Best free software - for pc newbies

A lot of people need to be able to convert documents into PDF every once in a while. Unfortunately Microsoft Word doesn't have this capacity, and was blocked by the EU to put it in (!). So here are some free alternatives:

• Cute PDF
  The page looks like you will be paying, but there really is a free version there for whatever use.

For online conversion (no need to download anything), try one of the following:

• You Convert It
  Converts documents into a lot of other documents. Includes PDF conversion.


• Online viewer for PDF, PostScript and Word
  Very useful for viewing documents your computer can't handle. Think: Apple computer conversion problems, outdated computers, slow dial up or simply a computer you can't add extra software to.


• Doc2PDF
  This is what I sent my mom to. She needed to convert articles to PDF on a computer that really couldn't handle more software. Fast and easy

I use several HTML-editing tools myself, but for newby's there really is only one: NVU.

However, looking up that site, it refers me to a new updated version called Kompozer.

Use NVU if you want different languages supported. Use Kompozer if you just want a relatively bug free version and will only be working in English anyhow.

FTP programs are used to transport files from one computer to another. I use it to upload websites, or changed files in websites. This is also what I teach my clients to do.

One of the free FTP programs out there is: Filezilla. As the name suggests it's open source.

This one is for Windows pc's only. And it might be a reason for me to not switch to Mac or Linux in the near future.

I use neomem A LOT. As in: when I'm online (and when am I not online?) I usually have two pc programs open: my browser (yes, that would be firefox) and neomem.

I have two files in neomem that I use all the time.
One is a general file I call 'to do' but it is more than a todo list: it's my list of notes. When I was setting up my first blog, I stored notes there. Lately I have been gathering affiliate information there. All in one file.
How does it work? Well - in your file you get several pages and directories. And you can make a page a directory of other pages. So all the affiliate information is stored together, in that one portion of the file devoted to affiliate information. Another portion is my adsense diary. I used to keep that when I was still optimizing adsense on my website.

But I also keep a wishlist there. Not just for myself, but also ones my dad has written at some point, one for my grandmother.

In other words: all my notes neatly organised.

That's not all though. Another indispensable file is my login codes file. If you work online like I do, there are a ton of websites (as in three pages printed oud) to keep the login codes of. These include client sites, affiliate programs, all my own sites, social networking sites etc.
I add a new account: next time I open the file it's automatically reordered it to where it belongs in the alphabet. And yes, this file is kept locked with another password. Because I can't afford to let my client login codes lying around.

The best thing
The best thing about neomem is it uses so little memory. You could use excell for the login codes for instance: but that program uses way more memory. Neomem can be open at the same time with firefox and not slow firefox down one bit.

Note
The website has all this talk about some errors in handling special codes... may be true, but I never noticed it. It's just a beautiful light program for everyday notes.

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