CHM to PDF converts your CHM files to something more portable
Commonly used for everything from program help to e-books, Microsoft’s Compiled HTML Help (CHM) format works very well on the PC. CHM files aren’t always as easy to browse on other platforms, though,...
View ArticleBatch convert PDFs to image formats with PDF to JPEG Expert
PDFs are great for distributing information, but not so convenient when you need to reuse their content elsewhere. Fortunately there’s now a host of free tools able to convert PDFs into other formats,...
View ArticleSTDU Viewer opens PDF, MOBI, TIFF, CBR/CBZ, EPub, PDB files and more
If you’re working on someone else’s PC and need to view a PDF file, then it probably won’t be an issue. Just about everyone has a copy of Adobe Reader (or something similar) around, allowing you to...
View ArticleCreate, convert, rotate, secure, crop and generally tweak your PDFs with...
Most PC users need to work with PDF files, if only occasionally, and there are plenty of free tools around to help. Typically they’ll concentrate on a single function, though; just looking at their...
View ArticleAdobe Digital Editions 3.0 promises better DRM security, improved layout support
Adobe has released Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 on Windows and Mac, a major new version of its eBook manager. The tool, which helps users browse, organise and read both free and purchased eBooks in EPUB,...
View ArticleAuto-correct document captures with CyberLink’s YouSnap (Android)
Smartphones make it very easy to capture documents or notes – just point your camera, and tap – but the results aren’t always good, and may require some work later. CyberLink YouSnap – Camera Scan to...
View ArticlePassword-protect your PDFs with Free PDF Protector
Saving a document as a PDF has several advantages, in particular that it’ll be accessible on just about every device and platform around. If you need to control exactly who can access your file,...
View ArticleSplit, combine, encrypt, compress: jPDF Tweak is a one-stop PDF toolkit
jPDF Tweak is an open source Java Swing application which provides a host of ways to customise, adjust and work with PDF files. You can split or combine documents, for instance. There are crop, rotate...
View ArticleScan pages directly to PDF with STP
Converting a printed document to PDF can sometimes be a complicated process, where you must import the pages into a graphics tool, clean them up, then pass the results on to something else to generate...
View ArticleHTML to PDF Tools: a different kind of PDF converter
There are lots of HTML to PDF conversion tools around, and most work in the same way: they’ll process the HTML code, convert it into an image, and save this as a series of JPEGs in the finished PDF....
View ArticleOptimise your PDF’s/ djvu’s for mobile reading with k2pdfopt
The value of a PDF document is, in part, that it can be read on just about any device, on any platform. Wherever you are, you can open it and see the same information, presented in the same way. This...
View ArticleQuickly erase text or images from your PDFs with PDF Eraser
You have a PDF document you’d like to share with others – but there’s a problem. It has one or two objects which really should be removed: a logo, a phone number, a line of text, whatever it might be....
View ArticledoPDF 8.0 gains Microsoft Office add-in, preserves Word bookmarks and hidden...
Softland has released doPDF 8.0, a major new release of its free PDF printer driver that allows Windows users to output any document in PDF format for sharing or viewing. Version 8.0 adds the NovaPDF...
View ArticleExtract PDF images, text, fonts and files with Weeny Free PDF Extractor
It’s easy to view the contents of a PDF, but extracting them for reuse elsewhere takes more effort. Even if you install something PDF to JPEG Expert to grab the images from a document, for instance,...
View ArticleImages2PDF converts your digital images to PDF files
Images2PDF is a simple tool for saving your chosen digital images to a PDF file. Yes, you’re right, there are plenty of ways to do this already, but the program has one or two touches which help it...
View ArticleNitro Pro 9.5 released, adds barcode creation, restores 64-bit build
Nitro has released a major new update to its award-winning PDF creation and editing tool with the release of Nitro Pro 9.5. The new build is accompanied by a resurrected native 64-bit build. Version...
View ArticleScribus 1.4.4 adds image alignment script, refines PDF export options
Open-source, cross-platform desktop publishing package Scribus 1.4.4 has been released. Despite the seemingly minor version number, it includes a number of significant changes. The new build – also...
View ArticleEncrypt, decrypt and process your PDFs with QPDF
If you need to process your PDFs then there’s no shortage of free options. JPDF Tweak alone can crop or rotate pages, apply text and image watermarks, encrypt, decrypt them, and so on. You’ve probably...
View ArticleBatch convert documents to PDF, PNG, TIF or JPG with DocuFreezer 1.0
Anyone who’s tried Print Conductor will know how great it is for speeding up the wearisome process of printing out documents of different types in one go from your Windows PC. Now the folk at fCoder...
View ArticleBDReader displays comics by panel. Sometimes.
BDReader is a comic book viewer with ambition. It doesn’t just zoom to page width and wait for you to scroll: the program also supports “panel view”, which uses computer vision technology to detect the...
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