Software for your Desktop PC

Desktop PC software are actually collection of sets of computer programs that help you perform various functions on your desktop PC. They are designed to facilitate various activities related to work and entertainment like creating and editing documents, presentations, modifying pictures, watching videos and listening to audio among various other activities.

Categories of software:
We can categorize various desktop PC software under four different categories.

Office software
Office software are software that helps us perform work related activities. The most commonly used office software are various e-mail clients, word processors, presentation programs, web browsers, spreadsheets, and illustration software.

• OpenOffice.org
This is a very useful desktop PC software which helps in word processing. It is available in over 25 different languages. It can create, format and save documents, and also supports flash export.


• Mozilla Firefox
Firefox is a free open source internet browser which makes browsing the Internet easier, more efficient and secure.


Software for DTP, Graphic designing and web authoring:
Vector graphics editors, web authoring software, desktop publishing programs and image manipulation programs are some useful software that are used by people working in such areas.

• The GIMP:
GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP is a graphics editor which can process digital photos and graphics. This desktop PC software helps in image formatting and resizing, creating logos, image coloring, deleting unwanted features of images and many other functions.

Productivity software:
Some important software in this field are -

• Bibus:
This is a reference management software which has been designed for OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Word. It helps in formatting the bibliographic index of Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org Writer.

• Open Work Bench:
This is a free and open source project management software that is used by more than 100,000 users. It can be run on Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista.

Utility programs:
The popular utility software are as under:

• Antivirus:
Antivirus software removes all unwanted and harmful data from your PC. These desktop PC software also help protect the computer from harmful programs. .

• Pop Tray:
It is an e-mail notifier. It can manage an unlimited number of e-mail accounts, it allows quick preview of messages, and also offers other features which help in managing various email accounts easily.

• Spamihilator:
This is an e-mail filtering software. It works as a middleman between the e-mail client and Internet. It blocks junk mails without disturbing your work.