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Jarte

Version: 3.0

Downloads Count: 9,206

License Type: Free

Price: Free

Date Added: Nov 14, 2007

Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows Vista

File Size: 2654 KB

Author: Carolina Road Software

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Editor's Review of Jarte

It's one of life's little ironies that in a country with free speech, a program called Word costs over a hundred dollars. Fortunately, we also have Carolina Road Software and their free-of-charge word processor, Jarte. This clever little app lets you open, modify, and saves files in common formats. And I'm serious about the "little": Jarte fits neatly on a standard portable USB drive.

Jarte's interface is simple to use, and the Help doc that launches at startup makes it even easier. I particularly appreciated the clickless file menus, which open menus with a mere mouseover. (Selecting items in the menus requires clicks, of course.) You have your choice of three layouts: the Notepad-like Minimal, the aptly named default Compact, and the big-buttoned Classic. The tabbed interface makes it easy to work in several files--and several formats--at once.

Compatibility and small size make Jarte a versatile and useful program. Jarte opened Rich Text Format, Microsoft Word .doc, and Word 2007 .docx files without a hitch. (The .docx functionality required Microsoft's free, but large, Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.) I successfully saved files in Word, plain text, and RTF. It took only six minutes to transfer the entire Jarte program from my XP system to a 64MB portable USB drive.

Other nifty features include drag-and-drop file support, an "unsaved changes" alert icon, and a clipboard that can save cuttings during a session. Its spellchecker has an above-average dictionary. The paid (but still relatively inexpensive) version, Jarte Plus, offers more features, such as automatic spelling correction, automatic outlines, the ability to save clipboard items permanently, and support for independent user profiles called "personalities."

--Laura Blackwell

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