Go4Covert: A Good Online Service for PDF Conversions

Alena Baronava Special for TCC You must have experienced a good amount of frustration, when you have opened a file sent to you, only to fine gibberish splashed all over the page. Now imagine the seriousness of the situation, when you send your resume for a job interview, and all that the interviewer can see…

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6 Enterprise PDF Productivity Tools by Adobe Acrobat

Here are five non-free tools offered by Adobe Acrobat that may increase your productivity significantly if you have an enterprise-level office that churns out a lot of large-size technical documents, PDFs, forms, invoices, surveys, reports, etc. on a regular basis. Even though they are not free, they may prove to be cost efficient if you’re going to…

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Organize technical document images

4 Ideas to Organize Technical Document Images

Introduction Organizing technical document images is easier said than done. Most technical documents would have at least a few images to illustrate a point, or screen-shots that accompany the description of a certain step-by-step procedure, etc. Organizing such images can really become a problem, especially when you have dozens and hundreds of them. Finding, editing,…

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MS Word Shortcuts to Boost Your Productivity

Are you using MS Word Shortcuts? Across the world every day, millions of writers select, copy and paste words as a regular part of their work. Here are some MS Word short cuts to increase your productivity: To select a SINGLE WORD: double-click on it. To select the WHOLE PARAGRAPH that a word is in:…

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2 File-Naming Tips for Higher Productivity

Every technical writer at some point in his or her career faces this problem until a solution is found: too many files thrown together in a folder, without any easy way to tell which is what. Here are some of my own file naming tips that have helped me a lot over the years. File…

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How to Create a PDF Form with OpenOffice Writer

© Ugur Akinci Think of  OpenOffice Writer as the free equivalent of MS Word (free download at http://www.openoffice.org). Did you know that you can create perfect PDF forms by using nothing else but OO Writer? Here are the basic steps: (1) Launch your OO Writer and create a new document. (2) Select View > Toolbars…

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EasyBIB Automatic Bibliography Tool and Citation Maker

EasyBIB is a great online automatic bibliography tool that comes in both free and paid versions. It is versatile, comprehensive, and comes with productivity features that I’m sure all students, scholars, and writers would appreciate. The tool is easy-to-use and free to use for all, which makes it an excellent choice for students who need…

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