The Text-Documents category on AppGetters

WinMerge compares files and folders, showing differences in a visual layout so changes can be inspected and merged

Want to write without menus, notifications and toolbars pulling at your attention

When you need to read a PDF on a shared PC or from a USB drive, Sumatra PDF Portable can open it without a conventional installation

Need to turn a PDF into Word, merge a few files or make one small enough to email

Need a PDF from a program that has no Save as PDF option

Programmers and writers who move between Windows PCs can keep an editor and its preferences together in one portable folder

A full-screen workspace with its controls tucked out of sight is what FocusWriter offers writers

Designing a newsletter or flyer on a PC where you can’t install software

Need to turn anything you can print into a PDF, then edit, secure or email it

A fullscreen text editor with a stripped-down writing surface keeps the tools out of view in WriteMonkey

Need to break a long PDF into parts or join several into one, without uploading them anywhere

The main window centers on a list of documents to convert and controls for choosing an output format

Excel’s added ASAP Utilities tab organizes supplementary tools into categories alongside the spreadsheet

The document window keeps open text files in tabs, so notes, logs, and configuration files can stay together while you work