If you have a scanner and want to avoid retyping your documents, SimpleOCR is the fast, free way to do it. The SimpleOCR freeware is 100% free and not limited in any way. Anyone can use SimpleOCR for free–home users, educational institutions, even corporate users.

doPDF6.1 installs itself as a virtual PDF printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list. To convert to PDF, you just have to print the document to doPDF, the free pdf converter. Open a document (with Microsoft Word, WordPad, NotePad or any other software), choose Print and select [...]

NoteTab Light is the ultimate free Notepad replacement and a capable HTML editor. A slimmer version of the award-winning NoteTab Pro, this slick application makes text editing a breeze. Move quickly around a stack of large files with a simple tabbed interface. Format your text to your heart’s content. Write with the font of your [...]

Emurasoft’s EmEditor now have FREE version! I think that EmEditor is the best text editor in the world – try it and you will understand me. Why is EmEditor the best text editor?

EmEditor can launch very fast, almost instantaneously!
Extendable with plug-ins!
Powerful macros with your favorite script language!
Unicode support!
Easy and intuitive design with tabbed windows!
Many other [...]

PDF reDirect is a fast, free, and easy-to-use PDF Creator. It has no restrictions, no watermarks, no spyware, no adware and no pop-up advertisements. Features include basic encryption, full merging and PDF preview. Available in English, Deutsch, Portugu s-BR, Czech, Espa ol, Francais, Norwegian, Nederlands, Italiano. It is the full-featured freeware alternative to PDF995 and [...]