When all changes are made, CompareMyDocs provides a download link to a final version of document that incorporates all changes. You can download and save the document back to your computer as a Word document or RichText file. The site is completely free and doesn’t require sign up.

Demo video:

Features:

• Compare, recombine and merge documents online.
• Supported document formats: .doc, .docx and .rtf.
• Compare upto 6 versions of the same document.
• Save finalized version of document as a Word or RichText file.
• Quick, simple to use, free, and no registration.
• Similar tool: CompareMyFiles.

Check out CompareMyDocs @ www.secure2.textflow.com/comparemydocs (via Webware)

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• EtherPad: Collaborate On Text Docs Online In Real-Time
• YourDraft: Create and Share Drafts Online
• XY WriteIt : Collaborate on Text Documents with Others
• WriteBoard: A Collaborative Text Editor
• WikiMatrix: Compare Wiki Platforms

You can easily typeset projects, manage and delete your resources, documents and images. There is also latex-creation output log, where you can quickly look up errors in LaTex code if a problem occurs during the generation of PDF.

Features:

• Create and manage LaTex files online.
• Preview and save documents as PDF.
• Toolbar options: add image, table, itemize, description, footnote and cite.
• Free version can be used for two small projects (limited to two documents, images and resources per project).
• Includes latex-creation output log where you can quickly look to find the error in your latex-code.
• Similar tool: MonkeyTex.

Check out Verbosus @ www.verbosus.com

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• MonkeyTex : Online LaTex Editor
• GuardarComoPDF: Convert doc, txt, rtf, jpeg, xls, ppt to PDF online
• A.nnotate: Annotate PDF, Word, Excel and Web Pages Online
• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter

To add it to your browser drag the provided bookmarklet onto your browser toolbar. When you come across a PDF file link, first click on the bookmarklet and then the link pointing to a PDF document. Almost simultaneously the PDF file will be loaded in Google’s online PDF viewer. The viewer can also open PowerPoint files (PPT and TIFF).

Features:

• View PDF files in Google’s online PDF viewer.
• Also supports PowerPoint files in PPT and TIFF formats.
• Simple and really easy to use.
• Similar tools: Issuu, PDFMeNot and Vuzit.

Get Google Docs Viewer Bookmarklet @ www.noscope.com/journal/view-pdfs-with-google-docs-viewer-bookmarklet via (blogoscoped)

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The site has an extensive library of user added documents, organized by categories (Finance, Business, Presentations, Legal Forms & Agreements), popularity, tags and the time added. While most of the documents require payment some of the documents are given away for free.

The registration is required for both selling and buying documents. Gazhoo charges 30% fee on any document sold.

Features:

• Online marketplace marketplace for legal, financial, business and other professional document templates.
• Sell all sorts of document in any file format.
• Gazhoo charges 30% fee on the gross sales.
• Search, browse and buy documents uploaded by others.
• Make and receive payments via credit card or PayPal.
• All documents are organized in categories (legal, financial, business, professional… etc), popularity and the time added.
• The registration is required for both selling and buying documents.

Check out Gazhoo @ www.gazhoo.com

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• LetterWiz: Free Sample Letter Templates
• Gazhoo: Find Legal and Business Documents
• Collection of Free Business Forms and Templates
• Tagito: Sell Documents and Digital Content Online

As a guest, you can upload files with up to 1 MB in size and 5 pages per hour. Registered users on the other hand can upload files up to 20 MB in size, store docs online, convert files in zip archives and more. The restriction for them is that only the first 5 documents are free to convert. Additional pages will cost you 0.1$ for every page.

Features:

• Convert scanned images into editable format.
• Recognizes documents in 28 languages.
• Handles documents in following formats:  PDF (files including multi-page PDFs), TIF/TIFF (Multipage TIFFs supported), JPEG/JPG, BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF and ZIP.
• Output formats: PDF, MS Word (2003/XP, MS Excel (2003/XP), HTML, RTF and TXT.
• Free, no registration required. Conver files up to 1 MB in size and 5 pages per hour.
• Register to upload files up to 20MB in size, convert zip archives, multipage PDF files, choose recognition languages and output format.
• Similar tools: FineReaderOnline, Free-ORC and OCRTerminal.

Check out OnlineOCR @ www.onlineocr.net

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• NewOCR: Recognizes Text From Images
• Free-ORC: Extract Text From Image Files
• FineReaderOnline: Web Based Image Text Extractor
• WebMarkers : Print Documents To Web

Apart from filling your own forms the tool allows anyone publish blank PDF forms online and then invite others to fill them online.

In addition to PDF files the site also allows you to upload and edit JPG, GIF and PNG images. Completed forms can be shared with others. You can either let everyone edit shared forms or keep them on view only mode.

The site offers a free account which is limited to 1 user and currently allows to save and share up to 5 blank and 50 filled forms (premium accounts with more options are available as well).

Features:

• Fill in and share PDF forms online.
• Type, write, sign, redact, whiteout, highlight and print PDFs.
• Upload and make edits on image files.
• Supported file formats: .jpg, .gif and .png.
• Share forms by forwarding a link or embedding on your site.
• Let everyone edit shared forms or keep them on view only mode.
• Free account lets you save and share up to 5 blank and 50 filled forms.
• Similar tools: PDFescape, PDFHammer and PDFVue.

Check out FillAnyPDF @ www.fillanypdf.com

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• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor

Features:

• Remove restrictions and limits from PDFs online.
• Unlock as many files as you like.
• Free and no sign up.
• Also check out a PDF Crack another online PDF unlocker.

Check out PDF Pirate @ www.pdfpirate.net

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• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor
• SplitMergePDF : Online PDF Splitting and Merging Tool

Every document is available either in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Adobe PDF format and includes detailed description about its design and purpose. In addition to that the websites features popular Word and Excel template files on the sidebar for easy access.

The various sample documents found under each section are as follows:

• Human Resources: includes common employee documents, personnel forms, human resources forms and spreadsheets that can be useful in organizing personnel in a professional office or business settings.
• Accounting: includes common accounting and financial documents, expense sheets, credit forms and spreadsheets that can be useful in a professional office or business settings.
• General Business: includes documents and spreadsheets that are helpful for organizing personal business functions such as bills, home budgets, personal banking, anti-fraud and personal income tax.
• Sales-Marketing: includes printable business documents designed to help manage sales and marketing tasks within a business organization.

Below, you can see a couple of sample documents that can be found on the website.

Sample Appraisal Form

Sample Travel Itinerary form

Features:

• Download printable sample free document templates, calendar and invitation cards.
• All sample documents are categorized as per type of document and usage.
• Easily access popular and featured Word and Excel files on the sidebar.
• Sample documents on the site are available either in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or in Adobe PDF file formats.
• Similar sites: JDSupra, DocShare and DocStoc.

Check out SampleWords @ www.samplewords.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

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• Collection of Free Business Forms and Templates
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet

Writers can upload the documents to this service and publish them in XML format. Then they can collaborate easily and also reviewers would find it easy to review the documents. There are lots of features for both writers and reviewers which further add value to the service.

Features:

• XML based online technical documents collaboration service.
• Free while in beta.
• Track comments and reviews on documents.
• Share new document versions in one click.
• Get progress reports quickly.

Check out LiveTechDocs @ www.livetechdocs.com (via WWD) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Sosius: Online Collaboration Site & Group Workspace
• ShowDocument: Live Document Collaboration in Your Browser
• Revizr: Collaborative Document Editing Tool

Browse documents (court filings, decisions, articles) contributed by law firms, law professors, interest groups, public advocates etc. Search for documents by Jurisdiction (state/federal), by subject matter and regional courts. Read embedded documents from your browser and view profiles of the contributing authors.

Features:

• Browse thousands of legal documents, newsletters and articles
• Documents contributed by law firms, private lawyers, interest groups and university professors
• Search for documents by Jurisdiction (state/federal), by subject matter and regional courts
• Find a lawyer who has worked on cases like yours with a proven record of success
• If you are lawyer, submit your documents and get noticed in the community. Sign up on the site to start contributing
• Free, no sign up for consumers

Check out JDSupra @ www.jdsupra.com

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor
• SplitMergePDF : Online PDF Splitting and Merging Tool

This site is in many ways similar to previously profiled PDF search tools like PDFgeni and Data-Sheet but also has some extra features like previewing number of pages document has, language, related tags and creation date.

Features:

• Search only PDF files online.
• Preview files before downloading. View number of pages, language of the files, related tags and creation date.
• Free, no registration needed.
• You may be also interested in our article about best sites to get free document templates.

Check out PDFind @ www.pdfind.com

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• Data-Sheet : PDF Search Engine
• ShareMiner: Search Web for Files
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool
• Google Document Search Utility

Just sign up to upload and share documents and enjoy other features like mailing the documents, downloading and rating the documents and more.

Features :

• Online document sharing community.
• Easily find, upload and share documents.
• Find business and legal document templates.
• Features like emailing, downloading and rating the documents and more.
• Free and no registration needed for searching and downloading documents.

The service is still relatively new so you won’t find everything you want there. If you’re interested in more resources check out our article on best sites to get free document templates.

Check out Docshare @ www.docshare.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Gazhoo: Sell & Buy Useful Documents Online
• Collection of Free Business Forms and Templates
• Zamzar

As you can see in the above screenshot, our site is being translated from English to Hindi.

Google’s document translator can translate variety of document types including HTML, Microsoft Word, Rich Text, OpenDocument Text and Plain Text.

Features :

• Translate any article or document to nearly 50 languages.
• Very simple and easy to use.
• Translated article can be edited as well as saved and shared.
• Supports a large number of document formats.
• You can also enter the URL for a file on the web or input a direct link to a Wikipedia article or Knol entry.
• Can be helpful in learning other languages.

Check out Translate Toolkit @translate.google.com/toolkit/list (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• What Language is This: Online Language Identifier
• NiceTranslator: Translate Text To & From 36 Languages
• Mobile Translator : Free Online Dictionary for your Mobile Phone

LoopApps lets you decide the sequence of documents in the resultant PDF file. It also allows you to send your documents to be electronically signed by you and your recipients for free. It has got some advanced features, and to use them you just need to sign up.

Features :

• Multi purpose pdf tool.
• Converts two or more PDF or other documents into a combined PDF.
• Produces PDFs of different websites you enter.
• Can be used to convert different file types into PDF.
• Customizable. Lets you decide the order of documents in the combined PDF.
• Allows you to send your documents to be electronically signed by you and your recipients for free.
• Only sign up required to use advanced features.
• Similar tools: MergePDF, SplitMergePDF, HTML to PDF Converter and PDF Generator.

Check out LoopApps @ apps.drawloop.com/loop/upload (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• PDFtoWord: Accurate PDF To Word Converter
• PDFtoExcelOnline: Convert PDF To Excel Online
• PDFTextOnline : Hassle-free PDF to Text Converter
• MediaPirate: Web Tool For Converting Files Online
• GuardarComoPDF: Convert doc, txt, rtf, jpeg, xls, ppt to PDF online

Just upload a file from your computer or from another URL, select input and output formats, enter your email and and click “Convert”. You will receive an email with the online download link for the converted file. Your file is kept for 7 days online after the conversion, so make sure you download it within this period.

Features:

• Easily convert anything to anything online.
• Supports almost all types formats including videos, audios, text documents, spreadsheets, images, archives.
• Upload a file from your computer or webpage.
• Receive the download link for the converted file in your email
• File is kept online for 7 days.
• Up to 100 MB file size limit.
• Similar converters: CometDocs, MediaPirate, YouConvertIt and Zamzar and several others.

Check out ConvertFiles @ www.convertfiles.com

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• YouConvertIt : Online File and Unit Converter
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• MediaPirate: Web Tool For Converting Files Online
• Media-Convert

Adobe PDF – pdf, ps.
Microsoft Word Document – doc, docx.
Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet – xls, xlxs.
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation – ppt, pptx, pps.
Open Office- odt, odp, sxw, sxi.

Works easy, simply go to the site, select the document you want to open and click on the “View Document”. Your document will be uploaded and opened online. You can also share your documents with others by forwarding a URL or embedding on your website or personal page.

See ViewDocsOnline in action:

Features:

• View documents online without having to install any software.
• Supported document formats: pdf, ps, doc, docx, xls, xlxs, ppt, pptx, pps, odt, odp, sxw, sxi.
• Open documents from your computer or the web.
• Share documents in many different ways (email, social networks, forums, etc.).
• Embedding supported.
• Convert your documents into PDF format.
• Similar tools: OpenItOnline and Samurajdata.se.

Check out ViewDocsOnline @ www.viewdocsonline.com

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• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates
• ThinkFree: Web Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Samurajdata.se: Online Viewer For PDF, PostScript and Word
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet
• PDF Generator: Convert Word, Excel and PowerPoint docs to PDF

To convert a PDF file, simply upload it from your computer, select the conversion format (.doc/.rtf), provide your email to receive the converted file and press “Convert”.

Features:

• Free online accurate PDF To Word converter.
• Preserves as much as possible the formatting and page layout of the original PDF file.
• Upload a PDF document from your computer and receive the converted file in your email.
• No sign up.
• Other similar converters: ConvertPdfToWord and PDFUndoOnline.

Check out PDFtoWord @ www.pdftoword.com

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Samurajdata.se: Online Viewer For PDF, PostScript and Word
• PDFUndoOnline: Convert PDF Document to Microsoft Word Online

You can also contribute to the site by uploading the forms. So if you a got a free business form or a template that is not available on the site yet then share it with others by uploading it.

Features:

• Download free business forms and templates.
• Search and browse templates by categories.
• Check out most popular and newly added forms.
• Contribute by uploading your templates.
• Free and doesn’t require any registration.
• Similar websites: DocStoc and som other in earlier published article about websites offering free document templates.

Check out FreeBusinessFormsAndTemplates @www.freebusinessformsandtemplates.com

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Peepel: Online Word and Spreadsheet
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After the fax been sent MyFax sends sender an email message stating whether the fax was successfully delievered or failed. When the fax delivery is failed MyFax attempts to resend the fax up to three more times.

Features:

• Send free fax by internet to 41 countries including US, Canada, most of Europe, China, Japan, and South Korea.
• Send 2 free faxes per day, each up to 9 pages long.
• There is a 10 MB file size limit per fax.
• Supports 178 file formats.
• No sign up needed.

Other sites to send free fax via internet are GotFreeFax, TPC, FaxZero and eFaxFree.

Check out MyFax @ www.myfax.com/free

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• Zamzar
• YouConvertIt : Online File and Unit Converter
• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile

The cool part, documents can not be copied, print-screened without the owner’s permission. Additional security measures such as screen curtain and document background watermarks are provided as well. Go ahead and check out a sample here.

How does it work?

• Enter recipient’s email, select documents on your hard drive, set permissions, expiration dates etc.
• Upload your documents, add additional notes to the files and send them.
• The recipients will receive an email with a link to view those documents. They do not need to install anything to be able to view the documents.

Feature overview:

• Secure document sharing over the net.
• All documents are kept on secure WatchDox server.
• Control who can view, copy-paste, print or forward documents.
• Track who and when opened the document and where they were opened.
• Supported document formats: doc, docx  ppt, pptx, pps  xls, xlsx, pdf, odt, odp, ods txt, rtf.
• The documents can not be copied or print-screened without your permission.
• Additional security measures like curtain and watermark are also available.
• Personal account to keep track of shared documents in one place.
• Upload up to two documents and up to 15 MBs each time.
• Storage limit is restricted to 50 MBs.
• Microsoft Outlook plug-in to send protected documents directly from Outlook available.
• Set document expiration period to anytime up to 30 days.
• Note: The application is free during beta testing period.

Check out WatchDox @ www.watchdox.com

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• Sosius: Online Collaboration Site & Group Workspace
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• Adobe Share: Store and Share Office Docs Online
• Acrobat : 5 in 1 Online Office Suite from Adobe
• WooFiles

The convention is done automatically meaning that you do not have to manually tell where each table is, the application also tries to match the appearance of converted file to original.

Features:

• Online PDF to Excel converter.
• Convert as many files as you want.
• The conversions are automatic, you do not have manually show where the tables are.
• Keeps output file similar to original as much as possible.
• Free and no registration.

If you frequently need to deal with PDF files then also read our related articleon the cool programs to merge PDFs, convert PDF to DOC, and to PDF printers.

Check out PDFtoExcelOnline @ www.pdftoexcelonline.com

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• PDFtoWord: Accurate PDF To Word Converter
• PDFTextOnline : Hassle-free PDF to Text Converter
• PDF Generator: Convert Word, Excel and PowerPoint docs to PDF

Your visitors are able to click through listed items and read item descriptions and pricing. Tagito also integrates PayPal. As a result when someone buys something from you the funds are directly sent to your PayPal account.

The site also provides you with a dashboard using which you can monitor your sales and see how well you’re adoing compared to others.

Best of all, there are no set listing fees, you get charged 10% (of the selling price) only if the item sells.

Apart from selling your documents and other type of digital downloads, you can browse Tagito site and check out listings of other users. Users may browse listed items by categories.

Features:

• Sell documents and digital content (anything you create on your computer) online.
• There is no limit on the number of items you can sell.
• Monitor your sales and compare with top-earning users.
• No set listing fees (only 10% of the price on sold items).
• Browse stuff sold by other members and see latest listings.

Check out Tagito @ www.tagito.com

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• ShareMiner: Search Web for Files
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFind: PDF Document Search Engine
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool

View files from your computer or from the web. You can navigate through pages one-by-one, rotate them left or right and zoom in/out with one click.

Click to view the larger or smaller sizes

Features:

• Online PDF, Word and PostScript viewer.
• No need for additional software or plugins.
• Preview PDF and PostScript files as browsable images.
• Preview Word documents as webpages.
• Upload files from your computer or fetch from another URL.
• Free and lightweight.
• Similar websites: OpenItOnline.

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• PDFtoWord: Accurate PDF To Word Converter
• DocuFarm: Online Document Search and Viewer
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates
• ConvertPdfToWord: PDF to Word Doc Converter

You can apply different fonts to the text sample and compare them in plain view, bold, italic and more. Change the sample text, text size, alignment, colour, decoration etc., in each of 3 text columns and see the difference.

Features:

• Compare fonts side by side online.
• Edit the sample text in the text area or insert your own text.
• Change text size, alignment, color, decoration, word space etc.,
• Apply settings from one column to another
• Free, instant comparison.
• Similar tool: FontPicker.

Check out TypeTester @ www.typetester.org

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• FontCapture: Turn Your Handwriting into Font For Free
• BitFontMaker: Online Pixel Font Creator
• 1001FreeFonts: Free Quality Fonts For Windows & Mac
• WhatTheFont: Recognize the Font from any Image

You can convert 3 pages at a time without registration, signing up for an account will lift all the limitations and won’t require you to enter the email address every time.

Here is a list of online conversions CometDocs can do:

Convert from PDF: (some conversion support OCR conversion for scanned PDF)

PDF to Open Office Writer format
PDF to Open Office Calc format
PDF to Open Office Impress format
PDF to image BMP
PDF to image JPG
PDF to image GIF
PDF to image PNG
PDF to image TIF
PDF to text
PDF to HTML
PDF to MS Word
PDF to MS Excel
PDF to AutoCAD (dwg)
PDF to AutoCAD (dxf)

Convert to PDF:

Bmp to PDF
Word (doc) to PDF
Gif to PDF
htm to PDF
html to PDF
jpeg to PDF
jpg to PDF
log to PDF
mht to PDF
mhtml to PDF
ODF to PDF
ODP to PDFODS to PDF
ODT to PDF
PNG to PDF
PPS to PDF
PPT to PDF
RTF to PDF
SDA to PDF
SDC to PDF
SDD to PDF
SDS to PDF
SDW to PDF
SXC to PDF
SXD to PDF
SXI to PDF
SXM to PDF
SXW to PDF
TIF to PDF
TIFF to PDF
TXT to PDF
WRI to PDF
XLS to PDF

Convert from XPS:

Convert to Open Office Writer format
Convert to Open Office Calc format
Convert to Open Office Impress format
Convert to image BMP
Convert to image JPG
Convert to image GIF
Convert to image PNG
Convert to image TIF
Convert to text
Convert to HTML
Convert to MS Word
Convert to MS Exsel

Other File Conversions:

Excel to CSV (XLSTOCSV)
XML to LINT (XMLLINT)
HTML to RSS (HTMLTORSS)
ASC TO PDB
ASC TO EBC
UNIX TO DOS
DOS TO UNIX
MAC TO UNIX
FIX TO DELIM
DELIM TO FIX
CSV TO DELIM
SORT FILE
PDF INFO
COMPARE FILES
MP3 INFO
FILEINFO
ICONV

Features:

• Comprehensive file and data converter app.
• Performs over 50 different file conversions, see list above.
• Non registered users can convert only 3 pages at a time.
• Registering on the site lifts all the limitations.
• Free and simple to use.
• Similar web tools: MediaPirate, YouConvertIt, Zamzar and several others.

Check out CometDocs @  www.cometdocs.com

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Features:

• Quick and easy way to collaborate on documents online.
• MS Word, Open Office, HTML, rich text and plain text files supported.
• Login with OpenID supported.
• Collaborate simultaneously or via email.
• Browser based, no software download required.
• Similar websites: ShowDocument, BookGoo and EtherPad.

Check out Revizr @ www.revizr.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• A.nnotate: Annotate PDF, Word, Excel and Web Pages Online
• XY WriteIt : Collaborate on Text Documents with Others
• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter
• wePapers: Student Paper Database to Find & Share Notes
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor

Features:

• Search free quality text fonts for windows and mac.
• Option to custom preview a font, before downloading it.
• Similar sites: Fawnt, What The Font?! and Fonts 500.

Go to 1001FreeFonts @ www.1001freefonts.com (by Srikanth from Techonaut)

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• TypeTester: Tool For Comparing Fonts Online
• Fawnt: Free Text Fonts
• Cool Text : Create Customized Logos and Buttons
• YourFonts: Creating Fonts Online From You Own Handwriting
• WhatTheFont: Recognize the Font from any Image

Users can search all document formats at once, filter results by the document type, browse them by tags, and check most downloaded, viewed and loved documents. Direct download link to each file also provided.

Features:

• Search for popular document types online: DOC, PDF, XLS and PPT.
• Search all at once or filter search results by document type with one click.
• Preview documents before downloading with inline Scribd iPaper viewer.
• Direct download link for each found document
• Browse documents by tags and view most popular documents.
• Add search plugin to to your browser search bar.
• Free, no registration.
• Similar sites: Google Document Search Utility and Brupt.

Check out DocJax @ www.docjax.com (via Labnol)

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• ShareMiner: Search Web for Files
• PDFind: PDF Document Search Engine
• Google Document Search Utility
• Brupt: Online Document Search Tool
• Zamzar

To search for documents, simply type the keyword in to the corresponding field and click “Search”, the site will redirect you onto Google search results page.

Features:

• Document searching on Google made easy.
• Lets you search for:
  – Word (DOC)
  - Adobe Acrobat (PDF),
  - Excel (XLS),
  - Powerpoint (PPT),
  - Rich text format (RTF),
  - Text-format (TXT),
  - Write-format (WRI),
  - Adobe Post Script (PS)
  - MS-DOS (BAT).
• Simple and easy to use.

Another similar site that we profiled earlier is Brupt. You may also check out a related MakeUseOf article “3 Excellent Sites to Get Free Document Templates“.

Check out Google Document Search @ www.voelspriet.nl/googledocs

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• Brupt: Online Document Search Tool
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• GuardarComoPDF: Convert doc, txt, rtf, jpeg, xls, ppt to PDF online
• DocuFarm: Online Document Search and Viewer
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates

Edited PDF files can be saved to your computer or shared with others by forwarding a link. There is also browser add-on which can automatically open any PDF link you come across on PDFVue.

Features:

• Edit and annotate PDF files online.
• Edit as many files as you want, no limit on size and number of pages.
• Upload and fill out PDF forms online.
• Browser add-on that automatically opens files on PDFVue.
• Open PDF files from your computer or any web address.
• Download and save edited PDF files to your computer.
• Share file with others by forwarding a link.
• Similar websites: PDFescape and PDFHammer.

Check out  PDFVue @ www.pdfvue.com (via Webware)

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• FillAnyPDF: Free PDF Form Fill In Tool
• WebMarkers : Print Documents To Web
• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Verbosus: Web Based LaTex Editor

Here is the list of supported formats:

- Text Documents (*.doc, *.rtf, *.odt, *.sxw)
- Presentations (*.ppt, *.pps, *.odp, *.sxi)
- Spreadsheets (*.xls, *.csv, *.ods, *.sxc)
- Images (*.jpg, *.gif, *.png)

The add-on works with Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b3pre. Once you have the add-on installed every time you get the “Open With” dialog within Firefox it will also display ”Open IT Online” option among the others. You only need to select which online service you would like to open it with

Moreover, you can set it as default for different file types.

Features:

• Opens documents, spreadsheets, images and presentations online.
• Eliminates the need of particular software.
• Shows the file size before opening it.
• Customizable defaults for each file type.
• Works with Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b3pre.
• Unable to open attachments of emails and  PDF files.
• Free and no registration.

Check out @ Open IT Online (via appscrazy.com)

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• Unlinker: Quickly See Full Images Behind Links or Thumbnails
• SiteLauncher: Launch Favorite Websites with Simple Shortcuts
• SearchBastard: Firefox Advanced Search Add-on
• MXPLAY: Music Player for the Web
• MultiLinks: Multiple Link Opener & Bookmarker

While on Shutterborg, your browser’s contextual (right-click) menu will be replaced by the editor’s new menu. To bring up the standard text box menu, you need to hold down the SHIFT key while right-clicking. Some of the handy options on the editor include: Drawing Tool, Design/Code view, Auto-Clean HTML and Quick Keys. It currently supports all common JavaScript-capable web browsers, including: Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer 6+.

Features:

• Online word processor free.
• Lets you edit PDF, Microsoft Word, rich or plain text documents.
• Handy formatting options on the editor include: Drawing tool, Design/Code view, Auto-Clean HTML, insert picture, text alignment, full screen view, highlighter color and quick keys.
• New contextual (right-click) menu for easy document editing.
• Supports all common JavaScript-capable web browsers.
• Similar tools: Google Docs and Zoho

Check out Shutterborg @ www.shutterb.org (by Srikanth AD from The Next Web)

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• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• Samurajdata.se: Online Viewer For PDF, PostScript and Word
• PDFtoWord: Accurate PDF To Word Converter
• GuardarComoPDF: Convert doc, txt, rtf, jpeg, xls, ppt to PDF online
• Google Document Search Utility

Features:

• Quick document search on Google.
• Search for Word (.doc), PowerPoint (.ppt), Excel (.xls) and PDF (.pdf) docs online.
• Free and easy to use.

If you’re looking for some kind of document template (i.e. housing contract, NDA agreement) then make sure to read previously published article on 3 Excellent Sites to Get Free Document Templates.

Check out Brupt @ www.brupt.com

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• Google Document Search Utility
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• GuardarComoPDF: Convert doc, txt, rtf, jpeg, xls, ppt to PDF online
• DocuFarm: Online Document Search and Viewer
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates

The site has a clean and user friendly interface. The registration and uploading process is quick and simple. The only problem, Docuter does not let you search or browse public documents library apart from the few that are featured on the front page.

See embedded document sample below:

Features:

• Tool for uploading documents and sharing them online.
• Upload as many documents as you need (no restrictions).
• Supporte over 200 different document formats.
• Share documents via embedding or by forwarding a link.
• Access your documents from anywhere.
• Similar website:DocStoc and Scribd.

Check out Docuter @ www.docuter.com

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• WatchDox: Secure Document Sharing Over The Internet
• Sosius: Online Collaboration Site & Group Workspace
• File123: Virtual Filing & Storage For Your Paper and Digital Files
• DocStoc: Free Online Document Templates
• Adobe Share: Store and Share Office Docs Online

From the page: “if your business or organisation requires clients to print and fill-in PDF or Word forms and documents, Doculicious can simplify the form completion for your clients, and give you the tools to track and process completed forms.

Doculicious lets you create online PDF documents that have a web form you can embed on your website or co-brand and access from doculicious.com. When someone completes the web-based form, they receive the completed PDF download, and we store the entered data into your secure account.”

Everytime someone fills out one of these forms they are also able to download and save a printable PDF copy of all entered data. The form also securely stored on your Doculicious account for further processing.

You can either create your own form using provided online form builder or optionally customize and use one of the forms provided in the site’s template library.

Moreover, your Doculicious account also lets you easily process, track and manage all filled forms. Note that free account lets you create up to 20 embeddable PDF’s with only one being active at any given time.

Features:

• Provides you with fillable PDF forms that can be embedded onto your site.
• Customize forms from template library or create one yourself.
• Get alerts when someone completes your online form.
• Easily track, manage and process form entries.
• Export user entered data from your forms as PDF or CSV.
• Free account allows up to 20 PDF’s with only one being active at a time.
• Active forms are free up to 50 submissions per month.
• Premium account with more options also available.

Check out Doculicious @ www.doculicious.com

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• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• Wufoo
• SampleWords: Free Business Document Templates & Forms
• PDFVue: Tool For Editing PDF Files Online
• JotForm: Easy Form Creation Tool

Users can add up to 10 PDF documents with a maximum of 5 MB per file. After adding the files, click on on the “Merge PDF!” button to upload and merge all the documents. The resulting file can be then downloaded and opened in the any PDF reader.

Features:

• Online PDF joiner for merging PDF documents.
• Combine up to 10 PDF files per session.
• Individual file size limit is 5MB.
• All uploaded files are removed after the merge process is finished.

MergePDF is by no means an only tool to merge PDFs other sites include PDFHammer, SplitMergePDF, PDF SplitandMerge and PDFtk.

Check out MergePDF @ www.mergepdf.net

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• WebMarkers : Print Documents To Web
• Vuzit : Online PDF Document Viewer
• ViewDocsOnline: Open Documents Online
• SplitMergePDF : Online PDF Splitting and Merging Tool
• Samurajdata.se: Online Viewer For PDF, PostScript and Word

You can manage your work flow and tasks, automate your tasks according to your requirements, manage your calender and events. get updates on what’s going on in your group work space, and much more…

Sosius is similar to Zoho and Google Docs but its gives you more features and more control then both.

Here is an overview of the main features:

• Free online workspace for collaboration with others online.
• 25 MB of free space to create and manage your information.
• Create and publish a blog within any group folder or on the web.
• Manage web databases.
• Supports live communication via chats and instant messaging.
• Project management tools like Gantt charts, reminders and tasks.
• Securely upload, download and share files and folders.
• Simple drag and drop interface.
• Manage your calender and events online.
• Allow people to see, edit or manage your information.

Check out  Sosius @ www.sosius.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• Acrobat : 5 in 1 Online Office Suite from Adobe
• WatchDox: Secure Document Sharing Over The Internet
• Omnidrive: File Storage + Document Collaboration
• iPaper@Scribd : Document Email Attachments Made Simple
• File123: Virtual Filing & Storage For Your Paper and Digital Files

Furthermore students can easily upload and manage personal papers, exams, courses and track their ongoing studies from one place online.

Feature overview:

• Search and find study notes online.
• Browse content by category, relevance, paper type, and  language.
• Communicate with others using built in messaging system.
• Interact with others, ask questions and work together.
• Manage all your papers, exams, courses in one place.
• Upload your papers in a variety of formats.
• Easily tag, categorize and personalize each paper.

Check out wePapers @ www.wepapers.com

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• Scanr: Scan, Copy and Fax Using Your Cell Phone
• File Destructor : Fake File Generator
• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• WiZiQ : Virtual Classroom

File123 comes with a free account of 50MB and lets you add your File123 account to your computer as a network drive so you can just drag and drop all your files.

Some of the cool features of File123 include:

• Virtual file storage service.
• 50 MB of free space to store all your files and documents.
• Upload files directly from your computer.
• Email your files directly to your file123 account.
• Fax in your documents to your file123 account.
• Add file123 storage as a network drive for drag and drop usage.
• Create folders and add tags for your files.
• Download your files, email them as links or email them as attachments.
• Search you files within specific folders or using tags and dates.
• Share you files with multiple recipients simultaneously
• Similar tool: Adobe Share, MiddlePost and DocStoc.

Check out File123 @ File123.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• WatchDox: Secure Document Sharing Over The Internet
• UploadGround: Upload Files to Several File Hosts at Once
• Sosius: Online Collaboration Site & Group Workspace
• OrbitFiles: Keep and Share upto 6GB of Files Online for Free
• Adobe Share: Store and Share Office Docs Online

This conversion tool allows you to convert audio files, video files, and even some office documents. Better yet, you can choose to upload files directly from your computer or grab the file directly from the URL (Youtube, Break, Veoh, Metacafe, etc).

MediaPirate offers quick and easy conversion with many features in an easy-to-use interface. You get 10 conversions per day and able to upload upto 100MB files for free. If you become a premium user and get even more features.

Advanced users can tweak files to their liking by applying different audio and video codecs, changing bitrate and resolution.

The files can be converted to a variety of formats:

Audio (any to any):

mp3, ogg, wav, wma (only decoding supported)

Video (any to any):

3g2 ,3gp, avi, flv, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, psp (only encoding supported), rm, wmv.

Office

doc to odt or pdf
xls to ods or pdf
ppt to odp or pdf
odt to doc or pdf
ods to xls or pdf
odp to ppt or pdf

Feature overview:

• Web based file converter.
• Supports huge list of file formats, see list above.
• Supported video sites Youtube, Blip.tv, Break.com, Dailymotion, LiveVideo, MetaCafe, MyVideo.de.
• Free account lets you do  10 conversions a day and upload 100MB files for free
• Desktop client and Firefox Addon are awailable.
• Convert Audio, Video, and  Office files.
• For more similar tools check out MakeUseOf converters section.

Check out MediaPirate @ www.mediapirate.org

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• CometDocs: Performs Over 50 Different File & Data Conversions
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• ConvertPdfToWord: PDF to Word Doc Converter
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• WebMarkers : Print Documents To Web