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I was talking with a faculty member the other day who was complaining about being sent a .pdf, as he was unable to “edit” it in any way, he wanted the more friendly Microsoft Word document. (If you don’t know what a .pdf is click here, most of the “professional” documents you get are in …..

I am working on a couple of longer things for the near future (tools for syllabus, some Devon notes, and writing a dissertation), but in the short span here are some useful links from around the web. Two links on the Apple Mailing list. The first is a short review of information management software. The …..

I received the following email from an Academhack reader. Here’s my situation: I work in education policy, which means I spend a lot of time reading long-ish reports and writing syntheses, papers, policy briefings, etc. What I often find is that Report A will contain potentially useful info about a variety of topics (we’ll call …..

As much as I love Mellel I never thought I would say this, but, I have started using another Word Processing program. Never fear Mellel faithful, I have not abandoned Mellel, I have just added another tool to my word processing repitoire. Meta-Explanation(feel free to skip if you want) I have been thinking a lot …..

As if the .doc problem wasn’t bad enough, now we have to worry about .docx. So as many are probably aware, Microsoft released its new operating system, and along with that release comes an updated version of Microsoft Office. The problem here is that the new Microsoft Office saves files in a different format than …..

Two things worth checking out this morning over your coffee, or depending what time you read this your lunch: Jen covers her use of Easy Grade. Me, I have never had a class where I was keeping track of this many assignments, so investing the time to try out a grading program seemed a bit …..

Okay, finally, without too much further ado, and two plane rides of writing later, I am going to outline all the steps I go through to “build” a presentation. Let me say a few things up front though. First, this again is not an expert thing, this is simply what I have developed to make …..

If you are a student determined to stay on top of this semester, the unofficial apple weblog, points to Funkwares Task List a program designed to track all of your assignment needs. There are several other apps out there that do similar things, but this seems to be one of the most full featured, and …..

Via reader recommendations, here are two possible software choices for managing all of that academic writing and information. Scrivner: Scrivner is another attempt at making a word processor aimed at managing large projects (such as novel writing or screenplays) similar to Ulysses, but in my estimation a bit more powerful. Scrivner allows you to look …..

Have you ever edited a document, saved it, and then wished you could go back and change it? A reader sent this tip in: Versomatic allows you to retrieve old versions without hacking any code or accessing system files. I have not used it, as I run daily backups of documents, but if you don’t …..