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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 3rd, 2009
  • Comments: 9

Convert Photos To PDF

Converting multiple photos into single pdf documents has several advantages. A single file can be stored and managed more comfortable and it’s also easier to distribute them without running into the problem of missing photos in the process. One interesting use would be for instance to convert photos that have been taken on the last [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 8th, 2009
  • Comments: 4

Adobe Reader Security Vulnerabilities

Adobe has posted information about a known critical security vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat on Windows, Mac and Unix operating systems. According to Adobe there are reports about a limited attack on the Windows versions of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.1.3 (and most likely earlier). A patch that is fixing the issue [...]

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Categories: Adobe, Security

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 20th, 2009
  • Comments: 14

Fastest PDF File Viewer

Adobe PDF is not the fastest pdf reader that is available these days even with programs like Adobe Reader Speedup which remove some of the unneeded features. There are quite a few popular alternatives like Foxit PDF Reader which provide a similar functionality but offer faster startup and loading times.
If speed is the main issue [...]

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Categories: Adobe, Linux, Mac, Windows, firefox, software

Open and edit PDF files in OpenOffice

I get this a lot “How can I open and edit PDF files without having to purchase a costly application like QarkXPress”? Before OpenOffice extensions came about my answer to that would be “Not easily”. But now, thanks to a very useful tool created by Sun, editing a PDF file is as simple as adding [...]

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Categories: Linux, Mac, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 21st, 2009
  • Comments: 12

Convert PDF To Word And Excel

Many users who want to extract non-textual data from a pdf document help themselves by creating a screenshot of that data to embed it into their documents. While most pdf readers are nowadays capable of copying text from pdf documents they usually do lack the ability to copy more complex data like tables or drawings [...]

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Categories: Online Services

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Apr 10th, 2009
  • Comments: None

PDF Presentation Software Impressive

PDF documents are usually not used in presentations. It does happen often however that presentations are shared as pdf documents instead of the original document format which is usually created by Microsoft PowerPoint document.
Impressive is a presentation software that provides the same presentation techniques that are known from PowerPoint with the difference that it can [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Mar 30th, 2009
  • Comments: 3

Edit PDF Properties

Each pdf document contains metadata that lists the document title, document author, keyword, software the document has been created with or the date of the creation among other things. These information are usually generated automatically in the pdf editor that was used to create or modify the pdf document.
These pdf editors usually contain the means [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

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