Essential software

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?

Here's my list:
WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
www.winzip.com

Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
www.scootersoftware.com

TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
www.textpad.com

ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
features.
Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
at, BTW)
(Anyone out there using Interspector?)
www.popupsolutions.com

Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
www.microsoft.com/streets

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

How about NTDMatch by Larry R. Waibel. It is a directory matching
program which allows you to update two directories of the same files by
highlighting the different ones.

Dave Alexander

David Kozina wrote:
>
> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>
> Here's my list:
> WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
> www.winzip.com
>
> Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
> www.scootersoftware.com
>
> TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
> www.textpad.com
>
> ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
> features.
> Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
> at, BTW)
> (Anyone out there using Interspector?)
> www.popupsolutions.com
>
> Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
> www.microsoft.com/streets

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

Windows Commander - File Manager "the best" file management tool going
around.
http://www.ghisler.com/

"David Kozina" wrote in message
news:1E1EF107D16307A7FACB2511360EC491@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>
> Here's my list:
> WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
> www.winzip.com
>
> Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
> www.scootersoftware.com
>
> TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
> www.textpad.com
>
> ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
> features.
> Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
> at, BTW)
> (Anyone out there using Interspector?)
> www.popupsolutions.com
>
> Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
> www.microsoft.com/streets
>
>
>
>
>

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

Ditto on the WinZip,

MS Office Suite

InfaView (sp) for viewing jpg, gif, png and others

PDF reader

and of course working with GIS stuff got to have ArcView the other GIS
software

Then all the other nice to have things like the MP3 players, avi players,
etc. etc.

Murph
(and the books VBA for Dummies)

"David Kozina" wrote in message
> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:58:38 -0800, "David Kozina"
rote:

>Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
>you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?

Agent 🙂
Office (obviously)
Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Pagemaker
Corel Draw
Architectural Studio
WinRAR
Nero
TextPad 4.5
ACDSee

Matt
mstachoni@comcast.net
mstachoni@bhhtait.com

>Here's my list:
>WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
>www.winzip.com
>
>Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
>www.scootersoftware.com
>
>TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
>www.textpad.com
>
>ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
>features.
> Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
>at, BTW)
> (Anyone out there using Interspector?)
>www.popupsolutions.com
>
>Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
>www.microsoft.com/streets
>
>
>
>

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

An office suite - we use MS Office - I don't know that any of the others are
worse. I've used WordPerfect, and it certainly did some things better
than Word, but since all but a very few of the Architects I've worked with
use even less of Word's capabilities than they do of AutoCAD's, it's a moot
point. Ditto Excel, a spreadsheet is essential, but since most Architects
are not going to bother to master them, the differences between Excel and
Lotus are not applicable. Use whichever your office staff finds easier.

A general purpose file viewer - I use XNView, but ACDSee, which does
essentially the same stuff seems quite popular.

A general raster graphics editor. Photoshop is the clear winner here.
Actually, 90% of what we do is easily done in Photoshop LE, but, of course,
everyone has to have the biggest badest editor around, so we pay three times
as much money for the full version.

A layout program, such as Quark, or InDesign. Not so much, now, because I
do nothing with the marketing department, but every office needs to have
this function somehow.

I find that a good screen capture utility is a godsend - I use Snagit. But,
you could get by with the windows built in screen capture if you had to.

WinZip, of course.

DirPrint Pro - I used this a lot in my old office, when archiving, to record
how the directory structures had been set up.

"David Kozina" wrote in message
news:1E1EF107D16307A7FACB2511360EC491@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>
> Here's my list:
> WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
> www.winzip.com
>
> Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
> www.scootersoftware.com
>
> TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
> www.textpad.com
>
> ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
> features.
> Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
> at, BTW)
> (Anyone out there using Interspector?)
> www.popupsolutions.com
>
> Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
> www.microsoft.com/streets
>
>
>
>
>

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

America's Army. Best piece of software I picked up
all year...Oh, you said "day-to-day work"...VC++,
Cygwin, PaintShop Pro, and a few others I can't
recall right now.

Paul Kohut

"David Kozina" wrote in message
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> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

That's Irfanview - a really compact, flexible image viewer....

Also:

Regcleaner

EditPad

_____________
Karl M. Fuls PLS
AEC Training and Consulting
Assistant Moderator - Autodesk Discussion Forums

James Murphy wrote:

> Ditto on the WinZip,
>
> MS Office Suite
>
> InfaView (sp) for viewing jpg, gif, png and others
>

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

In addition to your list I'd add CKRename.
http://www.musicsucks.com/CKSoft/index.htm

A really useful for "donorware" for "bulk file renaming". Can use wildcard,
text replace or add auto numbers to alter or totally replace filenames. Esp.
good for the cryptic names most digital cameras use for images or updating
old files to new naming standards.

--
Regards,
Robin Capper

"David Kozina" wrote in message
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> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

Toolpac - AutoCAD add-on(s) - Terry's a few months ahead of Autodesk with
many of his tools.
http://www.dotsoft.com/

Excellink - for those who export & synchronize attributes via excel /
AutoCAD
http://www.cadstudio.cz/excellink

Programmers File Editor - freeware -albeit a bit Old, now.
Much more useful than Notepad and similar simple editors, while not getting
'Word'y
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/ - (if Not at this site- do a
Google search for it)

Nero - for CD's

"David Kozina" wrote in message
news:1E1EF107D16307A7FACB2511360EC491@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>
> Here's my list:
> WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
> www.winzip.com
>
> Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
> www.scootersoftware.com
>
> TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
> www.textpad.com
>
> ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
> features.
> Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
> at, BTW)
> (Anyone out there using Interspector?)
> www.popupsolutions.com
>
> Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
> www.microsoft.com/streets
>
>
>
>
>

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

On my home systems

On the security side:
Spybot Search and Destroy
AVG antivirus
ZoneAlarm Pro
Pestpatrol
Adaware

For Windows maintenance
Karenware registry pruner (great freeware)
msconfig (for win2k)
Belarc Advisor
Xteq Systems X-Setup- Windows tweak program
SiSoftware Sandra - The Diagnostic Tool

Other:
Opera Browser

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2002

I have to throw an entry into the text editor wars:

Ultraedit

It's the best.

Terry Scanlon

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

>Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
>you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?

PowerMarks bookmark manager

Cant recommend it enough

http://www.kaylon.com/power.html

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

>InfaView (sp) for viewing jpg, gif, png and others

Ditto on that

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

>SiSoftware Sandra - The Diagnostic Tool

Curious

What does Sandra do that Belarc cant? Arent they
similar?

Or... is that like comparing apples to oranges?

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

So far I've resisted Interspector and am sticking with ScopeEdit 1.8. I tried
the Interspector eval briefly way back; it didn't rock my world like SE (which
is less flamboyant and ambitious, but does what I want). I was disappointed to
find ScopeEdit wouldn't be carried forward; perhaps I'll have to write my own
version. Moo ha ha ha.

Oh yeah, Textpad still rocks my world (lol, I'm in the credits), the lean and
mean ascii bashin' machine 🙂

Have to add ACDSee to the list; invaluable.

Cheers David.

michael

"David Kozina" wrote in message
news:1E1EF107D16307A7FACB2511360EC491@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>
> Here's my list:
> WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
> www.winzip.com
>
> Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
> www.scootersoftware.com
>
> TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
> www.textpad.com
>
> ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
> features.
> Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
> at, BTW)
> (Anyone out there using Interspector?)
> www.popupsolutions.com
>
> Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
> www.microsoft.com/streets

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

Correction: "One of the best".

As is Textpad, "One of the best".

"Terry Scanlon" wrote in message
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> I have to throw an entry into the text editor wars:
>
> Ultraedit
>
> It's the best.
>
> Terry Scanlon

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

Glad to hear you're a Textpad'r 🙂

"Matt Stachoni" wrote in message
news:mn7usuggkfkkph7us2ifv67lko2k1artn0@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:58:38 -0800, "David Kozina"
> rote:
>
> >Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> >you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>
> Agent 🙂
> Office (obviously)
> Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Pagemaker
> Corel Draw
> Architectural Studio
> WinRAR
> Nero
> TextPad 4.5
> ACDSee
>
> Matt
> mstachoni@comcast.net
> mstachoni@bhhtait.com

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

My most used non-CAD apps in no particular order:

Peachtree Accounting
MSVC++

Resplendent Registrar
VMWare Workstation
MS Office
WinKill
Dependency Walker
WinImage
WinZip
Nero
FTP Voyager
Sam Spade
Paint Shop Pro
--
Owen Wengerd
President, ManuSoft ==> http://www.manusoft.com
VP Americas, CADLock, Inc. ==> http://www.cadlock.com

Anonymous · ‎11-11-2002

PKZip for Windows (I really like Zip Attachments)
ACT!
ViewCompanion
Acrobat
TextPad
Nero Burning ROM
ACDsee
SuperJPEG
Streamline
THE Rename
SecondCopy 2000
Fontasm!
FontLab

David William Edwards
www.tcfonts.com
Font Services: Creation, Customization & Conversion
Fontasm! Truetype to AutoCAD SHX font converter.

"David Kozina" wrote in message
news:1E1EF107D16307A7FACB2511360EC491@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Besides CAD or Internet/e-mail software, what other software programs have
> you found particularly helpful in your day-to-day work?
>
> Here's my list:
> WinZip 8.0 - File compression/archive utility.
> www.winzip.com
>
> Beyond Compare 2 - Awesome file comparison/synchronization program.
> www.scootersoftware.com
>
> TextPad 4.5 - Crém de la crém of text editors.
> www.textpad.com
>
> ScopeEdit - Program editing utility using hyperlink-like window editing
> features.
> Predecesor of Interspector (which I need to take a closer look
> at, BTW)
> (Anyone out there using Interspector?)
> www.popupsolutions.com
>
> Microsoft Streets & Trips - Trip planning software. Just plain handy.
> www.microsoft.com/streets
>
>
>
>
>

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