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Use LaTeX in Linux

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. Texlive is the most popular package for LaTeX in Linux.

  2. When installing texlive in linux, you'd better install the full version to avoid missing packages. For example, in Debian you can …

Typing Chinese in Vim

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The simplest suggestion is not to waste your time on this right now. There are some old related Vim plugins but are outdated. NeoVim is a better alternative to Vim. Wait …

Flow Chart Software

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

XMind

Lucid Chart

Only 3 docs allowed, the free account is pretty much useless!!!

MS Visio

Create a Distribution List in Outlook

** Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes and thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement! **

You can follow the steps below to create a distribution list in Outlook 2010.

  1. Select the Home menu button and then click the Address Book button in the "Find" group …

Convert MS Office Document to Text

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. xls2csv -f allow to parse also the lines with empty cell in first column xls2csv

  2. catdoc and xls2csv, catppt

  3. ssconvert file.csv file.xls (gnumeric)