Some Useful Free Softwares for Writing Papers

The other day, in thesis methodology class, one of my friend showed me some really helpful FREE softwares that one could use for writing papers.

a. Q10 - Being a person who's just so easily distracted, I was especially delighted with 'q10' -an answer to my prayers. It's an editor that blanks out the rest of the screen and makes you just focus on the text that you're writing on. It also has features such as alarm clock that you can set so that you can finish a set amount of words in the allocated time and keeps track of your progress.

b. Free mind- this is a rather good programme for those people who like to do mind mapping.

c. Jabref - a software that helps you to keep track of bibliographies. You can also link PDF files to the database. I think it takes a fair bit of memory space cos it does slow down the computer. Nevertheless, it's very helpful.

d. LaTex - This software brought me back to the time when I was studying computer programming. Had to use this in our Computer science department to write our big papers. It's not WYSIWYG and it does require one to be a bit more technical. Nevertheless, it's really really awesome programme for writing huge papers and books. The beauty of this is that you don't have to worry about formatting and all you have to do is to just concentrate on the texts! Am planning to get reacquainted with this programme during the holidays - am thinking that it might be useful for writing thesis.