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deals with text in general, such as processing of text by a web app, but is unsuitable for the more specific text tags (text-formatting, text-analysis, text-to-speech, text-editor, text-message)

There are some specific tags referring to the handling of text (text-formatting, text-analysis, text-to-speech, text-editor, text-message), but there are some cases where none of these applies but the handling of text by a web app is still a focus of a question. In these cases the text tag should be used.

Note that more specific tags having to do with text may be created, and any of these applies to a post, it should be used instead of this more general tag.

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How NOT to bold text in WhatsApp & still use ** around text?

Now as WhatsApp offers options for bold, Italic & strike-through text, how not to make the text bold while still enclosing it in *. Any kind of escape character? For example: *test* will result in test (bold). I want to send a phone-recharge number…
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Rotate text box direction in draw.io

In draw.io I have text box with default text direction horizontal. I am trying change the text direction to vertical or trying to rotate the text box 90 degrees. I don't find any option do that. Could anybody point me to how to do that?
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How to reverse text on Google Spreadsheets?

When I enter data in a Google Spreadsheets cell, I would like the text to reverse itself. For instance, I would like to put in a cell My text and get it converted to txet yM.
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Would like to exclude any sort of video from a Google search

I have a topic I'm interested in reading about. (DIY hamster toys in this case — but it could be anything.) When I do a Google search there are tons of videos in the results. In my initial phase of research I'd like text and still images only,…
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How do I add text to my draw.io doc?

I don't know how to add text. Please help, I know there is a button that says "text" on it yet there is know way too add a text bubble.
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Facebook: How to successfully paste formatted text into a group post?

On Facebook, when creating a new post to be posted into a Group (as opposed to onto a standard personal or company page), Facebook allows you to add some simple formatting to the post. If you highlight some text in the compose view for such a post,…
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Permanently enable plain text mode in Yahoo! Mail

The last button (icon) in the image below is Switch to Plain Text mode. It fits perfectly with my needs. How can I permanently switch to plain text mode? (If there is no such feature, I guess I will create a custom script and post it here.)
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Snopes.com Can't highlight text - why?

Does anyone know why I can't highlight text when visiting Snopes.com? Give it a try and see if it works for you - This is something that happens on every computer I've visited Snopes from, if I had to guess I'd say 3 or 4, in both Windows and Linux,…
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How to write in super large letters in an ordinary textfield?

I came across a YouTube whose title was made of letters that were not part of its logo. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZkgIjJlsxA (it appears they letters have been removed, or YouTube disabled it). These letters are considered…
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Youtube force language of auto-generated subtitles

It happens to me countless times. Just for an example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djzGkEWzCwM the language options of the closed captions only have one auto-generated option, which is "Korean (auto-generated)"; It is obviously wrong as the…
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Text is messed up when writing RTL (Arabic) with English in between

Whenever I try to write an English word in an Arabic paragraph in WordPress it becomes like this: بواسطة متجر Microsoft الإكتروني الرقمي where it should be like this: الإلكتروني الرقمي Microsoft بواسطة متجر The problem is in both the text editor…
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Split content with multiple lines into multiple rows and columns in Google sheets

I like to know if it is possible to split an entire paragraph contained in a single cell, into multiple columns and paragraphs using formula's in Google sheets. This is what the text in the cell would look like: 1 coffeeextradark 240gr 1 milkshake…
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Set Gmail to reply text-only to only a specific address

I just subscribed to a mailing list that (still) requests that messages sent to it be text-only, no exceptions. (Their FAQ references storage space being at a premium on PDAs such as Palm Pilots.) Sooner or later, I'll probably forget to do this,…
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Image to text online converter

Can anyone recommend a website (free tool) where I can enter an image (it contains some text) and get back text.
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Recurring signature block in Google Docs

I need to often input a signature block in documents made in Google Docs. This particular signature block has a line for an official's signature, with his title immediately under that line. In Word, I just make a 1x2 table with all cell borders…
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