Useful computer programs.
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The official pdf reader is free from Adobe
(www.adobe.com/uk) but is a big 22.3Mb to download, slow
to open files and offers more options than most of us need. Try the free
Foxit pdf reader from
www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads
[download "Foxit Reader 2.2 (.exe)"] which is just 2.13Mb in size. It opens
and displays pdfs very quickly. |
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MPEG Streamclip is a powerful video converter, player,
editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files; encode movies to
many formats; extract from DVDs; can cut, trim and join movies. It is free
from www.squared5.com |
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Paul Marshall has devised a range of software
Audio Level
Meters - all available for free. They include PPM (Peak Programme
Meters), Analogue and VU ones. There is even a calibration tone wav file. |
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What does that cost in my currency? Buying on the internet, planning
a holiday abroad ... we all need to have some idea of what prices are in
our own money.
xe.com provides exchange
rates between almost any currencies. |
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There are lots of programs for manipulating still images. Few can match
the power and speed of Irfanview which is free. The official
website www.irfanview.com will point
you to several shareware websites where you can download it. |
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Firefox
is the fast, free alternative browser which offers Windows, Mac and Linux
users a better way to browse the internet. |
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How often have you needed a fake newspaper headline for a drama? What
about a new brand of cigarettes (so you do not get sued). Or even your own
clapperboard image? fodey.com
makes it easy to generate those and more. |
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There are plenty of media players around but
GOM
seems to have codecs for just about anything. It even plays damaged AVI files.
It has a good screen-capture facility ... simple to run but with oodles of
control options if you want them. And it is just 4Mb download ! |
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Useful internet services.
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