Web User - UK (2019-08-07)

Best Free Software

30 7 - 20August 2019

Paint.net famously started lifeas a simple

replacement for WindowsPaint, but now

it’s one of the best freedrawing tools and

image editorsaround. While the version

numbermight suggestthat this isjust an

incremental release, it’s actually a fairly major

update that introduces support for the HEIC

file format on PCs running Windows 10

version 1809 and newer (you also needto

purchase Microsoft’s HEVCVideoExtensions

for $1 frombit.ly/hevc481).

Otherchanges in Paint.net 4.2 includenew

layer keyboard shortcuts, better performance

when handling very large imagesandthe

ability to save PNG images as“interlaced”.

After 12 years of beta releases, Executor has
finally reachedthe version 1.0 milestone.The
softwaremakes programs, documents, files,
folders andwebsites much easier to find and
open. It also lets you use keywords to lockyour
computer andshut it down, turn off the monitor
and mute the sound. It can manageyour
clipboard history, showall runningapplications,
search your activity history using wildcards,
perform calculations, send emails, sound an
alarm and much more.
When you first launch Executor, the wizard
offers you achoice ofskinstyles andinterface
sizes, andallowsyou to specify your usage
needs, search types andotheroptions.

This free Microsoft Office-compatiblesuite
includes aword processor (TextMaker),
spreadsheet (PlanMaker) andpresentation tool
(Presentations). SoftMaker is celebrating its 30th
anniversary, andthis special update – which was
made availableto paying customers in April – adds
several powerful new featuresto the freeversion,
including Microsoft Office 2019 compatibility,
redesigned menus andkeyboard shortcuts.
TextMaker now lets you print selected text, and
makes text frames andAutoShapes easier to use,
while PlanMaker has an improved AutoFilter and
new cell insertion functions. There are over 50 new
computation functions androundingoptions, too.

OFFICE SUITE

SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018:
Anniversary Update
http://www.freeoffice.com
Min requirements:Windows7/8.1/10, macOSor
Linux File size:114MB

IMAGE EDITOR

Paint.net 4.2

getpaint.net

Min requirements:Windows7/8.1/10

File size:8.7MB

PROGRAM LAUNCHER

Executor
http://www.executor.dk
Min requirements:Windows7/8.1/10
File size:2.1MB