GroupDocs is a site that lets you sign up for a free account. Free account users can upload documents until up till 1GB of storage is reached or 50 documents have been uploaded. Supported file formats include nearly all of the commonly used digital document formats.

In case you want to share your uploaded documents with peers in another format, you can use the built-in “Convert” option in the app.

Documents can be shared through the “Share” option and then typing in the email address of the recipients. You can also copy the links of the documents and share them directly.

In case you do not have document reading software installed, you can simply click on a document and it will be loaded for reading in the app’s own interface.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you back up and share documents online.
• Supports a wide range of file formats.
• Converts documents.
• Loads up documents online for reading.
• Similar tools: SurDoc, Humyo and TagMyDoc.

Check out GroupDocs @ www.groupdocs.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Of course, nothing is set in stone that this will actually recover your data. Before you give up however, you need to try this method, because if it does work, you will save yourself many hours of work.

Generally, there are four methods to extract the corrupt data, but this app actually adds two more, increasing your chances of success.

Features:

• Uses the four popular methods, plus two addition ones to extract data.
• If it works, could save hundreds of hours and possible recover irreplaceable data.
• Does all the methods of recovery in one app, instead of using a different one for each.
• Works in all forms of Windows from XP to Windows 7.

Find Excel Recovery @ sourceforge.net/projects/corruptexcelrec

This is the beauty of InSync, an app that lets you sync your Google documents across all your devices. Insync’s desktop client lets you add documents to a shared folder within your documents folder, and have them load to your Google Docs account.

You can also share your files to your coworkers much like Dropbox, which then allows them to edit those shared files via GDocs. Users can also set up file permissions, nested sharing, and individual file sharing. Unlike Dropbox, your Google storage becomes your online file manager for InSync, where you can also add multiple Google accounts.

InSync is a useful tool for anyone who needs the usefulness of Dropbox with the extra convenience of Google Docs.

Features:

• Desktop client that syncs file to Google Docs.
• Lets you edit files from Google Docs.
• Allow multiple Google accounts.
• Individual file sharing available.
• Uses Google’s Storage Service.
• Facebook Feed For Files Coming Soon.

Check out Insync @ https://www.insynchq.com

SurDoc is a web service that offers people a free backup option for their digital documents. You start by creating an account on the site and then downloading its desktop client for Windows. Through the desktop client you can figure out the document syncing options and set up automatic synchronization. Your documents are uploaded to your account and can be read anywhere you have access to your SurDoc account in the site’s own reading interface. The ability to create folders and sort documents into them helps you keep things organized.

The service offers 10GB of free storage to its users and accepts all document file formats.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you back up digital documents online.
• Offers a desktop clients for Windows.
• Offers an online reading interface.
• Similar tools: Humyo, TagMyDoc.

Check out SurDoc @ www.surdoc.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

You can invite an unlimited number of other users to edit the document with you. Users can subscribe to a document to be alerted whenever a change is made. This way, you will always be in the loop with what your collaborators are doing to the document. If you are working with a large document, they will have a convenient table of contents feature.

You can also export any file created in the application to other formats. These formats include PDF, ODT, RDF, EPUB, HTML, Markdown and more. You can also use the tools in the application in other applications because the code is open source.

Features:

• Simple to navigate.
• Invite any number of users to collaborate with you.
• Can be alerted when someone makes a change to a document.
• Table of contents to navigate large documents.
• Code can be used in other applications.

Find Substance @ Substance.io

Gelatin is a Mac app that allows you to compile different PDF files into one merged PDF file, enabling you to not only save time but also storage space and keep things organized.

Using the service is simple and easy. All a user has to do is drag and drop the PDF files they want to merge, after which the app fires up and takes care of the rest. You can specify the location where the merged files will be saved and rename it.

Features

• Free app.
• Simple and user-friendly.
• Drag and drop interface.
• Automatic file handling.
• Easily merge PDF files.
• Similar tools: FoxyUtils.
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Check out Gelatin @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gelatin/id468374949?mt=12 (by Hammad from Technically Digital)

TagMyDoc is a web service that helps you share your documents with people quickly and more conveniently. The site lets you upload and tag digital documents; it then generates download URLs for these documents. The URL is encoded into a QR code that you can share with smartphone owners. People who own a smartphone can easily scan the code and download your document.

At the time of a presentation, you can simply provide everybody with the presentation’s QR code for them to download the file later. You can also set a password for files. Downloads of your files are tracked and displayed on the dashboard. The site offers free as well as premium packages; to try out the service, you should check out the free package that supports individual file uploads of 2MB and provides an overall storage space of 1GB after you sign up for an account.

File formats that you can upload to the site include jpg, tiff, png, bmp, gif, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, and pdf.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you upload documents.
• Generates QR codes to download documents.
• Supports various file formats.
• Lets you organize uploaded documents into folders.
• Similar tools: QRHacker, Zxing Decoder Online, TrakQR and Qodify.

Check out TagMyDocs @ www.tagmydoc.com by MOin from Thumb Press)

DocRaptor is a web service that helps you create PDF and XLS files. The site lets you post HTML codes into the site’s interface and then it generates corresponding PDF or XLS files for you. But before you do all this you will need to create an account on the site. DocRaptor offers its users a free account that lets you create up to 5 documents per month. There are premium accounts as well ranging from $15 per month to $149 per month; all premium accounts come with a 30-day free trial.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Converts your code to PDF and XLS.
• Lets you convert up to 5 documents per month for free.
• Offers 30 day free trial on all premium packages.

Check out DocRaptor @ www.docraptor.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

Fortunately Doocuments is a cool app-on-the-cloud that provides enterprise-grade features to protect and manage your documents.

Doocuments’ list of VIP document features mainly focuses on collaboration and online security, including access certification, content legal certification, integrity authentication, granual content policies, watermarks, document expiry dates, watermarks, and more. While these features are hardly used by the masses, integrating them can benefit companies immensely.

Doocuments essentially turns your files into smart documents, allowing companies to run smoother and more effectively. This tool is ideal for office managers and information systems specialists who need an online solution for needed features that are otherwise hard to implement.

Features:

• Handles VIP documents on the cloud.
• Free and paid options available. Free version available with no stripped-down features.
• Check online security and analytics of documents.
• Analytics and viewing data available.
• Quick service demo from the homepage.

Checkout Doocuments @ www.doocuments.com

It is a web service that offers its users various online collaboration tools, where you would normally find sites that offer dedicated app collaborations such as viewing videos with friends, sharing documents with team members, etc. LiveMinutes integrates all of these apps into a single interface. All you need to do is create an account on the site and then share the link given to you by the site. Visitors to the link can take part in collaborative apps with you, such as a whiteboard, documents, maps, videos, Skype, and library tools. If you do not want to save your work on the site, you can use it without creating an account as well.

Features:

•  A user-friendly web service.
•  Lets you collaborate on apps with friends.
•  Offers various collaboration apps.
•  Lets you use the site without creating an account.

Check out LiveMinutes @ www.liveminutes.com/oneclick (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)