PDF Guide – Do Anything with PDF

As we all are aware that PDF is the best format for preserve the documents as they can not allow to change the formatting, All PDF documents are read-only and can be accessed in  most computers, mobile phones.

Here I would like to give you some technics which can be used in routine work to work around PDF formats.

How to Create PDF without any Software Installed on PC? - The tool called Nitro Reader available for download and install a virtual PDF printer. You can create PDF files from any Windows application using the regular Print command where you need to select "Nitro" from available Printer list.

Save any Webpage in PDF format - As stated above, opened webpage can be convert in PDF format by print command where you need to select "Nitro" from printer list. Alternatively, you can send URL of that webpage to mypdf@joliprint.com and they'll send you the full page as a PDF. There are many more tools available like CleanPrint for converting webpage to PDFs.

PDF to other format like HTML, Image, Word, etc. - Just upload your any PDF document to zamsar.com and convert it to other formats like doc, html, text, and more. By using your gmail account you can convert any doc,pdf,etc. to HTML format and the steps are as:
 1. Compose a new message in GMail.

 

2. Attach any PDF or Word document that you want to convert to HTML You can attach multiple files in this step by clicking Attach another File.

 

3. Enter your own email address in the To: box and click send.

 

4. You instantly receive a message in your GMail Inbox folder. Open the message and click the "View as HTML" link next to your attachment.

 

5. The contents of your attachment appear as HTML in a new browser window without having to download the file. When you're finished reading the attached file, close the new browser window to return to Gmail or Save the file to your harddrive.

 

GMail will show the following types of files as HTML: .pdf, .doc, .xls, .ppt, .rtf, .sxw, .sxc, .sxi, .sdw, .sdc, .sdd, and .wml. You can extend this trick to extract text from PDF documents (PDF to Txt) or Convert Adobe PDF documents to Word (PDF to Doc conversion). First convert the Document to HTML with Gmail and then open the HTML file in Microsoft Word and choose Save as .doc.
Convert PDF document from any other language to English version - By using Google Translate, you can convert any language to English and vice a versa.

Merge multiple PDF file into single - You can 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).

Extract text from Scanned PDF Document -  "Google Docs OCR" is the tool for the same. 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.

Fill PDF forms online - Just 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.

Add watermarks or Signature in PDF document - 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.

Extract selected pages from PDF document and save into new PDF document - There is a free tool called  PDF SAM (split and merge) available to extract one or more pages from a PDF document and save them as separate PDFs. The same tool can be used to merge multiple PDFs into one file.