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Re: Calc

>It doesn't do any fancy stuff like sines and cosines

Have you looked at the scientific view (View --> Scientific)?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Oops... I guess it's been a while.

Bob I use 7 of your favorite software. Here is one to try: Yankee Clipper 3. It is a clipboard that will remember 25 or more clips. It does not forget the clips when the computer is shut down. It also has a boiler plate that never forgets. I use it every day Yankee Clipper 4 does more but is not free. Another is tclock. It is a customizable clock to replace the clock in the system tray.

For those of us with four thumbs, the Auditor Calculator provides a printout to recheck entries:

http://www.download.com/Auditor-Calculator/3000-2066_4-10320987.html?tag=lst-0-1&cdlPid=10523655

Easy Cleaner is Great

Here is a list of software programs that i use on a daily basis...

http://rocketdock.com, updatechecker.exe, Wise Registry Cleaner (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/wiseregistry.html), and CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com).

I see that a lot of your favorite software is also my favorite. I don't know anything about Notetab as a text editor but my favorite is "EditPad." I have built around two thousand web pages using it and swear by it. One other favorite of mine is "Clipmate." It is a great clipboard extender. I just wish it worked on Linux.

I an from Latin America so i write documents in Spanish, aka accented characters. When I installed Note Tab i was unable to write simple documents using accented characters.

EDITOR'S NOTE: What specific problem did you have? NoteTab does have a multilingual spell checker, so I would assume it supports multiple languages.

I like the new photo, the hat really makes it Bob. Good call. -- C. D. Howland, Fort Worth, Texas

EDITOR'S NOTE: I'm not a Texan, but I do like the hat. :-)

I use the freeware GIMP for photo editing on both Windows and Linux platforms, rather than PaintShopPro.

I use the freeware PDF Creator program (on Source Forge) that installs as a Window printer with a few extra features. I add it to almost every system I work on.

Gotta' agree on Irfanview, but another product you may have overlooked is MWSnap (also freeware) -- it is absolutely great for screen captures (full or partial).

X-rayPC downloads from xblock.com and ZoneAlarm posted this message: "ZoneAlarm has found that http://xblock.com may be unsafe. This website has been known to distribute spyware." Is this true, Bob?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Definitely a false positive -- Xblock is squeaky clean. Probably sets off the alarm because it contains the "signatures" or identifying elements of various spyware and viruses.

I use Gimp instead of Photoshop. I did a little reasearch and although the interface is somewhat different it can do almost anything that can be done in Photoshop. And it's free. The name is horrible though. My wife who is disabled thinks it's funny that she's a gimp using gimp. Gnome Image Manipulation Program. http://www.gimp.org/

1Password is the Mac OS X equivalent of AI RoboForms. Integrates nicely on all browsers and the developers at agilewebsolutions.com are personable and responsive.

For some reason, the Calc URL was not highlighted in my newsletter. All the others were (by the way I use 5 out of th total already). Would you send it out or reply to this posting with the URL? Thanks.

EDITOR'S NOTE: That's because CALC is a Windows program, no need to download it. Click Start->Run then enter CALC.

I like IObit Advanced WindowsCare Personal Edition and IObit SmartDefrag (www.iobit.com). They're both free.

Password programs for Mac include: Web Confidential ($20 for Win or Mac version or $35 for both) and 1Password ($34.99). A free one that I haven't tried is Password Gorilla, which is available for Mac, Win, Linus, Solaris, BSD, etc.

Actually, Windows Calc will do sines and cosines and such. Pull down the 'view' menu, and select 'scientific'. It's no TI99, but it is serviceable for most basic trig functions and such.

Couldn't agree more on EditPad (Gary, June 11). It's one of the first things I install on a new PC.

Another outstanding editor is Crimson Editor. I use it almost exclusively for CSS stylesheets, but it can do a lot more. Check it out.

I use Moffsoft Freecalc - it doesn't have the scientific capabilities of Calc, but it has a running tape of what you did, so you can see if you made a mistake. Very handy.

I use the software Photostory 3. It very intersting. I can make my own photo story like a movie. Try it.

I definitely agree with yo on Irfan Viewer. It's my default viewer AND I use it to scan as it has great features for that.

I also love Total Commander from Ghisler.com as a Windows Explorer replacement. It has soooo many featutes: 2 file windows, multi-file rename, program launch shortcuts, basic ftp, zip/un-zip, dos command line, a non-indexed search and more. It's similar to the old Norton Commander.

After using it for free for too long (it functions forever with a 3 button nag screen) I got a licensed version in appreciation for the value of this great times aver.

I always carry it around om my usb toolkit for working on people's computers. It works as a standalone if you copy the folder from the My Programs folder.