Issue #96 May 21, 2003

VisualTour of the Week
Lucky Drawing Winners

This week's quote
When is FREE Really Free? Part 1

 
 VisualTour® of the Week
 

This week's tour was created by Lance & MJ Lubin of Lubin Team Realty in St. Petersburg, FL. Lance told me that sometimes it is a real challenge to get their outside pictures lined up since several of the streets in the St. Pete area still have a brick or cobble stone foundation. Considering this was only his second attempt at creating a tour we think he did a great job. Lance also said that VisualTour was one of the few programs that is so much fun he has to tear himself away from it.

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If you have a tour that takes advantage of available features like scrolling photos, hotspots, banners, your agent photo, and voice, why not submit it for tour of the week? We would love to see it and share it with the world. Just email us a link at real-estate@VisualTour.com.

 
 Lucky Drawing Winners
 

Congratulations to Pat Taylor of RE/MAX Preferred Realty in Greenville, NC. Pat dropped her card in our exhibit booth at the NAR Midyear convention last week in Washington, DC and won an e-PRO Scholarship ($299 value)! Learn more about how you can become e-PRO certified with the Internet Crusade at www.epronar.com

 
 This Week's Quote
 

"We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns."

- Orison S. Marden, Original Editor of Success Magazine

 
 When is FREE Really Free? Part 1
 

When surfing the net and you come across a site that says "Get XYZ Software free" what do you really get? In some cases you really do get something for free. It may be a trial version in which some of the functions are disabled, or it may only be usable for 2 weeks. Other companies require you to pay for shipping and handling which can be as little as $3.95 or as much as $20 so you need to decide if this is a worthwhile investment or just a curiosity for you.

Some examples of free software include the following:

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free downloadable software, which allows you to open and read any document created with Adobe Acrobat also referred to as a PDF file. Because PDF's allow secure and reliable distribution of electronic documents worldwide this format is usually used by government agencies and businesses. Adobe Acrobat Reader also allows you to view Adobe Photoshop slideshows and electronic greeting cards. You can download this software at www.Adobe.com.

Roman Lab Software. Any Password 1.3 is a free downloadable program will not only let you store and arrange all of your passwords and user ids, but it will also generate random new passwords. You choose the password parameter such as the number of characters and should it be all letters or include other characters. It also encrypts all files so that unauthorized access is almost impossible. Go to http://www.romanlab.com/apw/index.html for your free download.

Kodak offers an easy way to manage and share your pictures called Kodak EasyShare. It allows you to see your pictures before you print them by showing you the finished size right on the screen. You have several choices from wallet size all the way up to 8 x 10. It offers you the option of emailing pictures, sorting them by subject and modifying them. Kodak EasyShare is available at www.kodak.com

 
 

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