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25 Must-Have Firefox Extensions for e-Learners. Are you a student who browses the Internet with Firefox?

25 Must-Have Firefox Extensions for e-Learners

If so, then you already may realize the number of extensions available to Firefox users. Many of these extensions can be used to deepen your e-Learning experiences, so we’ve compiled a list of twenty-five Firefox extensions that may help speed up your studies in a secure and easy-to-use environment. The following list is compiled in alphabetical order under various categories to show readers that we do not favor one extension over another. File Sharing Drag & Drop.io 2.0.1: Store and share pictures, videos, audio, documents and more without an account, registration or email address.

Notes and Organization Copy Plain Text 0.3.3: Have you ever copied text and picked up on the formatting? Reference Answers 2.3.50: Just point at any word on a Web page, hold down the Alt key (Ctrl in Linux) and click. Security Speed Up the Work. eFax for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org. Send and receive faxes from within the StarOffice or OpenOffice.org office suite. eFax is an online fax service that eliminates the need for a fax machine, an extra fax line and all the associated expenses (paper, ink cartridges etc.).

You can continue to use your existing fax number or obtain a new number for free. When someone faxes to your number, the fax is displayed in the eFax Messenger solution if it's installed on your computer or the fax is converted to a file and is emailed to you as an attachment. The extension integrates eFax into StarOffice or OpenOffice.org and gives you a free 30-day trial. If you already have an eFax account you can continue to use your current eFax number, or you can sign-up today to get a new local or toll-free eFax number for a FREE 30-day trial . eFax is a service of J2global , for more information see the eFax web page Requires StarOffice 8 (Update 5 or higher) or OpenOffice.org (2.1 or higher) Windows OpenOffice.org 2.1 | StarOffice 8 Update 5.

Text Clipboard. Writer's Tools. Writer's Tools is a set of utilities designed to help OpenOffice.org users perform a wide range of tasks. Using Writer's Tools, you can back up documents, look up and translate words and phrases, manage text snippets, and keep tabs on document statistics. Writer's Tools includes the following utilities: lets you look up the currently selected word in several online references, including Cambridge Dictionaries, WordNet, and Google Define. tool can help you to quickly translate selected text fragments between different languages using the Google Translate service. tool allows you to select a city, a street name, or a post code and map it using Google Maps. tool can be used to quickly send a backup copy of the currently opened document to a specified email address. tool saves the currently opened Writer document in the Word, RTF, and TXT formats.

Allows you to quickly save a backup copy of the current document on an FTP server. tool backs up the currently opened document to Amazon S3. Cooliris Previews. Repository. Repository.