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added by raphw Dec 28 '13 at 23:45

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added by Judith Dec 15 '13 at 18:22

I admit that I do not understand the question, but it sounds like an appropriate question for SuperUser "How do I enable x86 Windows applications to run on a Surface with RT?" – Tim Dec 15 '13 at 22:57

@Tim Appropriate for Superuser doesn't necessarily mean it will be inappropriate here. There will be some overlap. As an example, questions involving the Ubuntu operating system can be valid on AskUbuntu, Unix, and Superuser. – DanteTheEgregore Dec 18 '13 at 18:58

@Dante Again, I do not completely understand the question. To me it sounds like something where additional software may be needed to solve the problem, but maybe it is also possible with system tools. Also a question like "[Tool x] claims it can do this, but it does not seem to work." is more of a SuperUser question. But you are right, being on topic on another site is not a reason for being off-topic here (and I did not say that). If I would see it as off-topic I would have downvoted it... – Tim Dec 19 '13 at 0:45

@Tim: I like this question. [Tools A, B, C, D, E, F] claim to provide functionality, but I know for a fact tools A and B don't provide it (known broken). Do [C, D, E and F] lie in that matter as well, or is even one of them actually fit for my purpose?". This is a specific variant of "Does tool X provide [functionality]?" which is a better question than the general "Which tools provide [functionality]?" which seems to be fundamental to this site. This variant is one where just reading the marketing blurb is insufficient to recommend given program, you need to verify it works. – SF. Dec 19 '13 at 10:58

Gentlemen, you seem to have captured exactly my thoughts when I posed the question. – Judith Dec 19 '13 at 19:11

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added by kdzia Nov 15 '13 at 14:31

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added by Kerrek SB Dec 24 '13 at 11:16

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added by crownjewel82 Dec 27 '13 at 19:50

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added by raphw Dec 28 '13 at 23:41

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added by Szymon, edited by Nicolas Raoul Jan 7 '14 at 6:49

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added by pnuts, edited by Nicolas Raoul Jan 7 '14 at 6:53

	It really helps if your question is actually in the form of a proper question. Like, Where can I find a free OCR tool for Arabic text... – crownjewel82 Jan 7 '14 at 2:56
	TQ. Noted. (I just copied an actual Q Title from SU!) – pnuts Jan 7 '14 at 2:58

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added by almousawi Dec 18 '13 at 13:06

Is this question downvoted only because it is for Android? If so how about a program that downloads wikipedia, saves it on a SD card which is then used offline on an Android device? – Tim Dec 19 '13 at 10:33

Probably because Wikipedia already offers this functionality with "Print/Export" – Bernhard Dec 31 '13 at 11:37

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added by DDR Dec 19 '13 at 17:57

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added by jjmartinez Dec 31 '13 at 15:47

Why does it have a negative vote?? This is a question about software recommendation that we can't do in Stackoverflow :( – jjmartinez Jan 5 '14 at 15:08

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added by Bernhard Jan 1 '14 at 10:20

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added by Dee, edited by Nicolas Raoul Jan 7 '14 at 7:00

	This question is too long for me, I would write something like: What software would I need to publish a book in format XYZ? And extra info in the body of the question. – mara Jan 9 '14 at 8:47
	@mara: sure, but here is no body yet. – Dee Jan 9 '14 at 10:53

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added by Oxinabox Jan 4 '14 at 4:08

	The title seems a bit long. Maybe change it to "What free referencing software for scientific papers are available" or something like that. The question body then would contain which ones you tried (probably) – Bernhard Jan 5 '14 at 11:10
	I kinda agree, but we don't have bodies for example questions, and I wanted to indicate someone might be wanting to give examples in there questions – Oxinabox Jan 5 '14 at 12:45

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added by Ben Miller Jan 6 '14 at 17:17

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added by martin Jan 8 '14 at 12:32

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added by Ira Baxter Jan 9 '14 at 1:59

Why is this question bad (on hold)? Obviously not tool will be able to do this task flawlessly for sure, but even a program that only visualizes what the compiler removes during optimization could be very helpful. – Tim Jan 9 '14 at 11:14

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added by Chenmunka Jan 9 '14 at 9:00

I would expect to have to define what was meant by 'efficient' in the body of the question. – Chenmunka Jan 9 '14 at 9:01

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added by Dee Jan 9 '14 at 11:11

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added by Dee Jan 9 '14 at 11:14

	What do you mean? Do you want a scorewriter (which would by definition export music sheets) or should the software compose for you. Also what do you want visual input or is sheet/audio generation from text files an option. Please make the question more specific. – Tim Jan 9 '14 at 11:51
	@Tim : updated. – Dee Jan 9 '14 at 14:48

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added by jjmartinez Jan 10 '14 at 11:05

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added by Stefan Jan 10 '14 at 11:07

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added by scubaFun Jan 10 '14 at 17:22

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added by juergen d Nov 7 '13 at 16:35

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added by Varun Das Dec 11 '13 at 14:26

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added by almousawi Dec 18 '13 at 13:23

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added by almousawi Dec 18 '13 at 18:28

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added by jordi12100 Dec 19 '13 at 10:50

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added by Scott Beeson Dec 19 '13 at 21:50

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added by hosch250 Dec 29 '13 at 22:04

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added by hosch250 Dec 29 '13 at 22:08

If this wasn't a tool request for "getting things done", I don't know what is. – Ira Baxter Jan 9 '14 at 3:46

Is that complementary or are you being sarcastic? It took me about 24 hours (not straight) of research to find Visual Studio, and then I only found it because of an indirect tip from the download page for an accessory at Microsoft's download page. – hosch250 Jan 9 '14 at 3:49

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added by Thijser Jan 1 '14 at 9:02

	Why downvote? I think it is a valid question. It is not necessarily spam, maybe the goal is to send monthly paychecks to employees, or something similar. Question should precise whether templating is needed or not, though. – Nicolas Raoul Jan 7 '14 at 6:56
	This was an actual question that failed to get answered on another site. The basic situation was that a non-profit organisation which sends newsletter to it's subscribers with a fairly large attachment. So no not spam. – Thijser Jan 7 '14 at 17:43

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added by Oxinabox, edited by Nicolas Raoul Jan 7 '14 at 6:51

	I am not sure if this question would be on-topic, as it might be primarily opinion based. – Bernhard Jan 4 '14 at 12:19
	Yes, i suspect this is going to be a very common problem on the site – Oxinabox Jan 4 '14 at 12:57
	Change Q. to: Advantages and Disadvantage between OpenOffice Writer (?VERSION) and MS-Word 2010? – Vitaliy Kulikov Jan 5 '14 at 10:06
	OpenOffice versions: - OpenOffice.org 1,2,3,3.4 Beta 1 \| - Apache OpenOffice 3.4, 4.0, 4.1 \| - LibreOffice 3.x, 4.0, 4.1 – Vitaliy Kulikov Jan 5 '14 at 10:16

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added by Ira Baxter Jan 7 '14 at 10:09

It would be helpful if people would write down why they thought this kind of question was bad when downvoting. Otherwise how does the site get a concept of what is out of scope? – Ira Baxter Jan 9 '14 at 3:45