A quick trip to techsmith support was in order but my activeword. Join the most comprehensive list of startups in the pacific northwest. With sandboxie i can try out new software in the sandbox first to see if i like it or not before installing it in my real computer. Use activewords to instantly open windows folders such as my computer, my.
Jun 21, 2012 my favorite program for writing out the work is called scrivener. May 15, 2009 i have just downloaded and reinstalled activewords onto my office desktop, after installing it onto my laptop. Feb 21, 2020 favorites allow you to bookmark websites so you can access them without having to search or type in a web address. Support activewords privacy policy activewords software license. Writers that write long books, containing many chapters. Jul 26, 2012 make killer custom keyboard shortcuts with activewords clutter video tip.
I never surf the internet without my browser in the sandbox, it has saved me from viruses and scams on the internet. Apr 22, 2015 this is a perfect book about software delivery, continuous integration, testing, packaging, versioning, and many other techniques involved in programming. Simplify your desktop with docking, tabs, and macro software. Mindjet mindmanager works nicely with office, in fact most of my office documents are authored in mindmanager. His most prominent work, however, was on the cover of book jackets, where his signature images were of strikingly fierce, hardbodied heroes and bosomy, callipygian damsels in distress.
Never had any issue with this amazing piece of software. His simple act of paying for my donut made me feel special, brought a smile to my face all day, and lightened the load of whatever happened after that. Activewords can launch any program that you want to open. There are several software programs included on the software for starving students cd that i cant live without. Activewords makes it easy to set up useful keystroke macros. I am not sure if it was icloud or scrivener, my current writing software of choice, that messed things up. I am pretty passionate about what my wife and i do for a living, and love sharing what we know. With the ability to create shortcut menus, program global hotkeys, and script programs to do repetitive tasks, this is very powerful tool. Here are some of my favorite software applications to get the job done.
And i can open frequently used folders and documents from anywhere without having to navigate to them. Phraseexpress freemium phraseexpress is yet another powerful and advanced application for windows that is available in both free and paid versions. You are probably using edge, not internet explorer. Here are a few things i have found that make my life and my clients lives much easier. Make killer custom keyboard shortcuts with activewords clutter.
Roger meurs outstanding freeware replacement for the windows notepad program, with many more features and without notepads limitations. These are some of my favorite software applications. Instead of selecting your browser, going to favorites and opening a web. Enter the favorite words project, a publishing experiment that collects peoples favorite words and publishes them on bumpers stickers and tshirts. Two weeks ago, i published a list of my 10 favorite windows programs of all time. Call it an occupational hazard, but i really enjoy finding software that saves time and helps people be more productive.
I recently had to reinstall windows on one of my personal computers. Admittedly, it may take a programmer to set it all up, but i love it. Sep 01, 2008 i read a lot of books each year on software development, project management, design, patterns, architecture etc. Aug 02, 2012 id just slogged onward, waiting my turn, eager to taste my apple fritter. I run on multiple operating system platforms, so ive indicated. It does allow folks like me to use the software for a small monthly fee, but on the other hand, i will never own the software, so i can only use for as long as im willing to pay for it. In fact, this may be one of the few times i have come across software in. In case you just need more advice on the software side or heck any design questions. Great software makes tedious tasks easier, even fun, and expands your capabilities in dramatic ways.
I t is no secret thata adobe acrobat is one of my favorite programs. Activewords adds words to windows, providing a personal, portable, context free user interface with immediate response. Notepad notepad is virtually unchanged or least changed in last 25 years or so i have used microsoft windows. Blogjet is similar to live writer, its not free but worth a look.
Windows users, if you havent yet heard of activewords, prepare yourself. Fortunately, adobe appears to want to answer that question. Access your favorite places by clicking the favorites button in the upper righthand corner of desktop gold. Words trigger actions to save time and improve the quality of your work.
While many are throw away books as technology changes, some of the books have stood the test of timei continue to turn to them time and again. I have to say its a very impressive piece of software. Emoticons, assign words to your favorite emoticons. In fact, the developers believe programs seven categories. For example, the awcontrols addin includes items that control the activewords program itself. A professional organizers favorite software lifehack. Activewords allows you to create your own computer shortcuts, just like making macros that work anywhere on your computer. In all my years on a microsoftbased pc, i would say this is one of the best pieces of ware you could install on the platform. The my favourite word competition revealed some interesting insight into which words are popular, and why. Nov 10, 2015 my favorite nontechnical software tool for 2015. My favorite software tools musings on pc software that i. I found the perfect ls theme for my needs, so for years i didnt need a standalone app launcher.
Its no secret that hazel by noodlesoft is one of my favorite applications for keeping my paperless documents organized on the mac. I am completely spoiled to never typing my address, phone number, stock replies, and other shortcuts. Activewords i have been using this software for several years and dont know what i would do without it. Using those same activewords, for example, i can be doing my accounting, reading a. Aug 14, 2017 here comes my shameless plug since i am running an ad soon. Xml in a nutshell, third edition by elliotte rusty harold and w. Fortunately, i had saved what i had written for my next book on digital student portfolios up to this point as a pdf, so its a matter of copying and pasting my text into writing software. An activeword addin is a set of predefined actions and activewords that serves a. Jul 06, 2012 autohotkey is my favorite freeware utility. Its difficult to answer via mobile apps at times when i did a small amount of video edits i thought premier to be very complete and not all that complicated after using adobe cs4 for so many years. Today i felt the need to talk about an insanely useful feature introduced in version 4. I collect software because its more fun than stamps.
Activewords works everywhere, in any software, browser, editor, application. Make killer custom keyboard shortcuts with activewords clutter video tip. My favorite software in the course of doing my job, i use certain programs on a regular basis. For these kind of writers, organization is essential because there are so many parts of a long book that need to be kept together in an organized and easily accessible way. I purchased activewords a couple of years ago, but for some bizarre reason never really got the hang of it fully and so when i formatted the hard drive to clean it up, didnt think to reinstall it. Submit your info here to help others find your startup in the geekwire startup list, and to make sure your company is. Jun 15, 2016 during the webinar, the creator of the windows application activewords available here told us that his solution is better than anything we were showing, so i decided to take a look and see whats going on. Geoshell for a bit, years ago, then litestep for the last few years, now happily back to geoshell. Using those same activewords, for example, i can be doing my accounting. For my writing, ive been using scrivener for the last year or so. That was one of my first random acts of kindness, the feelgood event started in 1995. Assign words to launch programs, jump to websites, send email, substitute text, and more. He made the demo with camtasia studio another favourite app of mine. On any given day, i might be doing word processing, web design, programming, image editing, trouble shooting, and of course email and web surfing.
Activewords is awesome for text substitution, launching applications, documents and scripting actions like email reply, searching etc. I am excited about the launch of version 9 and am curious about what new features that adobe has added to make acrobat even better for lawyers. Did you have an interesting experience with one of these programs. Enter or select activewords in any context and your computer immediately delivers the results you want. Inside my toolkit is a program called activewords, a really cool tool for reducing the time you spend doing almost everything on your computer. It just works and it even works with ink on my microsoft surface devices. Apr 24, 2018 my favorite windows software 24 apr 2018. Of several notepad replacements, this was long my favorite until editpad supplanted it.
The post by wbabbott just after your post tells you how to find the edge favorites. I came across activewords last year, and to be honest, my first impression was, yeah, cool, but im too lazy to take the time to set it up. In fact, this may be one of the few times i have come across software in which its marketing and web site possibly understates it capabilities. Now that ive returned to gs i need some way to manage all of my apps. Oct 11, 2010 activewords is a nifty free program that does seven useful things when you type key words or letter combinations and hit the space bar.
Windows users, a hazely tool for you is called dropit, though that doesnt continue reading. My favorite software daily weblog devoted to news, computers, the internet, software and personal productivity, web sites and shortcuts that help you work smarter and save time. Bookmark websites to your favorites in aol desktop gold. Activewords is a nifty free program that does seven useful things when you type key words or letter combinations and hit the space bar.