Last post I started a list of the programs I use. Here’s the next instalment.
Applications Part II
OpenOffice
Don’t feel like paying for Microsoft Office, then OpenOffice is the answer. It has all the features on MS-Office, but free. Ok, it doesn’t have Outlook, but if you’re such a freetard you use gmail anyway. OpenOffice can read MS-Office files, and when you set it up, make sure you set the option to always save as MS-Office .doc or .xls otherwise your files will be in their format, and they just confuses things. I’ve used OO quite comfortably for years on my home computers. It competes well with the heavyweight.
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JRuler
Sometimes you need to know how many pixels something is on your screen. JRuler does that. There is an install program, but I think you can just run the jruler.exe without installing, which means you can put it on your USB flash drive.
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PrintScreen
Bit more advanced than hitting PrntScrn on button and pasting into Paint. If you have this PrintScreen program loaded, it will give you options like where and how to save the capture, and so on.
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SharePod
Don’t like iTunes? SharePod will read and write to your iPod. It might not replace iTunes for their Shop and ripping functions, but if you just want to move files (like podcasts or audiobooks) to and from your iPod, then this does the trick.
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Thunderbird
If you’re not using MS-Office, and you want an email client something like Outlook then Thunderbird from the makers of FireFox might be the answer. It’s probably the best, free non-Outlook email client available for Windows, but it doesn’t come close to Outlook in ruggedness or breadth or features. Still, it works and there are various plugins for it. I’ve only recently semi-gone back to Outlook.
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WeatherWatcher
Want to know the weather for the next for days, or hours. You could look on the BBC website, but this app sits in your systray and is perhaps a little more feature rich. Get Current, Hourly, or Daily weather in just about any spot on earth. Also will display metrological maps – you can even set it to update the map directly on your desktop background. Automatically gets weather updates form the web (weather.com or theweatherchannel I think) every x-minutes. Don’t get WeatherWatcher LIVE though – just get the standard edition. Compare WW against BBC – if they are wildly different, take your wellies!
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Next time – Internet: programs to use on the “Information Super-Highway”
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