74 SEPTEMBER 2019 |COMPUTERSHOPPER|ISSUE 379
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BY21stAUGUST2019GENIETIMELINE 10 Home is avery easy-to-use
backuptoolthatworksalmostentirelyautomatically.
When you first launch it, you simply select the
destinationdrive foryour backups,then tick boxes
to confirmthe type of file you’d like to back up
(Office files, pictures,emails, music, documentsand
so on). If you want to define specificfiles or folders
to back up,then you can do that, too.
Once this is all set up,there’s no need to do
anythingelse.The program
runs when your files have
changedand your PC is idle;
if it’s interrupted, such as if
your PC closes down or
reboots,then the backup
processwill resumelater,just
where it leftoff. Also,ifyou
need to restore one or two files
at some later date, or your
entire backup,then the
Restore tool makes it easy.GenieTimeline10Home
Genie TimelineHome has been enhancedwith
lots of new features. Backupspeeds are twice the
speed of the previous version,and the software is
generallysmarter: it’s less likely to store multiple
copies of the same file,thus reducingbackupspace
requirements.Restoring files is now quickerand
simpler,and explorerfolder icons will now have a
markerto indicatewhich ones are backedup.
The Home edition allows you to run your backups
on aschedule,and more
frequently–uptoevery 30
minutes, as opposedto every
eight hours forthe Free edition.
It also supportsDisaster
Recovery,soyou can restore
your PC even if Windowswon’t
boot. As well as all that,
backupscan be compressedto
reduce space,aGame/Movie
mode reducesalerts, and you’re
allowedto use it commercially.ABILITYOFFICEISa
powerfulOffice-
compatibleproductivity
suite, includingaword
processor,spreadsheet,
presentationtool and
photomanager.
The editor,Ability
Write, looks and feels a
lot like MicrosoftWord.
It reads and writes the
same Doc and DocX
files, supportsall the
formattingoptionsyou
need, includesvector
drawingand autoshapetools, has indexing,table of
contents, spell and grammarchecking,and can
optionallyexport your finisheddocumentsas PDF.
Ability Spreadsheethandlesyour calculation
needs, with over 250 built-in functions,25 chart
types, pivot tables, autoshapesand more.AnOffice-likeribbon
makes it easy to find
the optionsyou need,
and again it can read
and writeMicrosoft
Excel files, as well as
exportingto PDF.
It’s the same
story with Ability
Presentation,which
enablesyou to read
and edit PowerPoint
presentations,or
createnew documents
of your own.
Ability Photoalbumis abonus application,a
thumbnailbrowserforlocating,viewingand
organisingthe imageson your PC. It’s alittle more
basic than the other elements,althoughyou do get
extra tools to convertimagesbetweenformats, as
well as presentphotos in HTML albums.
The suitealso includesAbility Launcher,atiny
applicationthat adds an icon to your System Tray,
and allows you to launch any other Ability Office
componentin acouple of clicks.AbilityOffice8
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