TextDoc Compare Utility

Autosofted

TextDoc Compare Utility provides an in-depth analysis of two documents and compares them, offering you a detailed list of similar elements between them. This is very useful when comparing different versions of the same document. It supports different formats like .txt plain text, and .doc from Microsoft Office 2003 and higher. This software features a very simple interface composed of two wide panels that, once you’ve inserted the documents you want to compare, will display both texts, each on its own panel. You can analyze the lines that make up the texts, one by one, and look for frequently repeated words in both of them, seeing how many times it is repeated and where. Beneath the two panels you'll find three options to compare the documents. The first will show you all the differences between the documents, while the second and third will compare them separately.

4Media iPad PDF Transfer

4Media Software Studio

4Media iPad PDF Transfer is a curious application that makes easy the task of copying pdf files in the iPad. You won't need iTunes to do t. Not only will you be able to copy pdf and EPUB files from the computer to the iPad but you'l also be able to copy files from iPad to PC. Tat means you will be able to share your files with your friends or if you have more than one computer, use the iPad without restrictions. Although the name of the program can make you think it only works with iPad, 4Media iPad PDF Transfer also works when using iPhone or iPod Touch. If you own one of those three devices, this application can be very helpful to copy files and skip some restrictions.

DanaNumen Office Repair

DataNumen

Many times you find that your documents have disappeared or been damaged, and you need to recover the information they had. DataNumen Office Repair is a set of tools that can recover data from documents created with the Microsoft Office suite in a fast and powerful way. The program includes options that let you recover MS Access databases, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, and damaged or corrupted Outlook files. DataNumen Office Repair can repair Microsoft Access and Outlook data from version 95 to 2007, XLS and XLW Excel files, and Word formats up to 2003. With this useful application you can recover any damaged or lost file, from both either hard drive or any CD, whether it's a single document or several files. You just have to drag the damaged files to the program's interface and click 'Start Repair'.

Notepad2 Bookmark Edition

RL Vision

If you're looking for a replacement for the classic Windows Notepad, Notepad2 Bookmark Edition is probably the best you can find. Notepad2 Bookmark Edition is a modification of Notepad2 that adds bookmarks along with some other improvements, ultimately making for a small, simple, and fast editor with syntax highlighting for common HTML languages. It also includes many other useful features like dragging, dropping, replacing keyboard shortcuts, blank spaces, zoom, etc. This tool is useful both as a file viewer and text editor. It also has an ideal configuration for quickly viewing text files.

PostScope PDF

DriverLab

PostScope PDF is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to convert any text file to PDF format. This application, in addition to converting pretty much any format, supports all types of images and other graphics included in your document, and will be sure to maintain each element in its place to ensure that the resulting document is identical to the original. Like other, similar tools, PostScope will install itself on your system as a virtual printer, so all you need to do is send your document to print in order to convert it. You'll be able to save it and send it by email from the print screen.

MecaOOffice

MecaNet

MecaOOffice is one of the most comprehensive free and portable office suites. It includes both the MecaNet typing course and the OpenOffice suite. This office suite is perfect for students who are learning how to type and work with word processors, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations. It's also great for carrying an entire office suite on a USB drive. That way, you can use the programs you need without worrying whether a computer already has them installed. Just unzip the file and open it. From there, you'll see a list of all the programs included in this comprehensive package. Simply select the one you need to launch it.

Qiqqa

Quantisle

Qiqqa is a useful application designed to manage all your PDF documents by using tags and metadata that make searching for documents on your computer a lot easier. If you usually work with high volumes of data, specially doing research, and if you save endless PDF documents, Qiqqa can be really helpful thanks to its search options and sync features. The program's interface has five tabs in which you can find all its features: PDF library, concept map editor, an expedition feature to find new concepts, a web browser, and one tab that includes several tools such as a DOC to PDF converter that can create safety copies. Qiqqa can scan all your documents and read the text in order to look for concepts and information, like the author, title, and keywords. Apart from that, inside this PDF library, you can add notes and tags in order to search faster and not waste time that you could spend working.

FORCEdraft

N/A

If you're one of those people who browses the Internet while working and plays games or gets distracted before you finish an important document, FORCEdraft will help you concentrate on the important things and won't let you access anything other than than the blank document in front of you. FORCEdraft opens a screen with a blank template and to unlock it, you have just three options: wait for the time you preset before you started working to elapse, type the number of words you set as your goal, or allow FORCEdraft to tell you when it's okay to stop working. With these three options, you'll have enough time to finish your work without getting distracted by anything, including the clipboard. You won't be able to copy or paste anything, or in fact do anything at all except write. Ensure nothing stops you from finishing your work on time with FORCEdraft, a program that doesn't even need to be installed on your PC. That means you can put it in your flash drive and take it to your office and back home again.

BabelMap

Babelstone

BabelMap is a free program where you can view and select characters from over 100,000 items from the Unicode character list, searching for them by name or by reference code. Some word processors aren't able to visualize all the characters, which means you need to memorize the keyboard shortcut to insert a character. Using BabelMap, you'll be able to copy characters to your clipboard and paste them into your word processor, as long as it's compatible with Unicode. The way the program works is very easy. Once it's open, you just need to look through a chart full of characters and find what you need. You can also refine your search to certain blocks of characters in order to find what you're looking for more easily. For example, if you need a specific mathematical symbol, you just have to go to the option 'Select Unicode Block', then select a math block. There you'll be able to browse through everything available and find the symbol you're looking for.

Jot-A-Lot

N/A

Jot-A-Lot is a lite text edition tool to write notes and manage them. The program is a kind of workstation where you can edit TXT files. You'll see a list of the created docuetnts in the left side of the interface and the content of the selected document in the right. Creating a text is as easy as right-clicking the right side of the interface and give it a name. By this wy, you can do as many as you want. Jot-A-Lot is an intersting application for those users who nusually work with lots of text files at the same time. Thanks to this application, they'll have all of the at a hand.

Open365

eyeOS

Open 365 is the open, free alternative to Office365, meaning, it's a complete office suite that's stored on the cloud. It'll let you access a set of tools from any device through your web browser. Also, it'll allow you to use an online workspace where you can use its tools for collaborative projects. This suite has a number of tools for working with word processors, spreadsheets, and multi-media presentations and thanks to its integration with LibreOffice Online, they can ensure a set of compatibility standards when exporting documents from other third party editing tools. Even though its completely free online, the true potential for Open365 is its ability to sync system files that allows you to create a single locally stored folder at your choice, and add it to your own private cloud with 20GB of free storage space provided by Open365. This space is easily accessed from its own desktop client (which is the download linked to this program file) or from its browser or smartphone app.

Advanced File and Replace

Abacre

Advanced File and Replace is an advanced search tool that lets you set a series of complex parameters that will help you easily find any element. The program lets you search Office text files and websites, as well as edit documents on the go. Just expand the small preview area at the bottom of the screen and make the appropriate changes. Advanced File and Replace is very fast and easy to use. Although its features might seem a little complicated at the beginning, the tutorial included in the help section will let you get the most out of the tool in just a couple of minutes.

PilotEdit

PilotEdit

PilotEdit is a complete text editor that can do loads of different programming tasks, such as extracting chains, running command sequences, and editing really huge files. With a limit of up to 40 billion lines, this program lets you correct even the smallest mistakes inside a mass of words and code in a really simple way thanks to its search tool, which takes you to the error in seconds. One of PilotEdit's main functions is editing files from the FTP server, as well as downloading and loading such items without having to use a third-party tool. Apart from that, you can compare and combine two large files, organize lines, and search for duplicates to delete or replace. Thanks to these features in PilotEdit, you can be sure your files are perfectly organized and ready to run correctly, even if they're huge and you don't think you'll manage to find any errors. All the features included in this program show it's not just an FTP client, but a versatile and comprehensive editor that lets you solve problems – from the most insignificant to the most important details – in a way that saves you lots of trouble. This application is specially designed for beginners with this type of tool who don't have enough experience to use more complex ones, although PilotEdit still offers professional results. And don't worry if you modify a line by mistake, you can undo those changes at any time, even after saving them.

DocuFreezer

fCoder Group

DocuFreezer is a tool for converting Microsoft Office documents into PDF, JPG, or TIFF formats. Whether it's a text file, a spreadsheet, or a presentation, you can still extract your document as an image or PDF. The application works in quite a simple way; just drag and drop the files or folders you want to convert, choose the output format and destination folder, and press Start. The conversion keeps the original layout of the document, with embedded images and integrated hyperlinks. The interface is also really clean and simple: to the left you have different options to insert documents, at the bottom you can choose the format, and the conversion button itself is at the right corner. Anytime you need to keep the structure of a Microsoft Office file and open it on other devices, make sure you convert it to one of these image formats or PDF.

Excel Compare

Formula Software

With Excel Compare you will be able to compare the data from two Excel spreadsheets, and show the results in a third spreadsheet created by the program, in which it will show the added, deleted and modified data. Instead of doing it manually, which is the most common way, Excel Compare will allow you to create macros in which it will automate the comparison. Something in which it will be useful if you often do this manually. Excel Compare is a complete and useful tool that will allow the users to compare the data from two Excel files in an easy and fast way.

42tags

Shimon Sofer

If you browse the Internet regularly, then you've probably realized that the use of tags has spread all over the web in a very short time and in huge proportions. 42tags is a Windows application to organize and quickly find all your documents and images thanks to the benefits of using tags. Adding tags to a document is as easy as creating a new package, dragging your document to it, and entering the tags. You can either enter default tags or create your own. The application includes a scanning tool that will let you digitize your paper documents and tag them all at once. All these features make 42tags a surprisingly interesting utility.

PSPad editor

Jan Fiala

PSPad is a very good text editor, destined to those users who need a fast, full-featured and effective text editor but they don't have any money to spend. Thanks to PSPad, you will not miss well known programs like Microsoft Word or OpenOffice. In fact, it includes a lot of features that make it even better than the previous ones, about all because of its intuitive menus for novice users. In addition, it allows you to create macros, so you will not have to repeat unnecessary and repetitive steps when you have to do the same action lots of times. It also allows you to convert the edited text into HTML format. If you need to change your text editor, don't hesitate, download PSPad editor.

Zulupad

Tom Gersic

Zulupad is an easy-to-use tool for text edition which allows you to create viclated documents as we see in the Wikipedia. When you'll be using it you'll only have to choose a term, click it and choose the 'link' option, it will appear a blank page vinculated to it automatically. Throughout the navigation bar you can level up and down the words in a document. You can also use the upper-right box. Another good option we can take advantage of is that one which allow us to upload the file to a server and then download from anywhere we'll go. Finally, we feel that it lacks of some options, but as it is being developed it will be powered up in a short time.

Nodus CD-Key Manager

Bastiaan Pot

Nodus CD-Key Manager is a simple application that lets you store the keys provided by software manufacturers to protect their creations. The program lets you store both the disc id and the key assigned to it. It includes a keyboard shortcut that lets you paste the key directly into the application that needs it. The default keys it comes with are Ctrl + Alt + V. The number of keys you can store is unlimited. If you don’t find one on the list, use the search engine. Another interesting feature is the ability to export the list of keys to a text document or dat file. The file will then show the disc name followed by its key. You can also import files of keys, although they will have to be in the same format used by the program.

Hypertext Builder

PAKSoft Productions

The Guide

Mahadevan R

DOC Regenerator

Dmitriy Primochenko

Have you once had an error when opening a Word document? Did you lose the work of days because of a corrupted file? DOC Regenerator is an ideal application to save those Word documents that for some reason have been corrupted and cannot be read. This program works on the corrupt files, recovering their content not from the files themselves, but from the sectors of the disk where they are written so it can insure a higher percentage of recovery. Apart from this, DOC regenerator can also recover documents that were overwritten or deleted by error by analyzing the hard disk looking for fragments of that document that will be used to regenerate it.

PDF Plain text extractor

Retsinasoftware

PDF is the most popular file format on the internet. But sometimes we only need the plain text information. PDF Plain Text Extractor can extract the text for you, it can turn your pdf file into text file. PDF Plain Text Extractor(P2T) doesn’t need any PDF SDK or other third party lib’s help. P2T focus on text extraction from pdf file. It analyzes the raw pdf file directly and extract plain text from it. The layout of the document is reserved. Performance and precision are our goal. It can process PDF files in English, Simple Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese and European languages In addition it does not have to be installed.

Kbzin

Dcr Team

Ultrapad

Michael J. Hardy

Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office

Microsoft

Writers Cafe

Anthemion Software Ltd.

WordConvs

Giorgio Castellani

WordConvs is a simple and efficient application developed for converting text documents. The program uses the same conversion protocol as the most famous word processor in the world, Microsoft Word. WordConvs allows you to change all your text documents without ever having to open the text editor. The program also allows you to locate files that are in folders and even access hidden files. The program supports more than 15 input formats, including: DOT, RFT, TXT, WPS, PAB, OLK, PWI, etc. and eight output file formats (DOC, DOT, RFT, TXT, WPS, PWI, PSW, PWD)

ABC Amber LIT Converter

ProcessText Group

ABC Amber LIT Converter is an application that allows you to convert those files created using Microsoft Reader -formatted as .LIT- to any other format which will be more useful and compatible. The program supports many output formats, including PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT, DOC or PDB, and can export the content to the clipboard. ABC Amber LIT Converter can detect links and supports a batch conversion, a run from command line, more than 50 languages. Batch conversion ability allows you to convert a unlimited number of LIT files at a time. Finally, we should say that the program is quite easy to use. In fact, you'll be able to convert files just selecting them, then the output format and clicking OK. ABC Amber LIT Converter will have it converted within a snap.

Scribus Portable

quate.net

Now you can use Scribus – the popular free and open-source desktop publishing (DTP) application – from a USB flash drive. Scribus Portable lets you run the application on any portable device that can store files without having to install it on your computer. If you usually use different computers throughout the day, Scribus Portable saves you the hassle of having to install the program on every single one. The portable version is almost identical to the normal one, so you can take advantage of all the features available on this fantastic application.