Disable snapping in Inkscape
Posted: 2017-02-11 Filed under: drawing, misc | Tags: %, inkscape, shift, snap 4 CommentsI really like Inkscape and use it a lot for designing publication quality figures, conference posters and even presentation components. However, a feature that sometimes can just get on my nerves is the object snapping.
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WPS Office
Posted: 2016-12-28 Filed under: office | Tags: font, impress, MT Extra, office, Presentation, Spreadsheets, WPS Office, writer 1 CommentWith the latest SlackBuilds.org update, WPS Office was added to the repository. I decided to give it a try, as I have never been too happy with Impress.
The SlackBuild script just repackages the binaries provided from upstream. So far, the office suite seems amazingly good. Really. The interface is user-friendly, it is very fast and offers good compatibility with the file formats of MS Office. Upon start, a warning window appeared, complaining about a missing font:
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LibreOffice: start numbering at page 2
Posted: 2016-11-06 Filed under: office | Tags: libreoffice, numbering, title page, writer Leave a commentI have a text document prepared in LibreOffice Writer, where the first page should contain only title and table of contents. Page numbering should then begin on the following page. That’s it: page 1 should have no numbering, page 2 should be numbered 1, page 3 should be numbered 2 and so on… How to do it?
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Row to column in Gnumeric
Posted: 2016-08-30 Filed under: academic, office | Tags: Cell values, column, gnumeric, row, spreadsheet, transpose 2 CommentsI have some spreadsheet data which I want to present in columns, instead of the rows that I initially entered. I searched a bit and found instructions for Excel here. The principle is the same, so here’s what I did for Gnumeric. Read the rest of this entry »
Visual CSL editor
Posted: 2015-12-19 Filed under: academic, office | Tags: CSL, references, zotero Leave a commentI type my text in LibreOffice and use Zotero to take care of the references. Zotero has a list of many different citation styles, which likely already includes the one for the journal you are submitting your manuscript to. Read the rest of this entry »
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