PDF conversion tools are quite thick on the ground. It’s almost granted that you will find a tool – both online and desktop – that does the job of converting your Word documents to PDF. But here we look at the reverse process which is equally important…converting your PDF files to easily editable Word documents [...]
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There’s no doubt that VLC is one of the most acclaimed and feature-rich media players available. Yes, of course the reason is its seamless ability to play wide variety of media files and discs but that’s not all. Using VLC you can do many creative things with your videos and one of the examples that [...]
The one thing that comes to our mind when we utter the word office is piles of documents lying here and there. Well, the obvious solution is digitizing them and that can prevent the paper from flying around in the office, but don’t get fooled, because while digitization of paper docs gives us cleaner and [...]
Almost every second day we find ourselves in situations where we need to convert videos for our handheld, clip audio for an upcoming birthday party, take screencast for presenting in a conference and other such activities related to media files. Although many individual applications are available for such tasks, a good all-one free tool is [...]
If reading is your pleasure then you must be hankering for an eReader. They are all the rage these days with Amazon’s Kindle, Sony, Nook, even the iPad and smartphones to a certain extent. Kindle is of course, at top of the pile right now. With the proprietary Kindle format (AZW), both Kindle 3 and [...]
With the majority of media players having the ability to play formats across the board, audio file converters are a class of tools you won’t need every day. But if you do, then the free online audio converter called Switchr could be among the helpful ones. Serious audiophiles would prefer a desktop based audio converter [...]
E-books are becoming an increasingly popular medium for displaying information. And if you find yourself frequenting these new electronic books, you may have noticed that it becomes quite dull after a while. I, for one, miss the tangible page flip of a novel or a good instructional guide. That’s why Codebox’s web app – that’s [...]
Finally, at long last I have found a Facebook app that doesn’t make me want to tear my hair out in pure rage. No, I am not talking about Farmville. I am actually talking about two Facebook apps with a real purpose. A purpose for more than just wasting time planting farms; these apps encourage [...]
Has it ever happened that you come across a music video video on YouTube and just feel like downloading the audio track, not the entire video? or may be you want to extract the amazing songs from that boring movie DVD? You’d need an audio ripper, a software that can extract audio from video, to [...]
All set for Halloween? Well, we thought we might just add a last minute surprise that could add more fun to your celebrations. No, this isn’t a resource that’d help you scare off people on this dark night, but it’s useful nonetheless. The folks at WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe are giving away free Windows [...]
If you are looking to convert your PowerPoint presentations or slideshows to popular video formats in order to facilitate easy sharing and help those, who don’t have PowerPoint installed, watch them easily, then WonderShare PPT2Video Pro ( Windows only ) is a great tool for the purpose. We’ll talk about how it works and also [...]
We published an article sometime ago that showcased 4 web based tools to convert webpages to PDF. Roger, one of our readers, mentioned the Web2PDF Firefox add-on in his comment. The add-on helps you directly convert webpages to PDF files and store or share them online. Here’s the options window which pops up after you [...]
The PDF format for documents was created by Adobe to facilitate easier sharing of rich text documents. If you want to read a webpage offline or want to share a nice article you came across with your friends or family, then converting it to PDF might be a good option. This article talks about 4 [...]
Like you need a tool or a software to extract text from images, you need one for extracting text from PDF files too. That’s because no PDF reader has an in-built option for that. Suppose for reference you need to copy the text from a PDF file, then, obviously, you can’t just copy paste. The [...]
WMA was the file extension created by Microsoft to compete with popular audio formats like MP3 and Real Audio. Unfortunately, it didn’t achieve the popularity growth due to DRM hassles and MP3 still continues to be the most widely used music file format across the world. Having said that, WMA has a wide presence too [...]
Oxelon Media Converter is a nifty tool which converts almost any video and audio file format into another format quickly and easily. It is a freeware, supports high speed multi-conversion in PCs with latest multi-core processors and has some cool features like context menu options. After installing the tool, when you open it, a dialog [...]
