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1051
General Software Discussion / Re: free scaled down word replacment
« Last post by Darwin on June 28, 2009, 01:38 PM »
Another vote for SoftMaker Office  :Thmbsup: Kingsoft is also an excellent choice, but (if memory serves), it's heavier on resources and more a feature for feature copy of Office.
1052
Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by Darwin on June 28, 2009, 01:09 PM »
Congratulations, tomos  :Thmbsup:

Keep 'em coming  :)
1053
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 limited time upgrade discount starting tomorrow (June 26th)
« Last post by Darwin on June 28, 2009, 08:41 AM »
Crap - not available from the Canadian store yet (and I can't order through the US site - they check your "zip" code to calculate taxes and I don't have one!). Guess I'll try again mid next week.
1054
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 limited time upgrade discount starting tomorrow (June 26th)
« Last post by Darwin on June 28, 2009, 08:27 AM »
I can tell you in no uncertain terms that this is a "just do it to be safe" suggestion, but rather a "do this now or there are not enough words in the world tot ell you how sorry you will be if you continue" mandate.
-Innuendo (June 27, 2009, 03:14 PM)

I assume that "this is 'just a do it to be safe suggestion'" was meant to read 'this is not 'just a do it to be safe'"?
1055
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Actual Window Manager mini review
« Last post by Darwin on June 27, 2009, 05:05 PM »
Crap! The memory leak is what has kept ME from using Actual Windows Manager for years as well... I was hoping it had been fixed by now. At one point, I was offered a 50% discount to buy AWM after uninstalling a demo of it, but I didn't jump at the time (because of the memory leak!).
1056
General Software Discussion / Re: Perfect Software?
« Last post by Darwin on June 27, 2009, 05:01 PM »
Curt - I'm using Metapad under Vista 64 bit with no problems! I've been using it since I was on Win 98SE and love it. There are editing and search/replace features that are awesome in such a little package  :Thmbsup:
1057
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 26, 2009, 05:05 PM »
I don't know if they still teach it this way, but back when I was in school, possessives that ended in an s were written as an s+apostrophe. As in: Hans' hands were holding Hoss' horses' saddles. (Hmmm...not bad!)
-40hz (June 26, 2009, 03:51 PM)

Definitely the way I learned it in school!
1058
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 26, 2009, 02:13 PM »
(Which reminds me... the overuse of ellipses - my own included!)
-wraith808 (June 26, 2009, 01:12 PM)

OK... I'm definitely guilty of that one  :-[
1059
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 26, 2009, 02:12 PM »

I find that error really (real?) annoying.

 ;D

-40hz (June 26, 2009, 11:54 AM)

1060
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 26, 2009, 11:14 AM »
Ah! I thought of two more (that could possibly start a mini-flame war - so be it):

1. Pronouncing the "i" in Multi, Demi, Semi, etc. as "eye" instead of "ee" (heh, heh - I used a good illustration of why this is wrong in my paranthetic comment above: it's min-ee, not min-eye, no?)
2. Statements that go something like: "she's real pretty" instead of "she's really pretty"
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 26, 2009, 08:16 AM »
goes well with  -
he got it for nothin' !! :)
-tomos (June 26, 2009, 08:01 AM)

Shouldn't that be "fer nothin' "?  :P
1062
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Actual Window Manager mini review
« Last post by Darwin on June 26, 2009, 12:45 AM »
Request for discount sent to developer.
-cthorpe (June 25, 2009, 11:59 PM)

Great! Thanks for working on this  :)
1063
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 25, 2009, 11:55 PM »
Oddly, I can't think of any others, but there are more.
-Darwin (June 25, 2009, 07:42 PM)
For free  >:(
-cranioscopical (June 25, 2009, 10:47 PM)

I pass this hand painted sign on my morning bike-ride and it never fails to make me laugh:

"Slow kids playing on road"

This one doesn't annoy me so much because it's very entertaining  ;D
1064
Living Room / Re: xPlorer2 vector icon - I done did it!
« Last post by Darwin on June 25, 2009, 10:28 PM »
The graphic designer in me takes his hat off.
-Edvard (June 24, 2009, 03:05 PM)
Is that the bald truth?
-cranioscopical (June 24, 2009, 03:24 PM)
Sorry, that's a millinery secret.
-Edvard (June 25, 2009, 11:19 AM)

As in you could tell us, but then you'd have to scalp us?
1065
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 25, 2009, 07:42 PM »
Uh-oh, closet Grammar Nazi confession time... :nono2:

These things make me facepalm repeatedly:

Lose vs. Loose
Should've (should have) vs. Should of
One and the same vs. One in the same
Case in point vs. Case and point
Tremolo vs. Vibrato (40Hz, please tell me you know what I'm talking about...)

The list goes on, I'll expand as I collect more...
:wallbash
-Edvard (June 25, 2009, 04:24 PM)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop! Those are like finger-nails on a chalkboard to me...

How about adding:

"Couldn't care less" vs. of "Could care less"

Oddly, I can't think of any others, but there are more. Many more. No doubt I'll remember more as soon as this is posted (which always annoys the snot out of me as well).

EDIT: Corrected crappy editing. Doh! ANOTHER thing that annoys me no end...
1066
Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
« Last post by Darwin on June 25, 2009, 04:42 PM »
Hi Jamey - welcome to DC and good luck with those exams! I went to two uni's in the UK (and one in Canada) - make the most of the next few years - no matter where you go, you only get out of the experience what you put into it...  ;)
1067
General Software Discussion / Re: any word autocompleter working fine under Vista/2008? All I can think of don't
« Last post by Darwin on June 22, 2009, 02:24 PM »
ActiveWords and SpellCatcher Plus are both working fine on my Vista 64 install BUT I don't really use either much/often.
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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
« Last post by Darwin on June 21, 2009, 05:24 PM »
Welcome, heayanae! I'm glad you've found DC and are finding it a nice place to hang out  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Darwin on June 21, 2009, 09:48 AM »
Team America: World Police - So over the top that no one could actually think it was gross, (although I'm not sure whether to class this film as an actual documentary or not ).
-4wd (June 21, 2009, 04:05 AM)

Don't get too rone-ree under that chair, 4wd... you might break into song!
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General Software Discussion / Re: FreewareMission.com: 94 Great Freeware Programs For A Freeware Only PC
« Last post by Darwin on June 10, 2009, 08:35 AM »
Hmm... I use 8 of the programmes on the list - more than I anticipated. Note that ProcessTamer is listed as the BEST FREE PROCESS MANAGER.

Thanks for compiling this and welcome to DC, Johnny! Hope to see more of you around DC  :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: INfix: easy, capable, but expensive WordPad-like PDF editor
« Last post by Darwin on June 10, 2009, 08:29 AM »
Hmm... now that I see the jpg "full-size" here, maybe it's not the best test candidate... The font looks big in the jpg. rjbull - do you have an image file that you could post for me to try to convert or is this what you were looking for?
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General Software Discussion / Re: INfix: easy, capable, but expensive WordPad-like PDF editor
« Last post by Darwin on June 10, 2009, 08:23 AM »
Nuance does very well, as far as I can tell. I had a scanned image from a Casio calculator user's manual on my harddrive and used Nuance to convert it to editable text (Word docx format). I t can't attach the pdf or Word doc, unfortunately. The result is very good. The font in the Word doc is 7.5 in size. I've attached the jpg so that you can see the original size.

fx570 USER MANUAl_3.jpg

EDIT: couldn't post with either pdf or docx attachments - rewritten to reflect this.
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General Software Discussion / Re: INfix: easy, capable, but expensive WordPad-like PDF editor
« Last post by Darwin on June 09, 2009, 02:45 PM »
Darwin, how does Nuance fare on PDFs with small fonts?  Able2Extract tends to fail, not altogether surprising as PDF seems to handle fonts differently from Windows.
-rjbull (June 09, 2009, 10:37 AM)

I'm not sure I understand the question - do you mean when creating a document or in searching a pdf or...?
1074
General Software Discussion / Re: Total Commander: Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks
« Last post by Darwin on June 08, 2009, 03:38 PM »
Excellent idea, innuendo  :Thmbsup: I'm in your camp - that is, I own a licence but have barely scratched the surface of this great file manager.
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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
« Last post by Darwin on June 08, 2009, 02:01 PM »
Welcome to DC, GrowMap  :Thmbsup: April is app103 around here, too!
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