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Vuescan: A review from a non-photographer’s perspective

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:00:24 +0000

Vuescan is a third-party scanning tool for most versions of Windows, OS X, and Linux. It supports hundreds of scanners, including those abandoned by manufacturers. It’s probably better than what came with your scanner. The pro edition probably costs as

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Hide and unhide whitespace, headers and footers in Microsoft Word

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:56:29 +0000

For now at least, I edit a lot of security documents as part of my job. Today, I saw something I hadn’t seen before: Word 2010 was hiding all of the headers, footers, and whitespace in the document. That made

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Open a blg file in Windows

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:25:41 +0000

In Windows 2000, the usual method of viewing a file--double clicking on it--doesn't work for BLG files and I couldn't find any information on the 'Net telling you how to open one. Here's how.

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A reminder: 30 Days to a More Accessible Web Site

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:32:23 +0000

In a conversation today, I referred to Mark Pilgrim's excellent 30 Days to a More Accessible Web Site.

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