Monday, February 5, 2001		Downloads of the week

Earlier persons used to store critical and personal information in their diaries. However, with changing times, computers have taken over the job of maintaining personal diaries. It is relatively easier and also safe in comparison to the traditional methods. There are several specialised programs, which work as personal diaries and It’s personal is one such program that is easy to use and has a user-friendly interface. Moreover this program also has a lot of advanced features that add more value to this application. One of the advanced functions of this program is a power-packed notebook with numerous text functions, which can give entries that personal touch which a physical diary has. Furthermore you can also spell check text and have an assortment of fonts, styles and sizes to add fizz and fun in your entries. This program also has compatibility with other Windows applications and user can export the entries of diaries in .rtf (rich text format). Using this software you can also paste images of several formats into a daily entry. In order to make the entries more explicit and meaningful you can also use a range of assorted symbols, which can be cut and pasted in text. Since your personal diary has to remain personal only, it provides the necessary password protection. The program also provides a hide button, which minimises the window immediately in case you so require. It also supports the drag-and-drop feature, which helps in compiling the information together. Download this software from http://www.rks-software.com

For any business, large or small, logo is one of the most important part of the introduction. Normally a good logo makes a document or a business card interesting or uninteresting. Therefore it’s important to have a good and an appropriate logo for your business. Though usually for designing a logo you may have to hire the services of professionals, but if you would like to try it out yourself then the program logo creator is an excellent option. Logo creator is a basic design tool, which unlike most of designing software does not require any kind of specialised training or knowledge. However, it is simple to use a program that has a huge collection of examples and graphics, which helps in trying out several combinations. This program also provides 20 logo " with five versions and interchangeable parts. It also has a menu of logo sets at start up, which include selection of fonts, objects, effects and even cartoon characters that are designed and created to suit the needs of hosts of businesses. You can select the logo and customise as per your requirement as you can drag and drop matter and also graphics to fit in the way you want. This software also possesses the necessary formatting features, which are normally found in publishing and designing software. Thus you can overlay text or graphics in logo creation. As in some cases, logo requires photographs or other images, thus this software also provides the option of importing the image from a file. You can save your creation in this software in .gif or .jpeg format. The files in this format reduce the size of the output, thus enabling you to send it over the Internet easily. This useful program and can be downloaded from http://www.laughingbird.com

Personal information managers play an important role for the computer users. These are programs, which are purely application-based and keep personal data. They are normally seen as utilities for the computer users. Popup Calendar is one such personal information manager, which rests in the system tray and tracks the important events and appointments. It’s simple to use this program that also has a user-friendly interface. Basically, this program is in the form of a customisable calendar, which can be displayed for day, week or month. You can enter text, memos, information for a particular day of the calendar for any specific event or appointment in advance and when the scheduled day arrives, you get the detailed information listed on the calendar. You can enter the information on any particular day of the year by simply clicking on it and the information can also be edited also. Moreover you can also use a search tool to locate selected text in the schedule in case if you wish to locate any particular event. This program supports Windows clipboard and give the ability to cut and paste the calendar into an HTML editor. Using this software you can also create a database of particular events. Furthermore, if you wish to add more value and meaning to the calendar, then you can download some add on files like "Quote of the Day", "This Day in History" etc. This utility can be had from http://www.alastria.com

Contrary to its name this software has nothing to do with photographic book or any other book of images. However, this is a printing utility, which allows you to print documents from any Windows application in the form of a book. Normally, when you have to print a number of documents in a sequential order it is always better to print them in the form of book as it helps in presenting the information well. Thus in all such cases, where you may have to print data in the book format, you may require Clickbook as it can print multiple and two-sided pages with automatic pagination in a variety of layouts, including greeting cards, business cards, CD jewel box, fax and Avery organiser pages. This is useful software that works with all common Windows-based applications like MS Excel, MS Word, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint, Encarta, Lotus, AmiPro, WordPerfect, ClarisWorks, Quicken. However the best feature is its simple configuration and usage. Moreover despite being simple to use, this software has a number of sophisticated printing features and formats, which can add a lot of value to the printing experience. Overall this software can be had from http://www.ffg.com

Though computers have many uses, yet a majority of persons use it for writing letters and memos. Normally, for all such purposes people use word processors like MS Word or WordPerfect. No doubt, these programs offer good resources for all such purposes as they have a template for letters, faxes and memos. Since these are not specialised software thus they have their limitations. However, for all such purposes, which includes writing letters, memos, fax, reports, newsletters, brochures, greeting cards and pamphlets you can use the software Word Express. Word Express is a powerful word processor that contains commands and features for creating both simple and sophisticated documents. Moreover, this program is also versatile and offers many advanced features like importing objects, and pictures in the form of .wmf, .tif, .pcx or .bmp files. Like any powerful word processor, it also has a spell checker. This can be downloaded from http://www.mvd.com.