Cribr

Cribr is a software utility whose purpose is to aid individuals in creating text documents or crib sheets, and comes bundled with many options such as a spellchecker or a text compressor.

You are required to go through an uneventful and seamless installation process, as it does not offer to download any kind of product that is not actually necessary for the app to work fully. Once you are done with it, you are met with a familiar and well-structured interface. It consists of a quick access toolbar, a tabbed ribbon and a pane in which to view your ongoing projects.

It is a pretty simple-to-handle interface for all types of users, including those with little or no previous experience with computers, while there are also some video tutorials you can watch.

As with most text editors, Cribr enables you to change the font type, style, size and color, as well as insert bullet or numbered points, keywords and templates (from a built-in list or the HDD in a XML), align the body of text, increase or decrease the indent, as well as zoom in and out of the page.

It is possible to use a spellchecker, thesaurus and auto summary tools, as well as a translator which uses Google or Bing in order to get you results. You can compress the text with the help of an incorporated feature, yet it is important to keep in mind that it is irreversible.

In addition to that, you can insert equations, images (BMP, RLE, JPG, GIF, EMF, WMF, TIF, PNG and ICO), tables, charts, horizontal lines, links, quotes and abbreviations, as well as input information about a document, such as title, course, subject, language and a few tags.

At import, you can use CHT, RTF, DOC and HTML formats, while at export you can save files as DOC, CHT, PDF or HTML documents. The size of the page can be easily changed in order to fit an MP4 watch or a pen, display and edit the HTML source code, as well as use a search function.

Cribr proves to be a pretty useful and well-rounded piece of software, when it comes to editing text bodies and creating crib sheets. The memory and CPU requirements are not that demanding, the response time is good and there are sufficient options to keep you busy for quite a while.