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Preview PDF Files In Windows Explorer Without Changing Default PDF Viewer

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One of the most used document formats is arguably the PDF. Hop onto any site and you'd see various type of documents, all in PDF, ranging from Brochures to Instructions manuals to other guides. Adobe Reader is undoubtedly one of the best PDF file viewers out there (Adobe is the company behind the format, after all). Its used by the masses to work with PDF files everyday. The problem with Adobe PDF Reader however, is that it is not a lightweight application. Low-end PCs often take a lot of time while rendering PDF documents within Adobe Reader, and therefore, most people who have outdated machines like to other use third-party applications, for reading PDF documents, which are lightweight and less resource hungry. We at AddictiveTips love previously reviewed Sumatra PDF Viewer and use it ourselves too. It is a lightweight PDF reader for Windows that happily makes peace with low-end hardware. However, unlike Adobe Reader, SumatraPDF and other lightweight PDF viewers do not provide users with PDF document preview in Windows Explorer. Luckily, we have found another solution that do provide you the very same. Labelled as PDF Preview, it is an application for Windows 7 that lets you preview PDF files within Windows Explorer without changing your default PDF viewer. It also installs an additional PDF Viewer to read PDF documents, but it doesn't require you to change PDF file associations to get the preview. Does this application fare well with SumatraPDF? We will find this out. Read More

Merge PDF Files & Convert To EPUB, Text, HTML, Image Or SWF

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PDF, or Portable Document Format, is an open standard for document exchange. It is used for sending formatted documents and have the other party receive them exactly as intended by the sender. The author of a PDF document has the option to restrict the level of control a receiver has on the document. We have covered a lot of applications that allow you to bypass that control and edit PDF documents. Programs such as Free PDF Editor, a free portable app for Windows that lets you create and edit any PDF file instantly, and Quick PDF Tools, an all-in-one PDF utility that lets you perform numerous operations on PDF files, allow you to edit any PDF document. Today, we have two applications from PDFMate, called Free PDF Merger and Free PDF Converter, which allow you to easily merge two or more PDF documents into one, and convert a PDF document to multiple EPUB, Text, Image, HTML or SWF respectively. More on these applications after the break. Read More

HyperPDF: Magazine Reader That Mimics iPad’s Reading Experience On Mac

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Whether it's physical books or their electronic variants, if you're into reading, the iPad is definitely one of the best devices to get your reading going. Then, there is a wide choice of apps that further help to enhance the reading experience. HyperPDF is a free Mac app that mimics reading on the iPad; the app supports swipe gestures, and using the trackpad, you can flip pages as if you were reading an actual book or reading it on the Apple’s popular tablet. In addition to the swipe gestures, the app resizes the file you’re reading when you resize the window, lets you annotate a page with shapes or free hand drawing and add notes. The app has three different viewing modes; Edition, Presentation and Reading. Read More

Hexonic ScanToPDF: Convert/Merge Scanned Images To PDF Format

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Hexonic ScanToPDF is a flexible solution to convert scanned image files to a PDF file format. You can also convert existing images on your computer by simply dragging and dropping your files into the app. It’s a great and feature-rich utility that works flawlessly, no matter which image file you throw at it. Both single and batch conversion of image files is supported.  The application also lets you merge multiple files at once, and is quite fast and easy to use. It supports all the major image formats such as JPEG, TIFF, Multipage-TIFF, BMP, PNG and GIF. More details inside. Read More

Flip Pages Of PDFs With Facial Gestures Using MagicReader For iPad

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Tablets are often associated with eBooks, and there is a considerable number of users who use their tablets for reading books. An iPad might not be used for reading as much as Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet, but the presence of iBooks and a sizeable collection of other literary apps make the iOS tablet a pretty good device to have for book-lovers. The best thing about eBooks is that you can read them almost any time, and with complete ease. We say almost because there times when you just have to leave your iPad alone, like when you are eating your dinner and your hands are messy, you won’t be too quick to touch your tablet’s screen to turn the book’s page. Won’t it be awesome if there was some way of turning the pages of the book you are currently reading without touching the screen? Now, there is an app for that! Meet MagicReader, an app for the iPad which uses the front-facing camera to let you navigate through documents with a nod of your head! Amazed? Read on to learn more. Read More

Weeny Free PDF Cutter: Split, Encrypt & Password-Protect Your PDF Documents

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Extracting certain required pages off a large PDF document can be easily achieved these days, via various different software. There are umpteen number of applications and services available out there that let you view, and most importantly, in our case, cut or split a PDF document into separate files, but most tools require you to set advance options to get the job done. Today, we discovered an application labelled as Weeny Free PDF Cutter, which is quite the opposite. It is a small, yet powerful application, which lets you cut your PDF document pages into separate documents, so that you can easily rearrange specified pages according to your preferences. The ease factor here is the meticulous division of the required settings into separate sections. Details to follow after the break. Read More

Print/ Convert Multiple Websites As Single PDF Document In Firefox

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There are many add-ons available for Firefox that let you convert single webpages to PDF documents, but if you want to create a PDF document from multiple webpages, tabs or bookmarks, then Print pages to Pdf is just what you need. This Firefox add-on can be fully customized, including the layout of the PDF that is created, such as its paper size, margins and more. The add-on allows automatic creation of outlines, as well as doing so manually, and headers or footers for every page can be provided. Websites can be edited prior to conversion, so that they contain only text, or both text and images. Read More

PDF2Tape: Create An Audio Book From Any PDF On Your Mac [Paid]

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Have you ever found a really great PDF - perhaps a book a paper - that you found extremely useful but couldn’t find an audio book for? This is likely the case with many PDFs, since few will make it into audio books, and they are bound to cost you. PDF2Tape is a Mac app worth $0.99 in the Mac App Store, and a stroke of pure genius. The concept is simple; take a PDF and convert it to an audio file in either ACC or AIFF format. The app uses the default Mac voice and narrates the entire content of the file for you to play back. It is ideal for PDFs that you don’t have the time to read, or would prefer to listen to but can’t find in audio format. Read More

HelloSlide: Add Audio To PDF Presentations via Typed Text [Web]

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Helloslide is a smart service that transforms PDF slides into a rich audiovisual format by letting you add audio to presentations in PDF format. This web application works by adding speech to each slide and then automatically generates the audio. Simply upload a presentation, type the text you want to hear for each side and the audio will instantly be generated for the particular text. With HelloSlide, your slideshow is just like a live lecture. The service allows you to customize slides and add audio for them, which can be listened to instantly. Read More

PDF Split And Merge: Break, Join, Rotate, Mix & Visually Reorder PDFs

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PDF, or Portable Document Format is a world famous file format used to publish documents that must be viewed by the recipient as the author intended, no matter which program he is using to view the documents. Yesterday, we covered a JPG to PDF Converter that allows you to convert and merge image files into a PDF document, both individually or in a batch operation. Today, we have found an awesome open source PDF tool, named PDF Split And Merge, that allows you to merge and split PDF documents. Even though there are a lot of tools that can split and merge PDF documents, such as 7-PDF Split & Merge and iPDF Express, PDF Split And Merge also gives you the option to Alternate Mix PDFs, Rotate page of PDF documents in batch, Visual Document Composer and Visual Reorder to delete, arrange and rotate the pages of a PDF document with the help of thumbnails. The application also allows you to maintain a log of everything that it has done. Moreover, you can change the theme, look and feel of the interface, as well as the language of the program to match your requirement. More on PDF Split And Merge after the break. Read More

Easily Convert JPG & Other Images To PDF Files In A Batch Process

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PDF (Portable Document Format) is a hugely famous file format used to publish documents that must be viewed by the recipient as the author intended, no matter which program he is using to view the documents. If you want to send someone an image, but you want it to remain exactly the same, and there is a risk of the image being tampered with, you can convert it to PDF format restricting anyone from changing the contents. JPG to PDF Converter Free is a user friendly document conversion tool that allows you to convert your JPG images into PDF files. Opposed to its name, it can convert not only the JPG files, but also a lot of other image file formats to PDF, including PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TIFF, PCX, PSD etc. The application lets you convert images individually or in a batch operation depending on your requirement. If you need to convert a massive amount of  images present in multiple locations on your PC, JPG to PDF Converter Free lets you easily perform the conversion. Other than converting the images, you can also add metadata =, such as Title, Author, Subject and Keyword to the generated PDF files. Read More

PDFAUTOCAD: Convert PDF Files To Autocad Compatible DXF Formats [Web]

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There are very few tools out there that provide you with an online conversion from PDF to Autocad compatible DWG and DXF formats for free. PDFAUTOCAD, a handy web application, allows users to convert vector images and text into the DWG or DXF formats, which can then be used and edited as required. The service is simple, and all you have to do is upload a PDF file, after which it will be converted to a DXF file that you can open and edit in AutoCAD. Read More

Handy Scanner: Convert Photos Into Print-Ready PDF Documents [Android]

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Fresh to the Android Market, Handy Scanner is a useful, well-crafted document capturing app that helps you transform captured photos into print-ready documents using five different image enhancement filters, and an automatic document edge-detection feature that can prove to be very handy while capturing page after page of a document that you plan to print later. In a nutshell, Handy Scanner aims to save you from the hassle of scanning and importing your documents into your computer to get them printed. Read More

Messages2PDF: Backup iPhone SMS & iMessage Threads On Email [Cydia]

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Messages2PDF might not be the first option available to iOS users for backing up their text messages, but it certainly is one of the most convenient solutions yet. If you text a lot, and happen to be a fan of the Cydia store as well, then you should know that every so often you have to do something with your iPhone which leads to the loss of all your text messages, like when you have to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. With the advent of iMessage, the problem of exporting and backing up your messages has spread to the all iOS devices, rather than just iPhone. So, Messages2PDF might be the perfect Cydia app for you if you want to export your messages in textual form, and with complete ease. Read More

Save PDF & Text Attachments In Gmail Directly To Google Docs [Chrome]

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If you regularly work with PDF documents and save them to Google Docs to read them later, then Show PDF In GViewer, a Chrome extension, can be quite a useful tool for you. This simple extension lets you directly upload PDF attachments in Gmail to Google Docs. After installation, a tiny button is added right next to the View option in emails with PDF or text attachments. All you have to do, is click this button, and you will instantly be able to view or save the document in Google Docs. Read More

Pdf-No-Img: View PDF Documents Without Images

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Many PDF documents contain a lot of imagery, including snapshots of graphs, company logos, demonstrative images, etc. While reading a PDF document with images can be useful, it can also have an overwhelming effect on the eyes, as e-book reading can be more stressful than reading from the conventional paper. Furthermore, flashy PDF images can also be irritating as they can distract the reader from concentrating on the document. Pdf-No-Img is a handy tool that creates a an image-less version of PDF documents to allow users to read them without images. It is not a PDF viewer, but rather, it makes it possible to view PDF documents without images. When you open a PDF document with Pdf-No-Img, it replaces the imagery with gray boxes. This helps the reader to focus on the text and to avoid getting distracted by graphical content. Read More

Mendeley: View/Sync PDF Files, Research & Collaborate With Friends

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Mendeley is an open source and cross-platform PDF organizer, which provides options for easy document management. It allows easy reference management to help you organize your work, collaborate with friends, and to obtain latest research (via its social network). It automatically generates bibliographies, makes it possible to collaborate with others, import data, sync and access your papers from anywhere (via the internet), and more. It requires users to store all basic data on Mendeley servers, which enables accessing copies of the data any time. Read More

Green Cloud Is A Virtual Printer Driver To Save Paper & Ink Costs

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GreenCloud Printer is a virtual printer driver that helps you save money on your daily print jobs. With the help of this application, you can save up to 33% of paper, ink and toner costs, without reducing paper quality (as claimed by the developer). It completely integrates with installed applications as a virtual printer, and allows reviewing printing jobs, removing unwanted pages, grouping pages per sheet of paper and printing documents as PDF. Furthermore, you can directly send your documents to GoogleDocs, Dropbox, Evernote or Minus. Read More

View And Comprehensively Edit PDF Files With BabyPDF

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Although there are a number of handy PDF viewers, such as Adobe PDF, they do not allow extensive PDF editing. For this reason, one has to use a separate application for performing PDF related editing. Most PDF editors, such as CutePDF, simply allow converting all kinds of file types into PDF format, rather than allowing to edit existing PDF files in a comprehensive manner. Hence, such applications are more of PDF writers rather than PDF editors. People who use PDF writers, may require converting the PDF document to another format (e.g., TXT Format), and then using a PDF writer to convert the document back to PDF format after editing. BabyPDF is a an application that acts as both a viewer and editor for PDF documents. It comes with basic controls that enable you to adjust the appearance of the documents which you are working with (in the viewing mode), whereas the editing mode allows modifying the PDF file's content. Read More

Skim: PDF Reader With Bookmarks Manager, Notes & Snapshot Tool [Mac]

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You can natively open PDF files on a Mac or in your browser. Finding a way to open a PDF is no big deal, but what you want to do with a PDF once it’s open is entirely different. You’ll read it, of course, but you might want to highlight parts of it, take shots of the pages, add notes or encircle parts of it. For all that and more, there is Skim, a free Mac app that is a PDF reader at the core, and is equipped with enough features to make it a full fledged research tool. The app gives you multiple tools for annotating and making notes, maintain bookmarks and view any PDF as a presentation. Read More