Helpful Links
Great Web Sites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Free Online Learning at GCFLearnFree
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/default3d.aspx
Office 2003 Tutorials
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/office_tutorials.php
MS Word 2003 Help
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/FX100649261033.aspx
Free Online Tutorials
Office 2007 Tutorials
http://www.officetutorials.com/
MS Office Tricks and Customizations
http://www.investintech.com/articles/mscustomization/
Free MP3 Audio Books
Librivox
LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening.
Free Software Links
OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
The faster, secure alternative to Internet Explorer. Firefox 3 is a standards-based browser that has many built-in security features plus add-ons to make your browsing experience safer and more pleasurable.
OpenDisc is a high quality collection of open source software (OSS) for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
The two main goals of the project are:
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To provide a free alternative to costly software, with equal or often better quality equivalents to proprietary, shareware or freeware software for Microsoft Windows.
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To educate users of Linux as an operating system for home, business and educational use.
The OpenDisc Project web site has links to download a DVD of OpenDisc or a CD of the OpenEducation Disc. The downloaded ISO files required CD/DVD burning software and a blank CD or DVD.
The majority of programs featured on OpenDisc are also available on Linux.
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, an online batch-processing system, a mass production image renderer, or an image-format converter. GIMP is modular, expandable, and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image-manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. Requires GTK+. Download it from here or get it from the OpenDisc Project DVD. GTK+ is available on the OpenDisc DVD and the OpenEducation CD.
Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. It is virus and spyware-free. Download and burn a copy on to a single CD-R. Give new life to an older computer that's been running slow. Best with a direct high-speed Internet connection.
Disposal of electronic equipment such as older computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, etc., is becoming a larger problem every day. It is increasingly common that you may have to pay to properly dispose of many types of older equipment.
http://www.usedcomputer.com/nonprof.html