Description:
Quick View Plus is a genie in a bottle just waiting to come out and grant many computer users their biggest wish: the ability to view multiple file types without the related application. So you don't want to put out the cash for eight types of word-processing software that your strongest clients use; or perhaps, you just want to get a look at a great proposal you downloaded off the Internet. Regardless, Quick View Plus is a strong concept that will help out in some of the tightest binds. After installing, you can see what Quick View Plus can really do by personalizing the functions. You have several options that allow you to seamlessly breeze from file searching, file receiving, and file sending to file viewing. All in one step and in one place--on your desktop, in Windows Explorer, in your browser, or in your e-mail client--you'll be doing all of these things, saving you a lot of hassle and leaving more time for actually looking at your files. Quick View Plus's strong suit is truly with traditional documents: word-processing items and spreadsheets. QVP's best features include: - Integration with browsers and Windows Explorer. Quick View Plus offers "pinning" (sticking or unsticking the application to the desktop, browser, or Windows Explorer, to bring you a one-stop file-viewing experience). Gone are the days of browsing your hard drive for a file, then viewing it by opening the related application. This also means no more system-resource problems on slower machines that don't lend themselves well to having a handful of applications open at once.
- Increased e-mail productivity. Auto compressing is the wave of the magic wand that produces stellar effects. You can select your default file size to have Quick View Plus instruct your e-mail application to automatically compress attachments, both when you're sending and receiving. That way, you won't have to wait for the six minutes it takes to download those full-screen images of your coworker's vacation; instead, presto-chango into the zippiest of Zip files. Also, for the brave of heart and trusting of mind, Quick View Plus can also view (but not truly open) attachments automatically in your e-mail application's message window, streamlining your tasks to eliminate the necessity of opening a file's mothership application.
- Near-countless file-type support. Quick View Plus supports 161 individual file types, plus numerous versions and releases of some of those. Again, its strongest points are the document-conversion possibilities: Word, from the early days to 2000; Wordperfect; and Excel are all represented. You can also view JPEGs, PDFs, GIFs, and numerous others.
Of course, there are a few caveats. While the list of supported files is extensive, do be sure to check it out before purchasing to ensure that your needs will be met. Those that are not supported in the usual Windows realm include Microsoft Works 2000 and Microsoft Access 2000. Additionally, it's good to know off the bat that PostScript, Photoshop, PhotoDraw, and Publisher files are not supported. --Emilie Dirks
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