freeware, shareware and open-source software
A well designed 'WYSIWYG' HTML web/email composer (PC/Mac).
Browser/editor/email client all-in-one, rather like the old Netscape Suite
For PC or Mac: it does just about everything that Microsoft's product does, and you can also use it to open Word, Excel, Powerpoint docs (nearly flawlessly), and export into those formats or as PDFs.
A powerful image editor for Windows (amazingly comparable to another product that you've probably heard of). NOTE: Their home page is staked out with large commercial downloads for other products. Look for the discreet link to the actual free download of PaintNET.
Another Windows image editor, useful for simple adjustments and batch processing, rather like (but not quite as versatile as) ...
for
Macs
VideoLAN Media Player (for PC/Mac): it plays just about anything, and lets you convert video formats, save screen shots etc
Sound
recorder
and
editor
for
PC or Mac
