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Depending on how you have configured your browser, clicking on a link will probably open a new browser window (you may need to enable pop-ups). English-language writing tools
Merriam-Webster online English dictionary plus thesaurus There is also a combined dictionary and thesaurus at Hyperdictionary. OneLook dictionary This very useful metadictionary looks up your search term in 500 dictionaries at the same time and presents you with the resulting list of hits. Wordweb dictionary This excellent utility includes a simple-to-use, comprehensive English dictionary and thesaurus, and can be used to look up words from within most programs using a customizable hot-key combination. Once it is downloaded and installed, no internet connection is required. (Circa 7.5 megabyte download.) IATE multilingual terminology database This is the official European Union terminology database (the successor to Eurodicautom), which can be used to verify the meaning of many scientific, technological, economic and political terms (including acronyms) and/or to find their equivalents in all of the EU’s official languages plus Latin. Anyone may use it. It also links to Eurovoc, which describes itself as “a multilingual thesaurus covering the fields in which the European Communities are active”.
File transfer services Some files are so large that they cannot be sufficiently compressed to make them small enough to email. In such cases third-party file transfer services offer a handy alternative. These allow you to upload files of up to 2GB (Rapidshare) or 100MB (Yousendit) to their servers, and the intended recipient is then sent an email with a link to the uploaded files. Their basic service is free of charge. PeaZip This is a file compression utility which, unlike its better-known equivalent, WinZip, is freeware. It can be useful for making a large file small enough to send by email, as well as for bundling together several files as a single archive. It exists in both Windows and Linux versions. MSGTAG This unpronounceable-looking name actually says ‘message tag’, and is a utility program that sends you a receipt which shows when an email you’ve sent has been either opened or viewed in an email program preview pane. This is an invaluable tracking tool which will enable you to have peace of mind about the fate of your emails. If you don’t receive an email receipt by the time you expect, you will know there has probably been a problem, and you can then take appropriate action. To quote Microsoft: “Word Viewer 2003 lets you open Word 2003 documents and documents created with all previous versions of Microsoft Word for Windows® and Microsoft Word for Macintosh. In addition to Word document files (.doc), you can also open files saved in the following formats:
With Word Viewer 2003, you can view, print, and copy document contents to another program. However, you cannot edit an open document, save a document, or create a new document. This download is a replacement for Word 97 Viewer and all previous Word Viewer versions.” Oanda The Oanda currency conversion site enables you to quickly determine monetary equivalences across currencies. Moneybookers This is a third-party service for sending cash payments securely via the internet that is similar to PayPal. It costs nothing to set up an account. Note that although in many countries you can fund a Moneybookers account from a credit card, I am unable to accept credit card payments directly. See the Moneybookers website for full details of the service.
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