Research-Desk Professional 2005 contains many improvements and
new features not found in previous editions.
Please read below for highlights of what's new in Research-Desk
Professional 2005.
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Great New Look
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The first thing you’ll probably notice about Research-Desk
Professional 2005 is the great new look! We’ve streamlined and
modernized the Research-Desk interface with color, easy to locate
buttons and added functionality.
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Research-Desk Toolbox (sidebar)
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The new Research-Desk Toolbox houses all of your favorite
Research-Desk features in one convenient location.
It's organized into 9 categories:
- Open and Save - This contains everything you need to
open new tabs, start new workspaces, open files and more.
- Layer Manager - Here you’ll find a directory of all open
layers, plus a subdirectory of all open files. Easily move, re-name
and organize all your files.
- Search Workspace - Here you can search for a word or phrase
in a specific layer or across all open layers.
- Favorites - Here you’ll find a list of your favorites and
options to organize them
- History - You’ll be able to view a list of sites you’ve
visited and have the option to erase this list.
- Editing Features - In this section you’ll find the highlight
and sticky note options as well as search capabilities.
- File downloads - Here you can download a file as well as
access the File Transfer Manager
- Other - Here you can access your preferences as well
as the help docs.
Choosing to have this toolbox open, places all your favorite
features at your fingertips. But if you’d prefer, you can also hide the sidebar.
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Easy Access to Search Engines and Web Services
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In this new edition of Research-Desk, we’ve created a list of the most popular
search engines. In the browser window, you’ll now see a search box. Simply
type in what you’d like to search for and then select which search engine
(ie. Google, Yahoo, Dictionary, etc) that you’d like to search. After you hit
enter, we’ll take you directly to the search results.
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Control ActiveX, Flash, and Popups with a Single Click
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Research-Desk's main screen now features easy to use buttons that turn ActiveX,
Flash, and Popups on/off with a single click.
Research-Desk Professional 2005, recognizes that not all popups are unwanted.
Sometimes the sites we trust use them to convey important information. In this
new version you can allow popups from sites that you have classified as
“Trusted” or “Browser Security : Low”.
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Auto-update
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Included with this latest version of Research-Desk is one year of free
updates. You can decide how often you’d like Research-Desk to update
and it will do it automatically. This valuable feature will give you
access to the latest updates available from Research-Desk.
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Save Webpages as PDF's
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With this new version of Research-Desk you now have the option to
save web pages as PDF's.
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Status Bars on Browser Tabs
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When you open a new browser tab, you will notice a pie chart located in the
left hand corner. This chart lets you know the status of the page loading
and disappears once the page has fully loaded.
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And Lots More...
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Research-Desk Professional 2005 also incorporates many improvements to existing
features and technology. Here are just some of the improvements:
- Improved Fast Forward technology makes it easier to navigate
through a series of similar pages
- Automatic cookie authentication for downloading files
- Improved automatic detection and configuration with respect to
popular virus scanning software such as McAfee and Norton anti-virus
software
- Smarter handling of Javascript based browser window sizing
- Smarter handling of browser window tabs
- Improved toolbars and menus
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