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I know I can select all cells in a particular column by clicking on column header descriptor (ie. A or AB). But is it possible to then exclude a few cells out of it, like my data table headings? Example I would like to select data cells of a particular column to set Data Validation […]

Is it possible to… Step up local ZSH shell history (actions only happened in that prompt) Step up global ZSH history (shared history is on) – default what happens when you press UP arrow when shared history is on … separately. For example one might bind CTRL+up for global history, normal up for local history.

Have several copies of Acrobat Professional that were purchased previously, installed and activated. However there is no documentation of the serial numbers, the Adobe online account ID or any details for these. Need to move the licenses to upgraded Windows 7 PCs (current ones are on Windows XP that are about to be decommissioned). Requirement

I have a job that I would like to “daemonize” on Unix: I want it to come up when the computer boots, and I want it to restart if it goes down. A simple way to do this is to setup a cronjob that runs every 10 or 20 minutes. The cronjob should restart the

I have a non standard 1280×800 screen which isn’t detected correctly by my linux system The screen is a 1280×800 native, 10.1 inch tablet display with an external controller board. I’ve got it connected to a brix with a N2807 Celeron via HDMI. I run Fedora 20 KDE spin with official intel i915 drivers. The

In MS Excel, is it possible to set the content language of cells e.g. per column? The purpose would be, among other things, to make proper spelling checks when the content is multilingual (e.g., a dictionary), like we can do in MS Word. Solution: Here’s a quick-and-dirty macro that you can hopefully adapt to your

Is there a program available for Vista, that allows me to set up a folder as an SFTP connection to a remote server? The use case is to have a folder on my desktop, where I can drag/drop/edit files and have my remote location be updated automatically. I’ve googled this to no avail.  Thanks! Solution:

I have an 3.5G USB Modem that I want to share its internet connection in Linux. I tried already, but only got having no internet on my own PC, still without sharing it. It’s really hard to find some documentation about this and the producer doesn’t give support for Linux 🙁 My modem is from

I’m familiar with the process of installing Guest Additions and sharing host folders with the guest, but is there a way to do the reverse? I have an XP host and Ubuntu 10.10 guest, with VBox 4.0.2. In other words, I’d like for the host to have direct access to (at least some of the)

Is there a convenient way to ensure that all logins from a given user (ie me) use the same ssh-agent?  I hacked out a script to make this work most of the time, but I suspected all along that there was some way to do it that I had just missed.  Additionally, since that time