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PDFill PDF Tools Is A Swiss Army Knife For PDF Files

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Want to create, merge, and modify PDF document content? Before using a dedicated tool to perform each operation, have a look at PDFill PDF Tools. It is a standalone Windows utility that packages 15 PDF manipulation and processing tools for performing numerous operations over PDF files, including, split PDF pages, re-organize document pages, encrypt PDF files, decrypt password protected documents, add text and image watermark, add PDF meta info, convert PDF into images, rotate pages, crop PDF file and so on. All you have to do is to bring it up and select the required tool to modify PDF file in a way you want. The application uses extensive Java-PDF library for creating and manipulating PDF files. Read More

Free Opener Is A Free File Viewer For Almost Any Type Of File

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We require installing many standalone applications for viewing videos, photos, listening to music and opening documents of various formats. But what if one application can open all kinds of files? Free Opener is an application that does just that. It supports a large number of file extension, including video, audio, document and image formats.Once you install this app, you will no longer need a PDF viewer, multimedia player or an app for opening compressed files. Read More

Extract, Merge And Convert PDF Files With pdfMechanic

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PDF documents obtained from multiple sources sometimes require being compiled and extracted for further use. pdfMechanic is a comprehensive cross platform tool which can merge, extract and convert PDF documents. pdfMechanic provides the choice to add multiple PDF files to create a PDF compilation. You can also extract a specified page(s) and convert PDF files into TXT and HTML format. This portable application is quite lightweight and performs the specified tasks within a matter of seconds. pdfMechanic is open source and available for Windows and Linux based operating systems. Read More

pdfy Converts Source Code To PDF File On The Go

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Need to share programming language source code with your fellow team members? The best and quick method would be to simply copy the source code from IDE to plain text file, and then send it to others. However, this is unproductive and your team members will not be able to view syntax highlighted text. pdfy is a small online source code conversion app which can seamlessly convert source code into PDF file while keeping the syntax highlighting intact, so you can share the PDF file with others without having to worry about  the required IDE is installed at recipient’s end or not. This online service apparently supports all major programming languages, including C++, PHP, HTML, Java, etc. The conversion process takes no more than a few seconds to convert code files to PDF format. Once converted, it will create a PDF file with download link to save the converted code file on any local directory. Read More

Compare PDF File Difference With DiffPDF

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DiffPDF is a portable, open source application that can compares different PDF files for discrepancies (if any). It offers two comparison modes - Text and Appearance.  It highlights text and image differences between two selected PDF documents that allows easy comparison for changes. So why is it useful? When sending out company Terms and Conditions or other standard documents to clients, one should always have a uniform format. Many of such documents are sent in PDF format via email to potential clients. It can be quite hard to determine the uniformity of these documents. This includes the verification of text, images, watermarks and the like. Read More

Change Font Settings Before Converting Text Files (Log, HTML, TXT) Into PDF Format

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There are many tools available out there which allows you to convert text documents into PDF format, but what if you need to change the font family, size and font color before converting a document into PDF format? Batch Text To PDF is a PDF batch conversion utility which supports a wide range of plain text file formats, including, TXT, LOG, C, H (header file), CPP, CXX, JAVA, ASP, ASPX, HTML, JS, CSS, RB  and PY. Moreover, you can change the font related options, including, font size, font color and font family prior to converting text documents into PDF format.  The application claims to convert a large number of text documents in one-go.  Read More

Briss – Crop PDFs To Fit eBook Readers For Easier Readability

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Briss is an exceptionally useful open source application to crop PDF documents so that you can view them easily on your small eBook readers. You can draw shapes on the document to cut out specific part of it whilst separating odd pages from even ones. It will particularly be useful for those who need to remove inappropriate headers/footers, bloated margins and page number areas, etc. It offers multi-level view of document, i.e it overlays each page over another to maintain uniformity in terms of size and shape of cropped area. Pages with odds numbers are listed on left while even pages are shown at the other end. Since both even and odd pages in PDF document are aligned differently, it enable users to slice them as per their document size dimensions. Moreover, before loading PDF document, pages can be excluded to crop only specific pages. Read More

Modify PDF Documents in Ubuntu With PDF Mod

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PDF Mod is a Linux based application that allows comprehensive modification of PDF documents. Some features include the ability to reorder, rotate, remove and edit (title, subject, author, and keywords) PDF documents, as well as, the choice of exporting images from document. PDF Mod makes it extremely easy to combine separate PDF documents via drag & drop. Read More

PdfJumbler – Merge, Delete, And Rearrange Pages From PDF Document

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PdfJumbler is a small nifty java-based application which is developed to offer easy and quick way to delete, re-arrange and merge PDF document content. In comparison with previously covered variants, such as, PDF Rider, Nitro PDF Reader, and 7-PDF, PdfJumbler is utterly easy to use, since it comes with absolutely no fancy features to go around with. Supporting drag & drop behavior to insert a PDF documents, it also offers PDF-based clipboard to let users move the pages back & forth in/from the PDF document. Read More

View, Create And Download Webpages In PDF Format With PDF Download

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We have all come across online PDF files that often cause crashes or hang our system. A remedy to this problem has been provided by Nitro PDF with its PDF Download extension which works on Windows, Linux and Mac based browsers. This extension allows users to not only view and download online PDF files but also provides the utility to convert and email entire webpages in PDF format with famous browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Flock and Safari. Read More

Open Documents In Google Docs Viewer By Default In Firefox

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Consider yourself in a situation where you’re working with some document files, and suddenly you discover that you do not have the appropriate software to handle these file types. In our work routine, sometimes we need to reinstall quite a few applications, or set up a PC a fresh, and the first day when you’re running a barebone OS, coming up against a PDF or DOCX document over the internet before you can install any PDF reader or Microsoft Office can be really irritating. Suppose another situation where you want to open a PDF file quickly but do not want to wait for the bloated Adobe Reader to open it for you. Ofcourse we have alternatives to Adobe Reader but opening the file online is quicker. Read More

Create And Edit Bookmarks In PDF Files with JPdBookmarks

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Bookmarks in PDF files greatly assist users in navigating through a long document, one can easily select an included chapter, a topic, bibliography, or jump over to references without having to search through the whole document. JPdBookmarks is a java-based application which has been written to offer ease in creating & editing bookmarks contained in your PDF document. It comes useful in instances when you feel like adding a new bookmark or changing the titles, bookmark hierarchy or target location of an existing bookmark. The application comes in both GUI and CLI mode, both modes can be used to perform the primary functionality, however, GUI mode incorporates some complementary features while letting you change; width & height of page, bookmarks appearance, rulers, bookmarks hierarchy, and so on. Read More

PDF Rider Is Brilliant Open Source PDF Management Software

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Previously, we reviewed NitroPDF, a nice PDF reader that also allows user to convert documents into PDF files with options like merge and split the PDF file. PDF Rider is another application, solely written to let you manipulate the PDF documents but also includes a build-in reader. This opensource software can merge PDF files, insert a PDF document into another, extract specified pages out, delete pages, and change page orientation. Moreover, it can also encrypt/decrypt the document while option for bursting (extracting) PDF file into single pages is also available. Read More

WinScan2PDF: Scan Documents To PDF File Without Using PDF Printer

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PDF printers, such as Bullzip PDF Printer and PDF24, have become popular tools used for converting text documents into PDF files. But the process of using a PDF printer to convert a scanned image to PDF file format is rather long and tiresome. It generally requires you to first scan the document to image format, then access the image, give Print command, select PDF Printer from the list of available printers, and hit Print button. Kind of headache, isn’t it? A better alternative is to use WinScan2PDF, a simple application that converts scanned documents directly into PDF format, without the need for a PDF printer. Read More

GooReader: Search And Read Google Books From Desktop [Windows]

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If you’ve been looking for an application that would solve much, if not all of your digital book-reading needs, then you should give GooReader a shot. This application makes it very simple for users to look up and read books or to save them to PDF. Books can be searched using title, author or book ID. To convert and save the book to PDF format, you will have to get the paid version of the program (costs $19.95). You can download Google Books for free using previously reviewed, Google Books Downloader as well.

MartView: Slick Eye-Candy PDF Viewer & Downloader

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Sumatra and Foxit are two popular free PDF Readers, the latest feature-packed Nitro PDF Reader is also getting rave reviews all around the blogosphere. The developers behind these apps have always focused on simplicity, functionality, and speed. MartView however is different, the core aim behind this PDF viewer is to give user a slick eye-candy and book-reading experience, while keeping most of the functionalities intact. Read More

PDF24: Convert, Merge, Edit PDF File

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Since PDF is the most celebrated format for distributing & publishing final documents, users are inclined more towards using PDF as permanent format for reading e-books, documentation distribution, and for publishing technical guides, etc. Most of you will now be familiar with PDF Printers, one such as been covered before called BullZip Printer. Amongst the many PDF printers out there, PDF24 stands out because it provides a full-featured tool apart from merely being a Printer to convert documents into PDF format. Read More