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Creating references that are bracketed numbers, not citation

I am writing up a report in Microsoft Word and I need to include references. However, the style I am writing in requires that the references be written like: ...which is why they decided to attack [5]. .... and not ...which is why they decided…
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List Of Free OS Or Technical Books

In the spirit of this question on stackoverflow.com I would like to compile a list of open source/creative commons/public domain technical guides. My original thought was to list books only for operating systems but we might as well open it up to…
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MS Word 2010 - how to create simple bibliography to reference it

I want to create simple bibliography that would be sorted by authors name and would be with numbered links. But I have problems doing that. I tried using bibliography feature in a Word, but it strangely adds sources. For example I added some book…
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I don't want word to change certain cross references on update

I'm using a special reference system that no one uses except these people I'm writing for. It uses a system of brackets, for instance "[ABC]" would be a reference. I guess other reference systems use brackets but I can't use any of the existing once…
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Cell reference in formula

I have the following formula in A2 of my worksheet: =SUMPRODUCT((SUMIF('[Master.xlsx]CompositeAssets'!$C:$C,$W$2,'[Master.xlsx]Composite Assets'!L:L)*(SUMIF('[Master.xlsx]CompositeAssets'!$C:$C,$W$1,'[Master.xlsx]Composite Assets'!L:L)))) The only…
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How to use dd to make splitted ISO images from an storage device?

This is a double question, I just hope it's valid. I need to know how to use dd to make splitted ISO images from some storage device, I'm doing it through SSH: the process is slow and the risk of faling at the mid of the operation (1) is high then…
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Perl, modifiers /m /s/ /ms

I have seen in Larry's Wall book programming Perl 3rd edition what do the modifiers /s /m /ms in some example with \n . Now I cannot find the exact page. Specifically the example showed that only the last modifier /ms work.
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Is a long uptime a really good thing?

Is there a non-opiniated evaluation/assessment/study of why a long system uptime is something which is worth to achieve? Pro: Long uptime - stable system Linux system does not necessarily need a reboot on updates Contra: Fast pacing changes…
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How do you change the appearance of a reference list in overleaf

I am making a document in overleaf, latex, but I am running in some problems with the reference list. I have a reference bib package called references.bib with the following input: @article{Laplaud, author = "{Laplaud, V. and Levernier, N.,…
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Harvard referencing in Word 2007?

In the References area of the ribbon it has APA and other styles, but I need to use Harvard convention. Is there any way for Word to generate and manage this for me?
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