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InfoManager - 2.0

tool to create, organize, save, edit, find and print information

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All Time:	(3.7)
Version 2.0:	(3.7)
Selected Version:	2.0
Release Date:	2001-01-22
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 2.0):	861
Downloads (all versions):	67
Price:	$49.95

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Product Description:

InfoManager is a complete information management system for the Macintosh. InfoManager integrates and greatly enhances many essential elements of the Macintosh operating system while simultaneously making these elements both more accessible and easier to use. InfoManager also gives you total control over the information that's on both your computer and the Internet -- with InfoManager you can even save and/or print just the part of any document or web page that you want!

Some examples are: InfoManager turns the Mac's Clipboard into a powerful tool for collecting, editing, storing, saving, and even printing information; InfoManager adds powerful printing tools that work in almost every program -- including your web browser and email client; InfoManager includes text editing tools that allow you to perform (and undo) operations on selected text in virtually any program -- even on the fly; InfoManager provides a "Find" feature for quickly finding information in any of its files; InfoManager includes a set of tools for expanding the functionality of clipping files; and much, much more!

With InfoManager there is less need to navigate "Open" and "Save" dialog boxes because InfoManager lets you create, name, open, and organize files and folders on the fly and without having to leave the program you are working in. (In fact, most of InfoManager's powerful features are available to you without your having to either launch a program or leave the application you are working with.) You even can add information to an InfoManager file -- on the fly -- without having to first open the file, and you can directly add the contents of the Clipboard to a closed file!

InfoManager also includes a highly flexible interface that allows you to use either a text-based or an icon-based display. InfoManager lets you create your own keyboard shortcuts for some of its most powerful and frequently used features (you can even display or print a list of these shortcuts at any time). Additionally, InfoManager includes an interactive guidance system which assists you while you are using it, and InfoManager includes both Balloon Help and a Quick Start Guide.

Because the files created by InfoManager are text files, they can also be used with any text editor or word processor on your computer. In fact, InfoManager includes a comprehensive set of tools that automatically appear whenever SimpleText, Tex-Edit, and Tex-Edit Plus are launched. InfoManager also gives you the option to instantly convert any of its files to a SimpleText, Tex-Edit, Tex-Edit Plus, BBEdit, Word, WordPerfect, WriteNow, or Nisus Writer file.

InfoManager takes up very little space on your Desktop, can be used even when in an ultra-compact iconified state, and works even when it's completely hidden when you use your own keyboard shortcuts.

As innovative and useful as the above features are, they only begin to describe the flexibility, breadth, and power of the features that are included in InfoManager.

What's new in this version:

* InfoManager now includes a new icon-based display as well as a self-descriptive, text-based display (the display is controlled by a new preference setting)
The left margin may be set -- even on the fly -- when using InfoManager to print selections from an InfoManager file or from virtually any other program (this is especially useful to students and others who print to hole-punched paper)
InfoManager now works with both AOL 5.0 and the AOL 5.0 web browser (InfoManager has always worked with earlier versions of AOL)
Users are able to instantly both sort and reverse sort selections in virtually any program
Users are able to instantly double space selected text in virtually any program
Users are able to immediately capitalize the first letter of each word in selected text in virtually any program
Users can now print a compact list of their own InfoManager keyboard shortcuts
Users can now control the placement of both the time-date and URL stamps (these stamps may be applied to either saved or printed information)
With the "Add Selection To File" and "Printing Options" buttons, users are able -- on the fly -- to eliminate the time-date stamp and the URL stamp by holding down the Option key when clicking on these buttons. (All stamps may still be controlled by using the buttons' popup displays.)
With the "Add Selection To File" and "Printing Options" buttons, users are able -- on the fly -- to quickly add comments to their selections by holding down the Command key when clicking on these buttons. (All stamps may still be controlled by using the buttons' popup displays.)
Holding down the Command key when using the File Selector popup button to select a file to be the active InfoManager file will also open the file
InfoManager now includes the option to fix a formatting bug that exists in many versions of Netscape
InfoManager's Editing Tools palette now also works with Tex-Edit and Tex-Edit Plus
InfoManager's Editing Tools now include both a sort and reverse sort capability
InfoManager's Editing Tools Auto-position feature may now be turned off; users can then drag the palette to anywhere on their Desktops
Users may now capitalize the first letter of each word that is on the Clipboard
Users may now both sort and reverse sort the contents of the Clipboard
Users may now double space the contents of the Clipboard

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

System 7.5.3 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.0:
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As an avid… - Version: 2.0, 11/26/2001 06:36AM PST

AlyxSam

fan of WebPrint Plus, I was anxious to try MaEase's InfoManager because it purports to incorporate WebPrint Plus' features and greatly expand its functionality. Once again, Mr. Becker has hit his mark. InfoManager more than pays for itself by saving me paper and printer expenses. At least as important to me is the immeasureable time I've saved by organizing my data and documents into easily-accessed, annotated files. InfoManager is truly an indispensible information management program.

As the author… - Version: 2.0, 3/1/2001 11:24PM PST

MacEase

of InfoManager, I find it disappointing to see erroneous comments about InfoManager being posted. Specifically: 1. InfoManager doesn't work either within or on top of other programs. InfoManager is a utility that works "with" most programs (including most web browsers and email clients). 2. InfoManager does not place "an un-removable floating button on top of...." In fact, InfoManager's interface is a compact and highly customizable palette of tools that may be windowshaded, iconified, dragged to any location on the Desktop, or completely hidden. 3. InfoManager also allows you to create your own keyboard shortcuts, so many of its features work even when InfoManager isn't visible. 4. Since InfoManager runs off of a single extension, there's no need to either launch or quit InfoManager (this extension shows up in and can be controlled by your extensions manager and can be found by Sherlock). If a user reads the ReadMe file (displayed in the installer prior to installation and also installed so it's available for future reference) they will see: 1. Simple instructions for both disabling and/or uninstalling InfoManager are provided. (Disabling InfoManager requires moving just a single file, and uninstalling requires removing just a single file and a single folder.) 2. An installer log is provided as part of the installation. 3. Instructions for using InfoManager are provided (InfoManager also includes a Visual Quick Start Guide, Balloon Help, and menu-based Tips). I suggest that rather then relying on the comments of some users that have -- among other things -- gotten even the basic facts about InfoManager wrong, you download the free and fully functional InfoManager demo so you can try it for yourself -- after all, that's why I created it. :-) BTW, the ReadMe file also includes my email address, as suggest

I read the… - Version: 2.0, 2/25/2001 12:20AM PST

Bill Garrett

Business Week article, and I agree with Mr. Turner. Contrary to the product description, it does not work "within" programs, but on top of them. It places an un-removable floating button on top of everything you're working in, which when clicked on, expands into a huge, indecipherable menu of functions. It took me exactly one glance to realize that this was not something I wanted to keep. I spent the next hour trying to get free of it. No hide or quit controls are in evidence, and in fact none exist. It does not show up in the process menu. It does not show up in the Application folder. Nor Extensions Manager. If you do a Sherlock find on "Information Manager," you will not find it. Reboot, it is still there. If you finally become desperate enough to search through every item in your System Folder, you may find, as I did, an innocuous-seeming item named "One Click". On examination you will find that "One Click" is in fact "Information Manager," and if you trash it and everything else with a similar name, you will get your computer back. Information Manager may actually do all the wonderful things that other reviewers have said, but for my money the author deserves a loud raspberry for foisting such an unfriendly, unintuitive, and just plain rude piece of software on an unsuspecting public. Two thumbs down.