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Alessandro Cattelan (X)
Italie
Local time: 18:03
anglais vers italien
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| again: OpenOffice.org | Jun 29, 2005 |
Angela Dickson wrote:
Something I have found very useful indeed is a PDF creator - it means you can send documents such as invoices in a stable format that is readable by just about everyone. I also send my CV/profile as a PDF.
PDF995 (Google it) is the one I use - it's free as long as you don't mind looking at a little advert every time you use it.
If you want to create PDFs and you don't want to buy any prop software, OpenOffice.org is the solution.
It is free (as in beer and as in speech) and it allows you to create a pdf just by clicking on a button.
It's impressive and getting better everyday: by next autumn the new 2.0 version will be out and it will feature many new interesting functionalities.
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Ale.
| | | | craigs
Local time: 12:03
anglais vers portugais
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Ditto on OpenOffice--I haven't had to worry about formats ever since I got it.
Alessandro Cattelan wrote: Angela Dickson wrote:
Something I have found very useful indeed is a PDF creator - it means you can send documents such as invoices in a stable format that is readable by just about everyone. I also send my CV/profile as a PDF.
PDF995 (Google it) is the one I use - it's free as long as you don't mind looking at a little advert every time you use it. If you want to create PDFs and you don't want to buy any prop software, OpenOffice.org is the solution. It is free (as in beer and as in speech) and it allows you to create a pdf just by clicking on a button. It's impressive and getting better everyday: by next autumn the new 2.0 version will be out and it will feature many new interesting functionalities. [End of the advertisement] Ale.
| | | | Angela Dickson (X) 
Royaume-Uni
Local time: 17:03
français vers anglais
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craigs wrote:
Ditto on OpenOffice--I haven't had to worry about formats ever since I got it.
I found the PDF creator before I discovered OpenOffice - I now have OpenOffice and find it useful, but I don't use it for everyday work as I like to use WordFast (though when I have time I intend to work out how to use OmegaT). When MS Word throws up one of its occasional horrible formatting problems, however, running the doc through OpenOffice and making changes there has, on occasion, sorted me out.
I am also aware that OOo is not 100% compatible with MS Word, and I am wary of causing problems to my clients. My view on this is open to change, however! (and I am aware of the issues between different Word versions, which can be worse than the OOo/Word divide, or so I'm told).
It does no harm to download OpenOffice, hard disk space permitting.
| | | | craigs
Local time: 12:03
anglais vers portugais
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| Incompatibilities? Do tell. | Jul 15, 2005 |
Angela Dickson wrote: craigs wrote:
Ditto on OpenOffice--I haven't had to worry about formats ever since I got it.
I found the PDF creator before I discovered OpenOffice - I now have OpenOffice and find it useful, but I don't use it for everyday work as I like to use WordFast (though when I have time I intend to work out how to use OmegaT). When MS Word throws up one of its occasional horrible formatting problems, however, running the doc through OpenOffice and making changes there has, on occasion, sorted me out. I am also aware that OOo is not 100% compatible with MS Word, and I am wary of causing problems to my clients. My view on this is open to change, however! (and I am aware of the issues between different Word versions, which can be worse than the OOo/Word divide, or so I'm told). It does no harm to download OpenOffice, hard disk space permitting.
Thanks for the tip. For my simple projects it has worked so far. What incompatibilities have you encountered?
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| FlashPeak IntelliComplete | Aug 31, 2005 |
Hello,
I just wanted to give you the URL to IntelliComplete, since it has been mentioned here before:
http://www.flashpeak.com/icomp
Also check out other FlashPeak stuff, like FlashText (great for translation), SlimBrowser (my favorite browser, it is the ONE I use when working), FtpSearch, SlimList and IntelliEdit. Besides IntelliComplete and FlashText, everything is ... See more Hello,
I just wanted to give you the URL to IntelliComplete, since it has been mentioned here before:
http://www.flashpeak.com/icomp
Also check out other FlashPeak stuff, like FlashText (great for translation), SlimBrowser (my favorite browser, it is the ONE I use when working), FtpSearch, SlimList and IntelliEdit. Besides IntelliComplete and FlashText, everything is FREE! The others are shareware, but they are very affordable and you can try everything for 30 days, fully functional.
Go to this URL and check out these and other soft- and shareware: http://www.flashpeak.com
Please note that I am in no way affiliated with FlashPeak and am only informing you on what great free and close to free stuff I found that is of use to translators.
Check it out! ▲ Collapse
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