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Software is a term that covers everything from word processing packages to tecnical web developing tools and even the thing that makes your printer print.  This section looks at software in more depth and gives useful advice and links to resources.



Free Software Downloads

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders     Date: October 2009  

Using windows? - Get lots of useful downloads from CNET

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Free and Easy

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders     Date: July 2009  

The best things in life often actually are free.

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Open Office...the latest
Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: May 2009

Open Office have launched 3.1 - their latest version of the software package.

 

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Major Geeks.com Software & PC tools Resource

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: January 2009

Major Geeks (www.majorgeeks.com) is a comprehensive PC software and tools resource combining free software and maintenance tools.

 

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FileHippo.com Software Resource

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: January 2009

File Hippo (www.filehippo.com) is a website full of free software resources listed under application type. Easy to navigate, holds historic and new versions of applications which have all manner of uses from office work to PC maintenance.

 

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Free & Open Source Software... a user's guide

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: May 2008


Here we have Susie Halksworth's guide to using Free & Open Source Software (FOSS), published on the ICT Hub:

http://www.icthub.org.uk/research/OpenSourceGuidance.pdf

 

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BBC Key Skills

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: May 2008

Interactive learning modules covering some basic ICT skills – including spreadsheets, viruses, computer safety etc.

 

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Google Calendar

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: January 2008

Google’s free web-based shareable calendar service is very easy to get started, and gives you the option to include public calendars created by other google users such as school holidays, lunar cycles and more.

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Google Docs

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: January 2008  

Google’s free web-based shareable document manager is a very useful way of collaborating with others no matter where they are.

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Word Processing Microsoft Word 7

Reviewed by: CVC Circuit Riders    Date: January 2008

Word 2007 is the latest version of the popular processing package from Microsoft.  We ltake a look at a website that describes some of the latest features.

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