Convert Word to PDF for Free – 5 Different Ways
Some times we want to convert a Word file into a PDF document. There might be many reasons But how to convert a word document into a PDF? There are many softwares over internet but most of them are paid version. Let us see few different ways of converting a Word file into a PDF.
Convert From Microsoft Word to PDF Document
- Using Open Office to Convert Word Document to PDF
Install OpenOffice on your computer.Open the Word document you want to convert.Select File > Export as PDF from the main menu.Finally choose a filename for your PDF.Select the options you want, or just save the file, you are ready with a a PDF file now 
Download Open office from Openoffice.org
- Using Google Docs to Convert Word Document to PDF
Go to http://docs.google.com, Select upload and click browse, Select the word file you want to convert and upload it.
After uploading, Under the file menu select Download As –> PDF, you can see a download box with PDF file.Just save it. You are done
- Using Online Converters to Convert Word Document to PDF
1) ExpressPDF (http://www.expresspdf.com/)
Browse the Word file and select the option to convert is as PDF document
They will convert and send it to your email
2) PrintPDF (http://www.printpdf.com )
Same as ExpressPDF
3) Doc2PDF (http://www.doc2pdf.net)
Same as ExpressPDF
4 )Media-convert (http://www.media-convert.com)
Select the file and leave the input field as auto detect and output field as PDF file.
After conversion, just download the file
Note : I recommend ExpressPDF as it is fast and also supports upto 20MB.
- Use Save As PDF Plugin for Microsoft Office 2007
If you are using Microsoft Office 2007, there is a a plugin called Save as PDF Download it and install. Open the word document you want to convert, go to File –> Save as, Select PDF file. Output of PDF file is created.
- Using an utility like PDF995
You need to download and install two small files, a printer driver and the converter.You can get them at http://pdf995.com/download.html .Install it on your computer, To use it, open any document you want to convert, and choose PDF995 as the printer.So, if you are converting a word document, go to File> Print. then change the printer to PDF995.This will now print to a file, so choose the save location and save the file.
Hope this guide is useful in converting a word file into a PDF document.Use anyone of the above method next time without googling for a converter software
How to Change Mac Address in Linux (Ubuntu/Kubuntu)
Ubuntu/Kubuntu Tutorial.
Some times we require to change MAC address (Physical Address of network card).This can be temporarily or permanently. Here is a tutorial which illustrates changing of MAC address in linux/ubuntu/kubuntu
To change the MAC address temporarily
Open terminal and type
ifconfig eth0 down
This command brings the network down
Later type the following command.
ifconfig eth0 hw ether Your Mac Address
For example, it will be like
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 001B2F1359C3
Later bring the network up by the following command.
ifconfig eth0 up
Now type
dhclient
This DHCP protocol allows your computer to contact a central server which main- tains a list of IP addresses which will be assigned to you.
Now your connection should be up with a new MAC address
If you still find a problem with connection, Just repeat the process after taking the LAN wire connection
If you want to access internet with the new mac address all the time, it would be difficult to repeat the process every time after starting the system
So we need to edit /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
Anything in the file loads after the regular boot process.So we can repeat the temporary process here.
Open terminal and type
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
On the bottom of the page, insert the following piece of code
killall dhclient
killall dhclient3
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 001B2F1359C3
ifconfig eth0 up
/sbin/dhclient
/sbin/dhclient3
So putting this in the file will change the MAC address everytime the system starts.
Most Popular Twitter Acronyms
Twitter is famous for micro blogging.It is used to share everything, i.e from breaking news to updates from friends, Where we can send tweets of 140 characters.Acronyms are used in the tweets sent.Most of these Acronyms are famous among regular internet users.Here is a list of Popular Acronyms that people use on Twitter.
RT = Retweet.
PRT = Partial Retweet / Please Retweet.
OH = Overheard.
DM = Direct Message.
@ : Reply to [username]. for Ex @techolar
BTW : By The Way
FTW = For The Win.
FTL = For The Loss.
IRL = In Real Life.
FTF = Face to Face.
IMHO = In My Honest Opinion.
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary.
BR = Best Regards.
b/c = because.
JV = Joint Venture.
LMK = Let Me Know.
Don’t forget to use these Acronyms while you tweet next time
Safari 4 Released : Most User Friendly and Fastest Browser – Apple
Apple today released Safari 4 beta version. They say that the newest edition(Safari 4) of Apple’s browser will run JavaScript commands 4.2 times faster than Safari 3 for Mac OS X and Windows , They even claim to that Safari executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and more than 3 times faster than Firefox 3. They packed the browser with great new features. It looks very posh
Top Sites View In Apple Safari 4 Browser
History View In Apple Safari 4 Browser
Few Interesting Features in Safari 4
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Top Sites, a display of frequently visited web pages in a wall of previews where user can go their favorite sites with single click
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Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text
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Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes®; This one is lovely
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Tabs on Top, It is like Google chrome for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
- Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
- Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
- Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site’s layout and text;
- Also built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications.
Rapidshare API Coming Next Week
Rapidshare is a big player in online free file sharing. Many prefer to host their files with rapidshare. They made rapidshare more friendly by removing annoying captcha system for non-paid users, increasing per day traffic limit for many countries, security lock to protect accounts etc. Rapidshare developed and API (Application programming interface) to help software developers to build applications based on Rapidshare. They say that it is in beta stage and will be released within few weeks. The primary reason they build this API, is to protect its system from unwanted malicious third party programs resulting in system slow down.
Windows Vista Wallpapers For Normal And Widescreens
Windows Vista Wallpapers are always hot and demanding on the web. If you are looking for Vista wallpapers for your windows Vista, XP, 2000, 98, ME, then here are they for you. These are released as Windows Vista Ultimate Wallpaper Series Pack 1.5 from wstaylor . They provide resources for customizing windows vista.
Windows Vista Blue Wallpaper for Normal and Widescreen
These Free Windows Vista Ultimate Wallpaper Series Pack 1.5 is designed both for normal and wide screens.
More Sample Wallpapers from Windows Vista Ultimate Wallpaper Series Pack 1.5
Windows Vista Red Wallpaper for Normal and Widescreen
Windows Vista Green Wallpaper for Normal and Widescreen
Download Windows Vista Ultimate Wallpaper Series Pack 1.5 (size 5.78 MB)
Windows 7 is Great for Gaming
Chris Lewis, Microsoft’s Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business for the EMEA region, today told GamesIndustry.biz that Windows 7 is the Best OS for Games than any other versions of Windows, Windows 7 will be more robust,quick and efficient than other versions.
Here is what he said
“Windows 7 will be great for games, undoubtedly. It’s all good news – it’s even more robust, it’s quicker relatively, and the early testing cycles are proving very promising overall. I think it’ll be nothing but good news for PC gamers, but we’ll have more to say on that later on this year.”
This would be a great news to the computer games freaks. All they have to do is to wait for few months to experience games on Windows 7.
Search Rapidshare and Megaupload for files
The most popular file sharing networks on internet are Rapidshare and Megaupload.However, Rapidshare and Megaupload files can only be downloaded only if you know the direct links of the files.Do you know that you can search for files hosted on these sites
Rapidshare and Megaupload Search Engines
There are few search engines where you can search files specifically on the Rapidshare and megaupload networks.These sites doesn’t search rapidshare or megaupload for files, but instead search the online websites and forums to find Rapidshare and megaupload links to files.
Here is the Rapidshare Search Engines list
Megaupload Search Engines List
If you know any search engines for this purpose other than the listed, Please post using comments.
Synchronize Bookmarks From IE Safari and Firefox On Different Computers With Foxmarks
Many people using different browsers in multiple computers find it difficult for synchronizing their bookmarks or favorites.Popular Firefox sync tool, Foxmarks, offers a way to keep bookmarks synchronized across various computers. Users, for instance, who use Internet Explorer at home and Firefox at office can synchronize their bookmarks or Favorites between the two computers and two different browsers with Foxmarks.
Foxmarks – Bookmarks synchronizing across multiple computers made easy
What is Foxmarks ?
It is a powerful and popular Firefox extension which allows users to synchronize and back up their bookmarks and passwords across different computers online. Previously, this extension only supports Firefox browser. However, this interesting Firefox extension has extended its synchronization features to Internet Explorer and Safari as well.
How to use Foxmarks ?
For enjoying this service,Users simply need to download the Foxmarks extension for Internet Explorer and Safari here and install it. The installation process is pretty easy and fast. For this users have to create an account with Foxmarks. Once the account is created, users can start uploading their bookmarks or favorites to Foxmarks for synchronization.
How useful is Foxmarks?
As you can see, With Foxmarks, users can substantially to keep their bookmarks up to date. At this point of time, the Internet Explorer and Safari versions of Foxmarks is unable to do passwords synchronization. Foxmarks team says that they will sort it out soon.
AVG AntiVirus Free Download
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