a mini word processor using JTextPane in Java. I created a tool bar that makes me be able to bold, underline, and color the texts which the users can input. Now I insert a JTable into this ...
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Basically I need to populate a column with created new words in this format (??P??P) or (??K??K), "?" is wildcard. If possible I would want the 2nd and 5th letters to be vowels. I also want ...
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I am now currently working on a MS Word clone with Python 3 and want some effect with pagination support. I saw some implementations in https://forum.qt.io/topic/847/paginating-a-qtextedit/2, and I ...
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Is there a way to do this easily? Keep version history of the document on the document? As a .gdoc or .whatever-format or am I resigned in having to download, separately, all the revisions made in the ...
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I'm working on a database program where the GUI has multiple input areas, some of which are JTextPanes where the user can set Bold, Underline, and Italic styles on their text. When the user places ...
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I want to count the occurrences of every word of this small text " A broken heart of a broken mind ." Every word of this text is in 2d array[100][20] in which 100 is the max_words and 20 is ...
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I think this is a tall order for Libreoffice, my regular processor. The goal is a column of narrative with annotations in one margin when needed and references on the other. The appearance of 5, 10, ...
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My code currently receives characters of a book one by one and preprocesses it so that it displays it in the form of: I went to thelibrary to pick upmy favoritebaseball hat instead of I went to ...
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I'm using the Adafruit_ST7735 (with the Adafruit_GFX) library to display stuff on my 1.8 TFT display. When I set the tft.setTextWrap(false); it does wrap the text but it doesn't care about words. For ...
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I expect the answer to be with respect to word processor or web browser. I am aware that ms-word has digital files, but am not able to connect the dots on how does a computer understands the glyphicon ...
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simple example: func-tional --> functional The story is that I got a Microsoft Word document, which is converted from PDF format, and some words remain hyphenated (such as func-tional, broken because ...
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How can I check if a given FILE* contains a string in C running on Linux (if it matters)? The string must consist of the whole line it's on. For example, this: jfjfkjj string jfjkfjk would be true; ...
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When I copy and paste a table styled with CSS from a browser to a word processor I get very different results: Firefox neglects CSS styles, Chrome copies only the content of the table, and Safari ...
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i am creating a web application using django and i want to display the contents of docx files , edit those files and save it back to the local device. Is django capable of doing this.
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I'm building a workout app and I've been wrestling with how to enable users to define their exercises. I want to avoid multiple text fields of input and i was hoping to allow users to enter the whole ...
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Basically, what I want to do is to center text that I've selected with my mouse (through normal left click, drag over the words, they turn blue. No special highlighting functions or anything like that....
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I am trying to make a simple word processor that has an open, save, and delete button. So far I have gotten the save button to work! My open button, on the other hand, will not open a file. Whenever I ...
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I'm currently making a word processor in Java and one the functions it should have is a file backup and history. I want to be able to backup text to a text file if the program crashes and display a ...
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I'd like to write my terms and conditions using a word processor, save it and easily embed the file in my Rails application. Nothing fancy, just have paragraphs, and bold (and regular) fonts. Which is ...
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Does anybody know of a non-manual method of highlighting syntax when pasted in InDesign? I'm trying to show code of a project in an InDesign documentation but don't want to have to manually highlight ...
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I am looking for a way to split a book I am writing into multiple PDFs on export, automatically, using Libre Office / Open Office. I'd like a PDF for each chapter separately, as I am posting this as I ...
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I'm trying to write a word-processor program for processing huge files. Now whenever the user closes a file, I would prompt them "Do you want to save the file" if the file has been modified. I'm ...
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I have Chinese news feed and I want to break the sentence into smaller chunks to pass to the API. How can I do it in ios? I have set character length of 50 characters for English language. ...
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Hi can someone help me understand how the stackoverflow question's code area works(technically). I mean the way it formats the text as it indent the text. example: without indentation example: ...
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What do I need to write to get this to work? If the current text in the text window is not saved (or is unchanged since it was opened) and you try to close, open or create a new file, the user ...
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Hello all you ridiculously genius people! So I'm creating a basic word processor, and I need to have an option to clear formatting in a certain section. The place the user is typing is split up into ...
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Hey all you awesome smart people, I need some help with user input. I am creating a basic word processor, and I need to make a certain selected area bold. The user will highlight the area with the ...
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I would like to write a macro that works on the selected table. Selection in a table When I select a table, the object that ThisComponent.CurrentSelection returns is of type SwXTextTableCursor. I ...
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I am working on some LibreOffice macros that work on tables, in particular to set the width and height of each column and row to 0.85 cm (0.335 in). In MS Office, this is easy, just select the table ...
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I'm looking for a web-based text editor where a user can "track changes" and edit small portions of text that I can put on a commercial website that its users can use. The user should be able to ...
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I'm working on an application that uses Adobe's Text Layout Framework to handle word processing. I've run into an issue where inserting a non-breaking hyphen (U+2011) is rendered about twice as long ...
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I am trying to find out whether there exist anything in the word document that has a font of 2. However, I have not been able to do this. To begin with, I've tried to read the font of each word in a ...
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I need to implement a document editor similar to Google Docs or Microsoft Sky Drive (with the possibility to have N pages, page settings, export to word...). A great component would be this one: http:/...
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I am trying to replace certain places in my word document, which acts as a template. These places are marked as words starting with @. For example @Name. I select all the texts, run through them with ...
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Given a string, I want to find all variants without transposition, only deletion. For example, given the string: helloo The list of variants would be as follows (separated by white space). helloo ...
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Is there a full-blown ASP.NET word processing control? One that runs in every (main) browser, and includes support for page margins, page & section breaks, fields, etc? TextControl has the ...
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A website I'm working on now is meant to replicate a document that you could print. There is a header, a body, and a footer. All three elements use CSS to adjust the margins and height of each one. ...
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The usual way is to store the characters in a string, but because while writing a text, a lot of times the user deletes or adds characters in the middle of the text, perhaps it is better to use std::...
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I am currently creating a word processing software with batch files. I was wondering if anyone knew how to display the text on the screen, so that the user can edit it. I already have a system for ...
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I am working on the .NET version of a "word processor" control for large documents - large meaning up to 10000 pages when printed. I have implemented the functionality with Win32 a few years ago ...
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I'm in the process of writing a small text-editor that is supposed to have very basic formatting capabilities, nothing fancy, yet more complex than what RichTextBox can provide (including a 'page' ...
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I need spell checking and only basic formatting (like the stack overflow editor). It would also be nice if you could switch to HTML editing and also paste formatted text into it and it will convert to ...
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I have a rtbDoc(simple word app)that you can change the back color using the colorDialog, it does not change the color back to white if you load a new doc, so the color you picked stays the same, how ...
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I need help finding a WYSIWYG editor to use in the web application I'm developing. The boss wants to reach a word-like usability, where you can set header/footer for the pages, see actually what the ...
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I'm trying to load a custom Word 97-2003 (.dot) template in Word 2010. It loads fine into a new document when double-clicking it, but when I try to add it to an existing document under Templates and ...
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I believe the title already says it all, but here is my question: what I want to know is how to realize a Office Wordlike "piece of paper" inputscreen. I want to build a some kind of "newsletter ...
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How can this be done? Let me know if you all have solutions. Embedded WordprocessingDocument into SpreadsheetDocument with Open XML
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Are there any free & decent word processors in Silverlight 4? Would this be feasible in Silverlight? Also, are there any free libraries for reading PDF/DOCX in Silverlight?
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