Ever tried WordPipe? This tool takes all the hard work out of replacing text across multiple Microsoft Word documents. All you have to do is just run WordPipe across your file server or website to fix all affected documents in one hit, yeah it’s that simple.

The new version which has just been recently released by Crystal Software, these latest changes have been effected:

• Now allows blank ‘Highlight’ field on Excel import, and also displays any import errors 
• New option to allow highlighted text to be removed 
• Replace inside field codes now checks if the document has field codes displayed first, and also restores the document’s original settings on save – Added missing ‘Highlight’ column header to .tab export
• If Prompting is on and the Replacement text is changed, now accepts the change
• Status tab switches to main (first) tab if there is a warning about backup files not being removed or restored

The only hitch with this software is that it’s off the roof in the pricing zone, my way of saying too expensive, but that’s my own opinion, go try it out, it  may just be what you need, or at least you may get enjoy the trial version for free.

Want to see if it’s what you need? Visit http://www.crystalsoftware.com.au/wordpipe.html

The newest version of this excellent piece of software was just released on November 18th and there are a number of new things included within the software package guaranteed to delight previous users. A lot of improvements have been made to things like the groups features and these improvements go a long way towards cutting down on redundancies and ultimately making sure that the whole software runs more smoothly.

If you are new to this program, then the Free Download Manager can definitely make your life a lot easier. It is a program that you can download for free and use to download files from any website you want. You can actually use it to download whole websites as well and you can also order your downloads so that you can find out with just a simple window maximization what the status of every file you are currently downloading is.   All in all, it tracks fantastically and since it is full featured freeware as well, a lot of people have benefited greatly from its use.

More information about this software as well as download links are available at the homepage of the creator at http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/.

The thing with software these days is that it has to be updated every now and then, keeping up to date with recent improvement and versions can be tiresome, but that should be a thing of the past with UpdateStar.

UpdateStar lets you stay up-to-date with all of your personal software you are using on your computer. This way you make sure to always use the most up-to-date software, maximizing your every-day user experience. The good thing about this software is that it covers all of your freeware, shareware, demos, commercial software, and includes special offers.

Latest changes in the newly released version include:

• Keeps software bang up-to-date
• Provides information on an entire software setup
• Improved and simplified software management
• Protects against outdated software
• Updates can be individually controlled
• User-maintained software database

Want to give it a shot? Go to http://www.updatestar.com/

If you want Microsoft’s answer to the iTunes platform, then you only have to look as far as the Microsoft Zune platform. This absolutely blows iTunes out of the water when you consider the organization features that it has as well as a number of the different abilities it has to allow you to store and transfer files. You can label files, create playlists and do a number of different things with Microsoft Zune 2.1 that you can not do with iTunes or alternatively that would take you a lot longer to do with iTunes. MS Zune is also freeware and therefore quite easy to download and set up.

2.1 is the latest version of MS Zune and it was released on November 19th. It is a piece of software that has been growing its fan base through each successive version being released and this version promises more of the same that fans have come to expect from the teams constantly working to correct any bugs and errors that might crop up in Microsoft Zune 2.1. This version primarily addresses issues of ergonomics and appearance and does a lot to streamline the code involved in the software and in doing so make the software run a lot faster. This will be welcome news to fans of Microsoft Zune 2.1 as any faster speed is usually good news!

For more information about Microsoft Zune 2.1, you can visit its website directly at http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zunesoftware.

This is worth checking out- SPAMfighter Exchange Server Module (SEM).

SPAMfighter Exchange Server Module (SEM) is the easy to use Exchange server module for small and medium businesses.

What’s the big deal with this application?

• The fact that it is powered by the SPAMfighter Server, which is updated by the SPAMfighter community of more than 400,000 users from 160 countries gives it a special edge.
• The fact that it also delivers instant spam protection with no configuration or maintenance to help the small and medium businesses that often operate with little to no IT staff is an added advantage.
• Its seamless integration with Microsoft Exchange Server which makes the solution very fast is priceless.

In the latest version just recently released, these changes were effected:

• New features added
• Better support for Outlook Web Access Toolbar
• Improved statistical reporting
• Small bug fixes

Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? For more info and download, go to http://www.spamfighter.com/product_sem.asp?

If you’ve been searching for a good multi-function time and date calculator but the ones you have been coming across just don’t cut it, then this might be just the thing for you, it’s called TimeCalcPro.

So what does TimeCalcPro do?

TimeCalcPro is a multi-function time and date calculator. Its features include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of units of time. That’s not all, it adds and subtracts AM/PM times, finds the difference between dates and times, lets you add and subtract from a starting date, and has a spreadsheet for calculating timecard totals and overtime.

What I love about this cool tool is that its five calculator interfaces are simple to use, and offer many options. For example, you can choose to receive answers in days, hours, minutes, seconds or any combination that you desire.

The only hitch with this software is the price, shelling out $30 for a multi-function time and date calculator doesn’t seem like my idea of a great deal but I guess it all depends on how badly you need it and the trial version is available for those of us who are not willing to cough up the dough.

Want to see if it will work for you? Go to http://www.spudcity.com/timecalcpro/

I’ve always loved simple tools, to have a tool doing one thing and doing it well is one thing I really love. That is why I like Am I Online!?

Am I Online!? is a simple piece of software that will alert you when you lose Internet access and most importantly will also alert you when the connection comes back online. This way you will not have to constantly try to access a web page, or keep an eye in a “ping” window. It will alert you instantly with a message box and a sound when your connection comes back online.

Want to try out this simple tool? I know you may be thinking, doesn’t windows do that on its own, tell you when you online or not? Well the truth is, this does it faster and it’s sort of cooler.

The only thing I have against this tool though is that it would have had much success as a freeware getting donations than as the shareware it currently is, don’t know many people who will pay $10 for something they can get for free elsewhere.

But all in all the final decision , to buy or not to buy is up to you, go try it out the free edition first.

Go to http://www.easytousetools.com/am_i_online

While there is many programs available that do various things with MP3s, this one tries to roll them all into one package. It lets you do just about every little thing with your mp3 collection.

Some of these features are identifying,removing and editing of tags ( supports ID3Tag V1 and V2 tags, Vorbis (Ogg) comments and APEv2 tags) Powered by FreeDB. (This works by downloading the tags from the internet based on the filenames).

It also has a duplicate file finder, quality analyzer, playlist generator,file organizer and player and it even supports burning.

If you are into your mp3 collection in an obsessive,detailed way, then you might wanna check out Audiograil.

It’s available in a (somewhat limited) freeware and a paid version so check out the website here for more details.

Most of us desire to record audios to have them stored in our computers or share it with friends. Sound Recorder Pro 2.0 software would help you do this in a convenient way. You can have the digital recordings done with the help of this software. The software can let you record almost all type of audios from the CD, microphone, etc. The professional user is certainly going to be thrilled by this utility and the normal user too would be benefited by it.

Just download, install and get started with the recoding of the audios. The appearance of the software is attractive in a simple manner. The color of the screen catches the eye of the user. You have the volume control and the options for the recording placed on the screen. When you’re ready to do the recording you need to start the recording after that you can play or copy the recording to a destination. It shows the information on the top of the recording status bar. Make the selection for the audio recording to be microphone, phone line, CD player, Stereo mix, etc. For making the recoding task more personalized and according to your requirements. You can set the recording options and enable the file to be saved as Mp3 or Wav file. Enable or disable the noise reduction and even set the bitrate, sample rate selected. Make the selection of the mode to be stereo, dual channel or mono. If you do not want any changes then you can have the default settings activated and also have the file operation dialog box opened after the recording. The software lacks as the help file for the program is available online only. Users not having the internet access cannot have any further information instantly.

Even though it has one drawback but that also is not going to hurt much as the benefits overwhelm it.

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Having a Zune player but you cannot have all the songs and videos into the format supported by it. Searching for a solution then Convexsoft Video Zune Converter 1.4 software might prove to be a good one for you. Now you can have various formats files converted to the Zune-compatible format and also you can extract the audios from the video files. It’s multipurpose as it can be used by normal and even professional users both.

To begin with just get the software downloaded and installed at your system. The program opens with the list space set at the left side and the right side has the device picture set there that shows the playing option below it. It easy to make the selection as you can make the individual file selection or even select the folder. If you have chosen the wrong file select and remove it and even if you have chosen the wrong folder then you can clear all. When you’re done with the selection of files then you just need to have the output file format selected. Make the separate destination folder and, browse and direct the files to it or you can choose an existing destination. Not just converting the video files if you want to have the audio from any audio-visual file you can perform the work of extraction also. The screen of the program also gives a pleasing look to the user so that it does not create monotony while working. When you’re converting the videos you need not to have the process taking place one by one for each file as the program also supports the batch conversion process. The ‘Help’ file can be accessed through the ‘Help’ option on the menu bar.

The features are easy to learn and software is also fun to work with.

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