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Free CRM System to Automate Sales Process: EQMS Lite

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:30 PM PDT


EQMS Lite is a free customer relationship management software which can be used by sales persons and executives in order to keep better track of current client offers, deals which have been made, deliveries, shipments and a lot more. With EQMS you can fully control the entire process from making a sale offer to merchandise sending all rolled up in a very lightweight and elegant CRM suite.

EQMS Lite default window

This is the default window of EQMS Lite, as you can see there isn’t much offered when it comes to options by default, in fact there’s practically nothing offered, and this might cause problems to some users. It would be better if there was a window waiting for us where we could start working with the application right away, without the need to go through the menus, but it’s not that big of a deal. Next to EQMS Lite, which is free, there is also a paid version of this CRM application. Paid version of course has more features, some of which would be:

  • Creation of several users
  • Document attachments
  • Cloud computing
  • Access control
  • Support & Upgrades

and a few others, these would be the most important ones. The free version, even though it doesn’t have the options which you can see listed above, is more than enough if you want to use it as your CRM software, but before you can do that, you first have to figure out how the application works, here are a few tips on how to do that.

Similar software: 4 Free CRM systems, myERP, Erply.

Adding products in EQMS Lite free CRM software

Adding products is the first step that you need to go through before you can actually start contacting your customers with sales pitches. After you start EQMS for the first time you’ll be asked if you want to add products that you’re selling right away, in a small but simple wizard. If you don’t create a sales list then and there, you can do it from within the application later on by clicking Master >> Product in the main toolbar.

EQMS Lite adding products

On the image above we can see where the Products can be added, and on the list we can see that there are a few unsual products already added. New products can be added if you click on the New button just below the main toolbar, see image above.

Creating a sales pitch to your clients with EQMS

After you’re done with your product list, you can start creating a list of sales where you can choose clients and products that you want to sell them. You can do that by going on My >> Enquiry/Lead and then you will be presented with the following field:

EQMS Lite creating sale

Here you can enter contact information for the sale, add customer information and then switch tab to Product Details, where you can add a product for this particular sale. Depending on how successful you are at your sales pitches, if you manage to seal the deal, you can change the sale status of this particular customer to completed. Customer management can be a lot more easier with EQMS, try it, it’s free.

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Free CRM System to Automate Sales Process: EQMS Lite was originally published at I Love Free Software

Keyboard Shortcuts For Paint.NET

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT


Here, is the list of keyboard shortcuts for Paint.Net. Paint.Net is a free image editor that helps you to customize images and save them. Paint.Net has its own keyboard shortcuts which makes your work simpler and easier. Keyboard shortcuts saves your time in rolling around the options from toolbar and other paint bars in Paint.Net application.

Below is the list of keyboard shortcuts that you can use while working on Paint.Net to edit any image.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Basic Image Managing Shortcuts:

  • Ctrl+S – Save
  • Ctrl+Shift+S – Save As
  • Ctrl+O – Open
  • Ctrl+N – New
  • Ctrl+W – Close

Shortcuts For Selection:

  • Ctrl+A – Select All
  • Ctrl+D – Deselect
  • Delete – Erase Selection
  • Backspace – Fill Selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+X – Crop Selection

Shortcuts For Editing:

  • Ctrl+Shift+V – Paste as new layer
  • Ctrl+Alt+V – Paste as new image
  • Ctrl+Y – Redo

Shortcuts To Change Dimensions:

  • Ctrl+Shift+R – Canvas Size
  • Ctrl+R – Resize

Shortcuts To Manage Zooming And Rotating Of Image:

  • Ctrl+Plus sign(+) – Zoom In
  • Ctrl+Minus sign(-) – Zoom Out
  • Ctrl+Shift+B – Zoom to selection
  • Ctrl+B – Zoom to Window
  • Ctrl+Shift+A – Actual Size
  • Ctrl+G – Rotate clockwise by 90°
  • Ctrl+J – Rotate by 180°
  • Ctrl+H – Rotate counter-clockwise by 90°

Shortcuts For Color Adjustments:

  • Ctrl+Shift+C – Brightness/Contrast.
  • Ctrl+Shift+L – Auto-level
  • Ctrl+L – Levels
  • Ctrl+Shift+G – Convert to black & white
  • Ctrl+Shift+I – Invert Colors

Shortcuts To Work With Layer:

  • Ctrl+Shift+N – Add new layer
  • Ctrl+Shift+D – Duplicate layer
  • Ctrl+M – Merge layer down
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z – Rotate/Zoom

Show/Hide Windows Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • F5 – Toggle tools window
  • F6 – Toggle history window
  • F7 – Toggle layers window
  • F8 – Toggle colors window

Shortcut For Effect:

  • Ctrl+F – Repeat the last effect.
  • Press F1 for help topics.

Click here to check out more Shortcuts for Paint.Net. You can also head to Wikibooks for keyboard shortcuts of Paint.Net.

You can also check out keyboard shortcuts for Windows Live Writer and keyboard shortcuts for Facebook. reviewed by us.

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Keyboard Shortcuts For Paint.NET was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free File Manager to Monitor Folders and File Activity: Watch 4 Folder

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT


Watch 4 Folder is a free file manager which offers a powerful utility to monitor folders and file activities. It's main task is to keep a track of the changes to the specified directories and accordingly take actions after these changes have taken place. The complete process takes place in the background and hence does not interfere with the other tasks which are performed on the system. A freeware, this file management tool is worth giving a try attributing to its great features.

Key features of Watch 4 Folder File Manager:

  • Watch 4 Folder is completely portable and hence does not require any installation.
  • Watch 4 Folder has a small size of 802 kb.
  • Watch 4 Folder gives you the choice of monitoring 12 events which include: File creation, deletion, changing, renaming, etc.
  • The changed object can be used as an argument for the executed program or batch file.
  • The live log gives you a complete detail of the actions taking place even if you haven't specified the actions to be saved in a log file.

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How to use Watch 4 Folder file manager?

Watch 4 Folder is a simple and easy to use file manager and requires a few steps to perform the required task-

  • Initially, you are supposed to select the particular folder or device which you wish to be monitored. You can also check the checkbox next to "Watch sub folders'.
  • You can choose the events to be monitored. There are 12 events that can be monitored. Multiple events can be selected.

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  • Eventually, actions can be selected which are triggered as soon as the checked event takes place. The actions can be categorized as follows-
    • A particular program or batch file can be executed. The path for the same has to be entered.
    • As soon as the event occurs, a log file can also be written. Similar to the first step, the complete path and file name has to be specified. For this purpose, a file can be created or the log can be appended to an existing file.
    • A message can be popup or desktop alerts can also be viewed.

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  • Finally, the 'start monitoring' option can be hit and a live log is also created simultaneously.

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You can also check out other free file managers reviewed by us like TotalEM and My commander.

Verdict

This file manager is a perfect monitoring tool which comes absolutely free. It is completely clean without any spyware, adware and viruses. The best feature about the software is that it runs in the background and different actions are easily triggered. Though, more actions can be added to the existing tool to make it even better. On adding, a user guide in English, users can use the complete functionalities of the monitoring tool. This user guide is available in rtf and pdf formats. Hence this file management tool which is compatible with windows operating system, can be put to great use once you are clear with the functionalities.

Watch4Folder is free to download!

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Free File Manager to Monitor Folders and File Activity: Watch 4 Folder was originally published at I Love Free Software

Send Video Email to your Contacts: MailVU

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT


mailVU is a web service where you can create video messages and then send them over email to whoever it is you want to contact. To user this service you’re gonna have to register an account with the website, there are three different account types, free account is available, next to 2 paid ones. Web camera is also necessary, this is video email service after all, you can’t have video email without a web camera.

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This is the recording area where you can create video emails that you can send to your friends or clients. Video email is very popular with online businesses because it allows them for an actual person to send the message. You can register a free account with the website, but in order to send video email message that’s not necessary, just follow the wizard on the main page and send the message without registration. With a paid account you get the following perks:

  • Change video branding, add your company logo
  • Upload pre-recorded video, there’s a recorder on site
  • Embed code, so that videos can be put on websites
  • Recorded video downloading

But these features are only necessary if you have your own company. Free service that mailVU offers is more than enough for regular users. You get the following with the free service:

  • On site video email recording
  • 10 minutes video message recording
  • Self destruct videos, after a certain amount of days
  • Save video and keep track of statistics
  • Contact management
  • Videos play on desktop PCs, laptops (obviously), Mac’s, smarphones
  • Sharing videos over Twitter, Facebook and other social networks

Similar software: Airtime, Userlike.

Recording a video with mailVU video email provider

To start recording a video, in the recording interface that you can see on the image above click Record. That will prompt a small window which asks you to allow access to your camera and microphone, make sure that they are plugged in and hit Record:

mailVU recording video email

Recording will then start and you can see the minute countdown on the right, going down from 10 minutes if allowed recording time. It should be more than enough to send a message to someone.

Send video emails with mailVU video email provider

After you’re done recording the message, click on the Stop button and Send button will appear, or if you want to share the video with your customers over social network, hit the Share button where you get link to the video that you can share on Facebook, Twitter or even on your website. By clicking on the send button you get the send email wizard:

mailVU sending email

Here you enter you email details, don’t worry you don’t have to share your password, your email is used just so that the person can reply to your email when they hit the Reply button. You can also write an additional message and tweak some additional options, hit Send and email will be delivered.

mailVU video message

Video won’t play directly in the email, email will just have a link to the mailVU website where the video is embeded. This service is very useful for those who don’t want to type, or this who want to add a personal touch to their messages, try it for free.

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Send Video Email to your Contacts: MailVU was originally published at I Love Free Software

Windows 8 UX Pack To Get Windows 8 Look in Windows 7

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT


Windows 8 UX Pack is a free software which makes it possible to get Windows 8 look in Windows 7. This is a simple software which never changes or modifies system files for giving the feel and look of Windows 8.

This free software to get Windows 8 look offers a simple and easy way to taste Windows 8 without installing it on your computer. After installing this software, you will come across the start screen with few tiles allowing direct access of desktop, Internet Explorer, Window Media Player, Control Panel, etc.

Windows 8 UX Pack

Installing this awesome software is simple unlike other such type of software, as you simply need to run the application file, select the theme, logon screen wallpaper, desktop wallpaper and choose the Windows 8 features from the available 4 features and click the Install button. Yup, you are finished with the installation and there you are in front of Windows 8 start screen with few tiles.

If you left click the top right corner or bottom right corner of the screen above the task bar, it displays a Windows 8 charms bar which include options like settings, search, share, connect and start in the same manner as it appears in actual Windows 8 Release preview.

In this way, you can experience Windows 8 Release Preview right there on your Windows 7 computer.

Don't forget to check out free iPad simulator for Windows.

Key Features Of This Tool To Get Windows 8 Look:

  • Replaces the Windows 7 theme automatically with Panda-x's Windows 8 RC Aero.
  • Updated logon screen of Windows 8 Release Preview.
  • Updated wallpapers of Windows 8 Release Preview.
  • Gives exactly the same feel of Windows 8 Release preview.
  • Comes with charms bar which is present there in Windows 8.
  • Easy installation process.
  • Allows you to Pin websites, applications, and widgets to the start screen.
  • Directly access your favorite websites and programs with a single click on their respective tiles.
  • Aero's auto colorization feature.

Also, check out free Windows 8 simulator.

How To Download And Install This Tool To Get Windows 8 Look:

  • Visit the homepage of Windows 8 UX Pack and click the download link.
  • A zip file of this tool will be downloaded into your system.
  • Extract all files and run the application file of the tool.

Windows 8 UX Pack 001

  • Installation window opens up in which you need to select the theme, logon screen wallpaper, desktop wallpaper, choose the Windows 8 features and click the Install button.
  • That's it, you have installed this software and now you are ready to simulate Windows 8 metro interface on your Windows 7.

Windows 8 UX Pack is a very simple tool which I came across, as it allows you you easily get Windows 8 look on Windows 7 without installing Windows 8.

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Windows 8 UX Pack To Get Windows 8 Look in Windows 7 was originally published at I Love Free Software

3 Free Android Instagram Apps

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 08:00 AM PDT


Here, are 3 free Android Instagram apps. Instagram is one of the most popular photo sharing sites available for iPhone, iPad, and now for Android too. Instagram allows you to share photos online. Google Google Play Store has multiple Instagram app and add-on apps for Instagram. You can install any one of the app on your Android and enjoy awesome photography.

In this article we will discuss about Android Instagram apps which include Official Instagram app, InstaPicFrame For Instagram, and Instaframe For Instagram.

Instagram:

Instagram is a free Android app to edit photos and share them online. This Android app is the official Instagram app which was earlier available only for iPhone and iPad. Instagram is now available for Android to edit photos by giving them special effects. Photo effects in Instagram include Rise, Sierra, Hudson, Amaro, Early bird, X-Pro, and much more. You can even insert frames to make your photo effect look more original and natural. The app works great on Android phone and is one of my favorite photo editor app on Android. Instagram app provides useful photo effect which normally all the users like. You can sign-up with Instagram app to join Instagram community and share your masterpiece online. The app even allows you to rotate the image and then share them via Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Tumblr.

Also check out review on Instagram app for Android.

InstaPicFrame For Instagram:

InstaPicFrame

InstaPicFrame For Instagram is a free Android Instagram app that allows you to add frames to photos on Android. This Android InstaPicFrame app merges multiple photos into one and prepares a collage like photo frame for you. The app provides smart adjustments which allows you to adjust photo size and photo shape. You can easily rotate images and adjust them in such a way that they look natural as if you have prepared some collage of yours. Add frames and different backgrounds to make the photos looks more beautiful on Android. After creating your masterpiece, you can easily save them to Instagram or to your SD card. The app even allows you to share the photo via different social networks, Bluetooth, Gmail, and much more.

Instaframe For Instagram:

Instaframe

Instaframe for Instagram is a free Android Instagram app which provides multiple photo frames for photos. You can merge multiple photos from your Android phone and give them a proper frame which looks original after applied. The app provides multiple frames which has two or more photo merging capacity. Select the frame as per your requirement and start photography with Instaframe app for Android. After selecting the photo, tap on the empty area in each photo block of the frame to select multiple photos for photo frames. Now you can give multiple effects to photos which include which include effects, resize, styles, and doodle. The app is simple and easy to use on Android.

If you find any other Instagram app for Android, then do let us know in comments.

Also check out Instagram dekstop client.

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3 Free Android Instagram Apps was originally published at I Love Free Software

Convert SWF to JPG Files with Cyber D’s SWF2JPG

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT


Cyber-D’s SWF2JPG is software that you can use to create image snapshots of SWF files. SWF is a very popular format developed by Adobe which is used by a lot of websites to display videos, but not only that, SWF also supports interactivity, so you can even write programs with it, SWF games are very popular. Finding a good SWF player to play files locally on your computer can be puzzling to some, how to create snapshots of SWF video files is whole other level of difficulty, that’s where Cyber-D’s SWF2JPG can help out.

Cyber Ds SWF2JPEG default window

Interface of this SWF snapshot utility is a bit poor when it comes to options, which might cause problems to people who do not have a lot of experience with similar software. Great thing about Cyber D’s SWF2JPG is that it is also a SWF player, so you can use it to not only create screenshots of downloaded SWF files, but also to watch them, in fact watching files is necessary because files have to be running when you are creating snapshots.

Similar software: All in One Video Converter, Adapter File Converter.

Creating SWF snapshots with Cyber-D’s SWF to JPG

This is not an automatic converter which will convert every frame of a SWF to JPG image, it’s only a screen capture program which you can use to take screen caps of SWF files which are playing inside the application. To start creating screen caps of SWF files, click on the Browse button which is the first button located in the upper left corner of the application and then open up the folder where SWF files are stored:

Cyber Ds SWF2JPEG opened swf

File will be loaded to the center screen of the application and it will start playing right away. If you have several files inside the folder that you opened they can be accessed by clicking on the Next button, located next to the Snap button. Snap button is the button that will create the snapshots, you just need to click on it, the usual camera sound will be heard which tells you that a screenshot of the video has been successfully taken.

Cyber Ds SWF2JPEG taken snapshots

By default files will be saved in the same folder where the SWF file is located. Location of the output images cannot be changed unfortunately, pretty much nothing can be changed, program offers very little options, which is a small drawback but nothing too serious. Recorded snapshots are saved in the popular .JPEG format, in very good quality, there’s no pixelization or anything like that.

Conclusion

Having a program that can take screen grabs of SWF videos might come useful if you have a presentation of some sort from which you would like to take out certain parts. Rapid screen shooting works, by that I mean that you can click on the Snap button very fast and program will create images as fast as you can click, there are no delays and every screen grab is recorded. Those who are in need of a SWF player/screen grab combo, should really look into Cyber D’s SWF2JPG, it has both of these features.

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Convert SWF to JPG Files with Cyber D’s SWF2JPG was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free VPN Service to Access Blocked Sites: Okay Freedom

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT


OkayFreedom is a free VPN service which lets you browse restricted websites by bypassing geographical restrictions. So, if you reside in India and you wish to access some sites from USA which are banned in your local region you can use this software and access those sites freely. Moreover, in case you are abroad and you cannot access the local sites in the place you are, this tool would definitely be very handy to access blocked sites. Therefore, with OkayFreedom on your system you need not worry at all about being blocked to view particular sites and its contents as this free VPN service offers uncensored web browsing.

Installing this free VPN service

The installation procedure takes some time as there are a few options which you need to select and choose before running it on to your computer. The initial step is to download the setup file from the internet available here. Once you initiate the download it would take a couple of minutes to get downloaded on your system. Run the installer and install it in your preferred directory. The last step is to click on the shortcut on your desktop and launch the software on your system. If you want to browse the internet in a secure way, you can try Loki VPN, proXPN and XeroBank Free reviewed by us.

Using this free VPN service

The moment you launch Okay Freedom the software asks you to register through a valid email. After which it gets minimized in your taskbar. The program offers you to select from the 4 identities i.e. regions you belong to. They are:

  • German Identity
  • American Identity
  • British Identity
  • Swiss Identify

You may select any of the above depending on your preference. In order to select or change your selection you need to right click on the software icon in your taskbar. Once you do so you would be presented by a popup giving you the option to select your preferred location or do other changes as required. You would also find the settings options in the popup. Moreover when required you could always switch to any of the other regions available by right clicking on the option from your taskbar.

In order to check the software we performed the following operation where the specifics are as follows:

  • Region: India
  • Website Tested: www.hulu.com
  • Identity Selected: American

Based on the above we tried to open www.hulu.com in a normal mode without the software being activated. Doing so showed us an error while we tried to open the particular section of the website mentioned. It said that one is not allowed to browse the contents of the site as it's blocked for this specific region. The error could be viewed in the screenshot below.

However once we changed our identity to "American Identity'' from the option in the popup and tried to access www.hulu.com we saw that it showed no errors and the video could be viewed easily. There are numerous other sites which are blocked within a country which people might need to access for their specific needs. This is where Okay Freedom helps them to access their preferred sites without having any sort of a restriction to the contents on those sites.

Features of Okay Freedom

Some of the features that should be highlighted which this software comes with are:

  • Allows accessing blocked site in your local territory
  • Access your favourite sites when abroad
  • Protects your privacy while you surf net anonymously

Download Okay Freedom free.

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Free VPN Service to Access Blocked Sites: Okay Freedom was originally published at I Love Free Software

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