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H: How do I input a vector in Wolfram Alpha?
How can I write this expression into Wolfram Alpha?
I have read the vector examples page on Wolfram Alpha's homepage, but I didn't know which method to use.
AI: Basically you need to break the one vector equation into two one dimensional equations.
you have above in one dimensional Wolfram Alpha would be
a + (0.5b) +(x*(-a - (0.5*b)))
so if you let vector a = {i,j} and vector b = {k,l} you get the above equation
The equation would therfore be typed in
vector {i + (0.5*k) + (x*(-i - (0.5*k))),j + (0.5*l) + (x*(-j - (0.5*l)))} |
H: How does GitHub select and order which repositories appear under "Popular repositories"?
I can't make heads or tails of how GitHub seems to be choosing my "Popular Repositories". They seem to shift around. One of my repositories has one star (whoop-dee-doo!) and that one appears at the top, which makes sense. The others seem to be in a random order, not any order of how much I've committed to them or anything.
There's even one repository that I created as a playground for learning unit testing in VimL and then got interrupted and never got back to which is currently listed in my popular repositories.
Does anyone know what the algorithm is for this?
AI: This is what they say officially:
Popular repositories
This lists your repositories with the most stars and watchers. Go you!
But looking it over, the listing order/precedence comes out as:
All repositories created by you
All repositories you've forked
Then it counts the contributors, stars and watchers in that order, on each of those to see which is given greater weight.
For example, you might have another user watching your version of a fork, but it will come under a repo you've created if that repo has had another user contribute code to it.
Since June 2016 you can also override that and select up to five repos of your choosing that you would rather appear in this list instead. |
H: In draw.io is there a way to manually enter the width of a shape
Afternoon. Is there a way in draw.io to enter the numeric dimensions of a shape? Currently I am fighting dragging the edges trying to make two shapes the same width.
AI: Select the shape, go to Format->Edit Geometry... That will bring up the (x,y) of the top left corner of the shape, as well as the width and height. You can enter any new values and apply them. |
H: Remove Find a different "First Last Name" section on LinkedIn
On one's public LinkedIn profile, there are two sections on the right side:
Viewers of this profile also viewed
Find a different
I know how to remove the first one, but how do you remove the second (if possible)?
AI: You can't set this, it looks like a setting only LinkedIn controls.
A possible way to not have "Find a different" appear next to your profile is to change your name to something so unique no one else in the LinkedIn database will have any slight variation on it.
If other users have the same first and last name as your profile, including short names (e.g. Sam/Sammy/Samantha/Samuel/Samelly), they may appear in that box.
If LinkedIn can't find anyone that shares that, they will not show the suggestions box.
But this is not a guaranteed method. |
H: In Google Groups, what does the gray number to the right of Original Poster in the Topics list mean?
In Google Groups, I am seeing a gray number to the right of the original poster of a thread. It is typically +1, +2, and the number is less than the number of total posts.
In each line:
[star] [discussion double quotes] [Thread title] [number of posts] \
[number of views] [original poster] [---> + number in question <---] \
[Time of the last reply]
A screenshot:
I am concerned with the number following the name of each poster.
What does this number mean?
AI: The gray number to the right of each poster's name is the amount of people who contributed to the thread, besides the original poster. Therefore, the original poster and (X) additional users contributed to each thread in the list. |
H: How do I sum MM:SS.sss (minutes and seconds) with Google Spreadsheets?
I was looking at a previous post and they used the cell input as follows
=ARRAYFORMULA(SUM(TIME(LEFT(B2:B3,2), MID(B2:B3,4,2), RIGHT(B2:B3,2))))
And it works to a point. But the numbers don't roll over correctly.
For instance if I have the following (note: the numbers are in the weird format to make the equation work).
10.55.99
10.20.12
21:16:51 From the equation
21:16.11 What is should actually be
Is there any way to have this work correctly? Or maybe some other way where I could pull apart the original input and process it outside of being a time?
AI: I miss read your question at first, that's why I gave this answer:
10.55.99 is being converted into 10:56:39, adding 10.20.12 will total 21:16:51
Because in the normal TIME() function, milliseconds aren't accounted for.
What I didn't notice, was the exact notation you're interested in: mm:ss.SSS. This requires a bit of a different approach.
First, you need to calculate the text values to milliseconds, like below:
Formula
SUM(
ARRAYFORMULA(
LEFT(A2:A3,2)*60*1000+ // minutes
MID(A2:A3,4,2)*1000+ // seconds
RIGHT(A2:A3,3) // milliseconds
)
)
Secondly, you need to format the time to mm:ss.SSS. There you need to use a little bit of Google Apps Script, to do the formatting like this:
Code
function setFormat(value) {
return Utilities.formatDate(new Date(value), "GMT+1", "mm:ss.SSS");
}
Screenshot
Note
This solution is tailor-made towards the mm:ss.SSS notation. The advantage is that every entry is seen as a text entry (because the format isn't recognized). A slight disadvantage is the usage of the script (add script under Tools>Script editor, press bug button, authenticate script).
There is yet another way to perform this calculation, but it starts by using this notation: mm:ss:SSS. Advantage is that no script is used. Disadvantage would be that all entries are recognized as time and converted accordingly. Therefore you need to either set the format in advance or start the entry with a single quote. See reference for complete solution by Ahab on the Google Forum
Reference
https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/docs/o9xvG4gYeIc/fBi6ZgrEbfYJ |
H: How to cc a personal contact group in Gmail?
I am aware of the way to send a mail to a group of users, by creating a contact list. Is there a way to add all the users to cc in a different email?
Say
to abc@hello.com
cc my personal group.
Drag and dropping of contacts doesn't seem to work.
This question is different from Web Applications questions
In Gmail, how can recipients be moved back and forth between the To and CC fields? and
How do I add contacts to CC for a group in Gmail?.
AI: In your compose window, simply start typing the name of the contact group in the Cc field.
When you see the contact group you want to use, just click on it (or use the arrow keys to highlight it then press enter). All of the email addresses for the contacts in that group will be added to the field. Of course, this works for To and Bcc as well. |
H: Is WolframAlpha doing Math wrong?
I just tried to solve the following equation with WolframAlpha and got some very weird results:
\sum_{i=1}^{x}x^2*i = 318338237039211050000
WolframAlpha tells me, one of the real solutions is x = 158847.000000000;
It also tells me that (of course) 158847.000000000 = 158847;
WA then tells me, that the equation using x=158847.000000000 is true;
But the same equation using x=158847 is false.
Shouldn't be 3) and 4) both true? Can anyone explain these results to me?
AI: This is the nature of comparisons for floating point equality. For example, there is no fixed precision decimal representation for 1/3 such that (3 * 1/3) = 1 is true. And you can make (2/3 + 1/3) = 1 be true or (1/3 + 1/3) = 2/3 be true but not both. See What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating Point. |
H: Return text from multiple cells on another sheet with linefeed if dates match
I have an example here of my spreadsheet.
Basically my main page has a drop-down (via data validation) where you can toggle through any month and it responds by showing data for that month.
What I want to do is be able to type a note for a specific day and have it show up in Sheet1!B2:B where the date in Sheet2!A2:A matches Sheet1!A2:A. So Sheet2 will have any number of notes across any month of the year. If there is a duplicate date in Sheet2!A:A then it could just grab the first or throw error (this will be an edge case). I would even be fine populating Sheet2!A2:A with all 365 days if it would make things easier.
What would be best is if I could just type my change in Sheet1!B2:B and it would grab the date from Sheet1!A2:A and make the entry in Sheet2, and then sync changes both ways. I know nothing about Google Docs scripts though.
AI: Use the following formula, to keep track of the notes:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A2:A32,Sheet2!A:B,2,0), ""))
If you have more than one note per day, then you can expand the formula to cover more columns:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A2:A32,Sheet2!A:B,{2,3,4,5,6},0), "")) |
H: Is there any limit on the number of speed tests from a given IP on https://www.speedtest.net/?
Does the website https://www.speedtest.net enforce any limit on the number of speed tests from a given IP? (e.g. max 1000 tests per day)
AI: There shouldn't be.
After examining their website, there is no language saying that there are a predefined number of tests you can do in a certain time period.
However, with that said, if they discover that you're doing something they don't like they can blacklist your IP address at their jurisdiction.
Short answer, No. Just don't end up on anyone's blacklist. |
H: How do I message Google Document collaborators?
When I'm collaborating with others on a single document I'd like to be able to send them messages as I would in a chat client but without switching between windows. I can't see a way to do this from inside a document, is it possible?
AI: There is a built-in chat, which as far as I can tell is only accessible when multiple people have a document open. At the top-right corner, next to the "Comments" and "Share" buttons, there should be a chat icon.
The chat icon appears when another user opens the document. It seems that when all users except you have then closed the document, the icon temporarily remains, but then disappears if the page is reloaded. |
H: Can you use Google Apps for Business without Gmail?
If a company has an established mail server setup, which they do not want to abandon, can you use Google Apps for Business just for the other services?
I would guess that you can, but would require an alternate email domain for Google Apps, and perhaps configure forwarding to the existing email addresses?
Are there any other technical gotchas?
AI: Yes.
As Sathya says, you could configure the MX records to give your existing servers priority, or just leave the MX records as they are for your domain. Then email will continue to be delivered to your existing servers.
You will probably also want to disable the Gmail service completely. This is done in the Google Apps Control panel, at https://admin.google.com/. If you don't do this, then your users will have access to it via the URL mail.google.com or via the Apps launcher, causing confusion.
Also see Is it possible to only use Google Apps for email, which is somewhat similar. |
H: Can I use column headers in a =QUERY?
Reading the documentation for the =QUERY function1, 2, 3, some of it seems to imply that I should be able to use column headers directly in my query. For example, the =QUERY function takes a third optional parameter, HEADERS, which lets you specify a number of header rows.
Most of my queries would be a lot prettier if I could use column headers, thus not having to use column indexes, but I'm not able to make it work.
Example:
A B C
---------------------
Name Phone City
Vidar 12345678 Oslo
Rupert 32165487 Berlin
I'm able to query this by using column indexes:
=QUERY(Sheet1!A1:C; "select A, B, C where A = 'Vidar'"; 1)
... but not using column headers:
=QUERY(Sheet1!A1:C; "select A, B, C where Name = 'Vidar'"; 1)
... this gives me Error: Invalid query: Column [Name] does not exist in table
Is it at all possible to use column headers like this? If not, what is the purpose of the HÈADERS parameter?
AI: The third parameter you speak of in the QUERY function, is meant to control the headers.
If set to be -1, then the Google Spreadsheet will depict its own choice in choosing headers, based on the data available:
I've used the following data set:
If set to be 0, then no header will be used, leaving:
If set to be 1, then the first row will be used, leaving:
If set to be 2 or -1 or left blank, then the first two rows will be used, leaving:
Using the headers, the way you did in your example, isn't possible. The closest thing would the usage of the QUERYfunction, described in this answer. There a quasi column name is used. |
H: Email addresses visible to bots in public repositories?
Do I have to worry about my email address being picked up by bots when it is in the documentation of code that is in a public repository like GitHub?
AI: Go to Github, select any project at random, and start clicking links until you get to a source file that is displayed directly in the browser.
Conclusion: it is possible for your email address in a source file posted to Github to be picked up by a bot. Whether it's likely or not is another story.
Note that the authors of jQuery UI are not squeamish about putting their email addresses up on Github. |
H: Prevent Google from showing results from certain websites
Is there a way to permanently block sites from showing in Google search results?
By permanently I mean that I don't want to exclude websites manually in every search.
When I search for some web development questions, I like to see results from Stackoverflow and some other websites, but I hate to get results from OSDir and other websites that just duplicate SO content on their side (which btw I think is ridiculous).
Any idea?
AI: You can use a plugin
This is for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/personal-blocklist-by-goo/nolijncfnkgaikbjbdaogikpmpbdcdef?hl=en
And for FireFox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hide-unwanted-results-of-go/ (thank you to @Nikolay for posting it in the comments of this post)
Blocks domains/hosts from appearing in your Google search results |
H: Is it possible to list all cars in a given station, and see when they are taken?
I would like to list all cars in a given station, and see when they are taken.
AI: When looking for an available car you need to check "my time is flexible": |
H: How to Set a Reply-to Address in Gmail Account
When I send an email, I am using myfirstemail@gmail.com, but I want my recipients to reply to mysecondemail@gmail.com. Where should I configure it?
I googled, but somehow, Google's account settings instructions always make me confused, because I cannot find what they say:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7991?hl=en
I cannot find the Step 4 and later.... There is no "Edit info" link or button, only "Edit" button, but when I click into it, there is no Specify a different "reply-to" address at all.
Is it because of that I'm using the new interface? (I was instructed by Google to switch to the new interface several months ago)
AI: It is pretty simple and you already had the correct answer :) |
H: How do I set up Facebook "ask for..." privacy setting?
When I look at a friend's About page on Facebook, under "email" I almost always see a link that says "Ask for 's email". Likewise for a lot of other fields on that page.
How do I set it up so that it works like that for my email address as well? When editing that information, I can see options to show it to all my friends or none of my friends and things like that, but I can't see an option to turn on this "ask for" feature.
AI: This message will show up only for Friends who are able to view more than your Public information (therefore Restricted friends are excluded) but not the contact information in question. Reasons they might not be able to view that information are as follows:
The friend in question is not part of a sufficiently-privileged group (eg. they are an Acquaintance when you set your visibility to Friends except Acquaintances)
You set the Hidden from Timeline flag on that information
It is worth noting that even if you set both the visibility to Public and the Hidden from Timeline flag, then Restricted friends will still not see the message. |
H: How can I join the Google accounts for two email addresses?
I've heard that Google has supported, for a while now, multiple email addresses linked to a single account. Now, I've had, for many years already, accounts for two addresses of mine - with different group memberships etc. Can I merge these two accounts somehow? And if so, how?
AI: It isn't currently possible to merge separate Google Accounts.
Source: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/63304?hl=en |
H: Dividing one column by another
I am rather new to spreadsheets, and I feel like what I want to accomplish is rather simple, but I am having enormous difficulty finding anyone else doing something similar.
I have values in column A and B, and I want to divide A2 by B2, A3 by B3, etc. and output to column C. Putting this in C2 DOES work:
=ARRAYFORMULA(A2:A/B2:B)
But the rest of column C all the way down displays #DIV/0!. A little research uncovered the IFERROR function. Perfect! So I tried:
=IFERROR(ARRAYFORMULA(A2:A/B2:B))
But this does not change the output. Still #DIV/0! all the way home. Am I using IFERROR wrong? Is there a way to select on the cells that have values? Is there another solution?
AI: Use this formula instead.
Formula
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(A2:A/B2:B))
Note
Error catching has to take place inside the ARRAYFORMULA |
H: How to take form responses from one sheet to update the next?
References:
Identifier number is the key field which we are wanting to use to link the two sheets together (this will also be referred to as "id")
First sheet is the full list of identifiers and the location of were we want to mark x based on the responses of the form.
Second sheet is were the data is stored for the Google Drive Form, this is the sheet that we are looking for any users placing a identifier so that we can mark the other sheet.
Scenario: I have one Google Drive Spreadsheet that has two sheets inside of it, one that has an identifier number between 1-700 already listed out. The second page is a sheet that stores entries of a Google Drive Form that I made, where the person who submits a form will be forced to enter the identifier number in one of the fields. what I need to do is have the first sheet update by putting an X in one of the fields next to the identifier number when that identifier number exist in the entry form sheet.
Details: for example sake, lets assume that in the first sheet column A is the id, and column D is the field we want to mark X on. Also lets assume that in the second sheet column B is were the id will be.
AI: Given that:
first sheet column A is the id,
column D is the field we want to mark X on.
Second sheet column B is were the id will be.
You can Use a function like this in column D:
D2 = VLOOKUP(Sheet1!A2, Sheet2!B1:B700, Sheet2!AA2, FALSE)
This returns the value from column AA in sheet 2. To get the exact result you want, you need to be not using that column, and to have put X's into. But you can combine with VLOOKUP formula with others eg. ISNA() to get various results. |
H: Check cell value then subtract based on outcome
I have two columns - they look like the following:
YESNO | AMOUNT
________________
N | 13
N | 22
Y | 13
The AMOUNT column is a value output from a condition,
=IF(E16=1,"13",IF(E16=2,"22",IF(E16=3,"30")))
I would like to SUBTRACT 3 from the AMOUNT column IF the YESNO column has a value of Y and I'm just not sure how to arrange this.
Any suggestions? What sort of function should I be looking at to make this happen?
AI: Make a new column with the result of the new calculation, and use a simple IF command.
=IF(A2 = "Y",B2 - 3, B2)
If you don't want to make a new column, just append - IF(A2 = "Y", 3, 0) to the end of your command.
=IF(E16=1,"13",IF(E16=2,"22",IF(E16=3,"30"))) - IF(A2 = "Y", 3, 0)
You will of course have to replace A2 with whatever your YESNO column is. |
H: Pulling most-frequently used names from across Google sheets and ranking them on a master sheet
I have created a spreadsheet with a "master" sheet and several individual sheets. On each individual sheet I hope to have each one of my colleagues input names. The master sheet should then be able to rank the most frequently used names. In short, the master sheet should show which names were mentioned most frequently in each of the categories: men, women, and alternate, and show how many times each name was mentioned.
Here is an example of what I am looking to do. There is a master sheet meant to collate the rankings and then several individual sheets where each person inputs their list.
AI: Try the following script:
var WOMEN_COL_IDX=1; // WOMEN are listed in column 1 (column B)
var MEN_COL_IDX=2; // MEN are listed in column 2 (column C)
var ALT_COL_IDX=3; // ALTERNATES are listed in column 3 (column D)
function countVotes(what) {
var colIdx;
switch (what.toUpperCase()) {
case "WOMEN": colIdx = WOMEN_COL_IDX; break;
case "MEN": colIdx = MEN_COL_IDX; break;
case "ALTERNATES": colIdx = ALT_COL_IDX; break;
default: throw new Error("Unsupported argument: " + what + " - specify MEN, WOMEN or ALTERNATES." );
}
var ranges = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1); // All arguments except the first to this function are ranges to count
// Collect votes in an object literal
var votes = {};
for (var i = 0; i < ranges.length; i++) {
countRange(ranges[i], colIdx, votes);
}
// Transfer votes object to an array
var result = [];
for (var name in votes) {
if (!votes.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
continue;
}
result.push([name, votes[name]]);
}
// Now sort the results by votes, descending order
result.sort(function(a, b) {
return b[1] - a[1];
});
return result.slice(0, 7); // Return only 8 first rows
}
function countRange(data, colIdx, votes) {
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { // Iterate rows on this sheet
var row = data[i];
var vote = row[colIdx];
if (vote == "") {
continue; // Skip blank cells
}
if (votes[vote]) {
votes[vote] = votes[vote] + 1;
} else {
votes[vote] = 1;
}
}
}
The script returns a list of names and their votes, sorted by votes descending. Only the 8 most popular names are returned.
To use the script, you must first install it: In your spreadsheet, click Tools -> Script editor, and paste the script. From the drop-down menu in the Script Editor Toolbar, select countVotes, and click the Run button (you only need to do this once). This will give you an authorization dialog, in which you must accept.
In the cell where you want to display the result of the script (in your example spreadsheet that is B2 in the Master sheet), enter the following formula:
=countVotes("WOMEN", Paul!A2:D; John!A2:D; David!A2:D; Sally!A2:D)
This means: Count the names in the WOMEN column in the ranges A2:D on everyone's sheet.
Repeat this formula for the other results, so in D2 enter
=countVotes("MEN", Paul!A2:D; John!A2:D; David!A2:D; Sally!A2:D)
and in F2 enter
=countVotes("ALTERNATES", Paul!A2:D; John!A2:D; David!A2:D; Sally!A2:D)
I have set up an example spreadsheet to demonstrate the script. Feel free to copy it to your own Google Drive for further experimentation. |
H: Merge column headings into one cell based on a specific value
I am relatively new to Google Spreadsheets. I would like to use spreadsheets to better analyze classroom data.
I am trying to write a formula to merge column headings into one cell based on a specific value. In the example below, I would like every column heading that has a 0 for a particular student to be written in one cell:
My goal is this:
I've been searching through forums without much luck. Any advice to get me started would be much appreciated.
AI: Try this formula for cell H2:
=JOIN(", ", FILTER(B$1:E$1, B2:E2 = 0))
This filters the header row (B1:E1) on values from B2:E2 which has the value 0. The resulting strings are joined with ,.
You can copy this formula to the other cells in column H by dragging it across. The B2:E2 will adjust automatically to match the other rows.
Feel free to look at and copy the example spreadsheet I've set up. |
H: How can I apply a script to every sheet but the first one on a spreadsheet?
I've been working on a shared Google spreadsheet on Google Drive. The document has different sheets with a "Last Modified Date" Cell. I found an script for this to be auto-filled searching here:
function onEdit() {
var s = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var r = s.getActiveCell();
if( r.getColumn() != 2 ) { //checks the column
var row = r.getRow();
var time = new Date();
time = Utilities.formatDate(time, "GMT-08:00", "MM/DD/yy, hh:mm:ss");
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('B' + row.toString()).setValue(time);
};
};
The script works perfectly, I just changed the column and it worked! The thing is, I need to apply this script to every sheet but the first one. How can I deactivate the use of the script in the first sheet?
AI: You can test if the active sheet is the first sheet with
sheet.getIndex() == 1
(doc)
So your function can be
function onEdit() {
var s = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
if (s.getIndex() == 1) {
return; // Don't do anything for first sheet
}
var r = s.getActiveCell();
if( r.getColumn() != 2 ) { //checks the column
var row = r.getRow();
var time = new Date();
time = Utilities.formatDate(time, "GMT-08:00", "MM/DD/yy, hh:mm:ss");
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('B' + row.toString()).setValue(time);
};
}; |
H: What does the vertical lines mean in a YouTube video timeline?
I'm not talking about the yellow lines. I'm talking about the ones highlighted in the screenshot below:
And also, why are they different in size?
AI: I believe it's a time stamp. They only appear on long videos. The smaller lines signifies a minute, the bigger (deeper) an hour. They make it easier to jump to a specific point in the video. |
H: How do I combine a string with elements from a SPLITed string?
I have two cells that I want to reference:
A category cell (I will call this 1A)
A cell with a list of items associated with 1A
I want to get the list cell separated out as you would with the SPLIT() function, but with the 1A in front of it.
Given that
Category is 1A, and
List is List Item 1, List Item 2, List Item 3
I want my final output to look like this:
1A List Item 1
1A List Item 2
1A List Item 3
And so on.
AI: Use the Google Spreadsheet function ArrayFormula.
I created a dummy spreadsheet where you can see it in action.
I put your data in cell A5, and your list in cell B5
Then in C5 I put
=ARRAYFORMULA(A5&split(B5,","))
Then you get what you are expecting in cell C5, D5 and E5. |
H: How will this set of filters be executed?
All of the SPAM I receive is from .net domains. Some of the valid email I receive is also from .net domains. I would like to white list the valid domains and delete the rest. What would happen to email from comcast.net under the following set of filters (paraphrased):
if From is "comcast.net" never send to SPAM
if From is ".net" delete forever
Does the order matter?
AI: To make sure Gmail never filters as spam mail from a certain contact or domain (also known as whitelisting):
Click the Show search options downward-pointing triangle in your Gmail's main search field.
Type the desired email address under From.
To whitelist an entire domain (all mail from an address ending in "aboutguide.com", for example), type the just the domain name or the domain name preceded by '@'. To whitelist "aboutguide.com", for instance, type "@aboutguide.com" (not including the quotation marks).
You do not have to create a separate filter for each address. Separate addresses with '|' in the From: field instead. To whitelist both "jenny@example.com" and "jelani@example.com", enter "jenny@example.com|jelani@example.com", for example.
Follow the Create filter with this search ›› link at the bottom of the search sheet.
Make sure Never send it to Spam is checked.
Click Create filter. |
H: What's the maximum number of characters permitted for the password of a Google Account?
What's the maximum length of characters permitted for a Google Account's password?
AI: The maximum size is 100 characters.
FYI, the minimum is 8. |
H: Can I accept all friend requests at once on Foursquare?
On https://foursquare.com/manage/requests, how can I accept all friend requests at once on Foursquare? It is tedious to do it one by one:
AI: No, there is not a way. However, if you are a celebrity or other popular person (think Twitter verified), Foursquare can convert your profile to a celebrity account, where the default friend add function is to follow, rather than add friend. Source: I am a Foursquare Superuser 3 and have asked the staff about this. |
H: How can I copy part of a column (text) to another column in other sheet?
I'm trying to figure out how to duplicate part of the content of a column (text) to another column in other sheet. For example, I have column A in Sheet1 and I want to show only a word of this column in Sheet2. Here an example file.
AI: Here how to do that with a script.
Code
function myFind(findRange) {
var output = [];
var find = ["Vault", "Drive", "Apps"];
for(var i=0, iLen=findRange.length; i<iLen; i++) {
for(var j=0, jLen=find.length; j<jLen; j++) {
if(findRange[i][0].indexOf(find[j]) !== -1) {
output.push([find[j]]);
break;
}
}
}
return output;
}
Explained
The range is searched by the key words in the find array. Once a word is found, the search is stopped and the next search will commence. You can add more key words in the var find array.
Note
The order of key words is very important. Better is to choose unique key words, like:
Google Vault
Google Drive
Google Apps
All is of course dependent upon the data available.
Example
I've added the script (Tools>Script editor) and the ARRAYFORMULA version of the solution Punchlinern provided in your example file. |
H: Using SUM() and VALUE()
I have a spreadsheet with invoice amounts. Each amount is a link to the given invoice. Can I use sum() and value() (or any other functions) to somehow use the displayed value for sum() (and not the actual hyperlink)?
Update: Sample Spreadsheet
AI: Yes, but you have to use an Array Formula, like this:
=ArrayFormula(SUM(VALUE(A1:A7)))
I took the liberty to edit your Sample spreadsheet.
You can write
=SUM(VALUE(A1:A7))
and press ctrl + shft + enter to make it an Array formula.
About array formulas (from here):
"Single-cell" array formulas let you write formulas with array inputs,
instead of array outputs. When you wrap a formula inside an
=ARRAYFORMULA function, you can pass arrays and ranges to functions and operators that usually only take non-array arguments. Those
functions and operators will apply to each entry in the arrays one at
a time, and return a new array with all of the outputs.
It basically runs a function which only takes one cell (in this case the value-function) and runs it on every cell in the range. |
H: How to paste a comma separated string over multiple cells in Google Sheets?
Say I have a string of: l,f,x,a,s,f
I would want to paste this every comma-separated value over 6 adjacent cells. How would I do it?
AI: You can paste it into a split function in a cell and it will break it apart into multiple cells for you:
=SPLIT("l,f,x,a,s,f", ",") |
H: My Facebook appears like mobile when I am using it from PC
See this photo , it appears like mobile when I am using it from PC
How can I restore it to default ?
AI: That's how it's supposed to look on the desktop. As of today (March 9, 2014), Facebook changed the design so it has less clutter and bigger photos. |
H: How to group data by month in Google Sheets
I have a Google Sheet which contains various metrics for each day. Each day has it's own row:
day | cost | impressions | clicks | conversions
2014-02-01 | $45 | 3,540 | 80 | 5
2014-02-02 | $49 | 3,700 | 88 | 7
2014-02-03 | $42 | 3,440 | 79 | 7
2014-02-04 | $51 | 3,940 | 91 | 10
I want to pivot the table and summarize the cost, impressions, clicks and conversion columns by month (not by day) like this:
Month | Sum of cost | Sum of impressions | Sum of clicks | Sum of conversions
February | $187 | 14620 | 338 | 29
In Excel I just used the Group by function, but I see it's not available in Google Sheets.
AI: Using the Data->Pivot table report... offers exactly what you are asking for.
It might be possible that you have to use the "New Google Sheets".
I use that as a default setting and it was easy to achieve what you wanted, similar as in Excel.
Here in my answer I explain how to enable the new spreadsheets.
It seems I did not completly understand the problem.
First we need to have the month. For that add a new column to extract the date using =MONTH(DATE_COLUMN).
Then create a Pivot report: |
H: How to capture a cell when entered or selected?
I am trying to capture, programmatically, the on cell entered and on cell selected method, but I don't seem to be able to find any documentation on it.
I can get the time stamp for exiting the cell through the onEdit trigger but I can't figure the other two out. Anyone know if this is possible?
AI: No, unfortunately that is currently not possible. The available triggers are
onEdit
onOpen
onInstall
plus Time-Driven triggers.
Here's the documentation. |
H: How is username used in Evernote?
I'm trying to decide what kind of username to create in Evernote. How is the username actually used throughout the application? Is it ever shown publicly? If so, in what contexts?
AI: It is used as part of your email address (for emailing in notes) and when you share notes or notebooks with others. |
H: Why are some contacts in Zoho Invoice greyed out?
In the new Zoho Invoice, there are contacts (instead of customers). For some reason, some of my contacts' names are grey, instead of black.
What does this mean?
AI: The greyed-out contacts are inactive contacts.
Mark As InActive can be done only by the user.
In Zoho Invoice, You can manage your contact. If you would like to keep the contact in Zoho Invoice but you don't like to record any transaction to the particular contact then we have the option called "Mark As Inactive".
Once you make the contact as inactive then invoice creation page will not shown the contact to record transaction. But in contact list, it will keep shown to you for access the contact info like phone number. You can also make the customer active any time by clicking the Mark As Active option. |
H: Does Vimeo delete basic accounts that have not been used for a full year?
This Page says regarding Vimeo basic accounts (i.e. free accounts):
We consider accounts that have not been used for a full year to be
inactive, and we reserve the right to remove inactive accounts.
Does Vimeo actually delete accounts that have not been used for a full year?
AI: Yes, as already stated in the link, Vimeo deletes accounts and all uploaded videos for accounts classified as "Inactive". There is no way to gain those vidoes back. This is a common practice followed by many free hosting sites and servers. |
H: Gmail action buttons
Recently Gmail started showing "action" buttons next to emails that have links to trigger actions on certain third-party sites. For instance:
At first, I only noticed it with emails from Amazon, but it appears that emails from arbitrary sites occasionally have that, too.
How is Gmail able to tell?
This is so I can send emails that have such action buttons as well to my users (in case it's something special with the headers or such).
AI: You can use Schemas, here's Google's documentation about it.
And here's the blog-post with the introduction of it. |
H: Underline missing in Google Search results
For many days, I am watching that Google search results lack underlines. Is that a bug? How can I enable underlines in search results? It is very irritating to see that with out underlines.
AI: They are testing a new layout on some regional versions of Google.
You can send feedback at the bottom of the page, and you can still use the old layout by going to the international version (google.com), for now.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/VE7mrvZCfYM |
H: Getting a list of papers cited by a given paper in google scholar
Google scholar does the reverse of what I would like -- it will return a list of papers which cite a given paper.
Is there any way to get a list of all of the papers that a given paper cites, together with links to the papers (if available)?
AI: You cannot in Google Scholar. I personally use CiteSeerX to browse easily the references without having to search them one by one, e.g. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.110.7684 |
H: Need to Make this Code Sheet Name specific rather then the active sheet
I got this code on here but need to modify it so it only sees 3 sheets.
1 is Active Tickets.
2 is Closed Tickets.
3 is Pipeline.
This is the code i currently have:
function onEdit(event)
{
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var actSht = event.source.getActiveSheet();
var actRng = event.source.getActiveRange();
var index = actRng.getRowIndex();
var dateCol = actSht.getLastColumn();
var lastCell = actSht.getRange(index,dateCol);
var date = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT-3", "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm");
lastCell.setValue(date);
lastCell.setComment("Ultima Modificacion: " + actRng.getA1Notation() +' por '+Session.getActiveUser());
ss.toast('Ultima Modificacion = '+ actRng.getA1Notation()+' por '+Session.getActiveUser());
}
Any and all help would be much appreciated
AI: If I interpreted your question right you want your script run only if you edit a cell in one of the three sheets you mentioned.
You can use getName() on actSht to get the name of the sheet in which you have edited a cell. The you can just use an IF-statement to check if it's one of your sheets.
Here's an example of what I described above:
function onEdit(e) {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
if (sheet.getName() == "Project" || sheet.getName() == "Tasks"){
//Some code that only runs if the cell edited is in a sheet named "Projects" or "Tasks"
}
}
And here's how you can apply it to your code:
function onEdit(event)
{
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var actSht = event.source.getActiveSheet();
if(actSht.getName() == "Active Tickets" || actSht.getName() == "Closed Tickets" || actSht.getName() == "Pipeline"){
var actRng = event.source.getActiveRange();
var index = actRng.getRowIndex();
var dateCol = actSht.getLastColumn();
var lastCell = actSht.getRange(index,dateCol);
var date = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT-3", "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm");
lastCell.setValue(date);
lastCell.setComment("Ultima Modificacion: " + actRng.getA1Notation() +' por '+Session.getActiveUser());
ss.toast('Ultima Modificacion = '+ actRng.getA1Notation()+' por '+Session.getActiveUser());
}
} |
H: Online or email heads or tails coin flip for two people
In the case that two people agree that they would accept the result of a coin flip to resolve some dispute.
Is there a virtual heads or tails flip of a coin system that could be done online by two people, preferably with email notifications of the result for both participants.
AI: Two choices come to mind:
Random.org coin flipper (they also offer a Third-party draw service that could be useful for you. This service offers true random numbers.)
Flip a Coin Online (this site gives no information on the random number generation algorithim used.) |
H: Updating logging sheet from another sheet doesn't work after inserting code offset
I am trying to log the data, formulas and times of cell edits from one sheet into a logging sheet. The problem I am having is that it only seems to record changes made in the logging sheet. This has started happening since I added the row offset functionality
Below is the code for my onedit and getting the next available cell to record the information.
function onEdit(event)
{
var activeSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Exam");
var activeRange = activeSheet.getActiveRange();
var activeCell = activeRange.getA1Notation();
var cellValue = activeRange.getValue();
var formula = activeRange.getFormula();
var targetSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Logging");
if(activeSheet.getName() != targetSheet.getName()) {
//Set Values entered in Curret Sheet in Logging sheet for first row
if(targetSheet.getRange("B4").getValue() == "") {
targetSheet.getRange("B4").setValue(activeSheet.getName());
targetSheet.getRange("C4").setValue(activeCell);
targetSheet.getRange("D4").setValue((new Date().toTimeString()));
targetSheet.getRange("F4").setValue(cellValue);
targetSheet.getRange("G4").setValue(formula);
}
else {
//Set Values entered in Curret Sheet in Logging sheet for every other row
var nextEmptyRow = getNextEmptyRow(); //Get next available row that we can log to.
targetSheet.getRange("B" + nextEmptyRow).setValue(activeSheet.getName());
targetSheet.getRange("C" + nextEmptyRow).setValue(activeCell);
targetSheet.getRange("D" + nextEmptyRow).setValue((new Date().toTimeString()));
targetSheet.getRange("F" + nextEmptyRow).setValue(cellValue);
targetSheet.getRange("G" + nextEmptyRow).setValue(formula);
}
}
//onCellExit(event,activeSheet,activeCell,targetSheet); //Record the values in the logging sheet that were entered in the cell
};
//Get next available row that we can log to.
function getNextEmptyRow() {
var time = new Date().getTime();
var spr = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var ran = spr.getRange('B:B');
var arr = [];
for (var i= ran.getLastRow(); i>0; i--){
if(ran.getCell(i,1).getValue()){
break;
}
}
return (Number(i+1));
}
The second question I have is how do I record the event that occurred in the cell such as value changed or delete range, or update value etc...
AI: I think you can do all that, with the code below.
Code
function onEdit(e) {
var sName = e.source.getActiveSheet().getSheetName();
if(sName !== "Logging") {
var value;
var mA1 = e.range.getA1Notation().split(":")[0];
var time = new Date().toTimeString();
if(typeof(e.value) == 'string') {
var aCell = e.source.getRange(mA1);
value = aCell.getValue();
var form = "'" + aCell.getFormula();
} else {
value = e.value;
}
var data = [sName, mA1, time, value, form];
e.source.getSheetByName("Logging").appendRow(data);
}
}
Explained
The onEdit will only work, if the active sheet isn't named Logging. Next is to gather the wanted info and append it to the logger sheet. The range of the active cell needs to be a cell reference (A1). A formula, with other references, will mix up the A1Notation. Therefore the split(":")[0] will take the first active cell reference (if you add a = or +) as range. If the cell happens to have a formula, then the value is obtained through the e.source else through the e.value. The formula is also obtained through the e.source and stringified.
Screenshot
Example
I've created an example file for you: Logger Sheet |
H: Does IMPORTDATA() refresh when an Apps Script runs even if the sheet isn't open?
We have a Google Spreadsheet that pulls data from an external source via an IMPORTDATA() function and then a Google Apps Script that is on a timed trigger that performs other things with the imported data.
It's failed a few times which makes us wonder whether the IMPORTDATA() function is refreshing the data if the sheet is not manually opened? Or in other words when the Apps Script fires from it's timed trigger does the sheet automatically refresh it's formulas?
AI: The IMPORTDATA() function has a latency of approximately 1 hour, as explained in this post on the Google Product Forum.
You mentioned the fact that a script was being fired by a time based Google Apps Script trigger. I was thinking, if you're using a script in the first place, why not fetch the CSV file as well, like so:
Code
var url = 'url to public CSV file';
var text = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();
var csv = Utilities.parseCsv(text);
The var csv is turned into a 2d-array and can be used like any other array. This way, you always have the latest CSV file.
References
UrlFetchApp
parseCsv |
H: Create chart from single column
I used a survey to collect data about people's opinion. The question is answered using a check-box (Yes/No). I would like to visualize the results using charts.
How can I do that using one column?
All the examples that I have seen are related to graphs using two columns. For example:
col A
No
Yes
Yes
Pie chart : 66% YES - 33% NO
AI: I believe there is no way to create a chart from a single column, you have to count the occurrences of the words first. Use the COUNTIF-function.
Here's an example: Single Column Pie Chart
If you look at the two cells where the occurrences of the words is counted you can see two ways. Either searching for the content of a referenced cell or a static string. |
H: Hide related content on popular websites
Note: this question was originally posted on productivity SE but it was suggested that I move it here.
I am looking for an addon (preferably Firefox) or program that does the following to increase productivity, but I have no been able to find one using Google.
The tool should hide suggestions to read more on various popular websites. Hot network questions on Stack Exchange sites, 'did you know' on Wikipedia, suggested videos on Youtube...
I always find myself reading 10 unrelated Wikipedia articles or opening all hot Stack Exchange questions. I think a tool as described would be useful for many people, but I can't find one. Does one exist?
AI: If you use GreaseMonkey, you can hide the Hot Network Questions.
CleanTube would work for YouTube.
I agree with Punchlinern's sentiment, that instead of trying to find one add-on that will work across sites, you are looking at a bunch of workarounds rather than a tool that is smart enough to recognize what's central to a page vs. a distraction. Keep in mind that on-topic serendipity is sometimes a very good thing, assuming you control and balance your time. |
H: In Trello, how do you deal with a project that has a sequence of tasks for several users?
How do you deal with a sequence of tasks that need to be done by different people?
I may simply be asking too much of Trello. It's a great service, but not really a Project Management application.
Use Case:
Adwords manager needs to update our ads and provide a list of our ads to our marketing person.
Marketing person needs to tweak the ads.
Marketing person needs to create alternate ads from the Marketing person.
I can see where you could put the person's name next to each task (in a List within a Card) but then how does each User know whenthe "ball is in their court".
Conversely, if I make each task a Card then how does each user know when their Card is "next".
AI: There are a number of ways to accomplish what you want. Experiment to see what works best with your team.
We use recurring tasks to manage these (we had one board with lists for Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Annual/Once tasks)
Method One: Each person assigned to a card will be subscribed to the card activity and therefore receive an email notice of activity when each person steps through their items (checks the list item box inside the card). Each person will learn what list entry completion entry means something they need to start next.
Example: Paul knows to start step two (list item 'Tweak the Ad') when Julie completes step 1. Julie could also add an activity entry starting with "@paul Ready for you to start step 2" in the card activity. The "@paul" code in the beginning of the activity notice generates a specific message to the user Paul.
Method Two: Create a separate board for "Ads/Adwords/Campaigns"
Then create lists for each task or person/team. Moving a card from list to list would move the task on to the next person/team.
List 1 might be "Ads waiting for approval" Each new Ad/Campaign would start here as a separate card waiting to be approved for the next action.
List 2 might be called "Marketing" where the marketing team tweaks the ads. Approved cards would be moved to this list. The most important ads (cards) would be at the top, least important at the bottom. The marketing team would have a list of their tasks here, in priority order.
The final list would be "Delivered Ads" (completed). This kind of board would give you an at a glance view of all open ads and, by list placement, show you what stage they are in.
In this way each List represents a person or team and the cards the list contains includes only the ads they are assigned to work on now.
Trello is very much a project management tool, it's just not a traditional "chain of due dates" PM tool. Once your team starts using it to get things done they will come up with even more ways to use it. |
H: Is it possible to make the buyer pay the fee when accepting payments via PayPal?
When accepting payments via PayPal is it possible to make the buyer pay the fee?
AI: It's technically possibly by adding the fee %ge to the price of all of your products - you can usually add this on most ecommerce carts at the checkout stage.
I suspect you're looking for the ability to force the user to pay the fee on top of your displayed price though, in which case it's not possible. See the PayPal administrator response here:
https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Fees-Archive/How-do-I-set-up-my-acoount-so-the-buyer-pays-the-paypal/td-p/131788
"While individual merchants may work the cost of their payment processor into the overall cost of the items they sell, just as the local grocery store does, the same would apply to PayPal. Our experience has been that buyers who are asked to pay a fee up front on a transaction, just to make the purchase, will not purchase from a merchant. This is the same with your local grocery store - if they were to ask their shoppers to pay a transaction fee, business would steadily decline and eventually disappear. As such, the option to directly pass transaction fees on to the buyer does not exist." |
H: Adding a new tab in Gmail
Today when I logged in to Gmail there were many tabs like Primary, Social, Promotions, and Updates.
Indeed I quickly googled to find that's the new tabbed layout. All is well.
But, I wonder is it possible to add a new tab like that on my own?
Say for example, can I add a tab like Test along with those that are there already? I googled out but could not find any examples of this.
AI: It is not possible to add your own tab, you can only choose: Social, Promotions, Updates, Forums etc. designed by Google. |
H: Subscribe / get notifications for all cards in a Trello board
I’m working as a project manager and we are using Trello. As a team, we tend to write comments on a card in the comments field as notes / reminders to one another.
I only get notified of these if I explicitly subscribe to the card. Is there a way I can globally opt-in to notifications / subscriptions for all the cards in a board?
AI: You could subscribe to the whole board, lists or cards and get notifications of what is happening there. This page will give you more information: http://help.trello.com/customer/portal/articles/930771-subscribing-to-cards-lists-and-boards
Note: if you have a highly active board it will become in a nightmare... :D |
H: How to get "word count" of a book?
I came across a thread in AskVille that claims we can get the word count of books on Amazon which have the "Look Inside" label.
Yet no matter how I search, I couldn't find the "Text Stats" link.
Did Amazon removed this feature?
Are there other web applications that give the "word count" of a book?
AI: The thread you refer to is 76 months old as of today (3/19/2014), dating that post to 2007.
It seems that the text stats feature was removed at some time during 2012.
Curiously, Amazon's help page still mentions the text stats feature.
Hovering over the cover of *some** books with the "Look Inside" feature enabled will bring up a popup that offers some links. The "Text Stats" used to be here.
Unfortunately, this feature no longer seems to be available anywhere on the site.
*The author/publisher must opt-in for the search inside feature to be enabled. |
H: Gmail weird close button on the right bottom corner
I am using Mac, Safari 7.0.2 & facing following issue.
I find a close button on right-bottom corner of Gmail. I tried to click on it, cursor changes to Hand. I tried refreshing Gmail several times. I also logged in with 3 different account. Also, I cleared everything & loaded again. I find it there every time. Is that a bug from Gmail?
AI: Read up on this post on Google+: Gmail X Bug
The following comment was made as to a work-a-round:
There is a way to fix this issue. Bookmark this URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=0 and use it to open Gmail. This URL is used to load Gmail without enabling labs. Surprisingly, if you manually disable all the Gmail labs experiments, the close button is still there.
Of course Google is working on a fix:
Google is working on a fix. Apparently, this is a leftover from the "about the new look" message that used to be displayed when Gmail launched a new interface back in 2011. |
H: Making pre-existent Gmail labels into sub-labels
I have two Gmail labels, "Basketball" and "Student Council". My question is this: How do I make both of these labels into sub-labels of another label, "Extracurricular"?
AI: Go to Settings (the cog wheel in the upper-right corner) → Labels → click Edit for the respective label → click Nest label under and select the respective label under you wish to nest it (“Extracurricular” in your case) → click Save. Of course, you should create the “Extracurricular” label first. |
H: How to link from one Google Document to another
In Google Drive I have two documents, let's call them A and B. How do I make some sort of link inside document A so that it can be clicked on and the user is taken to document B?
AI: In the top right of the document is a blue button that says Share (with a lock over it) -- click this, the "link to share" field will already be highlighted with the URL to your document. Copy and Paste that URL in the other document. Click on it. That should do it. |
H: Staying invisible on Google Plus
I'm considering signing up for Google Plus to get all the alluring perks Google's offering, such as unlimited cloud space for photos and shorter videos. However, apart from sharing data with a few select family members, I want my data to be private and my profile to be as anonymous and hidden as possible for the rest of the world, to prevent people from finding me.
Is this achievable? What steps do I need to take in order to ensure maximum privacy, in effect merely using Google Plus as a private cloud storage service?
AI: Set up your G+ personal rofile.
Then set up a Google+ Page.
Then give that Page its own password, and after that only log in as the Page, not as your personal profile.
The Page has practically the full G+ account functionality. Google knows what human being it is tied to, but that's all. The profile that's displayed is always the page's profile. |
H: Incrementing value read from spreadsheet exploding. 1 + 1 = 200 000 000 000
I read a value (in this case 7) from a Google Spreadsheet with a script, increase that value using source++ and write the increment back to the spreadsheet.
I expect a series of 7, 8, 9, 10.
Instead, I get 7, 800 000 000 000, 900 000 000 000, 100 000 000 000.
(Please note the 900 billion to 100 billion “increase.”)
source = (source+1) behaves identical.
What's going on here?
MWE:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I98atMSUqwsEpt_EMjbHm1sdWQg5Bgn8ABsEz-2E2wE/edit?usp=sharing
AI: This is a known bug in new Sheets whereby the spreadsheet regional settings generate an incorrect output. From the entry on this duplicate issue ticket:
If regional settings are set to US then setValue/setValues works
properly. If regional settings are German, Polish, Russia and possibly
others then there are different results!
Polish - 1.00000000000000
German - 100.000.000.000
[For Google Apps Script questions you may get a better response in Stackoverflow] |
H: Fix Value of Row or Column from Another Sheet
In a given sheet, if you have a formula that involves a value, it's possible to fix either the column or row for that value as you expand the equation, i.e. :
=A1 + A!2
But how do you do this when one of those values is from another sheet? You'd think it would be something like:
=A1 + 'OtherSheet'!A!2
but this doesn't work. Any thoughts?
AI: You only use the exclamation point following the sheet name, not the cell -
=A1 + 'Other Sheet'!A$2
Use dollar signs for absolute references. |
H: Disable bold fonts on Google search results
Today Google started to display search results in a bold font. How can I bring back the normal way in which search results were displayed?
AI: The titles of the search results aren't bold; instead, the font size is now 18px rather than 16px like it was previously.
Also, this change doesn't affect only Google Chrome. I use Firefox and I see the change too.
Lastly, the change seems to come and go. I see it one day but not the next. As Sunil Manheri commented above, Google seems to be experimenting with changes to their search engine results pages (SERPs).
I hate the new font size and much prefer 16px. I added the following CSS rule to my user stylesheet (userContent.css in my Firefox profile) to force Google's SERP titles to be 16px:
body#gsr h3.r {
font-size: 16px !important;
}
Google recently removed support for user stylesheets from Chrome (in an effort to dumb down their browser even more than it already is). Fortunately for Chrome users (definitely not me), user styles can be added to Chrome using the Stylish extension. |
H: How to highlight selected text
Did Google for some reason remove the feature to highlight selected text in a document?
How can it be done now?
AI: It's still there, though I believe they changed the menu items.
Select your text
Click the Text Color button in the toolbar (it looks like an A with a line underneath it)
Click the Highlight Pane in the top right
Select your highlight color |
H: Changing cell color in a range
i have 4 columns of values in each cell, the cells are different colors :
Cell A1 = 12 (color - Green)
Cell B1 = 10 (color - Pink)
Cell C1 = 11 (color - Blue)
Cell D1 = 13 (color - Red)
Cell E1 = (will return a copy of the largest cell) - 13 (Color - 13)
I'm trying to create a function that would return the largest value of the 4 columns and that cells color
This is what I have but not getting any luck, I get the following error:
You do not have permission to call setBackground
=getLargeVal("A1:D1", LARGE(A1:D1,1), "E1")
function getLargeVal(_range, _val, _dest){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var range = sheet.getRange(_range);
var bgColors = range.getBackgrounds();
var color=0;
var cells= range.getValues();
var cell=0
var destination = sheet.getRange(_dest);
for (var i in bgColors) {
for (var j in bgColors[i]) {
if(cells[i][j] == _val){
color = bgColors[i][j];
cell = cells[i][j];
destination.setBackground(color = bgColors[i][j]);
}
}
}
return cell;
}
AI: Use the following code to accomplish your goal.
Code
function onOpen() {
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().createMenu('Custom Format')
.addItem('Max & Color', 'getmaxColor').addToUi();
}
function getmaxColor() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive(), aRange = ss.getActiveRange();
var data = aRange.getValues(), colors = aRange.getBackgrounds();
var dest = aRange.offset(0, data[0].length, 1, 1);
var index = getmaxIndices(data);
var max = data[index.i][index.j], color = colors[index.i][index.j];
dest.setValue(max).setBackground(color);
}
function onEdit() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive(), col = ss.getActiveCell().getColumn();
if(col < 7) {
var aRange = ss.getRange("A1:F7"), data = aRange.getValues();
var colors = aRange.getBackgrounds();
var dest = aRange.offset(0, data[0].length, 1, 1)
var index = getmaxIndices(data);
var max = data[index.i][index.j], color = colors[index.i][index.j];
dest.setValue(max).setBackground(color);
}
}
function getmaxIndices(data) {
var max = 0, indexI = 0, indexJ = 0;
for(var i=0, iLen=data.length; i<iLen; i++) {
for(var j=0, jLen=data[0].length; j<jLen; j++) {
if(data[i][j] > max) {
max = data[i][j], indexI = i, indexJ = j;
}
}
}
return {"i":indexI, "j":indexJ};
}
Explained
The onOpen() adds a menu item. Select the range you want to evaluate and select the menu option Max & Color. The values and backgrounds are collected as is an offset range. Then the indices (2d-array) of the max value are obtained, through the getmaxIndices(). Afterwards the corresponding max value and color is set.
The onEdit() does almost the same, but it has a fixed range. It will only fire if a cell is edited and if the edited cell belongs to the A1:F7 range.
Note
The reason for getting the error message, can be read in this answer: custom function
Example
I've added the sample code into your example file. |
H: Create private pages in GitHub for Doxygen documentation
I develop an iOS app and I comment my code in Doxygen style. I would use the feature "pages" proposed by GitHub but unfortunately, pages can't be private.
After searching on Google, I saw this POST - Private pages for a private Github repo
Regarding the Joel Glovier's answer, I can use Jekyll to create private pages on GitHub.
Can Jekyll manage Doxygen doc ?
AI: According to GitHub Pages documentation:
All project repositories are ready to use the generator for publishing. However, please note that private repositories will publish pages that are public.
There is no way to create private GitHub pages, even from a private GitHub repository.
Source: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-pages-with-the-automatic-generator |
H: Allow someone else on my team to manage my Google Apps groups
I use email Groups to create a single email address that forwards to multiple people on my team.
Well, every time I have to create one of these groups, I personally have to log into Google Apps and add it. Every time I need to change it, I personally have to change it. Etc.
Does Google allow me to give that power to someone else on my team?
AI: You can make a user into a Group Admin. Log on to your Google Admin Console, click on Users and then the user you'd like to give this role to, Show More, then Roles and Privileges. Here you can click on Manage Roles and give them the default Group admin, or create a more custom role for them. |
H: Is there a way to undelete GitHub issue labels?
I accidentally deleted an issues label in GitHub that was labelling several hundred issues. Is there a way to either undelete the label or at least find out which issues had previously been marked with the label?
What happened was that I couldn't see an assigned issue but I knew there was a filter. I thought "Manage labels" might be a likely thing to try so I pressed it. Having pressed it all the numbers went away so I thought, "hey if I click the checkbox besides the bug label then surely I'll be able to see all the bugs."
Except it wasn't a checkbox, it was a small circle around an x for delete. So now I've unmarked all our bugs.
Any ideas how we can restore those labels without having a day long meeting prioritizing our issues again?
Edit: Looks like we got lucky and everything should either be labelled as bug or enhancement. I'll be spending sometime this weekend poking the github api to create a script to add a bug label to everything that isn't an enhancement. At least that's more fun than sitting in a meeting. Thanks for the lesson even if it could have been very painful.
AI: There is no way to undelete issue labels. Once gone, it's gone.
If you had exported a backup of the issues before removing the label(s) then you might be able to go back and reference that to find out which issues had what labels. |
H: How can I have my Twitter card expanded by default?
This tweet is expanded by default in this timeline.
My tweet here is not expanded by default in my timeline. (The Twitter card validator does not show any errors for my tweet.)
How can I have my Twitter cards expanded by default as well?
AI: The difference between the two is that the expanded one includes an image uploaded to Twitter.
Both might have links to webpages with valid Twitter card meta data, but when a tweet includes an image uploaded to pic.twitter.com (and not just to any image hosting) then it will show a portion of that image in the timeline. |
H: Why does Google Books occasionaly change some books, which had previews, to no preview?
I have several times encountered a situation that some particular book had preview in Google Books, but later the same book (on the same link) was without preview.
On several occasions I have, for example, included link to some particular page on Google Books in a post on some Stack Exchange site. I distinctly remember that at the time when I posted the link, the preview was available. Of course, I am aware that preview is not available for all users and it is limited. But when I follow the same link now, which means that I get the same book and the same edition, the preview is not available anymore. I have noticed this in a books about mathematics, since this is the area for which I most frequently search something on Google Books. The examples I was able to find were books published between 1990 and 2000, so they are not very recent books.
I suppose that preview on Google Books depends on some kind of agreement between Google and the publisher of the particular book. But I am somewhat surprised, that the possibility of preview the book (and search in it) is changed.
What are the reasons why preview is removed from some books?
AI: Which books are to have a preview and which books not, is not decided by Google itself, but by the publishers who have created a publishers account on Google Books and submitted those books.
It is likely that the particular publisher has changed the view settings of the book.
Also, many books are under semi-preview where you can see some pages and not many others. |
H: Why does Google Drive delete files removed from the local computer?
I recently installed Google Drive in my Windows 8 Pro and there is a folder for Google Drive. When I put my files into this folder it got uploaded to Google Drive. When the uploads were completed, I deleted the files from my Google Drive folder in my computer.
Then after some time I logged in to my Google Drive account and was unable to see my uploaded files there. Why is this?
AI: The Google Drive folder is a local representation of what files you currently have uploaded into your Google Drive storage.
If you delete a file in your Drive folder on your computer, it is reflected on the Drive website. |
H: How can I remove a SoundCloud preview on a Facebook post?
I added a SoundCloud link in a post on Facebook a while ago:
How can I remove the preview?
AI: You can't remove the preview.
You'll have to delete that update and post a new status update without the link/preview to SoundCloud. |
H: What does the asterisk do in Google Search
What is the difference between bark*, bark and bark * in Google Search?
AI: All the details about Google search operators can be found here. The purpose of the * is to fill in the blank.
Add an asterisk within a search as a placeholder for any unknown or wildcard terms. Use with quotation marks to find variations of that exact phrase or to remember words in the middle of a phrase.
"a * saved is a * earned"
Examples:
bark returns anything about the word "bark"
bark* returns anything that has bark as a prefix, including bark itself
bark * returns any phrase containing "bark " |
H: Is it possible to delete just images in my gmail inbox?
I have a lot of automated youtube emails, but I'd like to keep them. However, it is not important to have the images, so I'm wondering if it is possible to tell gmail to delete any images in x label, but keep the text and hyperlinks.
AI: AFAIK there's no way to delete an attached file in gmail without deleting the message thread.
However if these messages only link to YouTube, Gmail will fetch previews to display. If your concern is the storage space, only attached (embedded) images (and other files) will take up your storage space.
To find out for sure, you can use the "Show Original" item in the message's menu. Or just see if the message thread has the "attachment" icon.
To save storage space, you can query for threads with attachments, or even for threads with attachments larger than a given size. (Do a web search for this info.) Then you can delete some of those large threads which will be taking up much of the space. |
H: Is there a way to insert today’s date into a Google Docs?
I've looked under insert > ...? but couldn't find anything.
Can this be done via an inbuilt function or a custom script?
AI: It’s possible to insert todays date through a macro.
Open your Google Document and under Tools select Script editor. This opens Google's script editor where it’s possible to create macros for Google Documents.
Paste this script and save it as Date Macro or something:
/**
* The onOpen function runs automatically when the Google Docs document is
* opened. Use it to add custom menus to Google Docs that allow the user to run
* custom scripts. For more information, please consult the following two
* resources.
*
* Extending Google Docs developer guide:
* https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/docs
*
* Document service reference documentation:
* https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/document/
*/
function onOpen() {
// Add a menu with some items, some separators, and a sub-menu.
DocumentApp.getUi().createMenu('Utilities')
.addItem('Insert Date', 'insertAtCursor')
.addToUi();
}
/**
* Inserts the date at the current cursor location in boldface.
*/
function insertAtCursor() {
var cursor = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getCursor();
if (cursor) {
// Attempt to insert text at the cursor position. If insertion returns null,
// then the cursor's containing element doesn't allow text insertions.
var date = (new Date).toLocaleDateString('default', { day: 'numeric', month: 'long', year: 'numeric'}); // use your local (browser) date format with month name
var element = cursor.insertText(date);
if (element) {
element.setBold(true);
} else {
DocumentApp.getUi().alert('Cannot insert text at this cursor location.');
}
} else {
DocumentApp.getUi().alert('Cannot find a cursor in the document.');
}
}
Now refresh or reopen your document and a new menu item appears: Utilities. Under this menu an item appears called Insert Date. Click that to insert todays date at your cursor position.
To change the format of the date you need to change the “format” used in the script. The format can contain the following characters: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'
To clarify, this script merely inserts today's date at the cursor location for the day you execute the utility. That's not precisely the same as the =today() function in Google Sheets, which updates the date to the current date whenever you open the spreadsheet. However, this script will save you the trouble of looking up the date and typing it on the day that you execute the script. |
H: How can I mark all mails as read in a subbox?
In order to view the questions in a timely fashion, I subscribe to some tags on SE, and created a label (subbox) in my Gmail named stackoverflow. I receive lots of unread mails day after day and now I want to mark all mails under this label as read in a quick way, but I didn't see any options in the menu to do this.
The maximum items in a page is 100, if I do this page by page, I need to go through 50 pages to mark all the mails. It would be time-consuming.
Any ideas?
AI: You can click on the 'Subbox' and then use this:
That will match everything as read.
To select every single email there, click on the checkbox on the top left then click the little 'popup':
Then mark everything as read. |
H: Run formula on different sheet
I need help applying this formula to a different sheet:
=SUMIF(A2:A6,"3",H2:H6)
I'm basically trying to discover expenses for the month of March, and hopefully having a year constraint in there too. This is how it looks like:
The expense report is separate from the summary report.
AI: If you're in the summary report sheet and you want to sum something in the expense report sheet, then you need to do the following:
SUMIF(expenses!A2:A6, "3", expenses!H2:H6)
If your sheet name is Expense Sheet, then you need to write the formula like so:
SUMIF('Expense Sheet'!A2:A6, "3", 'Expense Sheet'!A2:A6)
If you want to search for values only, then I would re-write the "3" into 3. |
H: Google Apps Email sending limits
I have trouble interpreting the email sending limits of Google Apps (for business account).
Messages per day: 2000
Clear, I send 2000 emails per day.
Recipients per message: 2000 (500 external)
Not so clear. I can send an email to 2000 recipients. So basically I could send 2000 emails to 2000x2000 recipients per day. Does external users mean our customers and partners?
Total recipients per day: 10,000
Whoa, so I can send emails to only 10,000 recipients, not to 2000x2000. So I can send at most 2000 emails a day, but to no more than 10,000 recipients. I understand that "Individual addresses count in every mail sent; 5 emails sent to 10 addresses count as 50 recipients". Are the total recipients internal or external recipients?
External recipients per day: 3,000
This clears it more. So I can send emails to 7,000 of my colleagues (???) per day and to 3,000 of my customers, partners etc. This is including individual addresses.
Unique recipients per day: 3000 (2000 external)
So e.g. I can send an email to 1000 customers and then send a follow-up email to 1000 of them (~2000 external recipients per day)
Recipients per message (sent via SMTP by POP or IMAP users): 99
I have no idea what this is. I am sending emails via PHP, not through GMAIL. Does the limit types above refer to emails sent from within GMAIL? Does that mean that if I have 100 registrants a day, only 99 of them will receive the welcome message because I send the emails by a script???
AI: The last one is a limit set on messages sent using a mail client, rather than the Gmail web interface. If you are using PHP you are not using the web interface, correct? So no more than 99 recipients per message is your limit. All of these rules are to make it difficult to use Gmail to spam people. Best bet is to assume the most restrictive options are the default - the first limit you run into is the one that applies. So for example, if you send 2000 messages to 2000 different unique external addresses, one message per address, you have hit your external and daily limits, no more email until tomorrow. Four messages to 500 unique external addresses each (total of 2000 external addresses) would also hit the 2000 external limit but you would still be able to sent up to 1996 emails to internal addresses, provided you don't go over the total allowed limits for anything else. |
H: What does the "plus sign" do in the new Spotify?
Spotify's mobile app and desktop client underwent a pretty drastic (black) redesign. Overall, it's a welcome upgrade. But one change isn't intuitive: Instead of stars there are now "plus signs." When you click them, they turn into check marks, but that seems to be it. "Plussed" songs do not fall into the "Starred" playlist, as we're used to.
What does "plus" do? And how can I "star"?
AI: It took me a while to figure this out, and only after digging into the official community help forum did it all make sense.
Stars are a thing of the past for Spotify, and the company is gradually phasing them out. "Plus" is the new star, and plussed songs fall into the songs collection under the new "Your Music" folder. Plussed albums are collected in the "Albums" folder in "Your Music."
This change may have been made to distinguish "Like" in radio, which influences future plays, from actually "Liking" and wanting to save a song or artist. (One guess.) Presumably, the old "Starred" playlist will soon disappear, or else fall below old playlists so as to hide from view.
To continue having easy access to these old "Starred" songs, it's recommended that you go into the folder, select all, and copy or drag and drop them into the new "Songs" under "Your Music." But don't expect to be able to sort by original date "starred" -- the new date added will overwrite the old metadata.
One major thing that differs the "starred" playlist and the "plussed" is that the plussed will not show up on your profile as the starred one. It's also not possible to set the plussed songs to be available offline. |
H: How to share Google Drive folder without sign in required to view
I have a Google Drive folder shared to anyone with the link. The problem is that when anyone with the link tries to access it, everything on the page is unresponsive (clicking folders does nothing) until they log in to their Google account. Even though the folder is set to "Anyone with the link can view, no sign in required", it still required the person with the link to log on to any Google account. Is there a way to share a folder in Google Drive that would allow anyone to view the content without signing in?
Here are some steps to reproduce:
Click this link to view the test folder I've shared
If you are logged in at the top right, click your name and then "Sign Out"
Attempt to view the contents of the document or navigate into the folder
AI: The information that you are giving us is the link to the folder - not the link to the individual files within that folder.
That is why "anyone with the link" can get to the folder, but cannot get to items witin it, ie because they do not have the links to the items in the folder.
Arguably this is a silly distinction: if you want "anyone with the link" to see the folder, then surely you're implying that you've given them the file links, too. But this isn't how Drive is working at the moment, according to testing I just did in Chrome.
Right now, if you want me to see the contents of files in your Google Drive folders, then you have to give me the link to theose files, not just to the folders.
(This may be different if you set permissions to Public on the Web - if you want to test this, set up a folder and I'll take a look.) |
H: Remove contact from Gmail
After I have removed and blocked a particular contact from my contact and chat list, when I search with the contact's name in the search option of my Gmail account, it still throws up the contact's email address with options to start a video chat, chat etc. I do not have the contact in my circle, neither do I have any mails or chats from this contact.
Why this behaviour?
What do I do to remove the contact completely?
AI: Make sure you deleted it from all contacts, meaning from Other contacts as well. Also, in the chat list, you should have chosen Block, not Never show.
When you search for it and you find it, the very first item in that list is the box with his/her details (i.e. “it still throws up the contact's email address with options to "start a video chat", "chat" etc.”), right? There, next to the name you should have a small down-arrow — click on it and choose Edit contact details (see images below). This should send you to the contact’s details page where you can delete it from the More button in the menu. |
H: Tumblr's current NSFW policy for adult blogs
It's my perception that there were so many policy changes about adult content after Yahoo! acquired Tumblr that I don't know what's currently the real deal. What's Yahoo's definitive policy about NSFW blogs at this date?
Are adult tumblrs blocked from 3rd party search engines (e.g. Google)?
If you sign-up for the first time right now, do you have to "opt-in" to view adult tumblrs while browsing Tumblr logged-in?
AI: Reading posts
According to the documentation, users need to opt-in to be able to find posts from NSFW blogs with Tumblr’s search:
What should I do if I don't want to see adult-oriented content?
Unless you actively choose to display explicit content, when you search for anything on Tumblr you will not see content from blogs that are marked as NSFW (not safe for work). […]
It seems that this setting was available at tumblr.com/settings/dashboard, called Safe Mode.
Now it’s directly on the search page, a little padlock icon:
This works only for logged-in users. Anonymous users can’t search for NSFW content.
Writing posts
Tumblr (still) allows NSFW content:
Is adult-oriented content allowed on Tumblr?
Yes, Tumblr welcomes and encourages all forms of expression. […]
NSFW blog owners should flag their blogs:
My blog contains adult-oriented content; what should I do?
If your blog contains nudity, mature or adult-oriented content, please respect the choices of the people in our community and flag your blog NSFW from your Settings page.
If a blog is flagged as NSFW, it can still be crawled by search engines:
It seems that once there was a setting that implied that all adult blogs (there was a differentiation between adult and NSFW) would have to be blocked, but according to a staff’s blog post, this was a mistake and only applied to a small set of spammy NSFW blogs. |
H: How to make LastPass login to Yelp automatically
I noticed LastPass does not properly work with Yelp. I had set it to autologin and it didn't. The first time I tried (after already having saved the password) it filled out the login details but didn't submit, the second time I tried it didn't even automatically fill in the log in details. I think the problem may be that I connect to the internet through a VPN so it appears I'm in a different location than the pages for locations I'm trying to rate, so the login page is actually different depending on you (supposed) geographical location. For example, after logging in I somehow get redirected to http://www.yelp.ca/chicago which seems awfully strange.
So the question is how do you get LastPass to login to Yelp automatically?
AI: Go to your LastPass Vault, Then to Settings > Equivalent Domains. You want to make sure the Yelp Domains you use, are considered equivalent.
This is what I added:
yelp.com, yelp.be, yelp.ca
Apply the changes in the Settings, (requires Lastpass Master Password verification)
As for Auto Login, that only works if there is a form to AutoFill. So unless you visit the /login page first you won't auto login. You could easily login automatically by just clicking the login button.
Go straight to the login page if you want to auto login, after logon it should send you to the homepage anyway. |
H: Can I disable video auto-play on Facebook?
So Facebook has started to roll out auto-playing of videos in adverts and in news feeds. While it mutes them it still plays the video.
Is there a way I can disable this and return to the old behaviour of "click to play?"
(sub>I'm on Windows 7, running Firefox.
AI: You'll want to go to the video settings page.
From the settings tab, click the Video Settings link in the bottom left.
Change Auto-Play Videos to "Off" |
H: Discarding spam mail faster in Gmail
Sometimes I like to browse my spam folder, to make sure I'm not passing by something that is important. The problem is that there is so much spam that is even hard browse through it.
I notice some very distinguishable patterns, and I was wondering if there is some way that the emails that meet those patterns could be 100% deleted automatically, to help me browse through the folder with more ease.
For instance:
"Delete all mails that are detected as spam and contain the word 'viagra'"
Is there a way to do this?
AI: Not as a one-step process.
It's simple enough to perform a keyword search in your spam label. Just do something like
in:spam viagra
Once you've got your results just check all and delete. |
H: How do I tell LastPass to use (and update) a password for a group of sites?
I know that, from a security perspective, using the same password for more than one website is a bad idea. However, I have a situation where I need to do that (the SE sites I have accounts on).
On *.stackexchange.com, I can use the same password entry across subdomains. However, for the older SE sites that have separate domains (SO, SU, SF, AU), I need to keep and update separate password entries in LastPass, which is annoying. Is there a way to group these sites, so that changing my password for stackexchange.com will automatically change it for SO, SU, etc.?
AI: Open your LastPass Vault
Go to Account Settings → Equivalent Domains.
Add a comma-separated entry for all the domains you want to be considered the same.
Make sure the Domains you use are considered equivalent. For example:
stackexchange.com, stackoverflow.com, superuser.com, mathoverflow.net, serverfault.com, stackapps.com, askubuntu.com
Apply the changes in the Settings, (requires Lastpass Master Password verification) |
H: How can I hide YouTube comments from my Google+ stream?
Lately my Google+ stream seems to consist almost entirely of comments people posted on YouTube videos.
I have absolutely no interest in seeing these. How can I hide/filter these posts?
AI: I'm not sure if you mean your own videos or other people's Youtube videos. Here's what I've found.
Go to https://plus.google.com/settings then scroll down to "Receive notifications" click on "Posts" and then unselect the last option "Shares or comments on your content across the web (for example, your YouTube videos or your blog)"
Also you may want to make sure when you comment on a Youtube video that the "Also share on Google+" option is off. Follow up comment are most likely considered responses and will show up on the stream (I'm not sure about that though). |
H: Reflect changes in on sheet to another on Google spreadsheet
I have two sheets on a Google Spreadsheet. One of which is the copy of the other. Now what I want is, when I edit one sheet, the same edit must reflect on the other. How can I do that ?
AI: You can use the following formula's in sheet2 (add them in A1 of course).
Formula
QUERY(Sheet1!A:D, "SELECT *")
SORT(Sheet1!A:D)
ARRAYFORMULA(Sheet1!A:D)
Explained
The last formula is the most straight forward, because nothing can be done in its current state. The other two allow you to do some tweaking, of which the first formula is the best equipped.
Example
I've created an example file for you: range reference |
H: Remove account from Google Account chooser
I've looked at several forums like this one and this one but since Google changes their interface every couple days, they're all wrong.
Here's what my sign in page looks like today and I can't remove any of the accounts from the list:
First I go to gmail.com and get this:
Then I click Sign in with a different account and get this:
AI: Make sure you go to google.com not google.ext (where ext is from your country).
From there log out from all listed accounts, and on the login windows, choose log in with other account.
This should give you this:
If you don't see the above at this point even, clear your browsercache, temporary internet files and cookies. Then try again. |
H: Changing row colour if value set?
I'm trying to use the following script to change the row colour if a value in column N is set:
function onEdit() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var rows = sheet.getRange('n3:n700');
var numRows = rows.getNumRows();
var values = rows.getValues();
for (var i = 0; i <= numRows - 1; i++) {
for (var x in values[i]){
if (values[i][x] == '4'){
var n = i + 1;
sheet.getRange('a'+n+':n'+n).setBackgroundColor('red');
}
}
}
};
But unfortunately I get the following error message:
Cannot call method "getRange" of null.
I've also tried switching to the new spreadsheets and using conditional formatting with a formula if(n3 = "") with no joy, and to be honest even if that worked I'm not sure if there is an easy way to apply conditional formatting to each line.
AI: In new Google Sheets if you select A3:Z20 and Format, Conditional formatting... and enter:
=$N3<>""
for Custom formula is with a colour of your choice and Range: A3:Z20 then in the range A3:Z20 every cell should be coloured if the cell in Column N for the corresponding row is not empty.
Since such formatting is conditional the IF is not normally required. |
H: How to invalidate all my active HotMail/Windows Live sessions?
I've forgot to untick the "keep me logged in" while logging in the office PC, and right now I'm not able to close session. Is there a way to invalidate all my open sessions and force anyone to log in again?
AI: You can change your password, this should make other sessions not valid. I do not think there was any other way besides using Windows Live Messenger.
To use Windows Live Messenger was suggested by Microsoft as a workaround in http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-oapps/loststolen-iphone-how-to-log-out-of-hotmail/f6906d0c-272c-4cc6-a72b-bdfd53195553
Once you are signed in to that mail client, click your name on the upper right corner of the page -- it will show you the number of places you are signed in, then click sign out from everywhere. |
H: How do I unquote in Gmail?
There is a "quote" formatting option within Gmail, but no "unquote" to undo the deeper quote level. How do I unquote text?
AI: By clicking on the decrease indent icon.
Mark the text which you want to unindent, or press Ctrl+A to select all
Click on the "Indent less" button, or press Ctrl+[
Here is the result: |
H: View details in new Google maps after "search nearby"
If I use the "search nearby" feature on the new Google Maps, I see a nice collection of results but I don't know how to find more details about each result.
If I click on the search result (in the screenshot, this is La Bruschetta), no additional information appears. If I hover over the result I get extremely limited info, but no website link etc. (as shown in screenshot).
I'm obviously missing something - how do I see additional data? In the old maps, this was quite easy - click the result.
Note: this only seems to affect the "Search nearby" feature. If I just search for the restaurant by name and click on it, the details appear under the search pane as expected.
AI: But if you click on the pin (or on the small red icon representing a restaurant), it will open the details under the search box. (I also tried it with Ignite and other results seen on the map and I got the same result—the details under the search box.) |
H: Leads per Week For Last 10 Weeks Formula With Countif
I have a long list of dates (like below) that indicate Leads and I am trying to get number of leads per week for the last 10 weeks. I know I can get the current week number with MID(TEXT(Today(),"yyww"), 3, 2). I’ve researched and think countif and arrayformula might get me there but I don’t know how to apply them. Countif the week that a date corresponds to equals the current week, and the year is the current year. Seems simple enough but I can't quite figure out this countif.
These are the dates:
12/30/2013
12/9/2013
12/12/2013
12/23/2013
12/30/2013
12/5/2013
1/2/2014
1/2/2014
1/2/2014
1/6/2014
1/6/2014
AI: Perhaps in a helper column (say B assuming data is in A):
=if(year(A1)=year(now()),weeknum(A1),"")
to identify entries in the latest 10 weeks (by week number) by row and a table in rows1:10 of:
=weeknum(now())-10+ROW()
for one column (say E) and:
=countif(B:B,E1)
for another, with all formulae copied down to suit. |
H: What happens to my Dropbox data when my extended storage space expires?
I bought Samsung Galaxy Note tablet and received 48GB of Dropbox storage for two years.
I already had 22GB free storage so I can now use 70GB of Dropbox storage.
After two years, my free storage will decrease back to 22GB. Then what happens to my data? I don't think they will just randomly delete my files to make it 22GB.
AI: According to the Dropbox Help Site you still have access, but you will not be able to sync anything (new or changed files) until you get the space down to whatever you are actually subscribing to. |
H: Is it possible to add an email alias under a domain alias in Google Apps?
This is our setup:
Our primary domain is for example abc.com.
We added def.com as a domain alias.
One of our users is support@abc.com. It now has a support@def.com email alias.
We would like to add help@def.com as an email alias for support@abc.com. but in the administration console it is only possible to add an @abc.com alias.
We would just like to be able to forward emails to help@def.com to support@abc.com.
Is what we want to do possible?
AI: Yes, this is possible. Simply add "help@abc.com" as an alias for "support@abc.com". Since you already have the "def.com" domain-alias in place, the new "help@abc.com" alias will be mirrored by a "help@def.com" alias as well.
You can publicize the "help@def.com" address, and emails sent there will arrive at "support@abc.com".
However, your question did not state whether or not you want to keep the "support@abc.com" secret from the general public. If there will never be a need to send back replies, then the above setup -- as specified -- will be enough. On the other hand, if you want replies to be sent from "help@def.com" (and not from "support@abc.com") then you will need to also specify this in the "Send mail as" section of your GMail account settings. |
H: Date format in Google Spreadsheet is not correct
Whenever entering the date e.g. day-month-year, it automatically changes to month-day-year. I went into format>number>more formats>more date and time formats, and I changed it to day-month-year. And again, when entering day-month-year e.g. 18-4-2014, it changes it to 4-18-2014, but when I click on the date, it shows as 18/4/2014 next to fx above the page.
So it looks like Google Spreadsheet is messing up. How to fix this?
AI: The solution is to set the correct Local under the Spreadsheet's settings ("This affects formatting defaults, such as currency."). So if you want US.locale style (MM-DD-YYYY), then choose US.Locale. If you are in a different locale and want formatting |
H: Picasa without G +
Is there a way to use Picasa Web albums without having to use/share it on Google Plus?
AI: Yes, you can use Picasa Web Albums without Google+.
Currently what happens is that when you try to go to Picasa Web Albums, you are redirected to Google+ Photos, but there you are given an option to go back to Picasa Web Albums:
Clicking on the link takes you here.
You can directly bookmark this link to directly goto Picasa Web Albums each time. |
H: Is there a way to UPLOAD photos/video's to my Google Drive .. but not SYNC?
I have a lot of photo's and video's I wish to upload to my Google Drive**
I don't want to sync them, because that means I have a local copy AND a copy in the cloud. (And if I delete the local copy, then it syncs with the cloud and deletes that item from the cloud)
I don't want to BACKUP all of this stuff because that generally means that, if I wish view them in the cloud, i need to RESTORE the data to my local and then view them.
It's like i want to FTP my files up to my Google Drive and access them via a browser.
Can this be done?
** If google drive can't do this - is there another option?
AI: Sure you can by whitelisting which folders you want to sync.
Though, I am not aware of any "blacklisting" approach with Google Drive (i.e "not sync selected folders").
If you're looking for other solutions, you can try some other services such as Bitcasa or BackBlaze. |
H: How can I share my shopping cart with someone else on Amazon?
How can I share my shopping cart with someone else on Amazon?
I know I can click on "save for later" and then add each item to a wish list that I can share, but is there a more direct way to share my shopping cart?
AI: You can't directly share your shopping cart directly, I mean you can't share links of your cart by anyway because of security.
So most usual and used way to do that is by sharing your 'wish list' or you can use an extension like
Shopping Cart Share For Amazon |
H: How to access Gmail with HTTP?
How can I use Gmail with HTTP?
There are other questions regarding this issue but they are for several years ago.
I think Google has made HTTPS mandatory, but I cannot find any link about this.
AI: You can't. As of 20 March 2014, Gmail is HTTPS-only.
From the official Gmail Blog:
Staying at the forefront of email security and reliability: HTTPS-only and 99.978% availability
Starting today, Gmail will always use an encrypted HTTPS connection when you check or send email. Gmail has supported HTTPS since the day it launched, and in 2010 we made HTTPS the default. Today's change means that no one can listen in on your messages as they go back and forth between you and Gmail’s servers—no matter if you're using public WiFi or logging in from your computer, phone or tablet. |
H: Follow Individuals on Medium
Is it possible for a reader to follow a particular writer/account on Medium.com?
If not, then why? What's the rationale behind not having such a basic feature?
AI: It appears the only things you can subscribe to (follow) on Medium are collections, and bookmark stories. Medium will notify you when there's an addition to your collections, or if a bookmarked story was edited.
If you go to your profile settings, you can Connect your Facebook account to see the stories your friends write and recommend - but that's the sum of it.
Finally, you can see what certain people publish and recommend in their personal page at https://medium.com/@twitter_handle.
My guesses as to why you can't follow specific writers are:
You can follow their twitter handle on twitter already, and see their page, as mentioned above.
They haven't gotten around to implementing it yet :). |
H: How to comment on receiving a game request?
I have just received a game request from a friend and wanted to comment on it, but do not find any way to do it.
Clicking on the request leads to opening of the app.
What should I do?
AI: You cannot comment on game requests on Facebook. |
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