Writer Girl, Not Techie Girl
I can’t hide it. I’m a bit of a software maven, but no one in their right mind would ever call me a techie . . . That makes for so many reasons that I value my techie friends so much. One is they know where to find cool widgets, plug-ins, and online tools that I haven’t discovered. TechZ mentioned this one among a whole list of cool links on his blog TechZOnline.net last week.
Great Find: PDF Online
Permalink: http://www.pdfonline.com/
Audience/Topic: Anyone who wants to share ebooks, white papers, or other documents
Content: PDF Online is a free service that offers more than you might have hoped for — a quick and free PDF conversion online service, which means it works from wherever you might be. The process is simple. There is no installation. Submit documents to their server. PDF.Online generates and emails you the finished file.
What’s their rationale for providing a free service?
First of all, it doesn’t cost us anything to run this service. Developed using easyPDF SDK (our proprietary PDF Engine), PDF Online server can process thousands of PDF conversions per day (with 99% success rate) and runs 24×7 with no human operator.
Secondly, it’s our way of saying thank you for helping us improve our easyPDF SDK’s performance and value to a level no one, not even Adobeî, can match.
Of course, they also want you to buy their server and desktop applications, their printer driver, and their other products. Still there’s no heavy sales pitch — just presentations.
Take a look. Click the title below. You never know when you need a quick .pdf file.
Now I need that .pdf plug-in. . . .
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Liz, thanks for the way you look to others to improve what we all do! Tech skills are a huge park of the logical mathematical intelligence and that differs for the linguistic intelligence of a writer or the spatial intelligence of an artist. How, as you suggest, we can all grow and develop these, and where we choose not to in any one area, we can join step with a person who’s gifted in the area needed. I like the way you offer criedit to people’s skills – thanks for the inspiration. Tech people are tops in my non-techie brain and that have me up and going in amazing new ways! Your post reminded me to say thanks for all those who wield the tools of their trade with such finese!
HI Ellen,
You know because you’re brain is so smart . . . the folks who are different from us are the ones who save us. I’ve learned to value them — they care about the things that I can even seem to see. So I’m stronger, just because they’re around me.
How about http://www.cutepdf.com ? You can “print” right to PDF, though hyperlinks may not carry through. It’s free, and it works for me.
Great techie links. Thanks Liz!
Hey Phil,
Thank you. I do love my techie friends. 🙂
Anyone else got a favorite .pdf program/service to add?
Excellent, thank you!
Again, great links! Thanks!
Caryn,
Thanks to you. You make me want to do more!
Liz – this is totally awesome! I was bugging a friend of mine to convert documents for me – now I can do it myself – for FREE!!!! Thanks!
Hi Ann,
I’m glad that you can do it for yourself for free. Don’t miss the one that Phil added in the comments just above you. Happy to help you be as independent as you can be!
Hi Liz,
I just tried this service and it’s amazing! I never had such great results with any other similar online service. Whatever I converted, jpg files or word documents with fuzzy layouts, it all came out perfect.
Thanks for sharing this link with us, it is indeed a great find.
Hi Stephanie,
Thank you for sharing your great results with us. I always whether other folks have the same good results that I do. 🙂