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DESCRIPTION, COMMENTS

OPEN OFFICE	OFFICE SUITE	This is the finest program to compete with Microsoft Office. It is 90%+ compatible with the same Microsoft Office products and costs you nothing. Everything that MS Office can get you for free. Great documentation. It contains Word Processor ( compatible with any including MS Word), Spreadsheet( Excell like), Drawing programs, Presentation ware ( Powerpoint), Database ( Access replacement)
ABI Ware Word Processor	Word Processor	A Really Great word processor for anyone that does not want a complete Office suite. Extremely compatible with MS Word. Will do the job for you when you don't want a big show that you have trouble running or just don't want to be bothered with.
PDF CREATOR	Office tool by Source Gorge	A fine competitor to Adobe Acrobat writers. Simply install and print to it. It does not manipulate the files and sort. Use the Free Acrobat Reader read the files and further adjust them.
PDF WRITER	PDF Acrobat office tool	A susbstitute for ACROBAT FULL. wirh PDF PRINTER. NO to buy ACROBAT. From Source Forge. A completer substitue for PDF file of all the essential ocomponents. we Think this is the best one, even better than ACROBAT,
LOTUS Symphony	Office Suite	This is a classic office suite composed of a Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Presentation Ware. Used for years at great expense by many companies now free. Its worth trying
ACROBAT READER	Office Tool	The Standard freeware to Read PDF files.
THUNDERBIRD EUDORA MAIL CLIENT MISCELANIOUS MAIL PROGRAMS	Email Client	A great Mail client program. Easy to setup bulk mailing files. Has some differnet ways of handling mail from newer one's. has recently been sent out by Qualcom the owner to open source and free ware. I've been using it for over 10 years. Sure is better than Outlook flavors once you pick up the tricks. Good documentation.
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE	ACCOUNTING	Our selection of free software to assist you in keeping your books without having to pay and pay. Do be sure to throughly test these . Your going to be using it and be stuck with it for a long time. Whith these the upgrades are free and you won't have to pay and pay and pay every year. They are easier than Quick Books , at least our testing indicates that.

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Essential PIM	Personal Information Manager	A fine Personal Information Manager. Handles your Outlook, address lists, To Do Lists, Addresses and Contact lists, along with long note pages attached to each contact to allow you to record the needed information to better work sales opportunities
Addressido	Personal Information Manager	A light duty address and contact system that allows you to change and add to the fields to allow you to use it as a very light ACT or Goldmine
Amigo 7	Database System	A fairly good database system. You may find it strange however and not useful for your purposes in many cases. TEST IT THOROUGHLY before using.
MyBase	Database System	Here is a More Windows like database system. Not an Access but very usefull. Great for running on websites and such. Well worth trying. TEST IT THOROUGHLY before using.
MySQL	Database System	This is the most used database system in commerce. It is the best and beats all commercial systems ( it is also sold commercially ). IT IS NOT EASY TO USE. It requires a bit of learning and searching Google and the web to discover the various clients and add-ons and managers that you want to use. You will have to learn a lot to use it decently. Therefore unless you need a heavy networked etc. system skip it. Learn it thoroughly before using.
SNIPPY	SCREEN CAPTURE	A REALLY great screen capture program That you leave in the System Tray ( Bottom right) and captures any thing to the clip board from where you add it to ?? wherever you like. Remeber CTRL+V to paste it to where you want it. Help is not very good in fact I don't find it but this site gives it . Very Simple and not heavy on features but does the job in most instances. See also Cam Studio under Graphics Programs
Encryption Ware	Encryption Software	A Page of excellent Encryption software. If you need to secure the contents of files, drives ( e.g. USB drives) against intrusion and theft here is the place to go.

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