If you work in a mixed-platform environment, Here & Now 2.0 file interchange utility lets you handle Mac files as if they were native Windows files. The utility lets you seamlessly read and write to Macintosh-formatted media, and will format 1.44MB diskettes in a Macintosh format.

When you insert a Mac-formatted diskette into your drive, Here & Now makes it appear as a DOS/Windows volume. Double-click on the Mac file, and the utility's extension mapping automatically recognizes and opens the appropriate Windows application.

When you transfer files from a PC to a Mac, Here & Now adds the appropriate Mac file Type and Creator.

This new version supports Windows 95, 3.1x and DOS. It also supports a greater variety of Macintosh-formatted media, including CD-ROMs and removable media such as rewritable magneto-optical, SyQuest, Bernoulli, Zip and Jaz drives.

$99.95; upgrade, $39.95
Software Architects
800-863-9297, 206-487-0122

Desktop publishing and graphics professionals should appreciate the TransferPro file-transfer program, which reads and writes Macintosh files to a PC and lets you view and convert image files. It supports over a dozen graphics formats, including TIFF, Targa, JPEG, .PCX, .BMP, .PSD and .GIF.

This Windows 95 version of TransferPro reads Macintosh-formatted CD-ROM drives. It's also compatible with data storage media such as SyQuest's EZ135 and Iomega's Zip and Jaz drives and Bernoulli, as well as magneto-optical and Floptical drives.

TransferPro offers copy-integrity checking to ensure error-free file copying and provides improved formatting for the Macintosh. It's now possible to place a Macintosh device driver on a diskette or cartridge, allowing different Macintosh systems to read the files.

$189
Digital Instrumentation Technology
800-467-1459, 505-662-1459

A customized contact-management program can help you work more efficiently. Extend 1.5 allows you to add an unlimited number of customized screens and fields to your 16- or 32-bit contact-management system.

Simply draw screens and fields on screen. Your fields can also contain balloon help and a pop-up pick list. Extend automatically links itself to your contact-management system and puts the screens on your application's menu. The add-on program works with almost all contact-management systems.

From $139
Quiksoft Corp.
800-509-8799, 610-544-3139

Does your Windows NT network's disk fragmentation have you all broken up? Disk fragmentation can affect performance, resulting in slower disk access and longer loading times. Diskeeper for Windows NT 1.04 defrags disks and works online and in the background while disks are in use. You can also set a defragmentation schedule. The upgrade supports Windows NT 3.51, and Microsoft has certified it as BackOffice-compatible.

Workstation version, $125; Server version, $399
Executive Software International
800-829-4357, 818-547-2050

With FaxSav Internet Services, you can use the Internet to fax from your desktop. The service's free faxLauncher software lets you fax directly from a Windows application, and the faxMailer software converts electronic mail to faxes. From your desktop, the Internet relays your message to the FaxSav network, which then transmits the fax to its destination. According to FaxSav, the service can reduce fax delivery costs by up to 80 percent.

Within U.S., 15 cents per page
FaxSav
800-828-7115, 908-906-2000

QuikFAX 1.5 speeds and streamlines faxing for GoldMine or GoldMine 95 users. An add-on program, QuikFAX appears as an icon in Windows, adding itself to GoldMine's Schedule menu when you launch GoldMine. This version allows you to fax through Delrina's WinFax PRO 4.0 or 7.0. QuikFAX automatically grabs the contact, company names and formatted fax number, and allows you to use any WinFax cover page.

$99; 5 users, $420
Quiksoft Corp.
800-509-8799, 610-544-3139

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