Free Software & Productivity Tools

The following free software contain no adware, spyware, or viruses. Office To-Go has been using and supporting open source and freeware programs for over ten years.

CCleaner is a freeware system-optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!
Note: Office To-Go recommends UNCHECKING to delete cookies and passwords so they are not deleted. This is a terrific program.

Defraggler from the company that brought you CCleaner, now offers a free defragmentation tool. It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool! And remember like all Piriform products, Defraggler is completely free for both corporate and individual use.
Note from OTG: If you like Piriform's programs, please consider making a donation to support their development work!

AVG Anti-Virus Free
Available for single computer use for home and noncommercial use.

Foxit Reader - Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and printer. Foxit Reader supports Windows Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Here are a few of the features/benefits:

* Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is only 2.55 M, which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size.
* Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.
* Annotation tool: Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document.
* Text converter: Convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file.
* High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users' permission. While other PDF readers often silently connect to the Internet in the background. Foxit PDF Reader does not contain any spyware.
* Includes a multimedia player feature allowing Foxit users to not only read PDFs, but to watch and listen to the audio/video elements coming with PDFs as well.

PurpleTrail lets you send the invitations just the way you like it - without those pesky WeightWatchers advertisement right next to your invitation. PurpleTrail's unique consensus module helps you decide on place and time for your event. You don't need to visit the website to keep track of your event. PurpleTrail is available for download on your desktop or your mobile phone.

Wavosaur is a free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files - has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert. Supports VST plugins, ASIO driver, multichannel wav files, real-time effect processing. The program has no installer and doesn't write in the registry. Use it as a free mp3 editor, for mastering, sound design. Works on Windows 98, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter and perfect for the nongeek!

SUPER supports a wide variety of input/source file format to play or encode (to & from) without any additional third-party software: - Video format: 3gp (Nokia, Siemens, Sony, Ericson) asf, avi (DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, MSmpeg4, etc..), fli, flc, flv (used in Flash), mpg (Mpeg I or Mpeg II), mov, mp4, ogg, qt, rm, str (Play Station), swf (Flash), viv, vob, wmv - Audio format: ac3, amr, mp2, mp3, mp4, ogg, ra, wma

PeaZip creates 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP - extract 81 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and many more...

OpenOffice is a freeware replacement for Microsoft Office. OpenOffice suite includes a word processor, a presentation program, and spreadsheet program, a database front-end program (like MS Access) and much more. It can also open and save Microsoft Office and WordPerfect Office file formats, and uses OpenDocument formats by default. Open Office is full featured, and can handle most everyone's needs. Available for Windows, Linux and Macs.

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

TinyURL - “Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then you’ve come to the right place. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires.

emailStripper
For cleaning the ">" and other formatting characters out of your emails. It will restore "forwarded" or "replied" emails back to their original state so they're easier to read. Platform: Windows (all versions) and Linux (under WINE)

Firefox
The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. PC World says: "Firefox, a browser from the Mozilla team, packs a wallop but steps lightly on your system memory. This free, open-source browser (formerly called Firebird) offers a wealth of features, and its developers are constantly working on new ones."

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