As far as free PDF converters go, doPDF is one of the best out there saving you tons of cash on Adobe's patented version and whatsmore, doing it in half the time.

The program is remarkably simple to use. Just open a document in Microsoft Word, WordPad, NotePad or practically any other text editing software, choose Print and select doPDF. The program asks you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer. This process takes less than a minute and you'll be amazed at how accurate the PDF is. Occasionally, it can suffer with unusually formatted text and images and so they won't come-out exactly as you want but this can be remedied.

Unfortunately, there's also no option to print large web pages (such as long news articles or forum pages) without dividing it into separate pages so you'll end up with lines dividing the article up throughout your PDF documents. The other slight downside is that it seems the PDF files it creates can be rather large although if you ZIP them up, this is not much of an issue.

An excellent PDF converter that's fast, easy to use and serves as more than an adequate replacement for Adobe's software.

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Finally you can create fully navigable online versions of your PDF files in a very stylish way. It’s like turning the page of a book but with the possibility of zooming in, so as not to stress your eyes.

3D Issue Manager is very easy to use, although the graphics could have been nicer. All it requires is that you select a PDF file, choose the orientation of the output document as portrait, landscape or a mix of both, and select the image resolution together with its quality. The program automatically creates the virtual booklet, which is optimized for search engines.

In the main window there are some interesting options you can choose from which allow you to personalise the zoom navigation to either click and drag, or mouse movements, and allow users to download an offline edition of your virtual glossy magazine. These are just two examples, but there is a whole feature list on offer. Strangely enough, the program’s windows are not resizable, which can be annoying if you have to work with different windows open.

With 3D Issue Manager you can easily and efficiently convert your PDF files into fully accessible online 3D booklets, so as to present documents in a stylish, glossy way - and save paper along the way.

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There's an increasing demand for alternatives to Adobe's resource hogging, RAM sapping, not least expensive PDF creator and PrimoPDF weighs in as an excellent alternative.

The fact that this program is free makes it all the more appealing. One of the problems with these PDF programs is that invariably, they change the formatting of your text, once you've converted your Word, Publisher etc. document to PDF. PrimoPDF largely avoids this however converting to PDF as faithfully as the original. It's also remarkably fast and the installation is equally speedy.

Once installed, the program appears as a virtual printer in your Printer Driver preferences too. The main downside, of which there are few, is that you are regularly prompted to register although this is a small price to pay for an excellent program. It's also a bit unreliable when converting images. Text is fine but images can sometimes be in the wrong position or formatted incorrectly when converting from Office documents. It also doesn't use Windows standard way of saving documents - it has it's own format which doesn't suggest a file name but it's a small drawback.

A really excellent PDF creator that will have Adobe critics laughing all the way to their virtual printers.

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There is nothing that annoys me more in Firefox when a PDF document tries to open and crashes the browser. That was until I tried PDF Download.

PDF Download prevents this problem ever arising by allowing you to control exactly how and when PDF files are opened or downloaded. Instead of opening PDF files "blind" which is currently the case, PDF Download lets you know exactly how big it is with options of whether to convert it, open it, download it or convert to HTML. PDF Download stops the annoying problem of PDF files taking ages to open - especially big ones. With PDF Download, you can see instantly whether its a big file, in which case, it's advisable to download it for reading later as opening a big PDF file is like waiting for Christmas to arrive sometimes.

The PDF Download plugin usually presents you with 3 options unless you've instructed it to do the same thing by default all the time - convert the PDF to HTML, download the PDF or open the PDF in the browser. One bonus with PDF Download, that perhaps separates it from others, is that it's not just limited to Adobe Reader. PDF Download also works with Foxit Reader and other PDF readers although to be honest, if you're using Foxit, you won't find much use for PDF Download anyway as it opens PDF files much more smoothly than Adobe Reader.

PDF Download is an excellent PDF tool which will result in fewer Firefox crashes although not everytime as it still seems susceptible to crashes when opening PDF files in the browser.

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If you ever need to convert documents to PDF format, the easiest way to do so is simply by printing out your document with Royce PDF Printer.

Royce PDF Printer works as a virtual printer that's configured and added to your Printers and Faxes folder and thus accessible from any Windows application with printing capabilities. The difference is that, instead of creating a copy of your documents on paper, Royce PDF Printer generates a PDF file.

The PDF you create with Royce PDF Printer contains exactly the same information as the original document. Plus, being a standard format, you have the guarantee that it'll keep its design and design, no matter in which program and/or platform the PDF is used.

Royce PDF Printer includes a complete settings menu you can access from the "Preferences" button in the Print dialog of any Windows app. My only complaint is the size of the watermark: I understand this is a shareware version, but was that huge watermark really necessary?

With Royce PDF Printer you can convert any document to PDF, as long as the application you open it with has printing capabilities.

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With Create Ringtone it is easy to load into phone memory music, ringtones, podcasts, video, MS Office documents and PDF files. Any new content can be sent directly to the phone via WAP protocol. If the computer is connected to the Internet, any other physical link to the phone becomes redundant.

Using data exchange protocols, Create Ringtone sends the newly made content directly to the phone. A new ringtone or wallpaper can become a present for relatives and friends. By just choosing a global operator and typing the phone number you can forward both greetings and presents. IrDA, Bluetooth, and USB connectivity are equally supported. Automatic conversion and file transfer take a minute or so.

The program's intuitive interface makes the job of creating a new tune or a background a real pleasure. Create Ringtone saves both time and money that might have been spent with a content provider. It gives independence for creative thoughts and means to apply them in custom phone profiles. With wide range of supported audio formats one can convert any audio file into a trendy ringtone with a few mouse clicks.

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Converting photos from one format to another is one of those boring editing tasks you have to do from time to time. Wouldn't it be great to have a tool that made it easier for you?

Morz Image Converter is one of those tools. But don't expect an attractive interface or lots of tools and menus. Mors Image Converter is directly embedded into Windows Explorer, which means that once installed on your computer, you can convert any photo from its context menu in Windows.

Simply right click on any photo and select the "Convert image(s)" option. You'll be presented with a window where you can choose the target format and the quality. When you click on "Convert" the program will convert all the selected images and save them into the same folder.

Handy as it is, I missed having a few more options in Morz Image Converter, such as the ability to rename converted files or save them in a different folder from the source one.

With Morz Image Converter you can convert multiple photos from one format to another right in Windows Explorer.

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Scan To PDF is the simplest and most efficient method of converting your paper based documents into PDFs. It boasts the following advantages:

• Thumbnail display for better visualisation
• Insert pages into or append to any existing PDF
• OCR and create searchable PDF option
• Appliction integration options
• Scan To EMail with PDF attachment option
• Administrative control over PDF file path
• Support for full PDF document description
• Page re-ordering using drag & drop
• Support for Adobe® viewer pre-definition settings
• Indexing for Adobe® Catalog
• Batch scanning option
• Auto-Generate filename - increment, barcode, datestamp

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WordPipe is used by IT personnel to repair hyperlinks when a server gets renamed, by SMEs and large organisations when they change their contact details, name or office bearers, by translators to apply massive search/replace lists - the list of uses is endless.

WordPipe applies one or more replacements to thousands of documents, to every part of your Microsoft Word documents. To use WordPipe, you simply add a list of search/replace pairs, and for each one, specify where in the document it should be found. Then you tell it which files to process - that's it!

What it can be used for:

• Standardize corporate name changes such as your organization's phone number, address, web site or CEO
• Performing server consolidations where document links need updating
• Server renaming or replacement where document links need updating
• Standardize Policy Headers
• Changing part numbers or SKUs across multiple files
• Removing digitized signatures from documents prior to converting them to PDF and placing them on the web
• Translating documents
• Correcting OCR (scanned) documents
• Detecting 'TOP SECRET' documents that have been saved in the wrong folder (by security identifiers located in headers)

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PDF (Portable Document Format) is now one of the most ubiquitous document formats on the net. The problem is that Adobe Reader is the only tool to read it and it's both bulky and slow.

Foxit PDF Reader on the other hand is light and quick. The proof is in the pudding for starters - compare Foxit's installation file is only of just 2.2 MB against Acrobat's 20.8 MB and you can see why it opens documents in a snap. The key is that it doesn't have all those annoying splash-up screens, endless credits lists and plugins.

The program's interface been designed with ease of use in mind. You have several toolbars available, which you can show or hide at your will and which give you access to all the available utilities: zoom, text selection, image snapshot, search tool, rotation or full screen view, among others. There is a small ad in the upper right corner, but you can deactivate it by going to the View menu and deselecting the Advertisement option. One added bonus is that you can annotate PDF documents in several ways by highlighting text fragments, underlining them, strike them out or even add personal comments.

If you want a small, fast, stable and functional alternative to Adobe Reader, then look no further

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If you've always wanted to add a check box, radio button or combo box, to your PDF documents and felt frustrated because you couldn't find any easy to use tool to help you, well look no further, this is the application for you.

It's a Microsoft Word plug-in and it requires an updated version of Office i.e. your word processor must be updated with the latest Service Pack. Having said that, the CenoPDF bar and menu are very clear to use and the tools you can add on your Word document are well symbolized with self-clarifying icons. It is of course based on the principle of 'what you see is what you get' (WYSIWYG) so if you are not happy with the size or the location of one box, you can easily move it and resize it. An option menu for each function lets you decide all the settings you might need to personalize. Finally, you can export your document as PDF and see immediately the final result.

CenoPDF is useful to add special buttons to your PDF documents such as list box, text box and check box, but why does the program have to disable the auto-saving function in Word, which is indeed a work-saving tool!

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There are many PDF converters and creation options out there but there can be few, other than Adobe's products, that are so full of features as pdf995.

Pdf995 is a very easy and affordable way to create professional-quality documents in PDF format. There's little more to it other than selecting "print" from any application that you may be working on (such as MS Word) and then creating a PDF file which can be used on any computer with a PDF reader. The program supports network file saving, shared printing, custom page sizing and large format printing which means that its a suitable for making posters and promotional material. Pdf995 works by creating a virtual printer device from any application so the good thing is that it's accessible from any program you may be working in. It is the sheer number of features in Pdf995 that really impresses though including automatic insertion of embedded links, creation of hierarchical bookmarks, support for Digital Signatures (making it a secure option too) and you can even combine several PDF's into one PDF for really big documents. As you go through your PDF document editing it, you can also leave sticky notes to illustrate what you've changed or what you'd like changing to other users which provides a very visible and easy to use editing system.

An incredibly versatile and powerful PDF maker, Pdf995 is one of the most comprehensive solutions out there although it's editing options are a bit limited.

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Have you ever needed to convert PDF documents into another format. Or have you simply had enough of bulky PDF files?

If so, then deskUNPDF may well be what you need. This professional software can convert PDF's for editing and enables you to extract table information to Excel (.xls), convert PDF's into the Open Document format (.odt), HTML, images, perform batch conversions, and many more functions. The developers claim the software is based on enhanced "Accu-Text" rendering technology which means that the converted file is extremely faithful to the original. In practice, you may find that it's not quite as accurate as they claim - boxes and images, statistics and text may appear slightly altered or in different positions to the original but generally, it produces pretty accurate results. Probably it is the Excel conversions that are the most useful since converting from PDF to Excel is notoriously fraught with problems but this program seems to handle it all with minimum fuss.

If you just can't stand the PDF format or need to make an urgent change to a PDF document, then this program does a pretty solid job whatever your conversion needs.

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Any software that attempts to present an alternative to Adobe's sluggish PDF software is fine by me and novaPDF does an impressive job at rivalling the industry standard package.

novaPDF is a PDF creator that allows you to easily create high-quality searchable PDF files. The first thing you'll notice is that it's very easy to use because once installed, all you have to do is select "Print" from the file menu of virtually any application you're using. The reason being is that novaPDF acts like a virtual printer. You can create just about any type of PDF file including bookmarks, PDF links, public and private documents as well as PDF watermarks and perform PDF compression. Although it's very straightforward with a fully comprehensive tutorial and manual, there's even free support which is unusual in an unregistered piece of software (although registered users are dealt with first). You have pretty much full control over what you add to the documents including the ability to embed fonts and insert images of different resolutions. If your images or text are unusually large - don't worry, you can compress the entire document afterwards no matter what it contains.

At just a fraction of the cost of Adobe's software, novaPDF is a superb answer to your PDF needs and it also enables you to do your bit for the environment by using less paper.

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PDF and DOC are probably the most common extensions for digital documents nowadays. This means that you need to have a PDF reader and a DOC-compatible app, or you're doomed.

Luckily there's another trick that enables you to read PDF, DOC and other popular document formats without having to install their associated software. Just use Text Mining Tool, a simple utility that extracts the text from any file you load on the program and displays it on its screen. Then you only have to save it as plain format or copy it directly to the Clipboard for later usage.

The program doesn't include any other configuration options, which keeps it very easy to use. On the downside, it lacks the possibility of customizing the output. During our tests, we ripped the text from a PDF document and the resulting TXT file was all garbled up when opened in Notepad (not when opened in Wordpad tough).

Text Mining Tool is a good choice for extracting text from PDF and DOC to plain files. Bear in mind that both format and images will be lost.

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Who says you need an expensive software package to create PDF files? Just download Magic PDF and do it for free!

Using Magic PDF is as easy as printing a document from any Windows application. Once the program has been installed, simply create a document in your favorite editor, whether that is Notepad or Microsoft Word. When you're finished, go to the printing menu in your application and select Magic PDF as the target printer. This means that instead of obtaining a copy of your document on paper, you'll convert it to PDF, as simple as that.

The resulting PDF file looks perfect, without any watermark or advertising bottom line added. The only thing is that, being as this program is the freeware version of a more complete tool, you won't get any of the advanced features that you find in other PDF apps such as password protection, encryption, multiple PDF combination and user action restrictions.

Despite its lack of advanced features, Magic PDF is a perfectly valid, very handy way to create PDF files in just one click.

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The good thing about PDF documents is that they keep the same design and layout cross-platform. The bad thing is that they can't be easily edited.

Of course, there are a few PDF editors out there but they're usually quite expensive. So if you don't want to spend your savings in such a program, use Free PDF to Word Doc Converter instead. Despite not being a PDF editor in itself, this simple tool will enable you to perform certain PDF editing tasks by converting the original PDF files to Word documents. And you don't even need to have Acrobat PDF Reader or Microsoft Word installed.

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter is very easy to use: select the source PDF file and target directory and choose whether you want to convert the whole file or just a certain page range. Then you'll be able to open and edit your document in Word just like any other DOC file.

While Free PDF to Word Doc Converter seems to work fine, I had some trouble with PDF embedded images in some of my conversions. Also, bear in mind that once your editing is done, you'll have to save the document in DOC format: there's no way to go back to PDF – at least with this app.

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter enables you to easily convert PDF documents to DOC files. You'll be able then to edit it or extract its images, but not to save it back to PDF again.

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Zoner Photo Studio includes all the tools you need to make the most of your digital photo collection.

This comprehensive suite covers every necessary step in photo managing, from extracting pictures from your digital camera to sharing them online. You can view the whole photo directory in thumbnails and double-click on any of them when you want to see if in full screen. Plus, if any of your photos needs optimization, you can also use Zoner for that, as it features tools to balance color, correct gamma values, resize images or even remove that undesirable red-eye effect.

Besides acquiring and optimizing, what I liked most about Zoner Photo Studio was the wide variety of publishing options the program includes for photos. From using your favorite shot as a desktop wallpaper to creating a DVD slideshow to enjoy your pics on TV, there are a bunch of really interesting possibilities, such as creating a web gallery, a customized calendar, a panoramic photo or even a 3D image, to name a few.

To be honest, the only drawback to Zoner Photo Studio is its clunky interface, although fortunately it can somewhat be fixed with skins. The real problem is that there are so many windows, sub-windows, panels and menus (especially when creating photo albums) that it feels confusing and overwhelming, to say the least.

Zoner Photo Studio gives you everything you need to view, optimize, share and enjoy your digital photos.

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One way to share your documents across different computers with different applications running is to convert them into images. After installation on your PC, Miraplacid Publisher appears as a new virtual printer in your system. All the documents you print to this "printer" will be opened in a preview dialog.

You can scale the image, adjust the hue, saturation and value and easily get rid of unused white borders as well as other minor image processing tasks. Then you can save the resulting images to disk, upload to FTP or HTTP server, email, or print them to a real printer. Miraplacid Publisher supports PDF, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, TGA and Web Presentation so all possible angles are covered. When redirecting to a printer, reduce saturation to save color cartridge or increase value to save black ink.

The quickest way you'll find to uses Miraplacid Publisher 2008 is to drag documents to the desktop shortcut which automatically prints the documents in the background. You can even activate an "Auto Send" function if you want Miraplacid Publisher to send images to a specific destination immediately.

As far as document sharing and quick and easy printing to a virtual printer go, this is an excellent application.

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Turn your PDFs into documents you can edit. Solid Converter PDF to Word converts PDF files into Microsoft Word documents (and Word files into PDFs). Solid Converter lets you recover the text, layout, and images of your original document at a fraction of the cost of Adobe Acrobat.

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