AdobePDF is best format way for sharing documents as they are preserve the
formatting, the documents are read-only and also because most computers, mobilephones and e book readers can only open PDF files.
Here you’ll learn how to do just about everything with PDF documents without Adobe Acrobat. You can edit PDF files, combine multiple files as one, add signature images to PDF pages, fill PDF forms online, extract individual pages from PDFs, add click able links to existing PDF documents and so much more. Let’s get started.
Q: How do I
create PDF documents on my computer without Adobe Acrobat?
Q: I like the cloud and don’t want to install software just for converting a bunch of documents to PDFs. Are there any web-based alternatives?
Q: Is it possible to convert documents to PDFs on a mobile phone?
Q: How do I directly save web page as PDFs in the browser?
Q: How can I convert PDF files to other formats like Word, images, HTML, etc.
Q: Someone sent me a PDF document in Chinese but I can read only English?
Q: Can I edit PDF files?
Q: How do I mergetwo or more PDF files into one? Can I also change the page order?
Q: I want to extract text from a scanned PDF document and use it in my Word document. What is the best option?
Q: I have some restricted PDF documents on my computer that neither allow printing nor can you select text with the mouse.
Q: Some PDF files on our intranet are protected by a password and the employee who created those PDFs is no longer with the company. How can we open these PDFs?
Q: Is there a PDF conversion service that I can integrate with my website to help visitors download my articles as PDFs?
Q: How can I add annotations or text notes to some of my PDF documents?
Q: Can I fill PDF forms online without Acrobat Reader?
Q: How can I add watermarks or even my (real) signature to a PDF document?
Q: I have a PDF book that contains some 200 pages. Is there a way to extract selected pages from that book and save it as another PDF.
Q: How can I protect my PDF documents with a password?
Q: How do I embed PDF files on my blog?
Here you’ll learn how to do just about everything with PDF documents without Adobe Acrobat. You can edit PDF files, combine multiple files as one, add signature images to PDF pages, fill PDF forms online, extract individual pages from PDFs, add click able links to existing PDF documents and so much more. Let’s get started.
Q: How do I
create PDF documents on my computer without Adobe Acrobat?
A: You can
download and install a virtual PDF printer like Nitro Reader on your computer. You can
then create PDF files from any Windows application using the regular Print
command – just choose Nitro from the list of available printers.
Q: I like the cloud and don’t want to install software just for converting a bunch of documents to PDFs. Are there any web-based alternatives?
A: Sure. You can
upload your documents to Google Docs in the browser and then export them as PDF
files. In fact this is the recommended approach if you want to covert multiple
documents to PDF in a single batch.
Q: Is it possible to convert documents to PDFs on a mobile phone?
A: There are tons
of PDF conversion app for the iPhone and Android phones but you can also use
email to convert documents to PDFs on a mobile phone without requiring apps.
Just forward the source file(s) to pdf@zamzar.com as an email attachment and
they’ll send you an email when the PDFs are ready for download.
Q: How do I directly save web page as PDFs in the browser?
A: There are
several options. Either open the web page in your browser and then print it
locally using the Nitro PDF Reader (See #1). Or you can email the web page URL
to mypdf@joliprint.com and they’ll send you the full page as a PDF. Alternatively,
you can use CleanPrint
to download web pages as PDFs. This is available as a bookmarklet and as an
extension for all popular browsers.
Q: How can I convert PDF files to other formats like Word, images, HTML, etc.
A: You can upload
the PDF document to zamzar.com and convert
it to other formats like doc, html, text, and more. Or you can use your Gmail account to convert
PDF to HTML.
Q: Someone sent me a PDF document in Chinese but I can read only English?
A: You can easily
translate PDF files from one language to another using Google Translate .
Q: Can I edit PDF files?
A: PDF files are
essentially read-only documents but there are several tools to help you edit
PDF files.
Q: How do I mergetwo or more PDF files into one? Can I also change the page order?
A: You should use
PDF Fill, a versatile PDF editing tool that lets you combine multiple PDF files
into one. PDF Fill can also be used to rearrange pages of a PDF file or for
rotating pages (useful for scanned PDFs).
Q: I want to extract text from a scanned PDF document and use it in my Word document. What is the best option?
A: You can easily
extract text from regular PDFs using the text selection tool in Adobe Reader
but for scanned PDFs, Google Docs OCR is a good choice. Upload the scanned PDF
document to Google Docs, select the option that says “Convert text from PDF and
image files to Google documents” and then choose File –> Download as Word to
save the extracted text.
Q: I have some restricted PDF documents on my computer that neither allow printing nor can you select text with the mouse.
A: You can use
online services like PDFUnlock.com or freemyPDF.com to remove all common
restrictions around a PDF file – such as print, copying, etc. – without
requiring any passwords.
Q: Some PDF files on our intranet are protected by a password and the employee who created those PDFs is no longer with the company. How can we open these PDFs?
A: There are
workarounds to open password protected PDFs or you can completely remove
passwords from a PDF file (like your bank’s credit card statements).
Q: Is there a PDF conversion service that I can integrate with my website to help visitors download my articles as PDFs?
A: Add the Joliprint button anywhere on
your website and people can convert your web articles to PDFs with a click. If
your blog offers an RSS feed, you can use RSS2PDF to offer a downloadable PDF
version of your blog.
Q: How can I add annotations or text notes to some of my PDF documents?
A: Get PDF-X
Viewer, a PDF viewer app like Adobe Reader but with some extra features. You
can add comments, annotations or even paste images to your PDF pages.
Alternatively, use PDF Escape to add annotations, call-outs and text to your
PDFs online in the browser without requiring any software.
Q: Can I fill PDF forms online without Acrobat Reader?
A: Sure, go to PDF Filler, upload the PDF form and start
typing. It converts the PDF form into images and the user can type right on top
of these images. When you have filled the form and ready to print, the images
and user text are combined into a single image. The other good option is FillanyPDF.com that is again free.
Q: How can I add watermarks or even my (real) signature to a PDF document?
A: First draw
your signature in Paint (or other photo editing tool) and save it as an image.
Now open Adobe Reader and choose Tools –> Place Signature. Copy-paste that
signature image anywhere on the PDF page. You can use the same technique to
insert watermarks inside the PDF.
Q: I have a PDF book that contains some 200 pages. Is there a way to extract selected pages from that book and save it as another PDF.
A: You can the
free PDF SAM (split and merge) utility to extract one or more pages from a PDF
document and save them as separate PDFs. The same tool can be used to mergemultiple PDFs into one file.
Q: How can I protect my PDF documents with a password?
A: Upload the PDF
file to pdfprotect.net, set a security
password and export it as PDF again. The service can be used to
password-protect files up to 10 MB in size.
Q: How do I embed PDF files on my blog?
A: Upload the PDF
file to Google Docs and then embed it in your web pages using the Google Docs
Viewer. Alternatively, upload the PDF to document hosting sites like Issuu,
Scribd or SlideShare and use their Flash based viewer for embedding PDF into
your web pages.
3 comments:
Amazing article. You have posted such an awesome detail about PDF. Its true that its the best document format that preserves the formatting and also the documents are read only. You have highlighted so many uses and features of Pdf files.
PDF's are very useful since it can be stored in storage devices and handheld tablets.
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I've always had a hard time converting PDF documents especially when working on digital preservation services that tends to require serious amount of time. Thanks for mentioning about that PDF Filler mate, helps me a lot! Cheers.
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