Oracle SQL Developer does not allow you to change the default language on the GUI. No idea why, but that is a given.
To solve this issue, go to your installation folder, and then to the \ide\bin folder, e.g.: C:\oracle\Product\sqldeveloper\ide\bin
In this folder, make sure to edit the file file ide.conf with a good editor like Notepad++ and add the following line in the end:
AddVMOption -Duser.language=en
The next time you start SQL Developer, your menus should be in English!
Simple things in life that make it so much more bearable...
The upcoming version of Chrome (my favorite browser for private use) allows you to copying and pasting text from the browser without all the fonts, colors and spacing and pasting it in another browser window/tab (e.g. Google Docs).
Read more about it here.
Most of us know how to do a search-replace in Word (OK, those who don’t know it could try CTRL+H for starters). It is quite easy to use in most cases.
But what if you would like to replace a double paragraph break with a single one? Or an En dash (–) with an Em dash (—)?
For these scenarios, Microsoft published a Technet article called 20 Helpful Search Strings for Finding Special Characters in Word. This should make cleaning up documents and replacing special characters much easier.
If there were more people like here, the world would be a better place!
