WinZip 26 Pro, hands on: Handy PDF, image and backup tools for users, fine-grained controls for adminsThe familiar compression tool spawns three new utilities for managing images, PDFs and backups, and has a handy new multi-cloud view.September 14, 2021 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
Corel Painter 2022, hands on: Enhanced usability takes centre stageFew new features but fundamental improvements to key tools make the 2022 release of Painter a major step forward.July 9, 2021 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2021 review: Improved collaboration tools and streamlined workflowsThe 2021 update to CorelDRAW has a timely focus on collaboration and on simplifying complex workflows, and includes a powerful perspective drawing tool.May 17, 2021 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
WinZip 25, hands on: File management, now with Teams integrationWinZip, arguably the best file compression utility, gets some handy new features, including sharing files into Microsoft Teams -- although that's a little more work than we'd like.October 30, 2020 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
Corel Painter 2021, hands on: Performance and productivity improvements, plus a subscription modelThe veteran natural painting package keeps improving, with useful Mac options like using an iPad as a second screen, solid feature improvements and a new subscription model.July 9, 2020 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
Zenkit To Do, hands on: Task management, Wunderlist-styleThis task manager has a deliberately Wunderlist-like look and feel, and some interesting features aimed especially at those outside the Microsoft ecosystem.May 12, 2020 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
CorelDRAW 2018, First Take: Saving time for graphics professionalsNew tools to speed up complex tasks that used to take a lot of fiddly work make the latest CorelDRAW a boon for productivity.June 27, 2018 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
Corel Painter 2018, First Take: The state of the natural-media artThe latest version of Corel's classic natural media painting application adds more tools for professional artists, but also makes it easier for new users to get to grips with the software.September 1, 2017 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017, First Take: AI-assisted sketching is the big drawThe Windows 10 version of CorelDRAW has one feature that could transform vector graphics, along with many helpful improvements, while subscription pricing makes the update much more palatable.May 9, 2017 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
Office 365 tip: Using 'Add to AutoCorrect' to make you more productiveNever make the same typos again by using AutoCorrect to make your typing much more efficient.February 6, 2017 by Mary Branscombe in Productivity
