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Multi-purpose viewer
Irfanview **FREE** Screenshots 39 kb
- view images: GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, etc. All popular formats are supported
- automated, full-screen slideshow
- play sounds: WAV, MP3, AU, etc.
- play videos: AVI, MOV, MPG
- image manipulation: crop and resize, change colour balance and depth; brightness, contrast and gamma; add text; rotate image, ...
- batch conversion of images to another format with renaming, resizing, rotating
- browse folders with thumbnail feature; save thumbnails to folder or as HTML file
- version 3.80 is even more amazing! Learn more...
WHY I like it: fast; feature-packed; useful; easy installation (no registry entries).
Excellent text editor
NoteTab Light **FREE** , STANDARD and PRO versions available $ Screenshots 68 kb
- pasteboard: cut or copied text from any application including NoteTab itself is appended to the Pasteboard file. Very useful for compiling a single document from multiple sources. **Cool**
- display two documents side by side for easy cut and paste or to compare them.
- search and replace in all open files. You can search for Tabs and Carriage Returns too.
- Clipbook function for re-used pieces of text. This powerful feature can be used as a Wizard (for creating HTML files as an example) **Cool**
- multiple clipbook libraries (customizable or make your own) for any editing task (programming, HTML, etc.)
- line sorting, convert to uppercase/lowercase/capitals for text and/or HTML tags
WHY I like it: programmable clipbooks; great search/replace. I use it for this website.
Brilliant file manager
PowerDesk **FREE**, PRO version available $ Screenshots 64 kb
- replaces both Windows Explorer and your favorite ZIP utility
- "dual pane" displays two directories simultaneously, with or without directory trees. Great for file synchronization. No need to open and tile Explorer windows.
- "New Folder" icon (one less click)
- select files across entire row in Details view, not just the filename
- expand directory tree and expand drive. No need to click all those "+" signs.
- browse ZIP files as though they were folders. **Cool**
- ZIP functionality includes: compress, extract, convert (LZH, ARC, TAR, ZOO, etc.), encrypt, ...
- built in file viewer. It works with Quick View (which is included with Windows) and Quick View Plus.
- built in program launcher; adds Quick Launch to Windows 95
- dialog helper: tracks recently used files and folders for any application. **Cool**
WHY I like it: better than Windows Explorer; see contents of ZIP files without running a ZIP program.
*new* PowerDesk v5.0 is out and is now supported by V Communications, Inc.
The free v5.0 features: press "Insert" to make a new folder; FileTips (hold mouse over a file to see filesize, date/time of creation/modification; multiple file rename (though not as flexible as dedicated renamers
Extra Pro v5.0 features: enhanced FTP integration; file annotation (add a comment or note to a file or folder); colored folders; digital picture and digital music support
Writer's reference
WordWeb **FREE**. PRO version available $ Screenshot 9 kb
- 120,000 word dictionary with definitions
- thesaurus with 100,000 synonym sets, antonyms
- links to MS Word (I have not tested this)
WHY I like it: definitions!
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