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Import formatted text from Word into PowerPoint

I understand the basics of importing an Word outline into PowerPoint. I want to know how to import the text blocks into pre-styled text boxes that have been positioned on the slide to a specific layout. When I create these boxes on a master slide,…
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Searching for possible solutions/workarounds to creating a Master Excel workbook

I'm trying to find solutions for creating a master template in Excel. We have almost 100 Excel workbooks where data in them varies but the formatting and cell and row layout including header names remains the same. When a row is deleted in one, it…
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Multiple DNS BIND servers (zones) for same domain

I wonder if it is possible to have one domain, handled by 2 DNS servers, master zones. For example, I have the domain, example.com on a registrar and I want to make ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com. I want to have ns1.example.com on VPS1 and…
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How can I create a text box in a PowerPoint slide that formats bullets just like a placeholder?

I've noticed that if I edit a slide master in PowerPoint, I can insert a special kind of text box called a "placeholder". With placeholders, I can easily create nice looking multi-level bulleted outlines. What's bothering me is that I don't seem to…
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What is master/slave architecture when related to network bridges, and why would I use one?

I was going through some instructional materials that show how to set up a master/slave relation on a linux virtual bridge, and while the mechanics of setting up a bridge in this way are clear, I can't understand what exactly it does. What is the…
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Backing up the master boot

I want to back up the master boot on my hard drive, in case something screws it up. What software do you recommend for this? My first idea is to boot from a Linux CD and dd the first 512 bytes of /dev/sda, and dd it back to recover. Will this…
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How to globally change the language in PowerPoint Slide Masters

There are a lot of answers about how to change the language by going into the outline view, marking everything and changing the language. But that's no use if the languages in the Master Slides have not been changed. How can I change the languages…
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Master Document creating links - not saving text

I want to implement a daily reporting system for myself and work colleges. I was thinking of using MS Word to do this by creating a master document and sub documents. I create a master document with peoples names in level one, then the days of the…
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How do I create a master workbook in excel?

In powerpoint we have something called a master slide. I want the same idea for excel. I want to create a template that I can work on with formulas and I want it to update all children files. Example: I have a budget template. This template has a…
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GitHub not adding whole folder content?

I have w problem with pushing whole folder with its content to my repository on GitHub. I use the following: $ cd principal $ git add * $ git push Where principal is the name of folder containing two other folders (Z1, Z2) and their content.…
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How do I create a master list in excel that displays the most recent entry from each tab on a worksheet?

I'm creating a workspace (on excel 2003) with three worksheets: active, inactive, and master-list. Tabs will move between active and inactive, based on whether or not I'm currently focused on them. I want the master-list to display the most recent…
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I just installed Windows 7 onto an IDE hard drive and everything looked good. But it won't boot

I just installed Windows 7 onto this IDE hard drive and everything looked good. It went through the entire process until that regular last boot after "Completing installation...". But it won't boot into the hard drive, no matter the boot order. It…
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Can you work on a read-only master and a new slide in the same window?

I have a program limitations question regarding PowerPoint for PC: Imagine two slides, one a read-only master, and one a new slide, cascaded. Now imagine that the user wants to have that master, and be able to work on the new one, but within the…
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Surge protector behaving strangely

I just bought this surge protector which has the master/slave function, so that it disables some plugs (2 monitors and 2 speakers) when I turn off my PC. Everything is working fine except for one thing: around 7AM (always at the same time in the…
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How to remove Master Boot Manager from BIOS

after I spend 2 days like 6 hours per day to figured out and tried all the methods found on the internet I'm put my hope in you guys! My machine is "Acer Aspire 7 A715-75G" using UEFI Bios. It comes with UEFI SHELL 2.7. I've installed Microsoft…
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