Questions on Notebooks (*.nb, *.ma in earlier versions), structured interactive documents produced by Mathematica that can contain text, graphics, sound, calculations, typeset expressions, and user interface elements.

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“automated” image embedding app

Based on the following image attach procedure, can a Dynamic app be developed that: at start, only shows a small import button once clicked, opens a choose image ...
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How do I direct output to a specific notebook or cell? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to pipe a stream to another notebook? Is there any way to create a stream so that all output to the stream (from Write or ...
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Entering Sum in traditional form

The documentation for Sum says that it is possible to replace Sum by EscsumEsc. The limits ($i_\max$ and $i_\min$) should be ...
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How to set the background of a section to light gray?

How to set the background of a section to light gray and leave background of content below and above the section as default?
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Controlling preferences of deployed notebooks

The following screenshot shows a toy example to illustrate what I want to accomplish: The above mimics the structure a type of notebook that I want to deploy for both Mathematica and PlayerPro ...
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Cell output controlled by CellFrameLabel Checkbox?

The following generates a Cell that returns the state of the checkbox when evaluated: ...
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Welcome screen (V9): selecting notebook from Open Recent … results in initialization cells not evaluating

The following represents an abbreviated example of more complicated code, but it replicates a problem the more complicated code encounters. ...
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How to retroactively merge cell change history according to a merge interval

I recently noted that there is an option in the options inspector to set a merge interval for cell changes. This (I think) prevents a quick series of changes from spamming your notebook history with a ...
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How to change Compiled->False to Method->{Compiled->False} in multiple notebooks?

I have a collection of about 40 notebooks where the options for ParametricPlot and ParametricPlot3D have: Compiled->False and I need to switch any/all ...
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Manipulate (linux version of Mathematica)

I'm runnning Mathematica 9 on Ubuntu linux 11.10. After installing CDF player I still have problem (most of time) with Manipulate. Only way I'm able to change value ...
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How to fix corrupted notebooks? [closed]

How to fix this error? Here is the error message: "There appears to be an error in the file named below. You should close it without saving, then check the "Parse and load entire notebook into memory ...
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keyboard sequence for Magnify in version 8?

It used to be that you could find a Magnify item in the Format menu of the Mathematica front-end, at the very bottom if I remember correctly. You could get at the item in Windows by a keyboard ...
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How can I delete cells with error messages?

I'm new to Mathematica and am unfamiliar with the notebook interface. I haven't been able to delete cells with error messages. For example, when I try to ask Mathematica to compute something, it ...
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Graphics copy paste

Background. I have a function ( stored in a package ) that creates 2D graphic images, its prototype looks like this: ...
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Importing RSS to Notebook: How to get images instead of long ugly links?

This question on importing news headlines via a RSS feed reminded me of an old question I've been meaning to ask. Past attempts at finding a use for Mathematica's RSS to Notebook capabilities were ...
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Move selection to next Output and export to CDF

In my quest to a custom "Save as HTML" (please see context here) I am now able to iterate through the notebook, grab Input cells decorated with a CellTag that, by convention, is going to be a file ...
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creating an API or Widget based on a Mathematica notebook

I'm trying to create matrix calculator and graph tools for our website and was wondering if there is a way to create Wolfram API or Widgets based on a Mathematica notebook.
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How to make a more comfortable and more effective notebook environment? [closed]

I prefer the black colour as my background in the notebook. However, if I choose the black as the background colour, then I also should change some other settings, e.g. syntax coloring and so on, just ...
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Infinite computation in Mathematica 9

I just installed Mathematica 9 on Windows 8 64-bit. When I run it and try to execute commands, the first command works perfectly, but the second and further commands don't work. There is no completion ...
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How to create a dynamically self-updating table of content for a notebook? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Generating a table of contents How to create a dynamically self-updating table of content for a notebook? The TOC should contain the titles for the section, subsection, ...
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Bug: Notebook changes its name by itself and loses information in closed cells [closed]

I encountered an annoying bug (Mathematica 8.04 for Mac). The notebook changes its name to "Untitled-1" and all the closed cells lose its information. Then I have to close it and open the last saved ...
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Split panes to compare a single notebook's code & aid navigation & usability [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Open two copies of the same notebook As my question on docking palettes had a workable solution, I thought I'd ask another from the Meta discussion: A wishlist for ...
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Derivatives in scripts [closed]

I have consistently been harrowed by this tiny issue. When I Try to run my Mathematica script, I get this error message: ...

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