The following software is FREE to download and use. It is NOT shareware and does not require money for registration or long-term use.
OFFICE SUITES
NEOOFFICE: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and drawing packages
DOWNLOAD: http://www.neooffice.org/ FOR APPLE MACINTOSH
OPENOFFICE: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing and database
DOWNLOAD: http://www.openoffice.org/index.html FOR ALL PLATFORMS
FREE PORTABLE APPLICATIONS
These are applications you can store on, and run from, a USB pendrive
PortableApps.Com: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing packages and utilities etc
DOWNLOAD: http://portableapps.com/ FOR WINDOWS
STATISTICAL AND DATA PLOTTING SOFTWARE
GenStat Statistics Software by VSNi: Free Statistics Package for Educational use Only
DOWNLOAD: http://www.vsni.co.uk/downloads/genstat-teaching/ FOR WINDOWS
'PLOT' : a scientific 2D plotting program for Mac OS X
DOWNLOAD: http://plot.micw.eu/ FOR APPLE MACINTOSH
PLAINSTAT : Simple but comprehensive statistical application for Mac OS X.
DOWNLOAD: http://www.plainstat.com/ FOR APPLE MACINTOSH
MJOGRAPH : Highly functional 2-D plotting and visualisation programme for MAC OS X
DOWNLOAD: http://www.ochiailab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/mjograph/ FOR APPLE MACINTOSH
MISCELLANEOUS FREE APPLICATIONS
PAINT.NET: Compact, stable and very good image retouching, painting and graphics package
DOWNLOAD: http://www.getpaint.net/index.html FOR WINDOWS
SCRIBUS : Free open-source Desktop Publishing Software
DOWNLOAD: http://www.scribus.net/ FOR WINDOWS/MAC OS X/LINUX
GPM V8 : Free excellent Graph Paper Maker software with plenty of options
DOWNLOAD: http://www.graphpapermaker.com/ FOR WINDOWS
XMIND : Free excellent Mind Mapping software
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xmind.net/ for WINDOWS/MAC/LINUX
ESRI ArcExplorer: FREE Java Edition
DOWNLOAD: http://edcommunity.esri.com/software/aejee/ for WINDOWS/MAC
Placemarker KML Creator: FREE Google Earth Placemarker software
DOWNLOAD: http://placemarker.geoblogspot.com/ for Windows
