Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Create a folder on Outlook email

On the left panel, click on your email address or wherever you want to create a folder
Click "New Folder"

Friday, May 24, 2019

[Solved]Cambridge water account cannot log on/cannot be registered for new property

First you need to call to start your account, which may take up to 10 weeks.
Then call again to check whether it's ready, until you receive a bill with your customer reference number on the paper

Then it's time to register online https://www.cambridge-water.co.uk/my-account/

If you received your customer reference number but couldn't register online, they may say your reference number and other information do not match their records. Please check this:

1. Whether they swapped your first and last names when you called them (They did that to me)
2. Whether they typed the wrong postcode (Their system couldn't recognize my postcode. So they told me what they system thinks my postcode should be)

You can call them to make them create an account for you. The system would send you an email notification.

However it didn't send me an email.


So for that case you should go to the website and click forgot password

And then type your information to retrieve the password to reset password

Done!

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

illustrator show more tools on the left panel

On the bottom of the left panel, click the three-dot thing which is called "Edit Toobar..."
In the window that pops up, click the top right three-bar logo
Pick Advanced

Thursday, May 16, 2019

How to save MATLAB figures/heatmaps/clustergrams as vectorized images

File -> Export Setup -> Rendering
check Custom renderer , choose painters, save as svg

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

[solved] Illustrator: image resolution/quality drops after cropping an image

I was trying to crop an image. But whenever I finish cropping, the quality drops.
The solution: drag and enlarge that image, crop, and then shrink it back to the original size.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

How to save figures produced in R

If it's produced by ggplot or any programs that use it, you can use this function:
ggsave(filename, plot=last_plot(), device = "eps", path="./Figures", scale=1,dpi = 300)

[solved]pdf file changed colors when imported to illustrator

The reason is unmatched color modes (CMYK or RGB)

Open the file in Illustrator,  File -> Document color mode -> RGB color or CMYK color

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

[solved]Macbook doesn't remember wifi password. How to set automatic connection with remembered password

Open network preferences either from "system preferences" or by clicking on the wifi logo to open network preferences

Then click "advanced..."

If you don't see the network you want to save, you may click on the "+" and manually type the settings:
check the box of remember network this computer has joined , security as WPA2 personal AES , DNS settings as 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 , no proxies must be enabled


reference:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7850856

[Excel]how to quickly duplicate (copy-paste) a cell to multiple cells

Copy one cell as usual,
then select the cells you want to paste in,
paste

Sunday, May 5, 2019

How to stop Gmail app asking which browser (Safari/Chrome) to use when opening a link in an email

Gmail tends to give you options about which browser to use to open a link. You either open the link using safari or you can "get" chrome which will direct you to app store to download GOOGLE chrome as browser. This is annoying that you have to be asked the same question everytime you open a new link.

To abolish this, do:


Open Gmail app -> click on the three-bar icon on top left
->scroll down to the bottome -> click settings -> click Default apps

Then you will see on the top "Open browser in"
Make sure the switch (ask me which app to use every time) is off

Friday, May 3, 2019

how to show the complete figure in a cell of Jupyter notebook

Sometimes a Jupyter cell/command will output a figure that is large.
You can shrink this cell and use a scroll bar to move it up and down, by clicking on the left bar (rectangle region on the left)
Click it again to restore the full view

Thursday, May 2, 2019

How to electronically fill a PDF form/ add text/ recognize fields/ sign a signature using Adobe acrobat

1. Recognize boxes/fields to fill:
On the right panel, Tools -> Forms -> Edit
If  you are asked whether to detect form fields, click yes

2. Add/type texts:
On the right panel, Tools -> Content -> Add or edit text box
Then click onto the position you want to fill text and type

3. Sign your signature:

To sign:
Tools(on the right panel) -> Sign & Certify -> Apply Ink signature
Then you sign


To change the color:
Click on the signature -> right click -> properties -> click on the color box and choose your desired color

How to change the color of PDF signatures to black/red

To sign:
Tools(on the right panel) -> Sign & Certify -> Apply Ink signature
Then you sign


To change the color:
Click on the signature -> right click -> properties -> click on the color box and choose your desired color