Text-based Programs for Windows 95/98/NT

StarOffice 62.42MB
A fully featured office productivity suite comprising professional word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, graphics, web publishing, scheduling, database, & management applications, and which is Microsoft Office compatible.

Cetus CWordPad 1.57MB
Word processor, with multi-language spell checker, thesaurus & extra help.

Pad 996kB
Terrific replacement for NotePad, with BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, WMF, etc viewer.

ReadPlease 2000 6.82MB
Superb text-to-speech program with 4 voices, speed/pitch control, volume, etc.

cgEdit 1.69MB
Tremendous MDI ASCII editor with spell checker, unlimited filesize, macros, etc.

NoteTab Light 1.19MB
Superb NotePad replacement; essential!

Babylon 8.02MB+
Fly-over dictionary and language translator which can handle individual words & phrases in English, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese or Spanish (dictionaries are between 3~4MB each in addition to the main download).

WordTabs  1.33MB
Deluxe ASCII & RTF editor; multiple language-dictionaries, multiple large files, etc.

Programmer’s File Editor 608kB
Superb ASCII text editor with macros, keyboard mapping, etc.

Xpert WoRD 4.46MB
WYSIWYG word processor, MDI interface, etc but no spell checker.

JankPad 1.17MB
ASCII text editor with unlimited filesize, MDI, etc; handles TXT, HTML, JAVA, etc.

BK ReplaceEm 572kB
Powerful text string replacement utility which works across batches of files, creates groups for repeat search-and-replace exercises, recurses directories, etc.

Dictionary 2000 2.71MB
Translate individual words between any two of 11 languages (English, French, German, Russian, Polish, Latin, Swedish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish & Italian); includes synonyms.

Information Manager 2.11MB
Control the handling of pieces of information; like notes, programming code fragments, technical information, e-mails, URLs, address information, contact information, recipes, computer tips, etc.

NoteMaid 54kB
Tiny ASCII/ANSI text & binary editor with no filesize limit, file split/join, etc.

tfmEditor 488kB
ASCII/RTF editor with unlimited filesize, word processor features, e-mail, etc.

TxE2000 1.56MB
RTF word processor handles large filesize, has image viewer, find/replace, undo, etc but lacks spell checker.

EditPad 291kB
ASCII text editor, multi docs, read/write UNIX/Mac formats, etc. Postcardware.

Cobpad Plus 269kB
Replaces NotePad plus HTML, e-mail, multi document, system file edit, etc.

STextViewer 912kB
Excellent NotePad replacement; features ASCII & RTF formats plus unlimited filesize and MDI (multiple document interface).

DomiNOTE 181kB
Simple to use ASCII text editor, features virtually unlimited document size.

ActionOutline Light 689kB
Organize your bits of information in a tree-outline form like Explorer. Advertiser supported.

Pad 787kB
Great NotePad replacement, with ANI, BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, WMF & EMF viewer.

Mega Hyper Edit 641kB
Maintains a continuous record of various pastings and scribblings, stored in Rich Text File (RTF) format and loaded automatically on program start.

Text Tally 400kB
Utility to count the number of words and characters in any text which is copied to the Windows’ Clipboard.

Nice Notes 327kB
A small utility which stores notes (pieces of text) and which features alarm, calendar, search, print and export functions.

NextPad 219kB
Terrific NotePad replacement, large filesize, font selection, replace function, etc.

 
Cetus FloppyWord 1.29MB
Multi-language word processor; can only access/save to floppy disks.

Multi-Edit Evaluation  2.51MB
Programmer’s text editor for HTML, PAS, COBOL, JAVA, etc.

The mdonut text editor 263kB
ASCII & RTF text editor with large filesize capability, undo feature, etc.

WnBrowse 146kB
Multifunction text and hex file viewer; can read text files up to 120MB!

WordWeb 4.27MB
A powerful thesaurus/dictionary; worth the download.

metapad 17kB
Tiny NotePad replacement with extra features, but 33kB filesize limit and no MDI.

LightningSearch 231kB
Multiple-file text search/replace utility; with file filter & recursive features.
Textview 28kB
View any file in text format including binary; lots of options, handy.

Text Deformer 145kB
Approximately 70 ways to change, deform, encrypt & randomize text; with macro facility, database of facts, boiler plate, etc.

Cetus CNotePad 1.11MB
ASCII text editor with multi-lingual spell check & MDI, 33kB filesize limit!

NorthTech Edit 99 198kB
Basic ASCII & RTF text editor with almost unlimited filesize; small and fast.

Vim 435kB
Powerful UNIX-style (Vi clone) text editor, very suitable for programming.

All-Purpose Spell Checker (APSC) 897kB
Universal spell checker, but no custom dictionary.

SlangWrite 5.57MB
Interesting Java-powered basic word processor with multi-language capabilities (only English is free) but no spell checker.

MiniNotes 47kB
A simple note and reminder program; handy and effective.

 
QuickNotes 0.99MB
Not just a ‘sticky notes’ app, simple but really useful.

FreeBase 2.65MB
Handy database for memos and notes.

YourSpell 536kB 
ASCII editor with multi-language spell checker functionability.

Vizual Einstein 32 3.13MB
Note outliner and database for ideas/concepts; excellent!

Notebook 215kB
ASCII text editor, with macros, print preview, font selection, etc.

Yeah Write 1.0MB
Word processor type program with spell checker.

Mr Notes 26kB
Sticky notes-type desktray program; leave yourself a message.

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