1. Office Suite - Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012
Min requirements : Windows XP / Vista / 7 | File size : 82.5MB
Why you must use it – There’s no shortage of decent free office suites available to download. If Mirosoft’s new cut-down starter edition of MS Office is too limited for your tastes, there’s always OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice. Kingsoft is probably not a name you’ll be familiar with, but its free suite is an excellent, solid alternative that does a superb job of mimicking earlier versions of Microsoft’s product. If you’re not a fan of the ribbon interface, you’ll love the familiarity of this suite, because it copies the older layout perfectly ( if you miss the ribbon yuo can get it – and other additional features – by upgrading to the Pro version for $69.95 ). The suite comprises a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation creator, and can open all the popular Microsoft formats. It can’t write to the newer DOCX or XLSX formats, although your’re unlikedly to need those. Files written in Kingsoft’s own format can be open directly in MS Office.
All the features you’d expect to see are included, and there are various smart additional touches, such as a brilliant easy to use table lets you create new rows and columns simply by dragging. It can open multiple documents in tabs, save files in PDF format, email files directly through the software, and much more. It’s also smaller than other office programs, making it quicker to install and run.
2. Video Editing - Freemake Video Convertor 3
Minimum requirement – Windows XP / Vista / 7 | File size : 18.79MB
Why you must use it : There are lots of different video file formats around, some of which will play on one device ( such as DVD player), but not another ( your phone, for example). Freemake’s superb tool lets you take any video file and convert it into a compatible format for you needs. It Supports more than 200 different video types, including AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, MPEG, DVD, SWF and 3GP, and can also be used to download and convert web videos. The process is very straightforward : select the type of file to open at the top of the interface (Video, Audio, DVD, Photo, or Paste URL), browse for the file to convert, then select an output at the bottom of the screen. You can select on of the preset variations, or create a customized ( but still compatible ) alternative. You can do much more than just convert videos from one format to another, though.
The software comes with an editor, so you can trim, rotate and flip clips, and its authoring tool lets you burn videos directly to DVD and Blu-ray. Unlike the other similar software, it dosen’t have the standard two-hour DVD limit and can burn up to 20 hours of content on a single – sided disc. This version of Freemake also convert video into an HTML5 – compliant format, which makes them easy to embed onto websites. In addition, the program can transform photos and MP3 into slideshows and upload them to YouTube, automatically cutting them into 15 min sections if required.
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Min requirements : Windows XP / Vista / 7 | File size : 13.5MB
Why you must use it – If you have a lot of digital music on your computer, you’ll need a good program to organise and manage it. iTunes is the obvious solution, but it’s not necessarily the best, especially if you don’t own an Apple device ( or even if you do, for that matter ). MediaMonkey is a very powerful alternative that can organise and play music and videos, tag and sync content, find missing artwork, identify duplicate tracks, rip and burn discs, and convert files from one format to another.
When you first run it, a wizar will load that you can use to import yuor music and video collections. It can also recognise if you ahave iTunes or Windows Media Player installed and import ratings and playback history from them. What makes MediaMonkey so great is that it offers a wealth of useful functions. If you’re having a party, you can use the secure mode to protect your library, so nobody can change the playlist. And there’s an Auto-DJ mode that will kick in when your selected tracks end. The software can download podcasts and monitor pre-set folders, automatically updating its library when you add new media. It can sync and back up iPods, iPhones and Android phones too, and share media with any networked UPnP or DLNA devices ( connected TCs or DVD players, for example ) .
Decent Alternative : iTunes
4. Windows Customization – Ultimate Windows Customizer
Min requirements : Windows XP / Vista / 7 | File size : 10.4MB
Why you must use it - Ultimate Windows Tweaker allows you to tweak various settings in Windows 7 and Windows Vista, this freeware will let you easily customize and change your Windows 7 (Windows 8 support to be added later) look – like changing the Start Button, Logon Screen, Thumbnails, Taskbar, Explorer look, Windows Media Player, etc.
There are tons of applications available to customize your Windows installation, but the problem is that most are tweak specific. Hardly any offering multiple customization options. Ultimate Windows Customizer (UWC) is the first integrated freeware that offers you almost everything that can be customized in a Windows installation – well everything that matters, at least! Once you have downloaded Ultimate Windows Customizer, unzip the contents, open the folder and click on UWC Setup file to start the installation. The installation is simple and there are no boxes to check/uncheck. It is completely clean, and like all our other Windows freeware does not include any of the hated toolbars or accompaniments.
5. Photo Editing – Artweaver
Min requirements : Windows XP / Vista / 7 | File size : 7.5MB
Why you must use it - Artweaver Free is a freeware painting program which is suitable for beginners but also suitable for advanced users. You can record all your steps and replay them afterwards or provide them to other users. Also there are many tools and features like layers and effect filter in Artweaver Free.
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Min requirements : Windows XP / Vista / 7 | File size : 21.8MB
Why you must use it - Sync & 5GB storage free – Keep your content safe, access it anywhere, and share it with friends, family and colleagues. Music Streaming – Stream your entire music collection via the web or to your iPhone or Android, listen offline and get 20GB of storage for all your data. Photos and files on the go – Files apps for Android and iOS let you manage your photos and files directly from your mobile device
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