Part 2: Getting Productive

Editors' Poll: Which Productivity Programs Do You Use All the Time?

DM: I'm a longtime user of the standard trio of Microsoft Office applications. And I'm tired of hearing so-called knowledgeable power users repeat the folklore of their being Windows ports—each is now an excellent Mac program. I've been faithful to Power On Software's Now Contact and Up-to-Date information managers. Over the past few years, I've increased my use of Adobe Acrobat, until now it's my default printer driver.

BF: As a writer, it's Word, but I also use video-related programs such as iMovie 2 a great deal.

AD: E-mail (Eudora Pro), Word (of course), and Internet Explorer. Nothing else comes close.

CB: I make my living with the word processor ...

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