macOS Preview application: Text boxes cannot be resized vertically, can this be remedied?

macOS version: El Capitan Version 10.11.6 (15G31) Preview version: 8.1 (Version 877.7) When I write a text box annotation, I can tell that text is going into the box when I write it, but the text box is not being resized. It is only a few pixels tall and there are no vertical resize indicators, … Read more

Annotations in YouTube unusable in Windows 7 with Firefox & IE

Anyone know why I can’t use annotations anymore in my videos in YouTube? I have the latest Flashplayer and Java. Javascripts are running, NoScript is off in YouTube. Answer This is a bug that Google must be working on… it’s just a ‘link’ issue (kind of). In the mean time, if you go directly to … Read more

Annotations in YouTube unusable in Windows 7 with Firefox & IE

Anyone know why I can’t use annotations anymore in my videos in YouTube? I have the latest Flashplayer and Java. Javascripts are running, NoScript is off in YouTube. Answer This is a bug that Google must be working on… it’s just a ‘link’ issue (kind of). In the mean time, if you go directly to … Read more

Creating PDF annotations through a MS Word merge

We create personalized benefit statements by merging MS Excel data files with an MS Word template. We “print” the merge to PDF and send that PDF to the client for approval. Upon approval, we print the PDFs to a high-speed printer. We have a client that wants key fields printed to the PDF as PDF … Read more

How to easily add text to a wallpaper on Linux

How can I easily add text and setup font parameters to a wallpaper on Linux ? I’ve tried Shutter but it does not permit so enlarge the text to fill the wallpaper surface. Answer Gimp should work. You can install with sudo apt-get install gimp. I can’t think of any reason it would not work … Read more

Extract PDF Data using categorized annotations

Are there any existing tools to extract data from PDF files using this method. Lets say I have 3 categories Image – this will be a rectangle annotation which will crop that specific area where the annotation is placed Title – this is another rectangle annotation will just get the text within that rectangle. If … Read more

In Eclipse, how to let revision annotation to ignore whitespace changes?

In Eclipse, one can use Team -> Show Annotation to see the revision history at the side of editor window; My question is how to let such annotation to ignore whitespace changes? [EDIT] This issue occurs to files containing any programming language, even text file containing English. Answer A vanilla Eclipse editor, as far as … Read more