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Desktop Training Series #16

#16

1.Foxit reader
- for viewing pdf files. beats adobe reader hands down. it launches in just one second, try it. allows you to edit any text and other tools not available with adobe acrobat.

2. Pdf Creator
- create adobe acrobat files from any application - choosig pdf creator as your printer.
Once PDF Creator is installed, you can use it from within your applications. If you are working in Microsoft Word, for example, you select "Print" and then choose PDF Creator as your printer. We found it to offer a wide range of options for controlling the output, and it even creates password protected PDF files, so you can limit users' ability to print, copy, or modify the documents.

3. CC Cleaner
- Somewhere under the layers of software detritus, your PC is vigorous and eager to work. CCleaner claims to search through several programs and remove useless files. Many cleaners scrub out just your browser cache or your temporary files folder, but CCleaner was developed to go several steps further. It cleans temporary files from a number of applications, including Adobe Acrobat, eMule, eTrust EZ Antivirus, Firefox, Google Toolbar, Kazaa, Nero, Netscape, Office XP, OpenOffice, Opera WinAce, Windows Media Player, WinRAR, and WinZip. An advanced Registry scanner removes old and unused entries, including file extensions, ActiveX Controls, uninstallers, shared DLLs, fonts, help files, application paths, icons, and invalid shortcuts.

Note: This file is freeware. However, if you donate a certain amount through the vendor's site, the vendor pledges to send you all new releases before they're available for download at the vendor site.

4 World Web
- Whether your dictionary is untouched or dog-eared and falling apart, this free program can replace it quite effectively. Not only does it include common definitions but it shows synonyms and antonyms, as well. You can use it with any word processor or as a stand-alone tool.

Its Lookup field lets you use asterisks and strings to find words in a number of different ways. If you enter *gry, for instance, the program will retrieve angry, hungry, and other words ending with those letters. You can add words to the program's database too. If you're a truly advanced wordsmith, you might find the program's hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms, and holonyms useful.

The professional version of this program costs $18 and lets you find anagrams and words matching a pattern.

5. Podamigo
- We have RSS readers to bring us news feeds and TiVo to schedule our TV, but who brings us the podcasts we crave? PodAmigo works with the podOmatic Web service to organize and download your podcasts. Search through thousands of podcasts and decide what you want brought to your MP3 player. Tell your little pod-friend what you want, and it will download your podcasts for you. If you like, it can add in selections from your own music library.

6. Logmein
- simplifies checking your home pc from the road. leave your home pc connected to the web, sign in to a webpage and the remote access service shows your pc screen in the browser - then you control your pc from afar.

7. Pbwiki
- wondering about wikis - pbwiki is a great introduction to these collaboratively created websites. you can launch a new password protected wiki in just a few minutes.

8. Freemind
- FreeMind allows you to compile your notes in a "mind map"--a free-form tree structure that mimics the way your brain works. Psychologists say an effective way to keep notes is to put them in a "mind map".

9. Syncnotes
- "SyncNotes helps you keep you important snippets of information at your fingertips, always. SyncNotes allows you to easily store, retrieve and even communicate small pieces of textual information. The SyncNotes System consists of a desktop software that allows you to put up virtual sticky notes on your screen, a web based system that synchronizes all notes from your PC(s) and a WAP based interface to view and add notes when you are on the go.

10. Kodak easy share
- best way to share your photos with friends and family.

updated: 4-06-06 at 6:49 am

from "desktop dave"