Welcome to the editing page.
Here you will find programs, tips and utilities for word processors, text, and html editorsAnd more.
The programs listed here are free for personal use, unless otherwise noted.
As with any, “freeware”, if you find that a program works for you, consider donating to the author.
This will help inspire them to continue to develop more software, which may prove beneficial to the blind community.
On-line Electronic Translator from English to Lithuanian: January 11,2008
For those trying to communicate with family and friends in Lithuanian, this might be an answer to your hours spent pouring over dictionaries and language grammar books.
http://vertimas.vdu.lt/twsas/Translations/TextForm.aspx
CHM2TXT: January 13,2008
Jamal Mazrui has again improved the lives of blind computer users by creating chm2txt, a utility for transforming windows help files into structured text files.
Convert.lit:
allows you to convert
Microsoft Reader format eBooks into open format for use with software or devices which are not directly compatible with Microsoft's Reader.
For more imformation, visit:
http://www.convertlit.com/download.php
Convert: July 15, 2007
Convert is an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density,
pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!
For more information, visit:
http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/
Download ConvertSetup.zip 486kb.
Html 2 text
Converts html documents to simple text documents.
For more information, visit:
Download htmlastext.zip 27.3kb
Adobe Reader version 8
For reading PDF documents.
For more information, and to start the download process,visit:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
PdfToText.zip
Convert PDF files to text.
For more information, visit:
http://www.blindprogramming.com/useful.htm
Ed Sharp: by Jamal Mazrui.
Text editor with many more features.
Download edsetup.exe 5.11mb. January 13,2008
Click here to download the most recent version.
Homer Editor: An editor with many extra features by JamalMazrui
Click here to download the most recent version.
Notetab light
Text editor with extended capabilities.
For more information, visit:
http://www.download3k.com/Install-NoteTab-Light.html
Download NoteTab_Setup.exe 1.75mb
Text Pal
A text editor, and converter from Jamal Mazrui
Download palsetup3.2.exe 3.32mb
Download palsetup3.4.zip 3.33mb. March 20, 2007
Download palsetup3.5.zip 3.33mb. March 20, 2007
Download palsetup3.6.zip 3.41mb. May09, 2007
Download pal3.7setup.zip 3.39mb. May 12, 2007
Click here to download the most recent version.
Speedometer
A handy utility for checking the speed of your typing.
For more information, visit:
http://www.freeware4pc.com/authors/customsolutions.shtml
Download Speedometer_Setup.exe 774kb
Open Office: free office suite.
For more information, visit:
Download OpenOffice.zip 93.9mb
Acronym Genie: March 20, 2007
Use this utility to find out what those strange acronyms stand for.
For more information, visit:
Excel Viewer 2003: July 15, 2007
Open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed. This download is a replacement for Excel Viewer 97 and all previous Excel
Viewer versions.
For more information, visit:
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats: June 15, 2007
Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.
For more information, visit:
Download FileFormatConverters.exe 27.5mb.
PowerPoint Viewer 2007: July 15, 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.
For more information, visit:
Download PowerPointViewer.exe 25.7mb.
Word Viewer 2003: July 15, 2007
View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed. This download is a replacement for Word 97 Viewer and all previous Word Viewer versions.
For more information, visit:
Word.reg: March 20, 2007
Returns Microsoft Word to the list of programs,
found on the programs tab in Internet Options.
Word Viewer 2003: May 4, 2007
For viewing Word 2003 documents if you don’t have Microsoft Word installed.
Word Web Dictionary: January 13,2008
WordWeb is a quick and powerful international English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. It can be used to look up words
from almost any program.
For more imformation, visit:
XML Notepad: May 4, 2007
Download XmlNotepad.msi 1.81mb
creating_accessible_forms.htm 14.7kb
Microsoft Office 2007 products: July 15, 2007
FileFormatConverters.txt 2.82kb.
microsoft_works_calendar.txt 4.0kb
Getting Results with Microsoft Office 97
office2000_creating_a_shortcut_and_hotkey.txt 4.0kb
Summary of Power Point 97ShortcutKeys.doc
printing_labels_with_microsoft_word.txt 1.78kb
palsetup3.4.txt 2.25kb. March 20, 2007
palsetup3.5.txt 2.50kb. March 20, 2007
palsetup3.6.txt 4.16kb. May 09, 2007
pal3.7setup.txt 4.0kb. May 12, 2007
Printing a prn file: June 24, 2007
printing_a_prn_file.txt 2.46kb.
word_keyboard_commands.doc 303kb
John Wilson’s, “From the keyboard” tutorials.
Locating commands for 2003 Office applications in 2007 Office applications.
locations_of_excel2003_commands_in_excel2007.txt 5.30kb. June 24, 2007
locations_of_powerpoint2003_commands_in_powerPoint2007.txt 5.56kb. June 24, 2007
locations_of_word2003_commands_in_word2007.txt 5.14kb. June 24, 2007
Accessibility for Office 2007.
For more information, visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/office2007/default.aspx
Error message when upgrading Office XP: July 23, 2007
Last reviewed: January 13, 2008