Adobe Photo Deluxe seems to be the bundled software of choice these days, and is MMX-aware for fast scans and fast image enhancement. Of course, the 800-pound gorilla of the industry, Photoshop, is the preferred way to scan and enhance photos. Caere bought chief rival Calera a few years ago, thereby acquiring WordScan Plus, also a heavyweight in the OCR arena. Consider a document-imaging strategy that allows for archival of scanned images instead of paper. I spoke to a service technician recently as he prepared to make some house calls to replace modems that had been cooked by recent electrical storms.
Some users are still without a surge suppressor with modem protection for their computer.
Make sure the surge protector has two plugs for an RJ-11 telephone connector, one plug for the line coming out of the wall, and one for the line going into the modem. Microsoft delays Office 97 for the Mac Gee, what a surprise. Microsoft has announced that Office 97 for Macintosh will ship at the end of 1997. And its long-awaited converters, which will allow Word 5.1 and 6.0 users to read Word 97 documents, will not be available until August. May. PowerPoint converters will also ship in August, one month later than projected.