Acronyms Master is a tool for MS Word that can create a table of Acronyms, optionally with their “discovered” definitions/expansions at the end of the the document. No, sorry, the table can’t be anywhere except at the end of the document. However, if all you want is a list of the acronyms/abbreviations in a document, it is the perfect tool. Saved me a minor headache, and I hope it comes in handy for those who are dealing with their thesis/dissertation/papers/documentation etc.
Edit: The tool is not free. The first time you use it, it’s free, and then you have to purchase it. I remember it as being free for personal use, but now it’s not. Something else might suit you better if you are looking for free software.
If the dull brown and white, and essential useless display of your class schedule at polaris (powered by peoplesoft) bores you to death, and makes you wish for a more useful, colorful, informative schedule, try using this Schedulator tool from someone at Univ of Waterloo. Turns out that university also has peoplesoft, and the boring schedules.
I don’t take classes anymore, but how I wish I had known of (or thought up) this tool when I was taking classes.
This microsoft tool will remove the stuffing from your documents.
Brief Description
With this add-in you can permanently remove hidden data and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint files.
The webpage details the apps that this works with. Often I have seen the size of word documents and such grow uncontrollably. I still work with MS Office, and this would have been very useful had I know about this earlier. I owe one more to Karl for this tip. 