My Reality Bar makes use of Outlook's features and integrates them into a convenient, innovative menu allowing you to quickly add and view information from a tray icon. Use MRB's "Information Item" to capture all kinds of information quickly, then decide where it needs to be saved or sent afterwards. MRB will even interpret what you have typed, using keywords, to instantly recommend the appropriate item - tasks, notes, appointments, contacts, e-mail, journal items, and web sites. Download 1,071 kilobytes

AllNetic Working Time Tracker tracks how much time you spend on different projects and tasks. Time tracking can be started and stopped both manually and automatically (when the application detects that you started or stopped using the computer). Time tracking can also be "paused". Projects and tasks can be organised into hierarchical trees, thus allowing easy navigation. Download 828 kilobytes

Word Tools for Word 97 & 2k creates a toolbar of utilities in MS Word with viewing, bookmarking and editing utilities. Download 140 kilobytes

TechTav1 Macro Suite is used world-wide to replace features and automate work in Word for Windows 6/7/97/2000. It completely replaces the Master Document, AutoNumbering, AutoHeadingNumbering, Insert Captions and Insert Cross-Reference features. Because files are closed when not being edited, the Tech-Tav replacement for Master Documents does not cause resource or file-handling problems and does not corrupt documents. TechTav1 allows you to number pages, figures and tables across files. Download 249 kilobytes

Office 2000 HTML Filter When you create an HTML document in Office 2000, Office-specific markup tags are embedded in it. These tags help "round-trip" the document for editing purposes. For example, if you create the document in Word 2000 and save it as HTML, the code embedded in the document allows you to reopen the document in Word 2000 and use the same features you originally used to create the page. The Office HTML Filter lets you remove these embedded tags thus helping you to reduce the size of the document, which in turn reduces the amount of space used on Web servers as well as the time it takes to download the page. Download 265 kilobytes

SenLab is a simple label printing program designed to address the issue of getting a list of addresses quickly and neatly formatted onto your label sheets. It works by specifying the label dimensions (or using pre-formatted label templates) and then pointing at a text file of addresses. There are limited font selection and format options available but it is very adaptable to most label content requirements. Download 540 kilobytes

SoundScriber is a program for Windows 95 which aides in transcription of digitised sound files. Besides normal playback features such as those offered by the accessory Media Player (Play, FF, Rew, Pause), it also includes features specifically for transcription. These include keystrokes to control the program while working in another window (e.g. your word processor), variable speed playback, and a feature called "walking." Walking plays a small stretch of the file several times, then advances to a new piece, overlapping slightly with the previous one. With this feature, it is possible to transcribe continuously without having to manually pause or rewind the recording. Download 51 kilobytes

Note Writer - This highly unusual software allows you to use your computer like a typewriter. You can type, edit and print what you see on screen. You can print normal, bold or italics print. You can optionally include your name, address and telephone number at the top of the page. While it isn't of much use since the advent of Windows 95/98 with their free notepad software, you can also use the program to print... umm... postcards. Has a very primitive DOS interface, so it's not for the faint hearted. Download 76 kilobytes

Golden Section Notes is a well designed notebook for storing unlimited texts and graphics in a clear tree-structured form. It is ideal for storing notes, tutorials, bits of code or even entire websites. You no longer have to hunt for multiple related files scattered all over your hard disk. You can just consolidate them all in a single file. Download 837 kilobytes

TimeTechnix is good for those who need an accurate record of time worked on various projects. It automatically stops timing when you stop working and restarts when you start working again. Also, it uses a very small amount of Window's system resources. Download 72 kilobytes

Thinking Man's Thesaurus is an ideal pop-up utility for when the right word is eluding you. It includes a powerful thesaurus and a dictionary which can check the spelling of individual words as well as provide you with a list of similarly spelt words. The package includes a version of the program which automatically links to the popular freeware dictionary WordWeb (You'll need the Win3.1 version), for looking-up definitions of words. Download 810 kilobytes

ASAP Utilities is a set of free and easy to use addons for MS Excel 97 and MS Excel 2000. It contains over 300 functions to make your work easier and faster. Occasional users, might find that it takes up more memory than it is worth. Download 917 kilobytes

PackWord can compress a Microsoft Word document (.doc) file into a smaller, compressed, .doc file. The compressed .doc file is self-extracting: when loaded into Microsoft Word, the compressed document will automatically expand to the original version. You can also send it to a friend even though s/he may not have the packword.exe program. Download 526 kilobytes

Guideon - Microsoft Office applications include an identifier called a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier), which is unique to each machine. As a result, any document could be traced back to its original creator. Guideon lets you remove these identifiers from the files with no ill effects to the data. Download 69 kilobytes

Digita Organiser is a free Personal Information Manager (PIM) that looks and works just like a FiloFax®. Version 1.1 includes 'cool look' toolbars and the ability to enter email and web site addresses in the address book and supplements. If you click on an email or web site address it will automatically open up your default email software or your web browser. In addition to the usual sections such as a calendar, diary, task list and address book, it also has a range of (UK) tax related, general supplements and themes that can be used to customise Organiser to your personal requirements. Download 1,296 kilobytes

Time Stamp is a handy free utility to track time spent on various projects. Download 820 kilobytes

LogTime is an electronic timecard to keep track of your time against different charge numbers. Download 358 kilobytes

Wocar Do you have scanned pages of text that you need to type out? Try what is probably the only free OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programme around. It may not be the best in the world, but it will save you from sore fingers. Download 2,030 kilobytes

Word Outlook Mail-merge Program - This application provides an easy to use tool to merge Outlook contact information into Word documents for mail-list based printing. This application is especially designed for businesses that need to generate personalised correspondence (mail merge) on a daily basis or to large contact lists. WOMP uniquely combines the power of Word with the utility of Outlook to provide real solutions. Download 298 kilobytes

Spread32 is a tiny spreadsheet program that competes pretty well with the big guns. Workbooks have 256 columns x 65536 rows x 255 worksheets. You get all the arithmetic operations you expect with over 300 functions for engineering, interest calculations, scientific work, and you can create your own formulae with more than 255 characters. It may not have the ability to make fancy graphs, but when it comes to number-crunching this little powerhouse will surprise you. Download 191 kilobytes

Free Translator is a freeware translator that supports English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and German. It's very useful to translate phrases or not too long text files. You need to be connected to the internet to translate. Download 233 kilobytes

Mega Hyper Edit 3.18 is a Win 95/98/NT scratch pad, note minder and rich text editor designed to help organise information. MHE also has a host of interesting peripherals - like a built-in ToDo list and Address Book. MHE is useful as a continuous log or journal to keep track of miscellaneous bits of information as they floated around - particularly chunks of text, bibliographical stuff, and snippets of code. Download 592 kilobytes

MetaPad is a small, fast and completely free text editor for Windows 9x and Windows NT. It has all of Microsoft Notepad's features along with many rather useful extras. It is smaller than Notepad and maybe even a bit faster! I've replaced Notepad on my system with MetaPad. Download 22 kilobytes

MDB Recover PW - Password protecting an Access database will keep casual users out and keep your data fairly secure. However, you may occasionally forget a password, especially on an old database or a database whose use is infrequent. For those instances, you can download this tool to fix your problem. This application works on Access 97 databases, and should work on Access 95 and Access 2000 databases; but it requires Access 97 or later to execute. Download 42 kilobytes

Euromat Calculator - Euromat is a freeware office and currency calculator with many functions. It calculates the Euro with changeable currency rates, tax and discounts. It is also an Excel macro recorder with a library and a layout designer. After downloading you can start the Euromat without any installation. Recommended if you have anything to do with finance and/or Excel. I certainly don't. Download 188 kilobytes

Pop-up Thesaurus - Simply right-click on any word in a Word 97 document, choose "Thesaurus" from the shortcut menu, and you will be presented with a pop-up menu listing synonyms and antonyms for the selected word. Office 2000 users don't need this utility. Download 397 kilobytes

The Enhanced Font List - makes selecting fonts in Word 97 fast and easy. No longer do you have to remember what "Noveau" or "Enya Bold Serif" looks like. The Enhanced Font List provides you with a complete list of all installed fonts and displays them as they will look in your document or template. Enhanced Font List is now also available for Excel 97 and PowerPoint 97. Office 2000 users don't need this utility. Download 421 kilobytes

NoteTab Lite - Windows Notepad is a complete waste of time. NoteTab Lite is a freeware substitute that has all the features you could ask for in an ASCII editor. Besides good text handling abilities and autoscrolling, it it can be used in HTML editing and has more than 125 "smilies" for chatting or emailing. Download 1,012 kilobytes

Spell Checker - If you are as particular about spellings as I am, then you'll want to download this utility which can conduct a spell check in any windows application. Besides, you can download many language dictionaries so you're not stuck with English(US) by default. By the way, if you find a spelling error anywhere in these pages, please inform me pronto so that I can have a sleepless night! Download 137 kilobytes. Individual dictionaries are about 300 - 400 kilobytes. This server is sometimes unavailable. If it doesn't work the first time, try again the next day.