Web User - UK (2020-02-05)

This fortnight’s topnewsoftware downloads to help youmake

themost ofyour PC,and they’reall FREE

It’simportanttotakeregularbreakswhenworkingonyour

PC,butit’seasytoforget.Stretchlyalertsyoutotakea 20

secondmicrobreakeverytenminutes,anda fullfiveminute

breakafter 30 minutes,althoughyoucancustomisethisand

skipbreakswhenneeded.It offersseveralideasfortasksto

doduringeachpause.Thelatestreleaseletsyouseta volume

forbreaksounds,andseta timeafterwhichbreakswillpause.

If yourcomputerstartsslowingdownorfreezing,it’s
probablybecausea particularprocessis hoggingresources.
A taskmanagersuchasFiltrationcanhelptoidentifythe
culprit,showingyouwhichprocessis toblameandwhether
it’smakinglotsofread/writeoperationsortransferringlarge
files.Filtrationcanfilteroutitemsthataren’tcurrentlyreading
orwritinganything,andcanexcludeGoogleChromeentirely.

TASKMANAGER

Filtration
bit.ly/filt494
Minrequirements:Windows7/8/10
Filesize:622KB

BREAK-TIMEREMINDER

Stretchly

bit.ly/stretch494

Minrequirements:Windows7/8/10,macOSorLinux

Filesize:90.4MB

NewWindows 10 Appp

GreenshotScreencapture

bit.ly/gshot494

Filesize:4.64MB

Windows 10 comeswithitsown

screenshot-capturetool– Snip&

Sketch– buttherearebetter

third-partytools,suchasGreenshot

(getgreenshot.org). Thisapplication

is anunofficialportofthattooland

letsyouquicklygrabthefullscreen,

a windowora regionofyour

desktop.Youcanthenannotate,

highlightorhidepartsoftheimage,

andsave,print,emailoruploadit to

anysupportedsite.

Best Free Software

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AlterPDF is a collection of free tools that let you convert a PDF to a JPEG (and vice
versa), extract text and images, merge multiple PDF files into one document and
split a single PDF into multiple files. You can also rotate, crop and remove content,
encrypt, decrypt or sign a document, and change a PDF’s metadata. AlterPDF 4
offers new conversion options, an improved PDF engine and a speedier crop-and-
rotate feature.

PDF EDITOR

AlterPDF 4
http://www.alterpdf.net
Min requirements: Windows 7/8/10 File size: 15.7MB