Adobe Acrobat Reader

Advantages: Free, used globally, secure file transfer
Disadvantages: None

...~Introduction~ As I start this review, I will declare that my knowledge of computers and their applications is good, but not as extensive as some people's. I do know some of the more advanced functions of a computer and am pretty confident that I can write the review in a more than legible manor. I have come across Adobe Acrobat Reader a number of times in my use of computers and the internet and I feel that the programme is worthy of a review from myself. I am taking my A-levels at school at the moment and Adobe Acrobat pops up a lot in business studies. We are often assigned tasks to find cash flow forecasts or a break even analysis from a real life company and many of these are Adobe Acrobat files. ~Overview~ The Adobe Acrobat software, allows users to view and compile documents that can't be edited by others...

thespurs 02.12.2004 · Read review
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard

Advantages: It will easily convert documents of a different format to pdf
Disadvantages: It uses a lot of processor speed, it takes a long time to load,

...This software allows you to create PDF format documents. PDF documents are especially useful for people who would like their documents to appear on websites. The software also allows the user to convert documents such as microsoft word documents (*.doc) to pdf format. This means that all your documents can easily be converted from doc to pdf in a click of a button. Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard also is capable of breaking down large pdf documents into smaller more managable files. Which can then either be loaded or saved seperately to make the file size smaller, or the user can disguard pages that are demmed unnecessary. Be aware it is loaded instead of the quicker acrobat reader after install when viewing pdfs The software is realitively expensive for its usefulness but it does provide a professonial look for people wanted to make...

serenhere 18.09.2007 · Read review
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Adobe Acrobat 4.0

Advantages: Cross platform, web and hyperlink compatible, extremely flexible document and page view tool
Disadvantages: None

...that has influenced whole industries and their working habits in regard of document transfer and communication. Experience background Almost 6 years ago, when Adobe Acrobat 3.0 was released I was the global advertising and promotion manager of a division in my company, managing advertising campaigns and promotional literature creation and distribution for our sales organizations in more than 100 countries around the globe. Communication about content, features and layout was very difficult those days between sales organizations, headquarters and all creative outsourcing parties. A graphic designer made me aware of the Acrobat where you could transform documents created in any given program into the PDF (Portable Document Format) format that could be viewed by everyone who would own the small, free Acrobat reader. The transformation...

NoMeansNo 12.05.2001 · Read review
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Microsoft Office Professional

Advantages: IT'S COOL LOOKING
Disadvantages: YOU HAVE A DEADLINE TO MEET?.....DON'T USE!!

...a better result? gee!! not for me at least because, what i feel working with the product is CLUMSINESS, i practically have to look for almost every thing(buttons) to carry out some functions ( THANK GOD FOR SOME SHORT CUTS). One good thing that was done on it anyways, is the fact that you are presented with different "Save AS" options. But take my advice, if you have to work with MS office professional 2007, be sure you save your documents with the "97 - 2003" option because God help you if you are sending that finished document to someone like myself who has decided to stick with MS office 2003 ( atmost 2005) and believe it or not there are quite a number out there. My opinion - Microsoft Office Professional 2007 is cool, but i LOVE my reliable and dependable and easy to USE MS office professional 2003....

hopiaki 28.03.2009 · Read review
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Masterchef: The Professionals

Advantages: Entertaining
Disadvantages: Repetative

...Ah yes, Masterchef. Gone are the days of Lloyd Grossman mulling over the red, blue and yellow kitchens, and instead two chefs-cum-critics ? Greg Wallace and John Torode ? over see the whole concept?and then there?s Masterchef: The Professionals, which sees mega chef Michel Roux Jr. casting his eye over proceedings. Made by Shine Productions, it?s a knock out competition that pits chefs from across the country against one another. In this review; the ?Professionals? version, we expect to see the highest quality of food, in some of the most testing of conditions. To begin with, a few chefs go up against each other in a seemingly basic skills test. Well, I say basic ? I certainly have no idea how to spin sugar, and wouldn?t know where to begin! The wheat is separated from the chaff so to speak, and then they cook for Wallace and Roux...

carl.mcqueen 21.10.2009 · Read review
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MIcorsoft Office 2007 Professional

Advantages: New, quick and easy to use programs
Disadvantages: Skin can be a bit of an eye sore

...Microsoft has given it's office system a complete revamp for this new Professional version of Microsoft Office 2007. For the person who is used to the images of Office 2004, 2005 etc. the new skin can take a while to get used to and seems to be a bit more 'retro' then previous skins that have been included. In this pack you get: * Microsoft Office Access 2007 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007 * Microsoft Office Groove 2007 * Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 * Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 * Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 * Microsoft Office Word 2007 Access can be used to make databases and is a good starter point for either learning students, or a start-out company looking to keep a tight budget. Excel can be used to make complicated maths equations, and many...

dawilson 10.09.2007 · Read review
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Adobe Dreamweaver - fantastic bit of software!

Advantages: easy to use, code hinting, loads of useful features
Disadvantages: sometimes is a bit tempremental

...Adobe Dreamweaver is one of the best web design programs of all time, or at least that's what I think. I started using Dreamweaver as the designer of my site, never venturing into the code side of things. Dreamweaver is great when it comes to this, the new CS4 interface makes everything so much easier to get to. It is so simple that you can have a table based template set up in no time! However, when I started looking into making my site a little better and nicer looking, I came accross CSS. When I started using this coding language, I knew nothing about it, however when I opened up a blank CSS document, I noticed that when I typed I got suggestions of what could be put in. Using this I gradually learned CSS through code hinting, that is how great it is. Another great thing with Dreamweaver is the ease of setting up a connection to...

scrobby 24.10.2009 · Read review
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It isn't just a flash in the pan...

Advantages: A brilliant professional web animation package. The industry standard.
Disadvantages: Expensive and can be tricky to learn.

...Adobe Flash CS4 Professional is the latest and greatest in a long line of brilliant products for creating spectacular web animations and interactive widgets. Whenever you see some lovely animated stuff on the web, chances are that it was made in this package. It's truly changed the web and it's easy to see why it has been so embraced... Overview If you're new to Flash, you'll be interested to know that it has a timeline and that you can decide what to put on each frame of your timeline in order to create an animation. You can move things about from one frame to the next to make an interesting movement or transition. At a basic level you can dive right in and start making simple animations that you can then publish on your website. Really good. For more advanced uses, you can program the animation to make an almost complete...

hard_to_please 08.08.2009 · Read review
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Amazing Photo Editing Program (Adobe Photoshop CS4)

Advantages: Massive amount of features, endless ways to manipulate pictures
Disadvantages: Takes a while to learn how to use it

...done to adjust it. At first this program looks like it could be very complicated to use, but once you spend a bit of time playing with it you will be amazed at how quickly you pick it up. It is a program designed for professionals but I also think its ideal for home use as well. It has a very basic layout to it, you have all of you options along the top (file, edit, images, layer, select etc), you click on these to find all of your sub categories so you can adjust the size of you canvas, the colour, add layers and filters. Now the filters are the interesting bit (I use these a lot), in this section you can completely change the look of a photo, for example if you want a photo to look like a water painting then you can do it here or you can even make it look like a photocopy (the list is endless). I have a lot of funs with the filters, I...

soutram 30.06.2009 · Read review
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Juggling for PC and Mac users

Advantages: Cross platform print optimised layout
Disadvantages: too expensive for home use

...Adobe Acrobat has rapidly become the cross platform document format, with its files (.PDF – Portable Document Format) offering print-optimised representations of pages. For me this is very useful, especially given the amount of layout work I do where non-standardised characters (e.g. Eastern Europe accents) are needed, and I can therefore include the fonts used as part of the document so that they will appear as intended. Any PDF file with embedded fonts is then viewable on a target machine without that person having to have all the necessary language support fonts, such as Chinese, Arabic etc. installed on their machine. Whilst this does bloat the size of files a bit, it is considerably easier than sending a document to someone and then sending the fonts to them. Adobe Acrobat Documents also have the advantage of being read...

Morgenhund 30.04.2001 · Read review
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