File Management / Office Applications

Revision as of 11:47, 7 February 2008

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Archival / Compression & Decompression

• 7-Zip
• Bzip2
• CamUnzip
• DBXtract (Outlook Express mail archiver)
• HJZip
• IZArc (UK mirror here)
• QuickPAR (reconstruct missing or corrupted RAR archives)
• QuickZip
• TUGZip
• UPX (executable compression)
• WinUHA 2.0
• ZipGenius

For more choices from Wikipedia.

For a comparsion of archival programs on Wikipedia.

Calculators

• Calc98
• GraphCalc
• Plane Graphic Calculator

Calendars / Organisers

• Chandler
• Clicktray
• EssentialPIM (personal information manager)
• Google Calendar (web based)
• iDailyDiary
• Kana Reminder
• Kurlo (contact manager)
• Lightning Project (Thunderbird extension)
• Sunbird
• Swift To-Do List Lite
• TimeCalendar
• To-Do List Pro
• UK Kalender
• WinEvents
• Mutliple programs here

Data backup and synchronisation

• Allway Sync (synchronisation)
• Automatic Backup (data backup)
• Backup Easy (data backup)
• Back it up! (data backup/synchronisation)
• CPPBackup (data backup)
• Cobian Backup (data backup)
• Comodo BackUp (data backup)
• Copier (data backup)
• CoronaSync (synchronisation)
• cwRsync (Syncronisation/backup)
• DeltaCopy (synchronisation)
• Drive Image XML (drive imaging)
• DSynchronize (synchronisation)
• EZBackitup (data backup)
• File Processor (data backup/synchronisation, requires java)
• File Synchronizer (synchronisation)
• FolderMirror (synchronisation)
• Freebyte Backup(data backup)
• ftp backup (data backup)
• Handy Backup Lite (data backup/synchronisation)
• ICE Mirror (synchronisation)
• JaBack (data backup)
• Karen Replicator (data backup/synchronisation)
• Microbackup (data backup/synchronisation)
• Mozy (free remote data backup)
• My Own Backup (data backup, suitable for older computers running Win95, Win98 and NT4)
• NasBackup (backs up Windows desktop PCs, laptops and servers to network disks)
• RKopie (data backup)
• Simple Backup (data backup)
• Simple Data Backup (data backup)
• Snap Backup (data backup)
• Snazzy Backup (data backup)
• SyncBack Freeware (data backup/synchronisation) Installation Guide for use with NAS
• Syncexp (synchronisation)
• SyncToy (synchronisation)
• TaskZip (data backup, suitable for older computers running Win95, Win98 and NT4)
• Version Backup (data backup)
• WinBackup (data backup)
• WPBackup (command line)
• XXcopy (dos command line, works under Windows)

Links to Linux backup software.

For more choices from Wikipedia.

Desktop Search

• Ask Destop Search (desktop search)
• Blinkx Search (desktop search)
• Copernic Desktop Search(desktop search)
• DVYGUN (desktop search)
• Google Desktop Search (desktop search)
• MSN Search Toolbar (desktop search)
• X1 (desktop search, Yahoo Desktop is based on X1)
• Yahoo Desktop (desktop search)

File Search / Browsing / Manipulation

• A43 File Management Utility (editor, zip, file search, etc.)
• AttributeMagic (change file attributes)
• Copy Handler (copy/move files)
• Darik's Boot and Nuke (secure data removal)
• Directory Lister (search)
• Eraser (secure data removal)
• FreeDiff (side-by-side text file comparison)
• Instant File Name Search (search)
• Lupas Rename
• Picasa (image search & edit)
• Renamer
• Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier
• Servant Salamander (file browsing/viewing)
• SuperCopier (Supports 64bit & 32bit Windows) a complete copy replacement for windows it support skipping, resume, compare, overwrite, adding files to a que, pause, tray copy info.
• Totalcopy (improved windows copy function)
• Unlocker (delete locked files)
• Webfilebrowser (search/move/delete/upload)
• WinMerge (text file differentiation and merging)
• ZTree

Finance

• AceMoney Lite
• e-Record (simple accounting and tax record program, courtesy of ATO)
• Banana Cashbook
• Best Cashbook
• Budget Tracker
• BasicBudget
• Cash Express 2000
• Cash Manager
• Easy Cash Manager
• Fast Mortgage Estimator
• GFP Personal Finance Manager
• GnuCash
• jGnash
• Money Manager
• Money Manager Ex
• Personal Finance Assistant
• PLCash
• PWSMoney
• Prime Time Desktop
• RecBook
• Simple Budget
• Simple Checkbook
• SimpleD Budget
• SimpleLoan (loan calculator)
• Turbo Cash (Australian product)
• Volutive 1 (invoicing, receipts & POS)

Links to various mortgage & amortisation calculators.

Graphics

• Andreamosaic (mosiac)
• ArtRage 2 (graphics manipulation)
• FastStone (graphics viewer)
• Gimp (graphics manipulation) See also
• Irfanview (graphics manipulation)
• PhotoFiltre (graphics manipulation)
• Mihov Image Resizer (image resizer)
• Picasa (image search, sorting & graphics manipulation)
• Pixort (reviewing, sorting and culling of photos)
• Resize2mail (online image resizer)
• Xnview
• XConvert (graphic converter)
• WinTopo (raster to vector converter)

See also image editors

For more choices from Wikipedia.

PDF

• Adobe (PDFreader)
• AcroPAD (PDF Creator)
• Adult PDF (PDF Creator)
• A-PDF INFO Chnage (Changes PDF information)
• brava! (PDF Reader)
• BullZip PDF Printer (PDF Creator)
• CutePDF Writer (optimisations here)
• Elfima Notepad
• Easy PDF (PDF Creator)
• Foxit (PDF reader)
• Gymnast (PDR Creator)
• PDF/TextBox (PDF Editor)
• PDF4Free (PDF creator, writer and converter)
• PDF Reader
• PDFill PDF Tools (PDF creator, writer and converter)
• PDF reDirect (PDF Creator)
• PDFCreator (PDF Creator)
• PDF this Page (adds online PDF creation to your website)
• pdftk (Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris)
• PrimoPDF
• MakePDF
• Miraplacid Form
• Sumatra PDF Viewer
• Xpdf (PDF reader for UNIX & OS2)

For more choices click from Wikipedia.

Security

Look here.

Spell Checkers / Thesaurus / Dictionaries

• Dictionary.com
• Everest Dictionary
• GNU ASpell
• WordWeb

Text editors

• PSPAD

See also Editors

Timesheets

• Timesheets Lite

Tutorial & Presentation Creation

• Wink

Word Processor / Spreadsheet / Office Suite

• AbiWord
• AEdit
• ConTEXT (MS-Windows based text editor)
• EasyOffice Freeware
• Jarte
• Metapad
• OpenOffice.org
  • [1] Open Office Clip Art Library
  • [2] Open Office Help Forums
  • [3] Open Office Tutorials

See also OpenOffice

• RoughDraft (word processor)
• Scripwriter (word processor used to write film scripts)
• Wordpress (word processor and blog software, requires MySQL & PHP4.2)
• Writely (online word processor)
• Google - Docs+ Spreadsheets

More Office Suite choices from Wikipedia.

More Word Processor choices from Wikipedia.

Project Management

• Advanced Time Reports: Personal Edition (time tracking & project management)
• Imendio Planner
• SimpleTODO
• TaskJuggler

Misc

• Koha (Library cataloguing software)
• JTides (tide prediction program)
• SpeakOut (text to speech conversion)
• The Font Thing (TrueType font manager for Win95, 98 & NT4)
• Simple OCR (Optical Character Recognition software)
• TreeSize (directory structure analyser)