March 9, 2010
Last month we took a look at the Nuance PDF Reader, a desktop app which can convert your PDF document into its Word, Excel or Rich Text equivalent. A few readers liked the conversion bit among its features. A few of them also put in a good word for another free PDF reader. No, it’s [...]
February 23, 2010
A few PDF tools have succeeded in carving out some space from Adobe’s omnipresent software ““ the Adobe Reader. Is Adobe rueing the fact that they made the PDF document format open? We wouldn’t know, but the openness has brought popularity and made the PDF format the de facto way to exchange files across all [...]
January 24, 2010
I find myself being obsessed with eBooks lately — probably because I’ve just entered the world. But while making my first steps, I keep discovering new and impressive feats. In the past, we’ve already talked about stripping Mobi and PRC files of their DRM protection (read: restriction), where to find free eBooks, and reviewed Calibre, [...]
January 10, 2010
Windows users are familar with FoxIt Reader; we mentioned it when we talked about light alternatives to Adobe Reader. It’s a lightweight, closed-source but free alternative to Adobe PDF Reader which ““ unlike Adobe Reader ““ loads up instantly. It’s pretty snappy when compared to Adobe’s infamously bloated reader. Linux users probably aren’t family with Foxit, however, because [...]
December 10, 2009
So you don’t want to spring for Adobe Acrobat Pro? I can empathize as it is really expensive and in today’s economy we shouldn’t be spending money when we don’t have to. What do you do when you need to create a PDF or convert a PDF to word document? That is why I am about [...]
November 6, 2009
The world of business is a tough one indeed. Anyone will tell you that. From the guys at the top earning billions per year to the lowly freelancer, tucked away in a small home office. The big jobs are often the easiest. There’s nothing like landing a huge contract or finishing off that job you [...]
June 27, 2009
This 2.2 MB file sure packs a wallop! Have you ever had a PDF file that you needed to convert to an editable Word document? Your boss is yelling at you to copy and paste 500 pages from a PDF into a Word document and you are scared that you will have to type this [...]
September 27, 2008
While looking for some portable apps to add to my USB drive I came across really cool utility for working with PDF files. The app is called PDFTK Builder. It’s a standalone program (so you can carry it around on your USB driver) that allows you to: – Merge multiple PDF files into one – [...]
August 20, 2008
I am a lifelong fan of Adobe PDF files but I am unwilling to pay a minimum $300 for Adobe Acrobat. I would much rather look around for free open-source alternatives and today I found a nice little software tool that allows you to take a PDF file and split it up into lots of [...]
August 17, 2008
Everything that isn’t already online is going online these days. Even our banks, government sectors, health clubs, universities, grocery stores, you name it, have websites. What’s the one thing they have in common? They all have downloadable PDF forms. You want to join the gym? Here’s a PDF form for you to fill and you’re [...]
