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Excellink 2009 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

EXCELLINK 2009 is an ARX application for AutoCAD 2009 (plus Architecture, Mechanical, Map 3D). It allows to bi-directionally hot link attribute and block data between an AutoCAD drawing and an Excel 2000/XP/2003/2007 sheet. Block properties can be driven from Excel. For room schedules, BOMs, lists, computed attributes, etc.


A separate version for AutoCAD LT is available.

Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-09-08 06:47:00

Excellink 2009 is a useful utility application for AutoCAD users. It is an ARX application which allows bi-directional hot linking attributes and block data between the AutoCAD drawing and the Excel sheet.

Pros: Excellink 2009 allows rearranging all the attributes of an existing AutoCAD drawing into an Excel sheet, quite conveniently. It has got good filtering options to select the blocks by name(s) or by the layer(s), while exporting the data. The export feature comes with a lot of options, wherein you can decide the factors like X, Y, Z coordinates, Scale, Rotating angle, Layer names, Block name and Layout name. The “Allow to select blocks” prompts the user to export only the selected block references. The applications comes with unique linking feature, wherein if linked and any changes are made in the Excel sheet, the same changes will automatically reflect in the AutoCAD drawing. This feature comes in very handy, as making changes in an Excel sheet is much easier than making changes in the drawing and mapping all the related parameters. The Excellink Helper Macros is a good feature to perform ZoomTo and Import functions or to count block occurrences in the exported table. The application works with either modelspace or paperspace objects. You can also create an AutoCAD drawing from en Excel sheet entry. The application also supports the surveying coordinates used in Czech Republic known as JTSK coordinates. You can even limit the number of decimal places imported to AutoCAD from an Excel sheet.

Cons: The layer property cannot be modified from Excel and creating of new AutoCAD block entries from Excel is also not possible. The help option does not function till a newer HTML Help component from Microsoft like MSIE is installed on the system.

Overall: The tool comes with some outstanding usability features and the application saves a lot of valuable time. A good utility application to easily handle complex and time consuming operations, deserves a 4 star rating.

SwingNN 3.0 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

Your data is imported into a grid and used to train a neural network. The input values are forced to swing beyond their limits. The output values are forecasted by the neural network. A new neural network is created using the new inputs and forecasted outputs. The neural networks are compared. The inputs are adjusted and another new neural network is created. The process continues until a new neural network agrees with the original about the forecasts. The forecasts are added to the grid for you to use.

Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-12-16 11:03:00

Your data is imported into a grid and used to train a neural network. The input values are forced to swing beyond their limits. The output values are forecasted by the neural network.

Pros: Trend spotting requires that one is able to discern the trends from past/historical data. Most forecasting applications that use advanced methods create and train just one neural network. SwingNN introduces a new approach to forecasting using a series of related neural networks. Multiple neural networks are created and trained. Each new neural network learns from the results produced by the previous one. The neural network that produces the most accurate results is selected and used to extrapolate and forecast results beyond the existing training range. To make the forecasts accurate the application uses multiple levels of neural networks to achieve that. Your data is imported into a grid. The grid is then used to build and train a neural network. The neural network input values are then forced to swing beyond their limits. The unknown output values are forecasted by the neural network. Then a new neural network is created using the new inputs and forecasted outputs. The two neural networks are compared. The inputs are adjusted and another new neural network is created. The process continues until a neural network produces the best results when validated. The new neural network is then used to produce more forecasts. The forecasts produced are validated and then added to the grid. All the values in the grid can be exported for you to use in any way you want.

Cons: One needs to validate the data to be absolutely sure the trend spotting is accurate enough. The other aspect is you need to be able to understand how this thing is supposed to work.

Overall: Nice set functionalities and easy to use interface. This can easily rate a 4 star.

Excel Invoice Manager Enterprise 2.9.1013 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

This is a billing software that solves your billing headaches with true what-you-see-is-what-you-get Excel invoice templates and backend databases. Combining the power of Microsoft Excel with backend databases, the billing software allows you to easily manage your customers, products, invoices and payments.




This edition is the highest edition of the billing software. It supports unlimited number of companies. This means you can handle more than one business in a single billing system; even those businesses are very different in many aspects, including customers, products, reports, even tax systems. The billing software also supports networking, allowing you to share data with your colleagues.




Since the billing software is based on Excel invoice templates, it is highly customizable. For example, you can easily customize the fonts, colors, text labels, currency symbols, number formats, and even the formulas for calculating taxes, with various tools provided by Excel. The billing software is designed with flexibility in mind. For example, all cells in the invoice template are identified by names - so, if you don’t like where a field is placed, you can hover your mouse on the cell and drag it to a new location!




This type of flexibility is also implemented in the database structure level of the billing software. In the Enterprise edition of the billing software, there is a powerful feature called custom fields, which allows you add your own fields to your invoices. For example, if you are running a travel agent business and need to know the number of children of a customer, then add a custom field Children.




This new version added support for credit note/credit memo and a new payment report.




Download the fully functional trial version to see how the billing software works for you.

Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-09-08 06:47:00

A useful application to handle all your billing related activities. It works in conjunction with Microsoft Excel, so you can do all your billing related tasks without leaving Microsoft Office. It provides easy and quick solutions to create and manage invoices, manage customers, products and payments easily.

Pros: Excel Invoice Manager Enterprise 2.9.1013 provides easy and quick solutions to create and manage invoices, manage customers, products and payments easily. It has many helpful features such as, adding a large number of companies and customers to the database, you can create and design your own custom template if none of the in-built templates appeal to you and export data out of the application through networking. There is no need to create and remember macro rules. You can do everything by the click of a button.

One of the nicest features of this application is that the invoice that you see and create on the screen is exactly the same that your customer will receive. So you can visualize the look and feel of the invoice as seen by the customer. You can add, edit and view the details of all your customers, take a back up of the data to your hard disk, take prints directly from the application, generate reports to an excel sheet directly and much more. It includes a completely free invoice template, which can be used stand alone to create and calculate invoices.

One of the helpful features of this application is that it has a user friendly and simple interface with self explanatory buttons, icons and tabs. The interface is divided into convenient modules for easy access. It can be easily used by a new user. It is easy to understand and use and you can view all the details of the invoice on the same page. The application is very simple to download and install and it is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000.

Cons: It could have been better if there was an option of adding several Product IDs at once rather than selecting and adding each Product ID, one at a time. It can prove to be bit of a tedious process, if several Product IDs have to be added in a single invoice. Moreover, the interface though simple is not very elegant and aesthetic in look and feel.

Overall: A user friendly and extremely useful application rates a 4 star.

Convert Center 1.0 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

Convert Center is a measurement conversion tool that enables you to convert from over 1,000 different measurement units of Area, Basal Area (Forestry), Circular, Circular Area, dbh (Forestry), Energy/Work, Flow, Force, Length, Power, Pressure/Stress, Temperature, Time, Velocity, Volume, and Weight/Mass, for a total of over 100,000 possible conversions.

Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-09-08 06:39:00

Convert Center is a web-based measurement conversion software that enables the users to convert from between over 1,000 different measurement units of Area, Acceleration, Angles, Circular, Circular Area, dbh (Forestry), Energy/Work, Flow, Force, Length, Power, Pressure/Stress, Temperature, Time, Velocity, Volume, and Weight/Mass.

Pros: Convert Center has brought out something that is useful to engineers, researchers, scientists, professors and students: a handy, detailed unit conversion tool that encompasses conversions of various hundreds of the existing, long-lost, regional and even obsolete metric units of area, angle, acceleration, computers, density, speed, temperature and weight. Apart from these regional units it also allows conversions of ancient units like fathom, legua (Spanish, pre- and post- 1568) to name a few, into modern SI and CG units of meter and centimeter and vice-versa. Convert Center also contains data about survey-specific metric units like US Survey standards, British Survey standards and so on. Last but not the least; this well tailored software doesnt forget the units like light years, astronomical units, microns and even nanometer to please the scientist fraternity. Provides a browser based interface. Value textbox allows inserting required numerical figure and Result textbox displays the desired conversion of the From and To selected units in the checklists on top. This software is several times worth its on-disk size of 1.31 MB.

Cons: May not work if firewall has been turned-ON. Being web-based it takes a few seconds to refresh a page.

Overall: A good utility tool that boosts the entire computing experience. This is a simple and useful application and is rated at 5 stars.

RightControl Lite 2007.1.2 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

RightControl, an integrated Stock Control Inventory & Business Management software program, targeted at small to medium sized enterprises looking for a system to manage stock inventory, sales & invoices, customer & supplier contacts, generating & printing barcodes, with despatching, reports and a whole host of great business management features.



Designed for business owners looking for a management system ideal for mail or internet based ordering, with comprehensive stock entry options, such as singular item barcoded tracking for unique individual objects like notebook computers, or multiple stock entry for batches of items like tinned peas, or even kit assemblies that need to be bundled from a bill of materials to make up one product, RightControl does it all.



RightControl comes in several different flavours to suit every business owner, from start up businesses and home users selling on Ebay, to the expanding enterprise requiring a multiple user, client server system. Best of all, you can upgrade from the Lite program all the way up to the Enterprise system with just a few simple clicks, so your software grows as your business grows.



Designed from years of experience in the business & inventory management industry, RightControl has a simple interface for ease of use and to speed up time of user competence, so you can take control of your business in minutes.

Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-09-08 07:11:00

RightControl, an inventory management & sales processing system for Small Businesses. Manages your stock, your contacts, your sales & invoicing, barcodes and dispatching, all from one integrated system.

Pros: SME businesses can look to this application for not only inventory control functionality but also for sales order management from order entry to invoicing as an integrated solution. Itll manage stock inventory, sales & invoices, customer & supplier contacts, generating & printing barcodes, with dispatching, reports and a whole host of business management features. Features include stock inventory management, sales order processing & invoice billing, customer & supplier contacts, generating & printing barcodes, dispatching, reporting and so on. It can handle different kinds of sale scenarios such as for mail or internet based ordering or comprehensive inventory control options, such as singular item bar-coded tracking for unique individual objects like notebook computers, or multiple stock entry for batches of items like tinned peas, or even kit assemblies that need to be bundled from a bill of materials to make up one product. Versions suitable for different sized businesses exist to suit many types of business owner, from start up businesses and home users selling on Ebay, to the expanding enterprise requiring a multiple user, client server system. The upgrades are easy.

Publishers claim to have put in lot of industry experience in business and inventory control to make it easy for the end user usage and to make the learning curve easy. The interface is straightforward. A large work area with a set of controls on top which cause appropriate pop up forms to appear.

Cons: Interface with a CRM system will be useful as for example the return material module uses a RMA number as a reference. However there are no processes integrated with the application that administers the authorization.

Overall a feature rich package that is easy to use, it rates a 4 star level.

A-PDF Split 2.3.0 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

A-PDF Split is a very simple, lightning-quick desktop utility program that lets you split any Acrobat pdf file into smaller pdf files. It provides complete flexibility and user control in terms of how files are split and how the split output files are uniquely named. A-PDF Split provides numerous alternatives for how your large files are split C by pages, by bookmarks and by odd/even page. Even you can extract or remove part of a PDF file. A-PDF Split also offers advanced defined splits that can be saved and later imported for use with repetitive file-splitting tasks. A-PDF Split represents the ultimate in file splitting flexibility to suit every need.



A-PDF Split works with password-protected pdf files, and can apply various pdf security features to the split output files. If needed, you can recombine the generated split files with other pdf files using a utility such as A-PDF Merger to form new composite pdf files.



A-PDF Split does NOT require Adobe Acrobat, and produces documents compatible with Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 5 and above.



Features and Functions:



* Standalone program. Does NOT require Adobe Acrobat or Reader


* Splitting PDF files by every n pages, bookmark, collating


* Remove pages from PDF files.


* Powerful advanced split option


* Save/Load advanced split option


* Extract pages from PDF files by range.


* Various page setting


* Supports “owner” password protected PDF files


* Supports “user” password protected PDF files (require inputting password)


* Supports output file name pattern


* Supports output file security


* Supports output file properties


* Explorer right-click integration


* Drag and drop supported


* Free download


* Very easy to use

MizuPhone 1.0.2 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

Full featured VOIP softphone based on the open standard SIP protocol. With MizuPhone you can connect to any SIP (proxy and/or registrar) server on the public internet or on your local area network.



MizuPhone tries to combine the SIP compatibility with P2P inteligence and an intuitive GUI. It is a perfect choice for everybody who wants to keep its telephone bills to minimum while using the greatest features from the VOIP industry.



MizuPhone is free for non professional usage!



Benefits:


* Familiar contact or dial pad centered design. Like Skype, MSN or Yahoo! Messenger


* Fully featured SIP based application, take the most from today VOIP technology


* Multiple accounts, multiple SIP server registrations and inteligent path detection helps you to mimize your telecom costs


* Crystal clean voice quality due to Ultra WideBand codecs


* HD quality video calls (depending on your camera and bandwidth)


* Mute, Hold, Redial, Transfer, Forward, Conference


* Instant messaging and presence


* Local and remote VoiceMail


* File transfer and file sharing (compaitibile with any SIP server)


* Remote Desktop (compaitibile with any SIP server)


* History (with voice and video recording)


* Advanced network handling: UPNP, STUN, ICE, firewall and NAT detection


* AEC, AGC, VAD, PLC, QoS, Noise supression


* Codecs: G711, G.723.1, G729, iLBC, Speex, MPEG1, MPEG4, Theora, H263,H264, MJPG


* Transport protocolls: UDP, TCP, TLS


* DTMF (Inband DTMF or SIP INFO)


* Profile storage (WebDav, XCAP, FTP, HTTP)


* Balance/credit display


* Fully encypted communications


* Customizable user interface and language


* Intelligent P2P based network path detection (will work even if the server is down)


* Free profile storage and routing helper servers


Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-09-08 06:57:00

MizuPhone 1.0.2 is a fully equipped VOIP utility application which works on the open standard SIP protocol.

Pros: MizuPhone 1.0.2 is a utility tool developed with VOIP features. The tool connects to any SIP server on the public internet or on a local area network. The tool helps you curtail the telephone bills and use the VOIP feature in the best possible way. The tool is designed to combine the SIP features with P2P intelligence. With MizuPhone 1.0.2, you can have multiple accounts with multiple SIP registration and the built-in intelligent path detection technique helps curtail the telecom costs to a great extent. The tool has been integrated with Ultra WideBand codec for crystal clear voice quality. Depending on the camera and the bandwidth, you can have HD quality video calls. Like the conventional telephone, the tool also has the features like Mute, Hold, Redial, Transfer, Forward and Conference. You can also transfer and go for file sharing. The tool also features the voice and video history capability. The tool uses the latest data transport protocols like UDP, TCP and TLS. All the communications are completely encrypted to ensure data security. The interface can be customized as per the requirement. The tool uses the intelligent P2P based network path detection techniques, which works even when the server is down. The modular architecture helps an individual to customize, add or disable any functionality. A very effective tool to cash in the VOIP functionality and the interface is quite friendly.

To run MizuPhone 1.0.2 the system requirement is Windows XP or vista, Intel Pentium II 500 MHz or more, sound card, IP network connection and a headset. For a HD video calls you need a HD quality camera device, directx8 compatible VGA card and a modern processor of 2 GHz or more.

Cons: VoIP quality remains and issue over the net, not necessarily for this product.

Overall: The utility tool is simple and easy to use. The tool deserves a 4 star rating.

Personal Finances 3.1 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

Personal Finances is an ultimate helper when your profits increase but no changes are seen in the standard of living. This problem is usually of paramount importance for graduating students with first working experience and nearly all families with limited home budgets. The smart tool will help you track all expenses and analyze the efficiency of using the family budget resources.



The features which make Personal Finances unique in its category are total simplicity and clearness. You can see at once from the summary view the way your money was spent, total sum and percentage structure for categories, balance on accounts, as well as overall balance. There is no need to scrutinize the reports in order to analyze your financial condition.



Personal Finances is ready for small screen UMPCs, like ASUS Eee PC. You may also install and run the application from the USB flash drive; consequently, your “personal accountant” will be portable and always at hand!



Personal Finances has a user-friendly multilingual interface, scheduler, password protection and a very useful ability of adding expenses in one click. The application has a multi-base support and allows you to create an unlimited number of data bases. Detailed information on all transactions is available for any time period.



Personal Finances excludes the mere possibility of transaction classification problems to occur. It has an unlimited number of sections, categories, subsections etc. Despite the number of currencies already supported the application allows users to add more currencies, stipulating the exchange rate. Personal Finances includes abilities of sorting by any field and grouping by transaction names. The program runs under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista and has multilingual User Interface (Czech, English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Russian, Swedish, Slovak, Hungarian, Portuguese, Estonian, Turkish).


Editor review: Reviewer, 2007-05-29 04:55:00

Personal Finance is an excellent shareware for having a check on personal expenses and income. It allows you to create one or more databases for your financial management. You can keep records of all your expenses managed in different categories like bank accounts, credit cards, cash transactions etc. You can also create subcategories. You can also keep the record of various income sources and amount of income from each source. You can also categorize your expenditure in terms of place of spending.

This may help you find out the main source of income and the main expenditure areas for a better control at your money. You can also record unlimited information for any date or time and edit or add or delete any information stored in any previous date. It has a powerful scheduler to help you plan your future expenses and set reminders for important dates. It supports multiple languages and currencies.

Personal Finances 1.6 supports USB flash drive for easy access from anywhere. It can also be protected with the password from unauthorized use. You can import data from any text file and can also save your transaction in txt files for emailing and printing.

Excel Invoice Template 1.3 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

This is a free Excel Invoice Template that provides a Fill In The Blank invoice form and is capable of calculating and creating invoices. Its what-you-see-is-what-you-get invoice form provides a simple yet effective billing software and invoice software for small businesses. If you know how to use Microsoft Excel, you know how to use Excel Invoice Template.



The invoice template is highly customizable, since it is based on Microsoft Excel. For example, you can easily change the text fonts, styles, colors of the template, by using various tools provided by Excel.



The invoice template shows quantity, description, unit price, taxable status, and amount per line. Sub-total, tax and total amount are computed from the line items automatically. You can even provide or insert a logo image for your invoice form to make your invoices look more professional.



This new version added inline instructions for customizing the invoice form.

Editor review: Daily Reviews Team, 2005-11-05 01:10:10

Excel Invoice Template makes creating and sending invoices easier and more professional than ever before.

If you are operating a small business at home or a larger one involving thousands of invoices, this software is suitable for all. It provides professional, easy-to-use invoices for maintaining data such as customers, products and purchases. It could be integrated with Excel in providing invoice templates where invoice details could be entered and edited. The Active-Template feature allows you to directly connect to databases making calculations of large invoice data easier. You could choose to create your own invoice templates. This is possible to do with the tools provided by Microsoft Excel and a WYSIWYG environment.

The invoices created have all details such as payment amounts, invoice number and date presented in a colorful, attractive manner.

Advanced Time Reports Timer 8.17.72 download page

Dec.20, 2008 in Accounting Tools Leave a Comment

ATR Timer helps you to track your projects and time spent with a single click .



ATR Timer runs in Windows system tray and tracks your projects with 1 click - you can start, pause or stop your project just by clicking on ATR Timer icon. It can allocate your time to a specific predefined project or give you an option to choose a client and a project yourself, along with project description.



ATR Timer is an addon and it works with ATR Professional and ATR Premier. In order to use ATR Timer, you have to install ATR Professional or Premier prior to the ATR Timer installation.



Download free 30-day trial of Advanced Time Reports Timer today and start enjoying your work even more! Take the control of your time back!

Editor review: Reviewer, 2008-11-25 07:58:00

ATR Timer helps you to track your projects and time spent with a single click. ATR Timer runs in Windows system tray and tracks your projects with 1 click - you can start, pause or stop your project just by clicking on ATR Timer icon.

Pros: ATR Timer helps you track projects, particularly the time spent in each task of the project. As you spend time on a task you can start the timer and stop when your activity is done. To ease the process the timer sits on the system tray and makes you do things by single clicks. ATR Timer runs in Windows system tray and tracks your projects with 1 click - you can start, pause or stop your project just by clicking on ATR Timer icon. You are able to allocate your time to a particular project automatically. You can allocate time manually too to specific client or a project related to that client. ATR Timer is an add-on and it works with the Professional and Premier packages. In order to use ATR Timer, you need to get one of these packages installed in the system.

While the timer lets you record the time properly, you can record these into appropriate projects/tasks with the help of the main project management packages provided in the professional and premier software packages.

Cons: This is only an add-on and needs other packages to deliver complete functionality.

Overall: This just an add-on but delivers the specific functionality required. Overall this is definitely 3 stars.

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