RISC OS Free Software

An evolving collection of the most useful freeware and public domain software

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  • See    WORD PROCESSING & DESKTOP PUBLISHING
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    AntiWord Application to display Microsoft Word files 0.34 Web Zip
    See Run
    armTeX RISC OS version of Donald Knuth's powerful TeX typesetting system 3.14159 release 3 Web See
    ConvText Powerful utility for performing complex script-based search-and-replace operations on text files; helpful for standardising spellings and converting from one text-based format to another 1.20 32-bit Zip
    See Run
    ExtBdr Extract Draw file frame borders from Impression documents 1.00 Dev Zip
    See Run
    Font Manager II Possibly the world's cheapest font manager!
    ($2 shareware fee)
    1.20 Dev Zip
    See Run
    GhostScript RISC OS version of the PostScript/PDF interpreter and viewer, with associated tools 7.03 32-bit Web Zip
    See Run
    GView Front-end which turns GhostScript into a full Wimp-based PostScript previewer 1.40 32-bit Web Zip
    See Run
    PS2PDF A drag-and-drop GhostScript front-end for converting PostScript files into Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents .004 32-bit Web Zip
    See Run
    Impression Junior Simple word processor/DTP package (predecessor to Impression Style): functional, but not wholly compatible with modern systems (do not use in modes with more than 256 colours!) 1.19 Web Zip
    See Run
    Impressive An easy-to-use button bar featuring over eighty different controls which will make Impression perform its functions quickly and accurately, without you having to do anything more!
    (Formerly commercial software, now free!)
    2.13 Dev
    Zip See
    LaBella Print labels from CSV files, with a comprehensive range of options and facilities (e.g. each line can be in a different colour and/or font, superimposition of graphics, print preview, partial file printing, etc.) 2.02 32-bit Dev
    Zip See
    Ovation Pro Fully functional demo of the powerful desktop publishing (DTP) package with extensive scripting language and many advanced features; latest version can load Impression documents 2.70 32-bit Dev Zip
    See Run
    NudgePal applet An Ovation Pro applet that adds a palette which allows the selected objects to be nudged into a new position by use of arrow buttons
    Note: requires Ovation Pro version 2.61 or later
    1.06 Dev
    Zip See
    PageSize applet An Ovation Pro applet that allows the list of available page sizes to be expanded and edited
    Note: requires Ovation Pro version 2.67 or later
    1.00 Dev
    Zip See
    PastePos applet An Ovation Pro applet that allows objects to be cut or copied to the clipboard and pasted back into documents at the same x and y page positions from which they were taken (supports multiple clipboards)
    Note: requires Ovation Pro version 2.64 or later
    1.01 Dev
    Zip See
    Scroller script A simple Ovation Pro script that sets up a key macro to allow the Grabber tool to be selected with a key-press
    Note: the Grabber applet must also be installed
    1.00 Dev
    Zip See
    Script Language Reference Guide StrongHelp-format hypertext documentation of Ovation Pro's script language, useful for anyone wanting to extend Ovation Pro with new applets (if using the 'Run' icon to the right, ensure that your computer has 'seen' a copy of StrongHelp) 1.04 Dev Zip
    See Run
    PDF Viewer for Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files 2.01.1.11 32-bit Web Zip
    See Run
    PSUtils A collection of page imposition tools for PostScript files 1.16 Web Zip
    See Run
    Text>Draw Converts a string of text into Draw format, enabling the annotation of Draw files with more complex text than the simple entry of text in Draw itself allows; the text string may contain up to six outline font styles, and supports multi-line super- and sub-script production 1.06 32-bit Dev Zip
    See Run