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FREE SOFTWARE Offices Suites The best one is Open Office OpenOffice.org 2 is easy to learn, and if you're already using another office software package, you'll take to OpenOffice.org 2 straight away. It's compatible with Microsoft Office and documents can be moved between the packages without any problem. The world-wide native-language community means that OpenOffice.org 2 is probably available and supported in your own language. And if you already have files from another office package - OpenOffice.org 2 will probably read them with no difficulty. Best of all, OpenOffice.org 2 can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, employees - anyone you like. www.openoffice.org
Graphics/Photo Editing Packages Have you got photos you want to change in some way, e.g. crop, lighten and improve colour and/or put in a slide show? If you have, then IRFANVIEW could be the one for you. It’s FREE, excellent and easy to use. Visit www.irfanview.com to read all about it and download it if you like what you see.
Another free one is The GIMP. It’s more advanced and in line with Photoshop, a more professional editing package. Thus it’s powerful but not for beginners. It’s an open source package developed for Linux and Windows. Get it at http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
Now, the best until last – PICASA – a marvel of photo software. It does everything! Makes a library of all photos on your PC. Displays them as good sized thumbnails and has easy to use editing tools. It will also set up slide shows. And, it’ll play video clips. For FREE it’s a must have. Read all about it and download it at www.picasa.com
PhotoFiltre is a full-featured photo and graphics editor for beginner to intermediate level. www.photofiltre.free.fr It can save to seven different file formats including .GIF, .JPG and .PNG. It's only a small download but has handsome a good splashscreen in the fully installed package which also includes a clone tool, magic wand, gradients, ready-made and user defined shapes tools, numerous special effects filters and more. There are also 27 free plugins available to enhance your installation.
ASAHI http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/ is full of the features you'd find in a typical high-end packages including working with layers, masks, custom brushes, gradients, selection tools, filters and more. A help file is download separately. Also download XnView whttp://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.htmlhich can convert the Pixia native file format (.PXA) to .GIF.
AXIOMAX specializes in making desktop graphics and, for webmasters, will facilitate the making of a favicon for your website. There are loads of features and tools including paint brush, airbrush, clone tool, text tool, selection tool as well as the option to apply some basic filters such as blur, sharpen, negative, colorize, and more. You can also create up to four custom undo steps which really lends a hand to the creative process. There are numerous startup modes and it can save to .ICO, .CUR or .BMP file formats. http://www.axiomx.com/PixelToolbox/index.htm
Free antivirus and malware killers AVG free has Protection against viruses and spyware (antivirus and antispyware), is fast, effective security that is kind on resources. Its compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista. www.AVG-Download-Free.net. Avast! antivirus Home Edition provides continuous protection of your valuable data and programs by updating itself automatically. Simply install and forget. It also comes with anti-spyware & anti-rootkit protection for Windows, which are typically available only in the paid versions of many antivirus products. To download the FREE avast! antivirus Home Edition, click the download icon below (English version). Note, avast! is offered in over 30 language versions; please select the language you require before you download. www.avast.com |