Tag: Office & Business Tools reviews

These days you get an awful lot for free from PDF viewers – both Foxit PDF Reader and Nitro Reader now sport powerful tools for creating PDFs as well as viewing them – but there’s still a market for commercial tools like Foxit PDF Editor. The suite provides everything you need to convert, rearrange and […]

When several people are working on the same project, it is not uncommon for more than one person to require access to the same files. With several people editing the same documents, it can be difficult to keep track of which version of a file is the most recent, but this is something that TeamDrive […]

The PDF file has become something of a standard file type, particularly when it comes to distributing documents via the internet. This portable format can be used on a variety of operating systems and each document will look exactly the same on each computer. Adobe Reader is one of several programs that can be used […]

ManicTime is an activity tracker which monitors your computer usage, letting you know which programs you’ve used, when, and for how long. There’s no complicated setup involved, just launch the program, get on with your work, and ManicTime tracks what you’re doing. Switch back to the program window at any time and a color-coded timeline […]

There’s no doubt: paper sales of books and magazines are declining as more and more people switch to reading content digitally. One thing the shift to digital publishing does is open it up to everyone – now anyone can publish their own books for no upfront costs using services like Lulu. Lulu and most eBook […]

Does your virtual desktop and filing system get as cluttered and disorganised as the real thing? If you’re frequently left scrabbling about your computer looking for documents, you need a tool that can do the hard work for you. Mendeley is a tool aimed at researchers and academics, making it easy to organise, cross-reference and […]

Does the world need another alternative to the almost ubiquitous Microsoft Office? While LibreOffice is its most recognisable rival, it does suffer a little from a dated user interface. Enter, stage left, OnlyOffice, an open-source rival to both that manages to find more than a few selling points to help it stand apart. First, it […]

Not everyone needs a full-blown PDF editor. For most people, their PDF editing needs go no further than being able to generate new PDFs from existing ones without having to edit any content. You might, for example, want to extract several pages from a large PDF document, or combine elements of two or more PDF […]

Fantastical is Mac calendar tool with something of a difference. It enables you to keep track of upcoming meetings and appointment, which is nothing new, and it resides in the menu, which is far from unique. What makes Fantastical stand out is the fact that it doesn’t stand out – it has been designed to […]

If a friend or colleague asks you to recommend an office suite, your first thought is likely to be Office for PC or iWork for Mac. But both don’t come cheap, which can make it a prohibitive cost for an individual or small business. The need to run Office for compatibility’s sake is no longer […]