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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend disk imaging software?

« Last post by Curt on June 27, 2010, 05:36 PM »

Well there is also ShadowProtect Desktop Edition, there is also a video tutorial to have an insigt, it looks promising
http://www.storagecr..._protect_desktop.php


didnt tried it myself since I use Acronis True Image

-ha14 (June 24, 2010, 03:28 PM)

Q:    Why does my system crash with a blue-screen when I run a backup?

A:    The most common reason for blue screens during ShadowProtect backups is the presence of Acronis TrueImage.  Certain versions of their snapshot driver cause the crashes when our backups are run.  The only work-around is to uninstall TrueImage.

    If, after uninstalling TrueImage, the blue screens still occur, the snapshot driver may have been left behind and will need to be removed manually. Instructions for doing this may be found >here<.

-StorageCraft Support FAQ

I purchased & installed Acronis TrueImage Home, so I tried to uninstall the Acronis Disk Director DEMO that I had been trialling. To my sad surprise it wouldn't uninstall properly but gave me a infinite series of blue screens, until I clicked 'restore'. Now I am stucked with a demo version! However, the above answer from StorageCraft Support makes me wonder if I should first remove Acronis TrueImage? It seems to be known for somehow causing troubles in certain situations!
 

Another 'item' is the StorageCraft license. It is per machine. One license, one machine. Meaning that if my (Vista) computer breaks down for good (which really is bad, so why do you call it for good?) I will not be able to move the backup to a new machine because the procedure is that the user first must click "deactivate" inside the program on the machine he is leaving, before he is allowed to activate it on another machine. I don't like such procedures for license activation; they risk activating Murphy's Law and leave the licensed unlicensed!
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: File Managers! Windows Explorer replacement! Come one, come all...

« Last post by Curt on June 24, 2010, 05:43 PM »

I have a license for several file managers, but the one I keep actually using besides Explorer is Q-Dir (the Unicode version). Now at version 4.28

Read: http://www.softwareo...seite=Freeware/Q-Dir
Get: http://www.softwareo....com/?Download=Q-Dir

Steady as a rock, and with this oh so useful "Quadruped-View" window ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Freeware World Team (great freeware site) becomes: Primewares.com

« Last post by Curt on June 24, 2010, 05:27 PM »

a really nice feature is easily missed:
click 'your' flag and get (some of) the text in your language!





http://primewares.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why upgrade to MS Office 2010?

« Last post by Curt on June 23, 2010, 05:30 PM »

Ashampoo customers can have the Ashampoo Office 2010 for merely $25!!

https://www.donation....msg210330#msg210330

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Found Deals and Discounts / Ashampoo Office 2010 $25

« Last post by Curt on June 23, 2010, 05:20 PM »

As predicted by numerous, Ashampoo Office 2010 is now available at $25 instead of the normal $60. But as far as I can tell, the offer is for customers on Ashampoo's email list only - so, sorry... my post has no link!!! I am merely telling someone to check their spam-box....

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General Software Discussion / Re: save ebay auctions webpages

« Last post by Curt on June 23, 2010, 01:37 AM »

@ kalos, for the purpose of supplying evidence, it will be useful if you would paste a link for a certain e-bay page, you want to save.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Trying to remember a website mentioned here before...

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 06:25 PM »

The Ninite PRO concept is really fine. One will save aeons in the long run because how fast the PRO version is. However, the speed is $20 per month, so being early retired I won't use it. The free version is very interesting, but of course no way near as fast.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why upgrade to MS Office 2010?

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 05:45 PM »

Offer Eligibility:
This offer is available only to eligible students who attend an educational institution geographically located in the United States. This offer is non-transferable.

The following conditions serve to define student eligibility for the Promotion:

    1. .edu: Individual must possess a valid e-mail address at a U.S. educational institution which contains the domain suffix .edu; OR
    Pre-Approved School List: Enrolled in a U.S. educational institution included on the pre-approved school list; OR
    Submission of school enrollment: Submit verifiable school enrollment via the validation process; AND

    2. Individual must be a student at a U.S. educational institution and must be actively enrolled in at least 0.5 course credit and be able to provide proof of enrollment upon request.

Microsoft or an appointed vendor may contact you to verify that you are a current student. If documentation is not provided indicating that you are a current student, you will be liable to reimburse Microsoft for the difference between what you paid and the estimated retail price of the software.

Microsoft, in its sole discretion, may accept other forms of validation to determine eligibility in lieu of a valid e-mail address when one is not available.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why upgrade to MS Office 2010?

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 12:51 PM »

An academic Office 2010 Professional is "again" merely $80, for students. 
Now if only I could turn back time...

http://www.microsoft...e/en-us/default.aspx










for students only http://www.microsoft...e/en-us/default.aspx

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General Software Discussion / Re: If you think OpenOffice is a competitor to MS Office 2010, think again

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 08:51 AM »

Your idea is good, Darwin. At least you 'have a way with words' :-)

Such "de-coupling" must be implemented the right way. As an example of the wrong way, PhotoScape will launch the entire program and THEN offer you to open one of all the minor parts of it. This is a slow 'have not way'...

However, many of my friends are still using OO, and when I point out the weaknesses, they shake their shoulders and talk about MS Office and OO being the only accepted alternatives in the world; they may know about some other alternatives, but their bosses won't let them install any other office program than OO or Microsoft.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Odds Are Increasing That Microsoft's Business Will Collapse

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 08:26 AM »

I trust that Microsoft some day will stumble and be in danger, because the leadership is conform and whatever. However, I don't imagine they will actually collapse. It is not as if you are in immediate danger of loosing everything if you have more than a quarter of a billion customers...

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General Software Discussion / Re: AVI + SRT =>> burn a regular DVD, how to? Urgent as heck.

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 08:10 AM »

or merely capture the video while playing

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General Software Discussion / Re: Meet the new FOG! Same as the old FOG?

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 07:18 AM »

-thanks, 40hz :-)

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Edited (see 40hz's next post)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altsys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeHand

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General Software Discussion / Re: Meet the new FOG! Same as the old FOG?

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 06:37 AM »

One feature I am missing is a link to Vista's hidden folder "Fonts"; I really expected such a shortcut in a font editor! "Open..." will merely open My Documents.

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General Software Discussion / Meet the new FOG! Same as the old FOG?

« Last post by Curt on June 22, 2010, 04:24 AM »

-the new "FOG" being the $399 expensive Fontographer 5 for Mac or for Windows

http://www.fontlab.c...editor/fontographer/

--------------
I received an email from FontLab:

After more than a decade in limbo, Fontographer, the font editor on which many a budding type designer cut their teeth, has been re-released by Fontlab.

Fontographer was originally introduced in 1990 and quickly became the star of font editors in the brave new world of digital type design. Type luminaries such as Matthew Carter and Sumner Stone used it to create some of the most widely used typefaces today.

I got curious and went to the site to have a look. I even installed a demo, before I had a look at their prices. This was certainly the right order. Prices are high, I think. Really high! However, on second thought: the new owner is FontLAB: I think you can expect Fontographer to be or soon become one of the best in the field. The FontLAB name should guarantee that, I hope. However, I am not in a position to judge between pros and cons, so you may want to go to their download page, and test the restricted demo version.



Considering their asking price, I am appalled by the way they try to camouflage where to get HELP other than from their user's forum - so here is an important quote from readme: >> If you can't find your answer on the
forums ( http://forum.fontlab.com/ ) then please submit a support ticket form from http://www.fontlab.com/support/problem/ << [Edit:]. On second thought: This is a demo version; the link to support would most likely be present in the purchased version. Sorry![/edit]

FontLab Takes Over
   
New Ownership
   Today Fontlab is proud to announce the release of a new version of Fontographer for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. The new versions have been updated specifically to meet the needs of 21st century designers and publishers and are fully compatible with current operating systems and the new OpenType font format.


Meet the New FOG!

But that's not all. Of course we added some new stuff along the way:

* Updated encodings,
* Copy-paste compatibility with new Illustrator and Freehand versions,
* CJKV font support to 20,000+ characters,
* New modern user interface,
* Import/Export of FontLab file format,
* Expanded Unicode and encoding tables,
* Streamlined and modernized Unicode font creation,
* New Glyph searching feature,
* Additional font information handling,
* Accepts most bitmap formats for autotrace,

* Innumerable bug fixes.


Same as the Old FOG?
In order to keep the learning curve short Fontographer retains its essential look and feel. The interface has been updated to modern standards, of course, but users will find that they don't have to learn new ways to do the same things.

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Preferences:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tiny Windows apps from Blue Yonder

« Last post by Curt on June 21, 2010, 04:08 PM »

Updated January April 2010, but it is still very little the high number of applications have to offer. And quite a number are outdated anyway.

http://www.gwnt00030...o.uk/uklife/gdys.htm

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General Software Discussion / Re: This Mac devotee is moving to Linux

« Last post by Curt on June 21, 2010, 11:56 AM »

Women don't care much about if an operating system is "free" or in a "walled garden", but if the system is easy to understand how to use. And this is exactly where Linux is failing BIG time. The very way a Linux works, proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is a system written by male geeks, for male geeks. Nowadays the authors are told Linux must be easier to operate, so some of the Linux software authors try adding userfriendly procedures, but so far only "some" & "try". There are still so many details under the surface where a request for help will result in an answer including geek talk impossible to understand for normal people (man or woman!).

My point is, that Linux never will be a major system until women easily can operate it.
- and this should give people like me a chance as well ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any freeware alternatives to Faststone MaxView?

« Last post by Curt on June 18, 2010, 04:03 PM »

...FastPictureViewer Professional ...., I'm not that happy with it--no PSD support, for example.

-yksyks (December 21, 2009, 03:25 PM)

Fast Picture Viewer Professional from Axel Rietschin Software is not the average image viewer for your collection of wallpapers. It is a viewer for .RAW photos directly from your camera. The question (as seen from mr Rietschin's point of view) is not if it supports Photoshop but if it supports your camera. And it probably does:

Indicative camera brands and models list:

* Adobe Digital Negative (DNG, raw images) * Canon PowerShot 600 * Canon PowerShot A5 * Canon PowerShot A5 Zoom * Canon PowerShot A50 * Canon PowerShot A460 * Canon PowerShot A470 * Canon PowerShot A530 * Canon PowerShot A570 * Canon PowerShot A590 * Canon PowerShot A610 * Canon PowerShot A620 * Canon PowerShot A630 * Canon PowerShot A640 * Canon PowerShot A650 * Canon PowerShot A710 IS * Canon PowerShot A720 IS * Canon PowerShot Pro70 * Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS * Canon PowerShot Pro1 * Canon PowerShot G1 * Canon PowerShot G2 * Canon PowerShot G3 * Canon PowerShot G5 * Canon PowerShot G6 * Canon PowerShot G7 * Canon PowerShot G9 * Canon PowerShot G10 * Canon PowerShot G11 * Canon PowerShot S2 IS * Canon PowerShot S3 IS * Canon PowerShot S5 IS * Canon PowerShot SD300 * Canon PowerShot S30 * Canon PowerShot S40 * Canon PowerShot S45 * Canon PowerShot S50 * Canon PowerShot S60 * Canon PowerShot S70 * Canon PowerShot S90 * Canon PowerShot SX1 IS * Canon PowerShot SX110 IS * Canon Digital Rebel * Canon Digital Rebel XT * Canon Digital Rebel XTi * Canon Digital Rebel XSi * Canon Digital Rebel T1i * Canon Digital Rebel T2i * Canon Digital Rebel XS * Canon EOS D30 * Canon EOS D60 * Canon EOS 5D * Canon EOS 5D Mark II * Canon EOS 7D * Canon EOS 10D * Canon EOS 20D * Canon EOS 30D * Canon EOS 40D * Canon EOS 50D * Canon EOS 300D * Canon EOS 350D * Canon EOS 400D * Canon EOS 450D * Canon EOS 500D * Canon EOS 550D * Canon EOS 1000D * Canon EOS D2000C * Canon EOS-1D * Canon EOS-1DS * Canon EOS-1D Mark II * Canon EOS-1D Mark II N * Canon EOS-1D Mark III * Canon EOS-1D Mark IV * Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II * Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III * Canon Kiss Digital * Canon Kiss Digital N * Canon Kiss Digital X * Canon Kiss Digital X2 * Canon Kiss Digital X3 * Canon Kiss Digital F * Epson R-D1 * Fuji FinePix E550 * Fuji FinePix E900 * Fuji FinePix F700 * Fuji FinePix F710 * Fuji FinePix F800 * Fuji FinePix F810 * Fuji FinePix HS10 * Fuji FinePix HS11 * Fuji FinePix S2Pro * Fuji FinePix S3Pro * Fuji FinePix S5Pro * Fuji FinePix S20Pro * Fuji FinePix S100FS * Fuji FinePix S200EXR * Fuji FinePix S5000 * Fuji FinePix S5100 * Fuji FinePix S5200 * Fuji FinePix S5500 * Fuji FinePix S5600 * Fuji FinePix S6000fd * Fuji FinePix S7000 * Fuji FinePix S9000 * Fuji FinePix S9100 * Fuji FinePix S9500 * Fuji FinePix S9600 * Fuji FinePix S200EXR * Fuji IS-1 * Fuji IS Pro * Hasselblad CFV * Hasselblad H3D * Hasselblad V96C * Kodak DC20 * Kodak DC25 * Kodak DC40 * Kodak DC50 * Kodak DC120 * Kodak DCS200 * Kodak DCS315C * Kodak DCS330C * Kodak DCS420 * Kodak DCS460 * Kodak DCS460A * Kodak DCS520C * Kodak DCS560C * Kodak DCS620C * Kodak DCS620X * Kodak DCS660C * Kodak DCS660M * Kodak DCS720X * Kodak DCS760C * Kodak DCS760M * Kodak EOSDCS1 * Kodak EOSDCS3B * Kodak EasyShare Z980 * Kodak EasyShare Z981 * Kodak EasyShare Z1015 * Kodak NC2000F * Kodak ProBack * Kodak PB645C * Kodak PB645H * Kodak PB645M * Kodak DCS Pro 14n * Kodak DCS Pro 14nx * Kodak DCS Pro SLR/c * Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n * Kodak C330 * Kodak C603 * Kodak P850 * Kodak P880 * Kodak Z980 * Kodak Z981 * Kodak Z1015 * Kodak KAI-0340 * Leica Digilux 2 * Leica Digilux 3 * Leica D-LUX2 * Leica D-LUX3 * Leica D-LUX4 * Leica V-LUX1 * Mamiya ZD * Minolta RD175 * Minolta DiMAGE 5 * Minolta DiMAGE 7 * Minolta DiMAGE 7i * Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi * Minolta DiMAGE A1 * Minolta DiMAGE A2 * Minolta DiMAGE A200 * Minolta DiMAGE G400 * Minolta DiMAGE G500 * Minolta DiMAGE G530 * Minolta DiMAGE G600 * Minolta DiMAGE Z2 * Minolta Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 5D * Minolta Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 7D * Nikon D1 * Nikon D1H * Nikon D1X * Nikon D2H * Nikon D2Hs * Nikon D2X * Nikon D2Xs * Nikon D3 * Nikon D3S * Nikon D3X * Nikon D40 * Nikon D40x * Nikon D50 * Nikon D60 * Nikon D70 * Nikon D70s * Nikon D80 * Nikon D90 * Nikon D100 * Nikon D200 * Nikon D300 * Nikon D300s * Nikon D700 * Nikon D3000 * Nikon D5000 * Nikon E700 * Nikon E800 * Nikon E880 * Nikon E900 * Nikon E950 * Nikon E990 * Nikon E995 * Nikon E2100 * Nikon E2500 * Nikon E3200 * Nikon E3700 * Nikon E4300 * Nikon E4500 * Nikon E5000 * Nikon E5400 * Nikon E5700 * Nikon E8400 * Nikon E8700 * Nikon E8800 * Nikon Coolpix P6000 * Nikon Coolpix S6 * Olympus C3030Z * Olympus C5050Z * Olympus C5060WZ * Olympus C7070WZ * Olympus C70Z * Olympus C7000Z * Olympus C740UZ * Olympus C770UZ * Olympus C8080WZ * Olympus X200 * Olympus D560Z * Olympus C350Z * Olympus E-1 * Olympus E-3 * Olympus E-10 * Olympus E-20 * Olympus E-30 * Olympus E-300 * Olympus E-330 * Olympus E-400 * Olympus E-410 * Olympus E-420 * Olympus E-500 * Olympus E-510 * Olympus E-520 * Olympus E-620 * Olympus E-P1 * Olympus E-PL1 * Olympus E-P2 * Olympus SP310 * Olympus SP320 * Olympus SP350 * Olympus SP500UZ * Olympus SP510UZ * Olympus SP550UZ * Olympus SP560UZ * Olympus SP570UZ * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC1 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 * Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 * Pentax *ist D * Pentax *ist DL * Pentax *ist DL2 * Pentax *ist DS * Pentax *ist DS2 * Pentax K10D * Pentax K20D * Pentax K100D * Pentax K100D Super * Pentax K200D * Pentax K2000 * Pentax K-m * Pentax K-x * Pentax K-7 * Pentax Optio S * Pentax Optio S4 * Pentax Optio 33WR * Pentax Optio 750Z * Samsung EX1 * Samsung GX-1S * Samsung GX-10 * Samsung NX10 (new SRW raw format) * Samsung S85 * Samsung S850 * Samsung TL500 * Samsung WB550 * Sigma SD9 * Sigma SD10 * Sigma SD14 * Sinar 3072x2048 * Sinar 4080x4080 * Sinar 4080x5440 * Sinar STI * Sony DSC-F828 * Sony DSC-R1 * Sony DSC-V3 * Sony DSLR-A100 * Sony DSLR-A200 * Sony DSLR-A300 * Sony DSLR-A330 * Sony DSLR-A350 * Sony DSLR-A380 * Sony DSLR-A450 * Sony DSLR-A500 * Sony DSLR-A550 * Sony DSLR-A700 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General Software Discussion / Re: any free (or cheap) utilities to export outlook pst files to HTML or XML?

« Last post by Curt on June 18, 2010, 10:37 AM »

... version of Mailstore (http://www.mailstore.../mailstore-home.aspx) to archive all of your email (without affecting your PST file if you don't want to) and then ...

-Carol Haynes (June 18, 2010, 07:53 AM)

Mailstore is right now offering a free trial key for their portable server version 5 BETA, for a couple of weeks only:

MailStore Server 5 comes with many new features, including:

    * Brand-new Microsoft Outlook Add-in with seemless integration
    * End-user components (Outlook Add-in and Web Access) in German, Dutch, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Chinese (simplified and traditional).
    * Show all changes
    * Download MailStore Server 5.0.0.4351

Please use your current license file (if you have one) or download a Version 5 trial license file valid until June 30th.

http://www.mailstore...n/mailstore-lab.aspx

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General Software Discussion / Re: best online powerpoint tutorial?

« Last post by Curt on June 17, 2010, 06:08 PM »

Could you help me? I am not sure if you mean the best tutorial created with the use of PowerPoint, or the best tutorial on how to use PowerPoint! And if it is the last option, is it for beginners or advanced users?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend disk imaging software?

« Last post by Curt on June 17, 2010, 08:33 AM »

given the title of the thread, a link to http://www.giveawayo...-tools-pro-standard/ should be most relevant today (17/June/2010)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: DAEMON Tools Pro Standard at GAOTD (June 17, 2010)

« Last post by Curt on June 17, 2010, 02:32 AM »

maybe a couple of hours too early... most of the first posts at GAOTD quote this:

” Activation attempt was rejected License acivation attempt was rejected due to frequent activation tries. To resolve this issue please contact: Disc Soft Ltd “

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General Software Discussion / Re: If you think OpenOffice is a competitor to MS Office 2010, think again

« Last post by Curt on June 16, 2010, 04:59 PM »

Is there a downside to choosing it over MS Office?

-cyberdiva (June 16, 2010, 03:05 PM)

..., no Access (yet -- they're working on that one).

-CWuestefeld (June 16, 2010, 03:20 PM)

When ("if"?) it comes, I am expecting SoftMaker's version to be absolutely fantastic, considering how many years they have been "working on that one"... 

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General Software Discussion / lose your mind dot com

« Last post by Curt on June 16, 2010, 09:52 AM »

The name of this company is wrong! A weird choice, to say the least. loseyourmind.com are merely displaying two programs on their site, but I feel confident that both applications are meant to help you keep your sanity and NOT lose your mind ;-)

The first one is a font manager. Hmm... "there are already too many font managers, and they all look the same!", was my first reaction. But I installed the thing, to have a second look, and realized this one actually is a little different, AND to the best of my thinking, also BETTER! So much better actually that I already have purchased a license (but of course, if you know me, this won't tell you too much!).

It would be difficult with my limited vocabulary to tell you about this program, in details, so my advice is that if you are in any need of a font manager at all: go test this one! The number of USEFUL features is very heigh. So to speak, this font manager makes me feel that the programmer has written out of need for the features, rather than out of need for an income ;-) The result is so GOOD that neither the homepage or this post can pay credit to the usefulness of the features, because it would take far too many words and pictures, to do so. And for what?: Go test it yourself!!

Several useful features are hidden within this bar:




also this little slide-show is fantastic useful:




And I still need to tell you the name of this versatile font manager:

Printer's Apprentice

Wow, that is a name out of the ordinary!

The listed price is $25, but right now it is offered for $15. It is more than worth this price, I think.
-but as it often is with font managers, it will use quite some time to load, though nothing alarming.

5.2MB zip: Printer's Apprentice 8.1 - Font Manager for Windows 7, Vista & XP

Features: http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa80.aspx
Screenshots: http://www.loseyourm...com/pa80screens.aspx

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The other application they have is a Virtual Font Folder for XP and Vista. Win 7 was not mentioned.

Virtual Font Folder synchronizes your installed fonts with the contents of another folder or network share.
 
Virtual Font Folder watches a user specified folder or network share for changes. When one or more TrueType, OpenType or Type 1 files are added to the folder, they will be installed in Windows for use by applications. When font files are removed from this folder, VFF will also uninstall them from Windows.

Multiple PCs can watch the same folder or network share. This is great tool for synchronizing font resources across a network.

Virtual Font Folder is for Windows XP and Vista and costs US$ 15.00 per copy.

The company seems devoted to fonts. To me they also seem to be skilled programmers :-)
So, to keep your mind, I recommend you to loseyourmind...  

http://www.loseyourmind.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: If you think OpenOffice is a competitor to MS Office 2010, think again

« Last post by Curt on June 16, 2010, 06:42 AM »

I have MS Office 2003 Standard, and I skipped Office 2007, so for me it is a no-brainer question: Office 2010 is The Leader and almost awesome! I *HOPE* I can afford to upgrade to the Ultimate version (I have been running the Ultimate Beta for five months, for free), but I am no longer entitled to any academic discount.