Try Amazon Discount Codes Instead of Amazon Discount Coupons

I’m pretty used to the idea of discount coupons, so when there’s something like a discount coded link, it takes some getting used to, but hey, it works! If you’re planning to shop, and especially so if you’re planning to shop at Amazon, you might as well save a few bucks by using these discount links. No discount coupons or promotional codes necessary! Caveat though: unlike coupons, you can’t apply these to everything, so you’re pretty much subject to the availability.

• [Apparel / Accessories] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Bed / Bath] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Beauty] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Books] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Cell Phones / Service] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Camera / Photo] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Computers / Video Games] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Computers / PC Hardware] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [DVD] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Electronics] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Furniture / Decor] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Gourmet Food] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Grocery] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [GPS / Navigation] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Home / Garden] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Health / Personal Care] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Jewelry / Watches] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Kitchen / Housewares] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Musical Instruments] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Magazines / Newspapers] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Outdoor Living] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Office Products] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Pet Supplies] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Shoes] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Sports / Outdoors] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Software] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Toys / Games] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
• [Tools / Hardware] 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%

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Best Free Windows Calculator Replacement

Moffsoft FreeCalc is a freeware calculator application that is the best Windows calculator alternative. That’s right — you can completely replace the in-built calculator within Windows with this freeware tool because it provides so much more functionality.

Firstly, the calculator is resizable, so gone are the days that you had to carefully click on each number (yes, I know you can type it in on the keyboard as well). With Moffsoft FreeCalc, you can expand the calculator window so that it even fills up the entire screen if you wish! This makes pressing those buttons SO MUCH easier. Just check out a screenshot of it running on my laptop here:

Secondly, you get a useful tape (optional - can be turned off) that is displayed on the right of the main calculator window, and it’ll record down all the operations that you’ve performed.

Just these two additional features alone have made me switch from the calculator in Windows to this great little freeware application. Try it out! Moffsoft FreeCalc can be downloaded here. And if you want a premium version that comes with even more features (and I mean A LOT), then you’ll be pleased to know that Moffsoft offers a premium version of their calculator as well. Want even more calculator software? Then check out this site, because it offers a really wide range of freeware and software downloads.

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How To Solve “No available system font while editing PDF in Adobe Acrobat” Problem

If you’ve tried editing PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat (using the Acrobat Touch Up Text Tool), then you’ve most probably come across this problem that says “No available system font”. Bummer.

Now some of you might legitimately have the font when you created the PDF, but might have switched computers, went through an upgrade, or anything of that sort that caused you to not have that particular system font now.

The conventional way was to go out there and buy that font again, so that you edit your PDF document in Adobe Acrobat right? Well — that will work, but it’s not a very scalable solution. Imagine having multiple fonts that you had to buy, or perhaps you only had to edit the document, and having the exact same font didn’t matter at all to you.

That was the problem I faced — the fonts that I used were pretty, but it wasn’t crucial that I continued using them. In fact, I would have been happy with just Arial or even Times New Roman. So the main thing is to get the editing operation to work.

So I gave it some thought, and I realised that I could actually masquerade some fonts as the required fonts by Adobe Acrobat. However, it wasn’t as easy as I thought. I discovered that just changing the font’s filename wouldn’t work, so I searched around this software download site for a solution, and found it in the form of FontCreator, a font software created by High-Logic.

FontCreator is, in essence, a very powerful font-creation tool that even professional typographers and graphic designers use. But it’s simple and user-friendly, and best of all, affordable enough for home users to buy.

The font editor allows you to easily select and modify the entire character set of any TrueType® font and fonts based on OpenType® font technology. You can even convert images to outlines! I tried scanning in my signature, and made a font with my own signature. Then I tried the same process with my handwriting! So now I can select “My Handwriting” as the font in any application (such as Microsoft Word), and have my documents written in my signature, digitally!

Most importantly though, it allowed me to edit the property of an existing font. So I made a copy of an existing font in my system (I can’t remember which!), and then used FontCreator to change the name of the font to the one that was embedded in my PDF document. Next, I opened up Adobe Acrobat again to edit my font, and viola! IT WORKED.

So if you’re looking for a long-term solution that’s infinitely more scalable than always having to buy individual fonts again and again, try out FontCreator. It’s a great piece of software to add to your collection, and you get to have added functionality like creating a customised font to mimic your handwriting!

Update: Ah! I found a coupon for 10% off…but only after I made my purchase!

If anyone wants the 10% discount coupon for FontCreator, it’s “VGHK-D515″ (without the quotes).

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