The following is a list of programs that I suggest to students as possible subjects for writing software documentation. Some lack documentation; some have help files; some have documentation but they could be documented for specific users. You can select from the following list of programs for your users guide. All these programs are free. In many cases you download them from the homepages of the programmers.
Popularity: « = has been used at least once ««««« = students love this program
A small utility which stores notes (pieces of text) and which features alarm, calendar, search, print, and export functions.
Possible users: students who take notes on their laptops during class, office manager of a veterinary clinic who takes notes on patients, writers who have flashes of inspiration...
Office and currency calculator; calculates the Euro, tax, discount, brackets, macro recorder, multi-lingual, time calculator, etc.
Possible users: residents of countries in the European Union, sales persons for an online retailer selling world wide using the Internet; travel agents who need to field questions from clients about currency exchange; currency exchanger who buys and sells currency for a profit...
Mémo Friends Popularity: ««««
Excellent address and data book with notification of upcoming dates.
Possible users: greeting card shop owners who want to remind their employees of holidays so they can in turn remind customers; spouses who need to remember important birthdays and other events...
ZIPonaut «
Create jewel case labels with contents of ZIP drives.
Handy address book program with copy to Clipboard feature.
PneuCalc «
Engineer’s calculator to properly size pneumatic valves and cylinders.
Text file reader, supports rhythmic & speed reading, etc.
Easy-to-use Information Manager.
To-Do List v1.16 «««««
Simple, small, fast utility that does one thing-- manage your to-do list.
Keep track of the repairs to your vehicles.
NoteKeeper ««
NoteKeeper is a multi-functional hierarchical information manager, allowing all your data to be grouped into flexible virtual folders enabling easy, intuitive access at all times with all the convenience of just one file to handle!
VeriTime is a task/activity time tracking application. It enables you to keep track of time spent in a task or activity and to record a description of the action performed.
Tracks how much time you spend on different projects and tasks. Thanks to precise time tracking and accounting you can quickly and precisely calculate time spent on different tasks.
150 Capital city quizzes, 120 Chemistry and Periodic Table quizzes, 20 Astronomy picture-quizzes and 10 questions about the speed of light for middle and high school students
SDG, Inc. - Comprehensive Window Glass Design PLUS
A program to record scores for Ready-Writing Competition. Needs this file too:
Macron software - Euro Converter
Euro Converter is a smart, compact and powerful Euro based currency
converter. And, best of all, is not only FREE, but also Open Source
with GNU license. Euro Converter is available for all Macintosh
platforms (68k, PPC and X) and, also in a Windows version enhanced for XP but
fully compatible with Windows 98 and ME.
Gabriele de Simone (both the programs below may be found at this location)
Address Pad
A simple contact manager to help you manage addresses, phone numbers, email and homepage URLs of your friends without resorting to more complex (and cluttered) applications.
e Press
ePress creates standalone electronic business cards (eCards), which can be distributed on conventional media or over networks to facilitate exchange of personal information.