20
Things They Don't Want You to Know(October 2005 issue of PC World
magazine)
26 Best-ever Freeware Utilities 31 August 2003
602PC
Suite 4.0(Widows Operating System)
19 October 2003
free office suite; word processor, spreadsheet, photo editor,
digital photo organizer; MS Office document types; some languages;
( 21.5MB);Win 98+
Adobe Acrobat & PDF at
PDFzone.com
26
September 2001
online authority for Acrobat, PDF & document management
professionals: PDF-Basics service by PDFzone.com; Foxit
Reader 2.3 for Windows is faster than Acrobat Reader with
more options for viewing, printing, & annotating PDFs; use it
to fill out PDF forms; See also PDFDatabase.com;
LoopApps PDF
manipulation: convert, combine & electronically sign
documents; FreeMyPDF liberates
PDF files from printing & other restrictions: only works
for PDFs that you can open & read without 3rd party plugins.
PDFs that require password to be viewed cannot be unlocked by this
service;
ALLCHARS
15 June 2004
freeware creating accents & special characters on the fly as
well as short macros supports Windows 3.11/95/98/ME/NT4.0/2000
Answers that work
computer fixes task list
29 April 2004
AutoHotkey
Freeware macro
maker; support
group
8 September 2005
AVG
Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.5.503
22 November 2007
this release includes real-time protection as files are
opened & programs run, along with freevirus updates.
This version is compatible with computers running Windows
98,Me, NT, 2000, XP, & Vista;
BCM
Diagnostics Pro, version 2.30
15 May 2004
Windows-based diagnostic software; 5
components tested to benchmarked standards; DOS-based diagnostic
bypasses Windows & tests the physical hardware level
reflecting system stability, reliability, & compatibility;
System Health Monitor periodically checks free system resources,
memory & disk space, & CPU usage; warning if resources are
below a desired threshold; download for
$26.50;
BlackStump Guides & FAQs 4 June 2002
Blue
Screen Of Death survival guide decodes your system
crash
3 May 2009
Bob Cerelli's Windows
Site (Windows95/98/ME/2000/XP)
22 March 2005
Bootdisk.com
9 August 2002
Windows & DOS boot disks; download free; drivers, tweaks,
networking, bootable CDs; DOS & Windows guides; diagnostics
& troubleshooting; free e- newsletter The BootLIST PC
Techletter; links: free support, Mac, utilities, boot
disks (Mac System 7.01 & 7.5, DR DOS 7.03, IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0,
IBM DOS 4.00, PC DOS 7.00, Red Hat Linux 2.0+ & 6.1, SuSE
Linux 6.0);
Classic Computer
Magazine Archive
30 April 2004
fulltext 70s to early 90s; includes images & adverts; issues
from Antic, STart, Hi-Res, Creative Computing, Creative Computing Video &
Arcade Games, Compute!,
& Tandy Computer Whiz Kids;
biographies of Antic
& STart writers;
Search or browse;.
CompareMyDocs
compiles final version based on multiple revisions
5 November 2009
Complete
PC Maintenance Checklist(Langa Letter Nov. 21, 2005)
Comprehensive
Computer Science
26 February 2003
annotated links arranged by category; dictionaries,
encyclopaedias, electronic journals, algorithm collections,
associations, programming languages, courses
Computer
data
storage
through
the
Ages
-
from
Punch
Cards
to Blu-Ray
20 March 2009
Computer
Hardware Chart identifies PC parts
23 July 2009
Computer
repair
utility
kit
you
can
run
from
a
thumb
drive
15 February
2009
free tools to diagnose & repair your Windows machine
Computer
Standards - a CompInfo Directory
7 February 2003
knowledge bases, newsgroups & FAQs, magazines & e-zines,
white papers, organizations & user groups, benchmarking,
capacity planning, database admin.
Computer User Groups on the Web 19 October 2003
Counterpane
Labs: Password Safe
free Windows 9x/2000 utility keeps passwords securely encrypted;
Safe Combination unlocks all passwords, protects passwords with
Blowfish encryption algorithm, a fast, free alternative to DES;
free: no license requirements, shareware fees, etc.
Create cheap PDF files
6 June 2003
PDFs preserve layout & appearance of original document; Adobe
Acrobat reader can be viewed on PCs, Macs, *nix boxes, hand-helds;
create PDF with Adobe Acrobat 6; Professional -US$449($100 for
students); Standard $299; Mac OS X has PDF functionality - Print
Preview from Mac, Save as PDF; free Adobe login; upload up to 5
documents to PDFify; Adobe's PDF Online service is US$9.99/m
($99/year), buy Acrobat, or download a shareware
PDF printer driver like pdf995 for PC or PrintToPDF for the
Mac; pdf995 is free with a sponsor page in your
browser(disable for US$9.95); PrintToPDF is $20 for Mac OS 7,
8,& 9; Another
way to create free PDFs is to print as a Postscript file
& convert to PDF using GhostScript; see TOURBUS-12 Jun 03;
Delayed
Startup & Program Manager
13 January 2007
Delindex
deletes Index.dat files which are never resized & only get
bigger
15 August
2003
web surfing history since they were (re)created; can cause
performance issues with browsing; cannot be deleted if IE is
running; stand-alone program requires no installation &
no other files to run.
Disabling
useless services & speeding up your computer
18 April 2006
Document-summarization
software free/inexpensive category text-extraction
program; 27 March 2002
reduce time needed to create abstracts or check search results
Driver Files free, no
registration, no annual fee to download drivers;
30 August 2003
keyword search or browse; Driver Magician Lite 3.5
identifies all hardware in system, extracts their associated
drivers from the hard disk, & backs them up to a designated
location; detects unknown devices; Windows 98+;
DriverGuide.com
3 August 2001
printer drivers, cdrom drivers, modem drivers, sound drivers,
mouse drivers, monitor drivers; searchable database of rare or
no-longer-supported drivers; member- to-member area - share driver
with others seeking same. Free subscription.
EasyOffice+PDF
Filter 8.0
12 March 2005
free version office suite compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel,
& pdf files; Some programs include dictionary, notepad,
calculator, image editor, & diagram creation device; available
in languages including Turkish, Spanish, Chinese, & German;
Microsoft Windows 98+
Elder
Geek on Windows XP
18
April 2006
Error
Message Resource - Windows 98 & Windows Me
1
August 2001
ERROR MESSAGES explained or researched; common
error codes & messages; automate & view an
explanation of error codes; download free program MS Windows
Error Messages [1/8/2001 - last reviewed 28/3/2001]
Everything USB
1 April 2006
Exchange Files Transparently
Between Macs & PCs
31 July 2003
Wormhole drag-&-drop file transfer utility between any
combination of Mac OS X & Windows systems; no configuration
necessary on small networks; launch Wormhole on two computers,
& they'll find each other & open a connection with zero
clicks
Extended Copy & Paste: ClipMate
18 February 2005
Fiddling
with
File Types By Greg R. Notess
3 March 2004
File
Conversions
16 September 2004
US Patent & Trademark documents
TIFF format converted by pat2pdf into PDF; priced $5+ for a
single patent, $125/month for unlimited use; National
Library of Medicine's DocMorph
service converts files from 50 formats into PDF (& TIFF,
text, or synthesized speech.).*free* registration
- table
of file extensions & descriptions; Data Conversion Online offers
free online file converters, such as sort file, search &
replace, UNIX
to DOS; Search
for various file types with Filedigg;
File
Extensions See also Pronom
below
3 March 2004
File Formats & How to Deal With Them 1 July 2003
File
Recovery Guide
28 February 2004
file recovery, breakdowns, head crashes,
data back ups, formatting; See also
(July 2008) Glary
Utilities 2.6 system tools & utilities to remove
unwanted files, clean up invalid & broken shortcuts, scan,
remove, & back up faulty registry entries forWindows 98+;
File sharing
platforms
7
September 2006
Grou.ps shares photos, text,
locations, bookmarks, videos, blog posts, to-do lists, calendars;
specify service providers (e.g. Flickr for photos,del.icio.us for
bookmarks); Grou.ps will fetch, re-format & filter your data
free; See also FolderShare;
FindTutorials.com
6 February 2002
free online IT tutorials; entry level texts on using word
processors through to advanced techniques in web
development/database design & network routing.
FolderShare
22 September 2005
synchronize critical files across a private P2P network; share
files up to 2 GB inside an unlimited file space; no limits on
quantity, size or file type; free basic version; synchronise
laptop & desktop machines; free with a limited number of
folders; USD 2.50 / month;
Form
creation online
3 December 2006
Wufoo all types of forms
including mailing lists, surveys, invitations, event calendars;
Windows 98+
Free2Code
8 December 2003
tutorials for programming languages, operating systems, computer
networking & Web development from members of the Free2Code
community; Number Systems, PHP & MySQL, Introduction to Flash
MX Design; code archive helps with programmers problems
Free
conversion
to
PDF,
RTF
or
OpenOffice
Format
for
any
Microsoft Word file
30 March 2006
web-based service independent of computer or operating system
(PC, Mac & Linux); See also Convert
PDF to DOC, PDF to XLS, PDF to HTML or Text
Getting
The Grunge Out Of Your PC (Langa Letter: Feb. 28, 2005)
Google
Docs & Spreadsheets web-based
word-processing & spreadsheet
14 October 2006
integrates Writely
& Google
Spreadsheets; create, manage & access documents & spreadsheets; collaborate online; Export & import a variety
of file formats; Share as view-only; Publish to a blog or as an
HTML page; Google
Spreadsheets
Trick: Google Lookup; Collaborating
in the Classroom or Library; Pulling
Live Data Into Google Spreadsheets(syntax is
=GoogleLookup with two variables); .GD&S
Upgrade; part
2; (31 March 2008) Google
Launches Offline Access for Docs powered by Google Gears API browser
extension that allows developers to store application data offline
& sync it back up again later when users are reconnected; Google Docs template
gallery open to share documents, spreadsheets, presentations
& forms, public template gallery: sort & browse templates
by category, usage, rating & document type; gallery also
available to Google Apps Premier & Education Edition
customers;
Hard
drive recovery
16 June 2007
Hidden log
files eat your disk space
22 February 2007
Hide sensitive
files with Alternate Data Streams(ADS)
6 December 2007
ADS is supported by drives formatted as NTFS(Microsoft's New
Technology File System, Windows NT, 2000, XP+) improvement over
FAT-32 file system, data is stored in separate fork or stream of any file or
folder making Windows more compatible with Mac operating system
files(which consist of a resource fork & data fork);
separate stream can also be used to store other things, such as
information entered on Summary tab of some files' Properties
dialog boxes; data stored in an NTFS stream is invisible to
Windows Explorer, text searches, & most routine Windows' file functions
& are sometimes used to harbour malware so make sure your
antivirus software can scan ADS;
HotScripts.com
PHP, CGI, Perl, JavaScript, ASP script collection &
resource portal 1 March 2004
How
to
fix
a
dead pixel on your monitor
25
February 2010
How
to make Adobe Reader 7.0 load faster
27 March 2006
How
to permanently delete data from your hard drive
19 November 2008
HyperSnap-DX 4
15 April 2002
screen grabber utility captures images & allows editing,
annotation, & manipulation; 20+ formats; free download; $35 to
register it & remove a print overlay.
IEEE Computer Society (founded
in 1946)
20
September 2003
publishes 13 magazines, 7 Transactions, conference proceedings
& books, IEEE Security & Privacy. Free search; subscribe
for fulltext; IEEE
Distributed Systems Online promotes awareness of
developments, trends, activities, & editorial coverage;
online support for Internet Computing & Pervasive
Computing; distributed systems community - researchers,
students, educators, application developers, & program
managers
IrfanView
12 May 2005
Small, fast; most types of media - images, photos, music, &
video; photo editor for red-eye removal, color & gamma tweaks,
image resizing, & format conversions, batch
operations--renaming files, applying an image change across a set
of files
iRows
27 April 2006
create, store & access spreadsheets from any computer with a
browser; upload, edit & save Microsoft Excel, CSV &
OpenOffice files; share data; display a spreadsheet on any web
page; free to use with every operating system & web
browser;
Journey
Inside (Flash, RealPlayer, .pdf)
15
February 2003
computer & Internet technologies; video demos & stories;
Circuits & Switches; Digital Information storage &
analysis. Microprocessor basics; free registration
JSTOR
Launches XML Gateway
1 September 2005
created to better facilitate metasearching/federated
searching/cross-database searching
Knowledgebase(Microsoft)
articles
about
Ms
products
published
in
21
languages;
7 November 2002
Learning
More About PowerPoint(Law Practice Today)
9 August
2005
Links to Freeware
3 February 2003
1650 links to the better freeware sites; scrutinized & the
links are checked weekly & dead links are removed failing
twice; newsgroup - alt.comp.freeware
Local Port
Scanner
27 June 2001
free 497 kb file preprogrammed with the most common hacker &
trojan ports has five different scan modes with useful information
on used ports
LOCKSS
(Lots
of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) technology
28 February 2006
See also CLOCKSS,
LOCKSS, SOCKSS, FROCKSS
Mac Manual
free guide supplies tips, tricks & free
applications
29
October 2011
Memtest+: Advanced Memory
Diagnostic Tool
19 August
2005
No restrictions for use, private or commercial exist other than
the ones mentioned in the Gnu Public License (GPL)
Microsoft - 4 Ways to Speed Up
Your Computer's Performance
18 August
2005
use the tools available in Windows XP Service Pack 2
(SP2) to more efficiently maintain your computer & safeguard
your privacy online;
Microsoft
Knowledge Base
18
February 2003
repository of Microsoft's technical support staff's FAQs, bug
reports, workarounds
Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional (MVP) program
26
March 2005
Development; Applications; Platforms; Site info; MVP Links
MrExcel message board
2 March 2006
Non
commercial databases(a list) & 25+
Alternative
&
Open
Source
Database Engines
16 February 2010
OpenQM -
multivalue database available as a fully supported commercial
product & open source under General Public Licence; commercial
version available on Windows, Linux (Red Hat, Fedora, Debian,
Ubuntu), FreeBSD, Mac OS X & Windows Mobile; Redis - advanced
key-value store similar to memcached but dataset isnt volatile
& values can be strings, exactly like in memcached, but also
lists, sets, & ordered sets; All data types can be manipulated
with atomic operations to push/pop elements, add/remove elements,
perform server side union, intersection, difference between sets;
supports different sorting abilities; written in ANSI C, works in
most POSIX systems like Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris; free
software released under BSD license; compiles & works under
WIN32 if compiled with Cygwin but no official support for Windows;
Riak - decentralized
key-value store, flexible map/reduce engine, HTTP/JSON query
interface; Scalien - a
startup developing open-source, cutting-edge distributed systems;
Office
Converters & Viewers
2 September 2003
share Microsoft Office files with people who have different
versions of Office programs or people who don't have Office
Old
computer, new life: restoring old hardware with Ubuntu
26 August 2011
OpenOffice.org(Sun
Microsystems)
27
August 2005
free open source package; Writer
word processor & desktop publisher, Calc
spreadsheet, Math equation &
formula creator, Impress multimedia & slide show presenter, Draw
graphics, Base
database application; PDF creation & HTML export; save to MS
Word format; Windows, Linux & OS; ShareOffice
launches - open standards based web office suite;
Open Source
alternatives
27 August
2005
OpenOffice.org lacks
calendar, schedule & email program; The Gimp
drawing/painting/photo-editing versions for many operating
systems(Windows needs v 2.2.8); GTK+2 run-time environment, v
2.6.8; AVG Free
Edition virus package; Sygate
Personal Firewall; Ad-Aware SE
Personal spyware removes cookies, browser hijackers,
tracking components, dialers & trojans; Spybot
Search & Destroy spyware remover; Metric Converter; OpenSourceWindows
& OpenSourceMac - catalogues free
& open source software;
Opera Show
Generator
30 September 2004
creates presentations without having to download any software
& have knowledge of HTML; no charge to access & use;
create & view "slide" presentations
Orator
2.0(Macintosh Operating System)
29 November 2003
convert text into a sound file & read the text aloud in
different "voices"; save articles & transfer them to iPod;
compatible with systems running Mac OS X
Oriens
Enhancer Gold v.2.0
7 March 2003
Free Digital Image Editor - selection tool(freehand selection!),
stamp tool & color picker; layers; 40 image formats optimized,
compressed & saved in 20 graphic formats; screen-capture, Icon
Extractor from application/software files 1) GIF Animator/Frame
extractor 2) Thumbnail Browser 3) Screen Saver & Slide Show
production 4) Icon & Image Extractor from
EXE/DLL/OCX/FRX/CTX/ DOX/DSX/ICO files 5) Batch Converter of
different formats 6) Image Maps generator 7) ASCII to PDF
Converter 8) +40 filters for images - Dilate, Painting,
Erode, Invert, Greyscale, Sepiatone, Relief, Edge Enhance, Emboss,
Contour, Saturation, Diffuse, Luminousity, Blur, Engrave, Soften,
Sharpen, Noise, Mosaic, Talcom Powder 9) +40 effects to enhance
images - Halftone, Pixelize, Ccontrast, Brightness, Gamma
Correction, Thermique, XBlack, Photoshop Lens, Waves, Bend, Fold,
Rotate,Stretch, Tile, Twirl, Grid, Flare, Noise, Scanliness, Under
Glass, Under Curtain 10) Image Merging with transparency
from 0-100;
Partitioning
your hard drive See also Partition
Managers
8 November 2008
PC Lube &
Tune
3 February 2003
introductions, tutorials; history & evolution of the graphical
user interface; how computers interpret the mouse, toolbars, &
menus; HTML & XML
PC Pitstop
5
August 2001
examines system configuration, benchmark tests, tips for system,
memory, disk, video; diagnostics to improve performance;
free!
PDF Creator
31 July 2003
Open Source tool allowing free creation of PDF files from standard
Office applications; Print
to PDF in Windows Vista; HTML to PDF Converter
PDF Editor(CAD-KAS)
21 November 2005
post-edit PDF files & save changes, modify text & images;
US$79, free demo version; Viewing
PDFs in Firefox;
PDF Text Online
(beta)
21 September 2006
free conversion of PDF files, all fonts & languages including
CJK; completely web-based; Ajax technology
PDF
to Word Converter
31
October 2003
ScanSoft software lets Word users convert PDF files into editable
word-processing documents while preserving tables, columns,
graphics & other formatting; See also Online
PDF Conversion Tools Mini-Guide (May 2007); Convert PDF file to Word
version;
Personal
Information Managers(PIM); Free
Ecco Pro download; PIMS
(Part 2)(Naked PC , January 30, 2003)
Peter’s
Online
Typing Course
8 July 2006
Portico
electronic journal archiving service (2005-)
16 March 2006
funded by JSTOR, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Ithaka, & The Library of
Congress; signed an archiving agreement with Oxford
Journals, division of Oxford University Press; formerly the
Electronic-Archiving Initiative (JSTOR 2002-);
Port Numbers 15 October 2003
PrimoPDF Windows desktop
tool
1 October 2004
create PDF free from any application for screen or print use;
output from Word, Excel, PowerPoint printable document types; no
ads, spyware, pop-ups;
ProcessLibrary.com
18 October 2004
free online service gives access to an extensive database of
detailed process descriptions; figure out what is running on
your system; part of WinTasks application
Programming
code search engines
13 February 2006
See Koders
& Krugle (above); Code Snippets public
source code repository categorized with tags/keywords;
Pronom
information on 550 file formats, 250
software products, 100 vendors
13
August 2004
ReaConverter
Pro
v3.2 (Windows Operating System)
8 November 2003
convert many images at once with a command line utility; process
images in console mode; many formats; resize, crop, rotate &
mirror images; sharpen tool; smooth, blur, & contour;
Windows 98+
Read
DOCX
Files
in
Internet
Explorer
-
No
Word
2007
Required
22 March 2008
Recover
Deleted
Files (PC & Mac)
7 March
2007
RefWorks
3 December 2002
create your own personal database importing references from online
databases & use these references in writing papers;
automatically format paper & bibliography; web-based for
platforms including Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.
Are Registry
cleaners worthwhile?
2
February 2007
Registry
Mechanic Windows crash & error messages
1 November 2003
registry references from software installation or incorrect
removal, missing or corrupt hardware drivers, orphaned startup
programs; Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP/ME; scans registry for invalid
entries, lists errors, repair item or automatically repair all;
change recovery
Save space when
using two drives or dual-booting
28 February 2008
Sayz Me(Text to
Speech Free Application )
10 February 2003
simple, open source(BSD license); read Web pages, e-mails aloud;
Alpha test phase uses Microsoft speech engine & synthetic
voices; adjust pitch, speed, & volume, voice of your choice,
highlight words as spoken; Windows 98, 2000 & XP; requires Microsoft
Speech API 4.0 & Microsoft
Synthetic Voices Make sure "spchapi.exe" is installed
first followed by "msttsl.exe"(These files are automatically
installed by default by Win2000 installation); find information
about Speech setups at the Microsoft Speech website.
Scopeware
Vision
7 June 2003
keyword search html web pages, document file types(Word,
PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat), Outlook e-mail boxes on your hard
drive; truncation, Boolean, & meta tag searching; 30 day
trial; personal product $29.95; robust version $79.95; free
version (with adware).
ScreenHunter
27 June
2001
capture any rectangular or round area of screen,windows, menus,
& desktop; multi-document viewer & versatile imaging
editor in V.3.0;
Screensaver
generators
2
January 2012
Create
photo screensavers with Multi
Photo Quotes Builder(MpqBuilder);
Scrub
Your Hard Disk Clean, Pt 1; Scrub
Your Hard Disk Clean, Pt.2
5 August
2001
Are old cookies, TIF files, & orphan files clogging up disk
space? clean up includes Cookie sweeping & Registry
compacting!
See
what’s
behind
a
window
with
a
keystroke
7 February 2010
When moving a window in Windows, if you move the window, keep your
finger held down on the mouse & press Esc to put it back where
you got it from; Works for Win XP+; cf Windows 7 AeroPeek feature;
SketchUp create,
view, modify 3D models quickly & easily
7 August
2005
Slashdot
16 January 2003
constantly-updated online community that offers the latest news,
reviews, & commentary about technology in general &
information technology in specific.
Take
your PC’s temperature — for free! By Fred Langa
13 October 2011
Overheating in PCs can cause unexpected hangs & shutdowns,
shorten the life of your computer; SpeedFan free
multipurpose program monitors system’s temperatures, fan speeds,
& internal voltages. If hard drives are S.M.A.R.T.
compliant, it can show hard-drive temperatures; MobileMeter
monitors CPU temperature, CPU clock speed, battery
charge/discharge rate, & HDD temperature; Core Temp monitors CPU
temperature but it’s distributed via a very aggressive
co-marketing installer package. Read download dialog boxes
carefully to decline unwanted software; Intel
Active Monitor monitors CPU temperature, motherboard
temperature, voltage & fan speed. Compatible with most newer
Intel motherboards. See also related Intel
Desktop Utilities(free); Hmonitor
monitors voltage, CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, &
fan RPM. (14 days free, then US$25+);
Task
Orchestrator (PCMagazine freeware)
22
December 2005
execute a series of tasks to occur while you are away from your
computer; design tasks for specific dates/times, including
downloading, moving, copying or deleting files; play media files,
shut down/log off or open/close an application; free download;
Tech Support Alert
sites reviewed & rated, by category; practical how-to
guides
19 September
2003
TestMySpeed.com
1 August 2001
Modem Speed Test Sites; Bandwidth speed test Cable DSL; test speed
of connection, performance & configuration, cached or
non-cached data, & the accessed server's location &
configuration.
TextDiff compares
documents
&
files
for
changes
23 July 2009
ThinkFree
Office 3 MS Office-compatible suite downloadable free
30-day trial
10
November 2005
word processing, spreadsheet & presentation programs,
platform-independent & works on Windows, Mac or Linux; free
application requires no downloads, provides up to 30 MB of
storage, & allows users to insert live documents into blog
postings; US$49.95 to buy;
Undelete Plus 2.92
29 September 2007
retrieve accidentally deleted files from recycle bin, network
drive, & DOS window; screenshots & FAQ; Windows 95+
UNESCO
Free Software Portal Free software technology
resources
3 February 2003
Use
Control-Space To Clear Formatting In Word (Clear
rogue formatting MSN Video) 20 March 2009
select text and type Control-Space to strip any Word text back to
default formatting (video demo); also works in Outlook &
PowerPoint, in Excel, Control-Space chooses the current column;
Web2Text HTML to
plain text converter
7 June 2003
Ms Office & IE do this but spoil layout; some structure of the
HTML document can be retained after conversion, e.g. paragraphs,
header emphasis, URLs; mark italicised words with an * & bold
with an underscore.
Web
Search Guides: Tutorials - IE 5.0 - 5.5(Win)
25
March 2005
Word Most Valuable Professionals
FAQ
26 March 2005
repository for Microsoft Word maintained by the Microsoft Word
MVPs; MVPs support areas central location of FAQs, tutorials,
samples, etc; 8
handy tools in Microsoft Word;
Workshare Trace
17
February 2005
Free tool identifies hidden data in Office docs( metadata);
easy-to-understand risk reports; Workshare Protect 4 costs between
$30 & $50, depending on your PC's software configuration;
compare KKL Software's $20 EZClean & Esquire Innovations'
$250 iScrub.
Writely edit & publish
in collaboration, or publicly on Internet
18 November 2005
create/edit HTML documents, upload Word, HTML or image files; open
access or via emailed password; Automatically post to blogs
supporting Blogger,
metaWeblog
or MovableType
APIs; free registration; unlimited storage space for individuals;
documents up to 500 KB, embedded images up to 2MB; document
tagging, "star" important documents; FAQ, Help Center; + IE 5.5+
(Windows), Mozilla 1.4 (Mac & Windows), Firefox 1.0.6 (Mac
& Windows - except for 1.5b1 on the Mac!); disable pop-up
blockers to work with Writely; Asynchronous JavaScript Technology
& XML(AJAX) technology that powers Flickr, GMail & Google
Maps; See Google
Docs & Spreadsheets above;
Xcellery
16
August 2006
free; view & edit spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel or the
browser- based Xcellery Editor; collaborate & share workbooks
with them; changes automatically consolidated; work online or
offline; "Edit in Excel" mode;
Your
PC
Hardware:
Inside and Out: Part 2; Part
1
20 January 2011
Part 2: What to look for in a hard drive; difference between Solid
State Drives & conventional drives; What RAM does, & why
you might need more; role of CPU; Intel & AMD compared; What
stats in graphics card marketing mean; nVidia & ATI compared;
YouSendIt
emails files up to 1 Gb in size
21
October 2004
free service automatically sends files up to 1 Gb in size &
notifies recipient; file deleted after 7 days; No passwords, no
software to install, no subscription; Dropload maximum file size is
100MB
Zoho Writer
online word processor; industry-standard MS Word toolbars; WYSIWYG
editor 14 January 2006
import documents in Word format & export back to Word .pdf
& HTML formats; publish to a blog; supports other languages
& alphabets; save documents to secure servers; spell-check,
autosave; documents created collaboratively & enabled for
public viewing; supports revision control(aka versioning) so there
is no need to keep multiple copies of a document; free
registration;