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Free Software

Are you mad?  Did you say FREE software?  Yes, we said “free” software.. 100% Free.

The software shown here has always been free, but hasn’t always been known by the general public.

We started this page for our customers but everyone is more than welcome to access it.

If you find a bad link, please let us know.

Free Software

All the software here comes highly recommended and FREE to download!  Download the software and install by running the easy to follow set-up instructions.

Browser

You should always use the latest version to take advantage of the latest technologies.  A ‘browser’ is a web page reader, which you are most likely reading this page with.

  • Firefox – according to many, the best browser.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer – get the latest version.
  • Chrome – Google browser.
  • Safari – Apple’s & iPad browser
  • Opera

PDF | WORD

CREATE PDF’s – You don’t need Adobe Acrobat Professional at around $500, simply go to www.primopdf.com and download the free Primo PDF Creator. This software saves any document as a standard PDF.  It wont mean much to most, but the guy who created this fab software was from Melbourne.

CREATE WORD – PDF-to-Word Converter by Formswift is user friendly completely free for anyone to use.


Chat & Communication

Skype (now owned by Microsoft) where the whole world talks for free | Get Skype


Anti-Virus Software

Read our Computer Maintenance guide which includes FREE Software programs.


FTP – File Transfer Protocol

The Ipswitch Company provide free and professional versions of their FTP program.

Download WS_FTP LE (right click – Save Target As) and then run the .exe file.


Link Checker

Xenu’s Link Sleuth – Broken Link Checker finds broken links on web sites, but also creates a nice site map which can be included with any web site | Get Link Sleuth.

Alternately, if you use Firefox (browser), there is an excellent extension that allows you to right click on any web page and check the links on it | Get Linkchecker


Free Software

Bravenet is the ultimate provider of a complete website solution including web hosting, site building, domains and free web tools | Go Bravenet


Currency Exchange Calculator

A great tool for sites with international traffic | Get xe.com | The Universal Currency Converter


Web Site

  • WordPress – software that allows you to create and manage a world-class web site, like this one | Get WordPress.
  • Weebly – Free online web site manager | Go Weebly.

More Free Software

  • www.321free.com – This site has tons of free software in nine different categories. Nice source of free information.
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