In the same vein as other open source productivity suites like OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice boasts a comprehensive set of office management tools arguably on par with Microsoft Office itself. LibreOffice offers six different office management tools to meet your project management needs: Text Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Drawing, Database, and Formula.

Text Document is relatively synonymous with Microsoft Word, where Spreadsheet is like Excel. Presentation mirrors Microsoft's PowerPoint, and Database is similar to Access. Then you also have two additional programs in Drawing and Formula, which are an added bonus to the entire package. LibreOffice is compatible with Microsoft Office's document formats and also supports PDFs natively. It also has its own document format called Open Document.

Unfortunately, if you're unfamiliar with Microsoft Office products, this program might take a little additional time to get used to, particularly if you want to master some of its more advanced features. Regular Microsoft Office users will find LibreOffice's interface quite similar, however, and should pick up on how to use its various programs without too much difficulty.

A great alternative to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice is a must-try for managing your various office projects.

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Ubuntu epitomizes everything that open source software is all about - free, quality software that works well and looks good. The latest version of Ubuntu "Maverick Meerkat" is packed with new features aimed at bringing Ubuntu to a wider market by making it easier than ever to use.

This download is for the Windows installer version of Ubuntu which installs Ubuntu on your system just like any other application you might install in Windows. It's the easiest and safest way of installing Ubuntu for the first time because you can easily remove it if you find you don't like it. If you do like it, you can download the desktop version which you'll then have to transfer to a CD or USB stick to install correctly.

Ubuntu allows you to do everything that Windows allows you to do with bonus that everything from the word processor to the e-mail client is free and it's fast. Ubuntu comes with Mozilla Firefox preinstalled although you can choose Google Premium from the fantastic Ubuntu Software Centre. One of the big stars of Ubuntu is Open Office which provides you with everything that Microsoft Office has. The IM client is Empathy IM and the mail client is Evolution Mail although you can install Skype and Thunderbird if you prefer. Other apps included in Ubuntu include Me Menu which gives you access to Facebook, Twitter and Identi.ca plus The GIMP, Flickr and Shotwell for image editing.

The major innovation in 10.10 however is the integration of a music store. Ubuntu's music player includes an integrated store, so you can buy and download new tracks. In addition, Ubuntu One's file-syncing means you can stream your music uninterrupted to your Android device or iPhone. This file syncing capability extends to other files and folders too. For video fans, you can still watch clips in YouTube, iPlayer, and MSN Player as well as play your own videos with Movie Player or you can use Pitivi to edit your videos. For game fans, there's lots of games to choose from in the Ubuntu Software Center including puzzles, adventures, strategy games and more - all for free.

One of the major benefits of Ubuntu however is simply its awesome speed. If you're used the the sluggishness of Windows, you're in for a treat. However, the major downside of Ubuntu is that it can be hard to get components in your PC to work with it. There is no driver center as such, meaning finding drivers to run your WiFi card, mouse-pad etc can be very hard. However, most newer laptops and PCs should have no problems being supported from the start.

Ubuntu is a fantastic example of how open source software can compete with the big guns. If you can get it working smoothly on your PC, you may never look back.

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Simply create your comments for tables and fields as you work in the MS SQL Server Management Studio - no plugin or 3rd party software needed. Then launch the wsSqlSrvDoc wizard and create a MS Word Document containing all needed database statistics and detailed infos on each table/field according to your comments - with just a few clicks of your mouse!

Save your time! Why should you create such a documentation from scratch? Why should you spend an huge amount of money for a big enterprise solution? Not to mention: Both ways are time consuming! Creating it all on your own needs time, learning to deal with a big enterprise software solution needs time. Time is something a stressed developer simply doesn't have. And even if this stressed developer would have the time - there are for shure better things he could do in this time.

This software is meant primary for DB-admins and developers. But wsSqlSrvDoc is so easy to use that even project managers can create a database documentation within seconds.

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Microsoft Publisher 2013 is a desktop publisher included with Microsoft Office 2013. The program is designed for novice users, allowing easy access to a large amount of editing tools. You’ll be able to design publications such as cards, magazines, menus, and posters. This free trial version will require you to stay logged into your Microsoft account.

Features

The canvas is where you can upload multiple pictures and arrange them by dragging them. New in this update you can now easily swap in pictures by dragging the new one over the old one and releasing the mouse.

This action uses clearly visible icons and a pink highlight, making it easy to avoid accidental swaps. Another handy new feature is the Apply to Background command. By right clicking on a picture you can Fill or Tile a single image to the entire canvas.

Compared to the 2010 version, the program is better integrated with the rest of Office. The program even includes tools, panes, and formatting found in Word and PowerPoint. The most useful tool taken from the rest of Office 2013 is the ability to pull images from multiple sites such as Flickr or Facebook.

You can even search through these sites, local images, and Office.com’s clip art within a single dialogue box. The clip art available is already plentiful and having an extra tool to locate more images across the web makes it even faster to find the right image. The only draw back is that you cannot access new online images if you become disconnected.

Usability

The interface is streamlined and very easy to understand. The majority of commands are controlled with the tool bar, corresponding hotkeys, or editing menus brought up by right clicking. The biggest design improvement is the addition of the right hand column Scratch Area which contains all of your images.

Unlike the 2010 version, images will no longer simply be dumped on the canvas. Instead you can easily drag and drop images between the scratch and canvas, allowing you better control of your final publication.

Quality

The layout is clean and avoids any unused space or clutter. The program generally functions quickly, even when you add in many large and detailed images. You can still edit clip art from Office.com and other sites that you have already downloaded even if you become disconnected from the web. When you are connected your work will automatically be saved to cloud storage.

Conclusion

Microsoft Publisher 2013 is a powerful tool to construct various printings and publications. The ability to quickly gather images from Office.com and other image sites will make it easier to find just the right image. The new Scratch Area is a welcome addition to help organize all of these pictures. This trial will give you a taste of Microsoft Publisher 2013’s great upgrades.

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In the same vein as other open source productivity suites like OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice boasts a comprehensive set of office management tools arguably on par with Microsoft Office itself. LibreOffice Portable offers six different office management tools to meet your project management needs: Text Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Drawing, Database, and Formula.

Text Document is relatively synonymous with Microsoft Word, where Spreadsheet is like Excel. Presentation mirrors Microsoft's PowerPoint, and Database is similar to Access. Then you also have two additional programs in Drawing and Formula, which are an added bonus to the entire package. LibreOffice Portable is compatible with Microsoft Office's document formats and also supports PDFs natively. It also has its own document format called Open Document.

Unfortunately, if you're unfamiliar with Microsoft Office products, this program might take a little additional time to get used to, particularly if you want to master some of its more advanced features. Regular Microsoft Office users will find LibreOffice Portable's interface quite similar, however, and should pick up on how to use its various programs without too much difficulty.

A great alternative to Microsoft Office, LibreOffice Portable is a must-try for managing your various office projects.

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Do you spend a lot of time writing on your PC? For many people, Microsoft Word is the default application for writing text, but it has many more features than most people need. Focus Writer is a lightweight basic text writer, designed to be free of the distractions of complex word processing applications. In fullscreen mode, there are no toolbars of windows, just a background and your text - so it can help people writing who need to concentrate

Focus Writer can be windowed or full screen, and the ribbon of buttons at the top appears when you mouse over the area. Its basic features include a find tool - you can search for a word in your text and replace it. The themes button allows you to create custom themes, with your own background, font and so on. In preferences you can turn on auto save and also set goals for the day - by time or number of words, useful for professional writers. Rolling the cursor over the bottom of the window brings up another ribbon, with basic file information - title, word count, percentage of daily goal and the time.

If you need complex formatting, or to add images or tables to your work, this in not the right kind of application Focus Writer is solely for text, and nothing else which may suit writers, but will probably be too limited for many people. It doesn't feature a spell checker, either. Despite this, if you need a distraction free writing program, Focus Writer works very well, and its customization tools are really good.

Focus Writer will helps to create a quiet atmosphere on your computer, perfect for writing without distractions.

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Nokia Music for Windows 8 is a desktop version of Nokia’s streaming radio service available on Windows Phone 7.5. Similar to Pandora and Spotify, Nokia Music allows unlimited audio streaming of “Mixes” categorized by artist or genres. You can also download Mixes for offline use or use Nokia Music for local music on your computer. While Nokia Music for Windows 8 has a $3.99 monthly subscription, there is a seven day free trial that includes all features.

How it Works

Nokia Music uses streaming Mixes which are similar to Pandora. You cannot select specific tracks for on demand listening. Instead, each Mix is a radio station that focuses on an artist or genre and provides similar sounding tracks. You can browse through Nokia’s premade Mixes or create your own. The default Mixes include various genres, top charting music, recommendations from popular musicians, sponsored music, and more. Nokia’s library is large and includes various genres of music, standup comedy acts, and songs from TV ads. If you are not a subscriber you will be limited to only 30 second previews per track, which is far too short. Subscribers will be able to listen full length tracks.

Creating your own mix is much more limited as you can only search by artists and not other categories such as genre or time period. You can also only add in three artists at most, resulting in a limited selection of music. On the plus side any Mix, premade or your own, can be downloaded for offline listening. Offline tracks are unfortunately disabled for non-subscribers. If you’re not satisfied with Nokia’s selection of music you can also use the app to listen to your own local files.

How it feels

The layout is comprised on large and medium sized tiles grouped into sections. The sections of Nokia Music include the track you are currently listening to, previously Mixes, default Nokia Mixes, your own creations, downloaded music, and local music. On the main track page there are buttons to display a song’s lyrics or open a menu with the band’s information. Depending on the artist, this can include a bio, image gallery, their Twitter feed, upcoming shows, similar artists, and Mixes they appear in. This is a wealth of information that will help you learn more about bands and discover new music.

Right clicking on Mix will provide buttons to download the track, buy it from Nokia’s store, or remove it from the front sections. The options menu includes changing accounts, updating subscriptions, providing feedback to Nokia, troubleshooting, and permissions. Settings allow you to adjust audio quality based on your connection type (Wifi or mobile), permission to send personal data back to Nokia, display wallpapers, and if the app runs is allowed on the Lock screen. Nokia Music subscriptions are relatively new, yet the amount of options is surprisingly plentiful.

Quality

Nokia Music’s wide selection of music and comedy is very impressive. The quality of streaming audio is decent at 192kbps for all tracks. Downloading music is generally fast, although you can suffer delays and pauses in streaming if you download several Mixes at the same time. Music with offensive lyrics are either listed with a clear “Explicit” icon or are completely censored with more broadcast friendly versions. The latter is very surprising for an online streaming service. In most cases all of Nokia’s library is clean and there is no setting to listen to adult versions.

Accessing Nokia’s library requires either a Nokia account or Facebook along with a monthly subscription fee; this is also on top of the normal Microsoft account to run the app. Surprisingly, if you sign up with Facebook Nokia Music will not update your activity or provide any form of social linking. Without a subscription you will be limited to short 30 second clips and cannot download music.

Final word

Even though you need a subscription and cannot access on demand music, the app still provides an amazing selection of music and comedy as well as the ability to download Mixes. The amount of additional data about artists and lyrics helps to connect you to the music. Try out Nokia Music’s free trial to listen to a diverse assortment of music.

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Vole Media CHM is a Microsoft Word, CHM, images and multimedia integrated platform and platform controller. Show text and multimedia synchronously, simultaneously enhancing brain logic and audiovisual memory that has filled this domain blank. The VMC Discovery feature can automatically find, download and preview Vole Media CHM media library in web page. Put your VMC media library in Weebly or Google Drive, share your works with anyone.

Average: Add multimedia to Microsoft Word and publish to share with everyone. Manufacture: Create multimedia help, instead of CHM provides illustrations for the end user.Advertise: Embedded multimedia advertising while providing valuable knowledge.

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A Extended Microsoft Explorer collection; All Explorer pages, all Explorers and all their docking position that you opened last time will be reproduce the same appearance when starts again. So turn on your computer, start the software and have a cup of coffee, other work left for us to do. It's really a graceful way to manage your documents. All explorer pages, all Explorers are dockable. You can dock them as you want. Very useful in document comparison or reference and files copy.

The person who likes to use Microsoft Explorer and wants to improve it, such as preview image, audio, video, Microsoft office word, excel, ppt directly; such as a double directory to convenient file copy; such as often close and open the same file..

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Create PDF files from Windows programs with PDF Creator - PDF Creator can create PDF documents from Word Docx, Image, Text files without any restrictions. ( Microsoft Office 2007/2010: Word docx will be supported soon) - PDF Creater can convert PDF files from multiple image format: JPEG/JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, etc. - PDF Creator can create PDF files from TXT. - PDF Creator provides various ways to complete creating PDF files, drag and drop, etc.

Edit PDF files with PDF Creator - PDF Protection: This software provides password protection. - Merge PDF: Combing various format files into one PDF document which will display according to the file loading sequence. - High compression rate: All text objects and images can be compressed to reduce the file size of a PDF. There are plentiful editing functions designed by PDF Creator for professional users to create optimized PDF files. - Various PDF creating ways help users easily create PDF.

With iStonsoft PDF creator software, you can make your own PDF document just within several mouse clicks.

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Features

Usability

Whether you create a text from scratch or use one of the many templates included, Microsoft Word will help you with a wide array of tools: tables, text formatting options, color schemes, support to insert images and clipart and more. Microsoft Word also includes a powerful spellchecker and tools to revise documents with marked text and personal notes. Support for video, however, is still missing.

Quality

In all, Microsoft Word proves to be an excellent tool for text processing, from a simple note to a complex report with images, graphs and tables.

Conclusion

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Fixila can fix the following common problems: - Fix invalid registry errors - Defrag and compact the registry - Improve system response time - Prevent system crashes and "blue screens of death" - Drastically improve overall PC performance - Allow you to use Microsoft Word, Outlook,Excel,Skype,Hulu, Facebook and other popular software and websites

Fixila is very easy to use and the trial version actually provides free removal of common computer errors. Fixila is build on a very stable code base and was developed by Microsoft certified programmers.

Fixila is designed for anyone who has a computer problem. Such as slow computer speed, constant crashes, slow internet connection, blue screens - etc.

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Microsoft Office Word Viewer is a handy tool that lets you view or print any Microsoft Word document quickly, without having to install Microsoft Office in its entirety.

After a simple install process, run Microsoft Office Word Viewer and you're presented with an Open File dialog window. Remember: you can't create, change or save any document in Microsoft Office Word Viewer. Select your chosen file (the viewer supports DOCX files via a converter, as well as older DOC and other formats).

Upon opening your document, you'll see that Microsoft Office Word Viewer displays just as it would in the original Microsoft Word, only without any of the editing tools. This means that you can see editorial notes and changes, if they have been tracked on the document. Additionally, you may access the file's properties window which will display statistics and authorship information, along with other details.

While you cannot export or save any document from Microsoft Office Word Viewer, you do have two options for obtaining a copy of the text. You may either print the document (which works just as well as printing from the full version of Word), and you're also allowed to copy the text and paste it into another application.

In all, Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2007 is a small and useful free download for viewing Microsoft Word documents. While it has no editing functions, it lets you read documents from any version of Microsoft Word with ease.

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Excluding dictionaries, Wordz is really compact at just under 2Mb. Wordz is also 100% portable and can be either installed onto a flash drive or just copied across and run from there.

Something which really lacks in WordPad is Spell Checking and Live Spell Checking and I have addressed these issues in Wordz. Portability and speed.

I am 13 year old and I wrote Wordz primarily for my friends at school who did not have access to Microsoft Office at home and were using WordPad as an alternative. I set out to create an application which is more feature rich than Windows WordPad.

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Using doPDF is piece of cake. All you need to do is open a document in Microsoft Word, WordPad, Notepad or any other text editing software, choose the Print command and set doPDF as your default printer.

doPDF will ask you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer. The whole process takes less than a minute and you'll be amazed at how accurate the PDF version of your document is.

Another way to use doPDF is from the program’s own interface. Select the file you want to convert to PDF and hit the Create button to make it happen. On the downside, this option doesn’t let you configure conversion options such as page size, orientation and resolution.

doPDF is one of the easiest and fastest ways to convert your documents to PDF for free.

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Using this PDF app couldn't be simpler - open the PDF you want to use, and use the tabs across the top to view, edit, comment and more. You'll be able to add bookmarks, make comments, view in different layouts and more. Soda PDF Pro + OCR also lets you make more substantial edits, changing text, adding images and more.

If you want to create PDFs with Soda PDF Pro + OCR, you won't have a problem. You'll be able to create from a completely blank page, a form template or even convert from a variety of other document formats. One excellent Soda PDF Pro + OCR feature is the ability to import and convert documents to PDF in batch.

You'll also be pleased to see that Soda PDF Pro + OCR has good security functions, allowing you to encrypt you PDF or set a passwords and different levels of editing privileges.

Of course, what Soda PDF Pro + OCR offers that many of its competitors don't is optical character recognition (OCR). This means that the program can scan printed documents and interpret the text, leaving it ready for you to edit. True, it's relatively new technology, and the results aren't always 100%, but it's definitely a huge improvement of having to manually type information in by hand!

Although not at the top of its game, Soda PDF is a solid PDF creation suite.

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HIGHLIGHTS * Stand-alone PC-to-Host terminal emulation. * Support for extended TN3270 and TN5250 protocols. * Support for VT52, VT100, VT220, VT320, VT420 and ANSI. * Support for SSL 2.0, and 3.0, TLS 1.0 and SSH1, SSH2 security protocols. * Full multi-session FTP client also integrated into the tabbed interface. * IND$FILE for VM/TSO/CICS file transfer support. * HLLAPI, EHLLAPI, WinHLLAPI Support. * Collapsible panel for quick and direct access to connections.

* Unmatched look and feel, the most intuitive and user-friendly interface, with support for the slickest skins. * Localization for foreign Languages: Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Swedish. * Navigators provide a new way to automate navigation sequences. * Integrated Printer Emulation. Send, queue, pause, cancel and even preview you prints! * Integration with Microsoft Office. Export text in the emulation display directly to Word.

Anyone can use z/Scope Classic. It has a friendly interface and the documentation is very complete. An online help is also available.

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Unique search algorithm. Several plagiarism search options. Highlights check results in real time. Lifetime license. High speed check(2-3 pages per minute).

The application is designed for people whose work is connected with publishing, as well as teachers and students.

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Based on core engines and patented algorithms, 1Checker mainly does proofreading work, tempting to aid you finding writing issues, suggest corrections, give in-depth explanation and detailed examples, and enhance word usage anywhere, any time. Beside proofreading, dictionary and translation gadgets can assist you in a swift way. At the end of your writing, 1Checker will give you a general evaluation on your word usage and sentence structure. It's mentioned that all these functions can be used in ONE panel from 1Checker. Regarding the proofreading effect, there is a saying that fact speaks louder than words. Compared with Microsoft Word's spellchecker, 1Checker can do much more.

We've found 1Checker to be accurate for most writings. We do note that 1Checker should be considered a helpful writing tool as it incorporates grammar, spelling, word choice, and style, but not the author's arguments, logic, organization, and ideas. The latter will still need to be examined by a human.

Writers, bloggers, those who email a lot, those with English as a second language, etc.

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