chances are high that you've never heard of 'SoftMaker' - it's a tiny German software company that develops fantastic office software for Windows and Linux.
In addition they sell very precise fonts (True Type, Type 1 for Windows, Linux and Mac), and to promote their company they offer one free font per month.
You can compare the SoftMaker products to Xara products - small footprint, an endless list of import & export filters, many features you won't find in the 'Industry Standard', and - best of all - a cross platform compatibility for Linux, Windows, Windows CE.
They just released the new word processor: TextMaker 2002. It comes with 16 (!) free language modules, spell checker, thesaurus, translator - you name it, it's in the package.
OK, if it sounds like a promotion you are right - I try to help promote this fantastic product, because it's much better than the 'Industry Standard', faster, more stable and reliable than Word & Co.
Their spreadsheet 'PlanMaker' and Database 'DataMaker' integrate seamlessly into the main applicaton 'Textmaker'. The suite comes with additional applications at no extra cost.
Please don't send flames - I just had your tiny budgets in mind, and since you are happy Xara users, I think you'll welcome a similar 'fair price - high impact' product for your office stuff.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> If you happen upon a good alternative to Outlook or more specifically an Exchange client, please let me know. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
As far as I know it is an xchange client together with Mercury. Powerful, stable, immune to exe, bat, vbs, dll etc attachments and viruses, fast, low on memory. It's **free**.
Mercury is used on many university servers in Germany, so I think it's stable as well. Sorry that I don't know more about it, but I never had any real need to install it because I'm running a server/proxy/firewall that handles all the stuff.
Another alternative would be Linux - but I guess you are looking for a Windows solution.
OpenType® is a new cross-platform font file format developed jointly by Adobe and Microsoft. Adobe has converted the entire Adobe Type Library into this format and now offers thousands of OpenType fonts.
The two main benefits of the OpenType format are its cross-platform compatibility (the same font file works on Macintosh and Windows computers), and its ability to support widely expanded character sets and layout features, which provide richer linguistic support and advanced typographic control.
The OpenType format is an extension of the TrueType SFNT format that also can support Adobe® PostScript® font data and new typographic features. OpenType fonts containing PostScript data, such as those in the Adobe Type Library, have an .otf suffix in the font file name, while TrueType-based OpenType fonts have a .ttf file name suffix.
OpenType fonts can include an expanded character set and layout features, providing broader linguistic support and more precise typographic control. Feature-rich Adobe OpenType fonts can be distinguished by the word "Pro," which is part of the font name and appears in application font menus. OpenType fonts can be installed and used alongside PostScript Type 1 and TrueType fonts.
I rarely have more than 50 fonts installed at one time anymore on a windows machine. On my Linux machine, I think its only about 10 or less. But, I rarely use a GUI in Linux; preferring to use the command line. Unfortunately, my use of Linux on the corporate network has been curtailed. No one else wanted to learn how to use it. I still keep two Linux machines; one for LAN diagnostics and one DHCP server.
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the fonts are first class and come as True Types and Type 1 fonts on the CD. As far as I know they are licenced fonts from Bitstream, URW and other famous brands.
The CD is a real good deal. I'm using them for years now and can't complain ;-}
The fonts are sorted by type - deko, headline, bodytext etc., so you can even select a complete font group that'll match.
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For 'normal' users it wouldn't make sense.
Does it make sense at all to install 1000 fonts?
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Surely, it does not make sense, but it is nice to have.
I have about 100 Fonts installed and
further 4000 in an extra file.
And with Fontviewer it is so easy
to search certain words for projects
and install them. A
nd with a click to uninstall.
By the way, thanks for the great link 'textmaker'.
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