Many of you who for their day to day need to convert their documents to PDF and they don’t require too much functionality ..just only converting documents to PDF and nothing else but cannot afford expensive Adobe Acrobat Pro or any other paid software can have a solution in PrimoPDF a free PDF converter / creator.I have been trying to find out a good software which can be used for just simply converting my documents to PDF without any price tag as i don’t need to do any kind of editing or so many other things that Adobe offers in its big software package.This software comes from NITROPDF.This simple PDF converter got some nice features like you can secure your document by inserting a password while converting it.Simple to use and free of annoying ads, making it easy to convert your files to PDF.You can even combine PDF files together.Its main Feature are: Create PDF files from 300+ file types.
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Windows XP – keyboard shortcuts
Earlier this month i wrote about microsoft office shortcuts.Here some of the windows shortcuts are listed here.General keyboard shortcuts * CTRL+C (Copy) * CTRL+X (Cut) * CTRL+V (Paste) * CTRL+Z (Undo) * DELETE (Delete) * SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) * CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) * CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) * F2 key (Rename the selected item) * CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) * CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) * CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) * CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph) * CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text) * SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document) * CTRL+A (Select all) * F3 key (Search for a file or a folder) * ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item) * ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program) * ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object) * ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window) * CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously) * ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items) * ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened) * F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop) * F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer) * SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item) * ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window) * CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu) * ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu) * Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command) * F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program) * RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu) * LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu) * F5 key (Update the active window) * BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer) * ESC (Cancel the current task) * SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing) * CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Open Task Manager)Dialog box keyboard shortcutsIf you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode.
AVAST : FREE antivirus software for Windows with anti-spyware protection:Home Edition
certain URLs and file operations acn be blocked by you ,by configuring its advance optionsWith immediate real-time protection, clockwork updates, and much more, this free software is highly regarded .Though its graphical user interface isnt that much good as other paid antivirus.Some of you may get confused with its buttons which look like a media player buttons.But you will get familiar once you try playing with them.Even the virus protection isnt as much good as topers in antivirus category like Kaspersky or NOD 32 but for a decent antivirus software without any price tag this software is good enough for many home users who cant afford expensive antiviruses.Another feature is you can change its skin as you do with media players.You can get skin that suits your style.You can download Avast here.Free registrationAvast!
MPlayer – Play anything , almost all formats of Audio and video
Supported Input Formats (S)VCD (Super Video CD) CDRwin’s .bin image file DVD, including encrypted DVD MPEG-1/2 (ES/PS/PES/VOB) RIFF AVI file format ASF/WMV/WMA format QT/MOV/MP4 format RealAudio/RealVideo format Ogg/OGM files Matroska NUT NSV (Nullsoft Streaming Video) VIVO format FLI format NuppelVideo format yuv4mpeg format FILM (.cpk) format RoQ format PVA format streaming via HTTP/FTP, RTP/RTSP, MMS/MMST, MPST, SDP TV grabbing Supported Video and Audio Codecs most important video codecs: MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video MPEG-4 ASP in all variants including DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5 (Pro), Xvid MPEG-4 AVC aka H.264 Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2) Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL) RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 (G2) RealVideo 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries) Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other QuickTime codecs DV video 3ivx Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2) Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or XAnim codecs) VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other H.263(+) variants (using x86 DLL) MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats FLI/FLC HuffYUV various old simple RLE-like formats most important audio codecs: MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP3) audio AC3/A52 (Dolby Digital) audio (software or SP/DIF) AAC (MPEG-4 audio) WMA (DivX Audio) v1, v2 WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs) RealAudio: COOK, SIPRO, ATRAC3 (using Real libraries) RealAudio: DNET and older codecs QuickTime: Qclp, Q-Design QDMC/QDM2, MACE 3/6 (using QT libraries), ALAC Ogg Vorbis audio VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren) (using x86 DLL) alaw/ulaw, (ms)gsm, pcm, *adpcm and other simple old audio formats Earlier Mplayer was just a command line player but now its with full GUI (Graphical user interface) and hence much easier for many of you.As i said earlier, its open source and hence you need not worry much about licenses.You can download the GUI version for windows here which is SMPLAYER
ZoneAlarm Pro – 1 license giveaway – Reminder
I had made a post about Zone Alarm Pro license give away to one of subscriber.This post is just a reminder for that.you just need to subscribe to my site and then comment on this post or original post to be eligible for the draw.The result will be declared on 20th of Dec 2008.Original post can be found here.http://www.avinashtech.com/2008/11/zonealarm-pro-license-giveaway-to-one.html
PC Tool Internet Security 2009 License For 1 Year for Free
PC Tools Internet Security Suite 2009 features the award winning antivirus, anti spyware, firewall and spam protection that can protect your pc from viruses, hackers, spywares and spam. Main Features : * PC Tools Internet Security Suite offers powerful anti-spyware, anti-virus, firewall and spam protection in one application.
Problem with site layout – Bear with me
just making this post to inform you all that ..as many of you may have felt that the site layout is having some error with the two columns at right being shown below the first column.I am aware of this and trying to fix it…cant figure out why its happening as everything was all right before i started to move to my new domain.Just bear with me till i m able to fix it.Most probably it will be fixed when the domain transfer is completed from blogspot to my new domain http://avinashtech.com.
Gmail Integrates Task List, Keeps You Organized
The new feature can associate emails with tasks and create multiple to-do lists.To activate Gmail Tasks, you will have to go to Settings/Labs in your Gmail account and right at the top you will find the Tasks module.
Site Now moved to new domain www.avinashtech.com
This post is different from all other post.Today i just got a new domain for the site and its now been moved to http://avinashtech.com and hence its got a unique and better identity on the web.From now on you can access the site my typing http://avinashtech.com in address bar of your web browser.New domain name will provide a better identity to the site.Hence i request all of you to update your bookmarks even though old address will still work.Thank you everyone who keep coming here.
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta Direct Download Links
Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta is officially out now for public downloading, the latest release features major Hotfixes and security Updates for the operating system, Vista SP2 adds support for new hardware devices, improves certain administration tasks and addresses reliability and performance issues.The following download will work on only English, French, German, Japanese or Spanish language Windows Vista installations, the download is valid for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.Windows Vista SP2 BETA Direct Download Links : Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 32-Bit (X86) – 434 MB Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 64-Bit (x64) – 726 MB DVD ISO For Windows Vista &