Friedbeef's Tech » pdf http://www.friedbeef.com Solving Everyday Problems With Simple Technology - Freeware, Productivity, Useful Tips & More Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:24:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.friedbeef.com http://www.friedbeef.com/favicon.ico Friedbeef's Tech How to Convert PDF to Text http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-convert-pdf-to-text/ http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-convert-pdf-to-text/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:57:59 +0000 James Yeang http://www.friedbeef.com/2008/02/21/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf/ pdftext How to Convert PDF to Text

We’ve previously discussed ways to convert Text to PDF, but what if you wanted to do it the other way around? 

Typically, copying and pasting directly from a PDF file will result in messy globs of unformatted text, making it barely feasible large sections of text. 

PDF Text Online is a free web based service which helps you extract the text, and even reformat it so you can paste it neatly into Word documents and still preserve a lot of the original PDF formatting. 

Simple simple problem?  Simple solution.

]]> http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-convert-pdf-to-text/feed/ 7 How to Edit PDF Files Directly From The Web http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-edit-pdf-files-directly-from-the-web/ http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-edit-pdf-files-directly-from-the-web/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:50:34 +0000 James Yeang http://www.friedbeef.com/2008/01/14/how-to-edit-pdf-files-directly-from-the-web/ adobe How to Edit PDF Files Directly From The Web

Want to make simple edits to PDF files and don’t want to go through the hassle of actually installing software?

 hammer How to Edit PDF Files Directly From The Web

PDF Hammer is a website that allows you to edit your PDF files online for free. You don’t need to install any additional software, you can edit PDF documents right now inside your browser.  It’s as simple as that.

PDF Hammer is in beta and currently has the following features:

  • Reorder pages
  • Delete pages
  • Append PDF to another PDF

Note that this works best with minor edits as described above – and if the PDF file you wish to edit is small enough to upload and download quickly.  If you want a more powerful editor or need something computer based, you may want to try some PDF editing freeware which we reviewed previously.

]]> http://www.friedbeef.com/how-to-edit-pdf-files-directly-from-the-web/feed/ 8