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jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it.

Some of jEdit's features include:

* Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows.
* Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Dozens of macros and plugins available.
* Plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the "plugin manager" feature.
* Auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 130 languages.
* Supports a large number of character encodings including UTF8 and Unicode.
* Folding for selectively hiding regions of text.
* Word wrap.
* Highly configurable and customizable.

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PSPad is a freeware programmer's editor for Microsoft Windows operating systems, useful for people who:

* work with various programming environments
* like highlighted syntax in their source code
* need a small tool with simple controls and the capabilities of a mighty code editor
* are looking for a tool that handles plain text
* want to save time - PSPad offers rich text formating functions
* need tool what offer user extension capabilities
* want to save money and still have the functionality of professional products because PSPad is free for commercial and government purposes too

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Notepad++ is a free (free as in "free speech", but also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement, which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.

This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence. This project is mature.

Here are the features of Notepad++ :

Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
WYSIWYG
User Defined Syntax Highlighting
Auto-completion
Multi-Document
Multi-View
Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
Dynamic position of Views

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Quartz AudioMaster Freeware will allow you to record, edit, mix, share and deliver your productions driving a fully integrated 4 tracks digital mixer, recorder, sound and time line editor in perfect synch with a 16 tracks MIDI sequencer.

Easily record audio, in perfect sync with Midi, with any instrument or microphone or assemble already existing audio materials or music loops. Easily record Midi, as well, using a Midi keyboard or your computer keyboard and even if you are not a professional musician don't get stuck by difficult parts to perform, thanks to the genuine 'Scale filtering' feature. A tutorial will help you getting started quickly.

What can Clipyard do for you? In a nutshell, Clipyard can combine your Flash SWF files, plus other resources such as JPEG, GIF, BMP and MP3, into one new Flash file. Also Goldshell's FlaX, Pixifex and Astro programs can export their files to Clipyard.

Clipyard consists of a WYSIWYG interface, which turns the creation of professional text effects into a matter of adjusting some sliders and pressing some buttons.

Clipyard's direct processing capabilities make sure that you never have to guess what your settings will look like: you are already looking at the result!

Here with a summary of the things that Clipyard can and can not do. This will help you solve 50% of the encountered problems, and gives a direct insight of whether Clipyard is suitable for you.

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Create killer menus effortlessly!

CSS Tab Designer is a unique and easy to use software to help you design css-based lists and tabs visually and without any programming knowledge required!

With the CSS Tab Designer, you can :
* Quickly design your list visually
* Choose from a variety of styles/colors (60+ different designs/colors supported). [ Styles Authors / Credits ]
* Generate strict xhtml compliant code

GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. The file format support ranges from the common likes of JPEG (JFIF), GIF, PNG, TIFF to special use formats such as the multi-resolution and multi-color-depth Windows icon files.

Each task requires a different environment and GIMP allows you to customize the view and behavior the way you like it. Starting from the widget theme, allowing you to change colors, widget spacings and icon sizes to custom tool sets in the toolbox. The interface is modulized into so called docks, allowing you to stack them into tabs or keep them open in their own window. Pressing the tab key will toggle them hidden.

LiquidIcon XP is one of the most popular Icon Editors in the world. Best of all, it's completely FREE (no Adware, Spyware, Guaranteed), portable and lightweight, and works on every version of Windows!

TurboCAD Learning Edition, is a comprehensive, fully functional 2D CAD software product. It is the ideal vehicle for new users to learn how to use and discover the concepts behind CAD software. In addition it is a viable product for producing professional 2D CAD drawings.

The software includes the very informative "Complete Guide to Learning CAD" by Randall Newton and Robert Berry (271 pages), the useful crossover guide "TurboCAD for Users" (144 pages) and a full multimedia Quick Tour. This will reduce the learning curve and provide easier accessibility to the software for the entry-level user.

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The complete freeware DesignWorkshop Lite software package provides all you need to build your own 3D models for home design and visualization of architecture, landscapes, exhibits, or any kind of spatial design.

With DesignWorkshop Lite you can view and walk-through ready-made models of any size, like the free 3D building models in the Great Buildings Online, in DXF, DesignWorkshop, or 3DMF format, with amazing live 3D speed.

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IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP and Windows Vista icons supporting transparency.

With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there’s virtually no limit to the icons you can create. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons into images. With IcoFX you can extract icons from other files, including Windows Vista files. You can easily work with multiple files using the batch processing capability of IcoFX.

VAMP is an easy-to-use multimedia dashboard for all your creative needs.

-Organize your media
-Create image galleries
-Create playlists
-Share & Publish Photos
-Add Effects Add Effects
-Fix your photos
-Enhance images
-Design new creations
-Create Slides Create Slides
-Create a photo-show
-Send greetings & e-cards
-Build screen savers
-Make Clips Instantly

CadStd is a general purpose, easy to learn CAD/drafting program for creating professional quality mechanical designs, house plans, blueprints, schematics and charts utilizing ANSI drawing standards. The Lite version is free and can read any drawing created by the Pro version.

CadStd Lite can export files as DXF so you can share your drawings with friends who have other CAD programs like Autocad.

AudioFlash allows you to quickly and easily add audio to your website by creating MP3 compressed audio files and a set of Play, Pause and Stop buttons (SWF Flash) enabling visitors to have complete control over the audio.

Once your audio and buttons have been created, you can either copy and paste the generated HTML into another webpage or use the built-in FTP client to upload everything as-is to your server.

Here are just a few ways you can use this software:

* Use it to record information to help sell your product or service
* Create multiple answers to frequently asked questions
* You can create audio tutorials for school or college class
* Explain a problem more clearly for technical support
* Create online audio information products you can sell

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CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

Here are just a few ways you can use this software:

* You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
* Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
* You can create video tutorials for school or college class
* You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer so you can show technical support people
* You can use it to create video-based information products you can sell

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Slide Show Movie Maker is a free program that can create an AVI-file from a series of .bmp or .jpg images. Images can have professional-looking fade-in and fade-out effects, plus attractive text overlays.

The program's clean-looking interface is logically laid out; you should become productive within just a few minutes of running it. Keep in mind that .avi files can become quite large and take a long time to render. However, Slide Show Maker lets you choose to save output using any one of your system's installed .avi codecs, so the file size and generation time will vary depending upon which one you choose.

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Powerful tool for content producers who want to take advantage of the many innovations in Windows Media 9 Series including high-quality multichannel sound, high-definition video quality, new support for mixed-mode voice and music content, and more.

ZS4 Video Editor is video editing and compositing software which aims to provide media experts with a facility to combine a variety of media types (currently photos, videos and audio files) into one (or more) output file(s).

ZS4 Video Editor can be used like an object oriented photo-manipulation program with a timeline: things that can be manipulated in a photo (workshop) program can be manipulated in ZS4 using parameters which alter over time.

ZS4 Video Editor is worth using when...

* the final output is a combination of more than 2 media sources rendered simultaneously. (like nine talking heads separately filmed, but later arranged in a 3x3 video wall combination)

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Creative Docs .NET is a vector-based graphic design tool with support for rich text, ideal to quickly write short documents, manuals, posters, illustrations, schemas, plans, flow charts, and much more.

The interface is tailored for high productivity: it does never get in your way. Creative Docs .NET tools are simple, yet powerful. All styles and attributes can be modified interactively with a minimum number of mouse cli

Powerful audio editor; no install required. Edit sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks, or apply effects to recordings. Built-in amplitude envelope editor, customizable spectrogram, and frequency analysis window. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal. Supports VST plug-ins.

Finale NotePad® is your invitation to the world of music notation software! Find out how fun and easy it is to transform your musical ideas into beautifully printed music by downloading NotePad today!

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TrakAx empowers you to create professional music and video mixes in an easy-to-use and fun environment. Whether you are creating a music track for your MySpace page or a video for YouTube, TrakAxPC is the most powerful FREE application on the web.

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. To help build the community, join us.

OpenOffice.org is both a fully-featured office suite compatible with leading office products, and a virtual community working through OpenOffice.org's numerous projects. The community comes together at www.openoffice.org to develop, support, and promote the use of OpenOffice.org. For information on joining the OpenOffice.org community, visit our Introduction page.

EclipseCrossword is the fast, easy, free way to create crossword puzzles in minutes. It's never been simpler—just give EclipseCrossword a list of words and clues, and it does the rest. In seconds, you'll have a crossword puzzle with just the words you want.

Nice CSS stylesheet creator. Clean GUI with CSS code generation and browser preview. All CSS properties are provided via drop-down lists and check boxes. Extremely complete CSS values selection.