Great Softwares List Part 1 Of 3

1. WORD PROCESSING
OpenOffice Writer (F)	The Open Source powerhouse (Writer) with a universal file format and great usability.
TextMaker	The best word processor you've never heard of. Now you have. Get this; be productive.
Zoho Writer (F)	Zoho brings never-seen-before tools to the word processor. I love this.
Google Docs (F)	Fast, responsive, and doesn't let you make a mistake. No footnotes yet, though!
LaTeX (F)	A typesetting program for technical and scientific documentation.

2. TEXT EDITING
EmEditor Pro	Well-designed for power, dazzling speed, and ease of use. Get this.
UltraEdit	Standard setting in almost every way, and great for writers, not just coders.
E Text Editor	Exciting, unique, powerful, and customizable. Wow.
PSPad (F)	The favorite freeware alternative that packs a full, advanced feature set.

3. OUTLINING, PIM, CALENDAR
Microsoft OneNote	The best outliner to date. More people should discover this gem.
Calendarscope	Broad options and print abilities define this app.
Google Calendar (F)	An online calendar that goes where you go.

4. OFFICE TOOLS
Algebrus Calculator	A sophisticated scientific calculator for both general and science work.
MoffSoft Calculator	Simple, powerful, flexible, customizable. Does every damn thing.
Karen's Time Cop (F)	General countdown/count up timer for every use.
Master Converter	Now I know that kbps is a measure of bandwidth!
Visual Thesaurus	Oh god, this app will make you a word smackfu master.

5. SPREADSHEET, MATH, DB
OpenOffice Calc	The spreadsheet with the best file format. It's so good it knocked MS Excel off the list.
ASAP Utilities	Makes you an expert with Excel and accesses its database features.
Power Utility Pak	Adds functionality to Excel that Microsoft forgot.
statistiXL	Forget all the rest, this is the best statistical app you'll find for college or grad school.
Math911	Are you math-stupid? Math911 will cure that right fast.

6. SYSTEM TOOLS
Autoruns (F)	Lets you control what programs run during system boot.
Chameleon Startup Manager	Fully controls startup by selecting the programs to be launched.
Process Explorer (F)	Shows you info about which handles and DLLs processes are opened or loaded.
VMWare Workstation	Virtualization app that allows you to evaluate software safely or use when needed.
Total Uninstall	Bulletproof uninstaller to keep your system safe and clean from crappy installers.
Your Uninstaller Pro	Combine this with Total Uninstall and you're in great shape.
Everest Diagnostic Utility	Incredible system diagnostics and benchmarking app.
TuneUp Utilities	Corrects problems and optimizes your system.
BartPE (F)	Helps you build a bootable Window CD or DVD.
nLite (F)	For permanent Windows component removal and pre-install Windows setup.
HDD Temperature	Protects your hard drive from melting.
Karen's Registry Pruner (F)	Removes ghosted and orphaned entries in your Registry.
Find and Run Robot (F)	Rapidly find programs or documents with one key press.
UltraMon	Software for running two or three monitors on one system.
ShellExView (F)	Removes those damn useless and unwanted context or right-click menu items.
ClearTweak (F)	Improves text display with ClearType and font smoothing.
TreeCopy (F)	Copies your folder structure, but not the files, to another location. Very handy.
BGInfo (F)	Quickly displays system info on any computer at a glance.
Quick Access Infobar (F)	Provides definitions of the processes running on your system.
BootIt NG	Powerful partition and boot manager, including managing multi-boot OSes.
CopyWipe	Securely overwrite data when retiring a HD or prevent data from being recovered.
Eraser (F)	Wipes clean all the free space on your computer, truly erasing all deleted files.
TreeSize Pro	Returns deep and detailed reports on the size and space of your system drives.
JDiskReport (F)	Somewhat similar to TreeSize Pro, only a light, free version.