Free No-Frills Software for Those Who Do Not Need All of the Bells and Whistles

If you are the type of person who does not need big-name, big-priced software programs and only seek functionality. If you have modest software requirements and have no need for all the bells and whistles that come with the big-buck major name brand software offerings. If your software budget is small but you still need to get the job done, here is a free screen capture and word processing software alternative which should fulfill some of your software needs.

The need for capturing your computer's screen content varies immensely. You may need to add the capture to a presentation or you may be creating a software how-to tutorial, or screen capture may represent the only fast way to save a copy of what is currently on your PC's screen. No matter what you reasoning, EasyCapture lets you capture screen images quickly and easily. You can download your copy from http://www.xydownload.com/easycapture/down/easycapture_setup.exe. You can select to capture the entire screen, a region of your PC's screen, or a particular opened window. EasyCapture has a tabbed interface which enables you to capture and edit several different screen shots. It also has a built in graphic tools array so you can perform simple manipulation to your captures. You can save your completed screen capture in a number of different graphic formats including the popular BMP, GIF, and JPG formats.

Word Processing is the must have software program everyone needs from time to time. Microsoft Word, the premiere word processing software is very expensive thus out of range for most budgets. An excellent alternative which is also Microsoft Word compatible is Jarte. Jarte is free and comes in a portable application which will fit and operate off a USB thumb drive. Sporting a full footprint size of 64 MB, it easily sits on most thumb drives with plenty of room left over to save your documents.

Jarte offers you a choice of three layouts, default, minimal and classic, each offer full word processing capabilities and will open; .txt, .doc, and .rtf files. .docx files require you download and install Mircosoft's free compatibility pack. Jarte tabbed interface allows for multiple file opening and editing and includes clickless drop down menus (mouse over the menu name for the options to display). You can download your copy of Jarte at http://www.jarte.com/downloads/jarte_34.zip. It is a great little program for travelers who may not want to work on a project using online alternatives. It does not possess all of the bells and whistle but does include; export to HTML and PDF, insert pictures, hyperlinks and tables, font formatting, paragraph formatting, and a special character keyboard. Fully compatible with Windows Vista, Jarte is a great portable word processor for when you just need to get the job done.

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