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Bible Software- Option 1
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- Recommended: e-Sword
- Price: Free
- Comment: Every Christian who owns a computer should have this
superb program. About 100 available modules. More capabilities than many Bible programs costing hundreds of dollars.
- Skill Level: Easy
- To read Biblebell's review of Bible programs, CLICK HERE.
- Download Site
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e-Sword
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Bible Software- Option 2
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- Recommended: Power Bible
- Price: $19 [free 30-day trial]
- Comment: Every Bible teacher and/or preacher should own this wonderful
program IN ADDITION TO e-Sword. Why should you own two Bible programs? Because each program has certain unique
capabilities that every Bible scholar or dedicated student will find to be essential.
- Skill Level: Easy
- To read Biblebell's review of Bible programs, CLICK HERE.
- Download Site
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Power Bible
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Productivity Software- 1
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- Recommended: Jarte
- Price: Free
- Comment: Absolutely superb! Even if you have a commercial word
processor, you'll find Jarte is faster to load, easier to use, and has the features to do just about anything you
want.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download Site
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Word Processor
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Productivity Software- 2
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- Recommended: MetaPad
- Price:Free
- Comment: Metapad is a small [only 46k!] and fast Text Editor that
includes all of Notepad's features and much, much more.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download Site
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Text Editor
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Productivity Software- 3
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- Recommended: QuickNote
- Price:Free
- Comment: QN is a scratchpad for making little *sticky notes*.
When not in use, it hides as a tiny bar on top of your desktop. You can type or copy text, and even make simple
drawings. Other features: (1) Launch a program (2) Encrypt text (3) Calculator (4) Reminders (5) Shut down PC (6)
system data for your computer (7) conversions
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download
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Sticky ScratchPad
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Productivity Software- 4
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- Recommended by *Chris S*: OpenOffice.org 1.1
- Price:Free
- Comment: OpenOffice is equal to or better than Microsoft Office.
Includes Word Processing, SpreadSheet, PowerPoint, HTML editor, & a paint program.
- Skill Level: Medium
- Home Page & Download
Site
- Support Forum
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Office Productivity Suite
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Productivity Software- 5
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- Recommended: Keynote
- Price: Free
- Comment: Tabbed notebook and Data Base. With *tabs* PLUS *tree-type
notes*, Keynote can handle a HUGE database. Powerful search capabilities. Strong encryption where & when desired.
- Skill Level: Fairly easy
- Download
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- WebSite
- Support Forum
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Data Base
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Productivity Software- 6
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- Recommended: SunEBook
- Price: Free
- Comment: PIM features: reminder, text editor, address book, password
keeper, alarm clock.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download Site
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Personal Information
Manager
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Internet- 1
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- Recommended: Star Downloader
- Price: Free
- Comment: Works with Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape,
Beonex, Firefox, K-meleon.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download Site
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Download Manager
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Internet- 2
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- Recommended: Query Application
- Price: Free
- Comment: (1) Host to IP (2) IP To Host. (3) WhoIs details on domain
names. (4) Info about all users on a network host. (5) HTML button gets header info and page data from a Web server
(6) FTP button queries an FTP server to show root directories & files (7) Sets your clock (8) Checks your modems
(9) NetStat. Plus MUCH MORE!
- Skill Level: Easy to use. The info it provides
will mainly be of interest to Power Users.
- Download
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Internet Information
Tool
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Internet- 3
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- Recommended: Mozilla Firefox
- Price: Free
- Comment: Firefox is faster & MUCH more secure than the Internet
Explorer browser.
- Skill Level: Fairly easy
- Support Forum
- Download Site [Click on "Firefox" link]
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Browser
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Internet- 4
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- Recommended: POP Peeper
- Price: Free
- Comment: Supports POP3, SMTP, GMail, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, Mail.com,
MyWay, Excite, Lycos.com, RediffMail. Has options that can decrease security risks of email.. If you share your
computer, you can password-protect your accounts or password-protect access to POP Peeper.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download Site
- Support Forum
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E-Mail Program
*POP Peeper*
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Utilities- 1a
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- Recommended: CCleaner
- Price: Free
- Function: Maintain your computer by cleaning out the TRASH!
- Comment: Clean out invalid registry entries, duplicate files,
dead files, invalid shortcuts, plus temporary Internet files, history and cookies.
- Skill Level: Medium
- Support Forum
- Download Site
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Registry & Files Management
Option 1 of 2
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Utilities- 1b
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- Recommended: Ace Utilities
- Price: $29.95
- Comment: THE best and safest cleaner I have ever used (and I have
used lots
of them).
- Skill Level: Easy
- Support Forum
- Download site
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Registry & Files Management
Option 2 of 2
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Utilities- 2
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- Recommended: SmartBuster
- Price: Free
- Comment: The *Swiss Army Knife* of computer utilities: Uninstaller,
Task Manager, Junk Buster, Split File, Fast Floppy Format, Diskspace Manager, Shredder, StartUp Manager, Duplicate
File Buster, Instant PC shutdown, RAM manager.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download site
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System Maintenance
Tool Set
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Utilities- 3
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- Recommended: ZSoft Uninstall
- Price: Free
- Comment: Use ZSoft Uninstall to monitor EVERY program that you
henceforth install on your computer. Uninstall software in TWO steps: Step-1 Uninstall using Control Panel's Add/Remove. Step-2 Uninstall
a SECOND time using ZSoft Uninstall.
- Skill Level: Medium
- NOTICE - Program is in advanced Beta status. However,
it is very stable.
- Download
site
- Support Forum
- Beta
Status Tracker
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Uninstaller
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Utilities- 4
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- Recommended: Polder BackUp
- Price: Free
- Comment: Easy to use backup tool with a good array of features
that will meet most basic and advanced backup needs.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download Site
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Back-Up
Your Files
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Utilities- 5
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- Recommended: World Time Clock
- Price: Free
- Comment: Displays your choice of 5 digital time zones, plus an
analog clock. Choose from a list of 150 countries and 400 cities. Alarm clock. Calendar. Always on top mode and
hide in system tray mode. Only 148K.
- Skill Level: Easy
- Download Site Click
Download button when you get there. Doing that takes you to a page of several excellent free programs.
Scroll down that page to World Time Clock, then click Download
(148kB).
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World Time Clock
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