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This is a free programme that helps you stay safe when surfing the internet. If you use Google or Yahoo as your search engine, then this software will show green, yellow or red indicators against sites you visit. Green for safe sites, yellow for site to be careful with and red for site to keep well clear of unless you want Spyware, Spyware, Viruses and lots of Spam emails.

Open source office suite, compatible with other major office suites, Apache OpenOffice is free to download, use, and distribute. Download it now, and get:

Writer a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.

Calc a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.

Impress the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.

Draw lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.

Base lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within Apache OpenOffice.

Math lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

Portable Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. CutePDF Writer is the free version of commercial PDF converter software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem".   This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to convert to professional quality PDF documents - with just a push of a button! 

An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.

Key Features:- Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow. Editor: resizing, brightness and colour adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming. Batch editor: Batch edit multiple photos. Page: Merge multiple photos on the page frame to create one final photo. Combine: Attach multiple photos vertically or horizontally to create one final photo. Animated GIF: Use multiple photos to create a final animated photo. Print: Print portrait shots, carte de visites (CDV), passport photos. Splitter: Slice a photo into several pieces. Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it. Colour Picker: Zoom in on images, search and pick a colour. Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode. Raw Converter: Convert RAW to JPG. Paper Print: Print lined, graph, music and calendar paper. Face Search: Find similar faces on the Internet.

KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) web page editing.

KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking website without needing to know HTML or web coding.