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Entries Tagged ‘Alternative’

Foxit PDF Reader – An Alternative to Adobe

Nearly everyone that opens a PDF file will use Adobe’s Acrobat Reader.  But have you ever wondered if there are any good alternatives to the widely used program?  Here at PCToolbox we think we’ve found the ideal alternative in the Free Foxit PDF Reader (Download here). The program involves a short and easy download/installation process.  [...]

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How To Enable Check Boxes for Items In Windows 7

Normally when we want to select multiple items we have to use the old ‘hold ctrl or shift and select’ trick.  However, we’ve now discovered a far easier way…check boxes. To enable check boxes do the following… Click on the start orb and type ‘folder options’ into the search box.  Then click enter. A new [...]

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An alternative to Microsoft Office

You may have read on the Brandstar Blog many reviews about the latest version of Microsoft Office (2007). But some people want an alternative, either because the cost of Office can’t be warranted for their purposes or because they just want something that isn’t Microsoft. A pretty brilliant piece of software called OpenOffice exists and [...]

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Christmas Games: Elf Bowling

So Christmas is near and playing solitaire is becoming more and more frequent as you think about the Christmas shopping you should be doing on Amazon How about an alternative to Solitaire? A game that has been around for years is Elf Bowling and it is very addictive. Version 1 saw Santa bowling at Elves [...]

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