Looking for software that won’t break the bank? \u00a0Some free options to the expensive big boys? \u00a0So this is not my typical type of post but it is something to look at. \u00a0I have used some of these but not all of these, \u00a0 I have looked for options to some of the big boys and found a few of these very helpful and I hope you do to.<\/p>\n
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\nInstead of Microsoft Publisher or Adobe InDesign, try Scribus<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstead of Microsoft Outlook try Mozilla’s Thunderbird<\/a><\/strong> use the Lightning extension to add calendar feature.
\nInstead of Intuit’s Quicken and QuickBooks Pro try AceMoney Lite or GnuCash<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstead of Adobe Photoshop try GIMP<\/a><\/strong>, Artweaver or MyPaint, Inkscape<\/a><\/strong>, or Blender.
\nFor Video editors try Live Movie Maker<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstead of Internet Explorer try Chrome<\/a><\/strong> or Firefox<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstead of Windows Media Player try VLC<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstead of iTunes try DoubleTwist<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstead of Microsoft Project try ProjectLibre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n