Tag: microsoft
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Pandoc for Word Document conversion
I just discovered pandoc. Well, I first bookmarked it in 2008, and again in 2016, so I guess I rediscovered it. But what I mean is that I finally discovered what to use it for: converting Word files to Markdown. It’s dead easy: $ pandoc -f docx -t markdown sample.docx > sample.md I’ve been using…
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I wouldn’t take it gift-wrapped
Office 2016 for Mac now available as stand-alone software. I’ve been exposed to Office 2013/Windows, and to get anything done, I have to use Office 2011 on my Mac. I wouldn’t even install Office 2016 on my Mac for $100 even if it left the old version intact. More likely, though, it clobbers the previous…
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Code from MSFT Visual Studio
A standalone programmer’s editor from Microsoft. And it’s cross-platform. And apparently it’s built on Google Chrome.
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Microsoft Keyboard Blues
I foolishly installed the Intellipoint drivers for my Microsoft Keyboard 4000, and have been frustrated ever since. I assume it’s because it’s a Microsoft product on a Mac. Anyway. This is the solution. First, uninstall the Microsoft drivers as described there. Second, open the keyboard preferences pane: Then swap the modifier keys as follows:
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Black Friday – Mac Office 2011
I’ve been trying to decide whether to upgrade my old copy of Office. The problem with Office is that I only use Word. I’ve pretty much switched from Excel to Numbers, and Keynote is so good that it’s been years since I even thought about running Powerpoint. So why upgrade? Well, I do use Word…
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Fun Eddie Still Having Fun
Well. I lost track of Ed Fries in about 1989, when he was still doing Officey-things at Microsoft, before his move to the games division. He did that for 15 years or so, and then, after he made his pile, or got tired of Xboxes, or whatever it was, he left Microsoft. Now I know…