Is there a way to change the settings on my computer (with Mac OS X) so that all new files, especially word files, are created with the setting “read and write” by all, not just myself. People get annoyed when they have to use a file but it is “read only”, eh?

Cheers.

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How can I convert a PDF to a word file without messing up the footnotes?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: There are third-party programs you can buy that will do this (I suspect the resulting documents need cleanup, and I can’t recommend any particular program). Just do a google search along these lines:
pdf to word [...]

What percentage of American parents hide christmas presents for their kids before wrapping them, putting them under the tree, etc.?

Merry christmas in advance!

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The last time that Answer Person checked, the US Census Bureau wasn’t asking this question on it’s forms and Gallup, Roper, and the other polling organizations weren’t asking [...]

Fennel and anise have similar tastes. Are they related?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: No. Fennel is related to parsley and anise isn’t. The bulb, stem, and leaves of fennel are used. The seed and sometimes leaves of anise are used. Since they have similar flavors, the term “anise” is sometimes used to refer to fennel.

Hey I have a query about milk. Why does organic milk take so much longer to expire than the other kind? At my supermarket, the organic milk usually expires in a month and the regular milk in a week.

You’d think non-organic milk would have more preservatives or something, eh? Does milk expire faster than [...]

Fernet Branca is a liquor made from herbs. How does one make a liquor from herbs? And why would you do so?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: It’s an aromatic bitter, like Campari or Angostura. The herbs are soaked in a base of a distilled spirit (in this case distilled from fermented grapes, like brandy) to impart [...]

Does the Christian Cross have specific dimensions or a specific ratio, or do people just make crosses by sight?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: They just seem to eyeball it. Who would make the standards? There are so many competing Chistian denominations. The main variants are the Greek cross, used in Orthodox Christianity, where the four arms [...]

what percent of american households have real christmas trees each year, what percent have fake and what percent have both?

how many american households are there anyway? thank yous

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The US Dept. of Agriculture says that “according to the National Christmas Tree Association, in 2000, nearly 31 percent of households displayed a [...]

Can a foreigner be charged with breaking US law? For example, could someone in Asia be charged with piracy? By extension, does US law apply outside of US territory? For example, when I (as a US citizen) leave US soil, am I still subject to US law?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: This is one of those [...]

This witty comic displays the plight and humors of graduate students. It is a tremendous stress reliever and a necessity in every campus book store.

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: This sounds like spam me, but nonetheless I’ll point out that the homepage is at www.phdcomics.com I’ll leave it to readers to order compilations from the Gothic [...]