Creative Suites

• Suites range from $999 (Web Std) to $2499 (Master Collection)
• Compare suites: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/compare/
• Web Design Premium ($1699) - Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Fireworks, Acrobat Pro, Soundbooth, Contribute, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Device Central, Version Cue
• Creative Suite Design Premium ($1799) - InDesign, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro

*) Mulitple different packages exist, ranging

Mac:

1) MS Office 2008 for Mac Home and Student Edition - ($149.95)

  - Entourage, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Messenger (5 main apps;

     Note: Messenger is also a free download)

2) Office 2008 for Mac ($399.95)+ MS Exchange support, + Automator actions

3) Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition ($499.95) + Microsoft Expression Media

Win:

• Suites home: office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites
• Which 2007 Suite is right for you?

$499.95

Media Ed. (Mac)

$149 (Home&Student)

- $680 (Ultimate)

$399.95

(for Mac)

• home: office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio
• Standard vs. Professional: Microsoft Office Vision 2007 edition comparison, office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/FX101757911033.aspx

$259/std

$559/pro

Password manager (more on password managers) from Agile Web Solutions. An indispensable utility, well-integrated in browsers, top recommendations by many magazines etc. A Must Have!

One-person license: $39.95; Family license: $69.95

Local firewall that tracks all communications, by Objective Development ($29.95).

A favorite feature is it notifies you as soon as any application wants to call home and that you have full control in allowing this or not.

• MS Office (2008) ($$$)
  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Entourage
• NeoOffice (neooffice.org) (free)
  • word processing
  • spreadsheet
  • presentation
  • drawing
  • database

• MS Office 2003 prefered ($$$)
• MS Office 2007 got it but...

View:

• Abobe Reader 9 (download)
• Preview (std)
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Create:

• Abobe Reader 8 (what we got Jan'09)

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Preview

• MS Project 2007 ($$$)

Start: Cmd+Opt+F or via magnifying glass in menu bar in upper right corner of screen.

Config: via System Preferences : Spotlight pref panel (under Personal)

Start: Cmd+Cmd, via menubar icon (somewhere in the middle...), or via installed application (/Applications/Google Desktop/Google Desktop.app).

Config: via System Preferences : Google Desktop pref panel (under Other)

Why Use? Personal preference - like the speed, integration with the rest of googles all features (not only searches but conversions, stock quotes, exchange rates, ...)

Freeware, by devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/

Start application to find files among *all* files on volume - one or more at the same time.

Configuration: some, via application itself.

Why Use? Neither Spotlight nor Google Desktop searches for hidden files, like preferences, Unix-/terminal-level files, ... A tool like EasyFind is an indispensible part of the toolbox.

EasyFind got 4.5 of 5 mouses by MacWorld (2005).

Start application to find files among *all* files on volume - one or more at the same time.

Configuration: ? (Preferences below application menu is dimmed...)

Why Use? Neither Spotlight nor Google Desktop searches for hidden files, like preferences, Unix-/terminal-level files, ... A tool like Find Any File is an indispensible part of the toolbox.