In addition to all the standard features here are some of the features available in the PDF-XChange FREE Viewer
- Add Comments and Annotations to any PDF file (subject to security settings) - unlike the Adobe Viewer which requires the PDF creation tool to be 'certified' by Adobe !
- Add & apply Custom Stamps from any Image or PDF File and even your Windows Clip board !
- Mark-up pages with text and objects
- Type directly on any PDF page, not just Adobe enabled forms documents - in Typewriter mode.
- Export PDF pages or entire files to any one of the supported Image formats including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG and many more ...
- Extract text from a PDF page/File
- Make your navigation of large or complex PDF files both simple and enjoyable with the extended functionality of our 'Loupe' and the 'Pan' Window tools
- Fill and Save Adobe Forms to disk, email or 'post' !
- Full Javascript Engine included
- Updated JPEG2000 Compression support - improving speed.
- Plug-Ins for both MS IE or Firefox Browser's included
- Integrate seamlessly with your favourite translation software to translate text on the 'fly' - including : ABBYY Lingvo 12, Translate It!, Lingoes.
- Includes comprehensive Help file and PDF Manual - no extra downloads required to add features etc.
- Portable version also available - can be run from any suitable device such as a Memory stick/CD/DVD etc - simply unzip and use - no installation required - just 4MB download !
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
PDF-XChange Viewer
PDF-XChange Viewer is "smaller, faster, and more feature rich than the Adobe reader". It is free for private and commercial use. Additional features are also available in the pro version that they sell.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Hard Drive Cloning Utility
http://clonezilla.org/
Open Source alternative to clone utilities such as Norton Ghost, Partition Image, etc.
Drive imaging program, bare metal backup and recovery.
Open Source alternative to clone utilities such as Norton Ghost, Partition Image, etc.
Drive imaging program, bare metal backup and recovery.
Botched VMware Install or Uninstall
I have had multiple occasions when upgrading VMware Player, Server, etc. where the process goes wrong and leaves me unable to cleanly uninstall or re-install.
It happened again today. This time I was installing VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and it wanted to uninstall Vmware Player first. Well this failed and now I couldn't install either app.
A little digging and I found a knowledge base article: Cleaning Up After Incomplete Uninstallation on a Windows Host
Following the repair steps accomplished nothing but then I noticed this little gem at the bottom: VMware_Install_Cleaner.zip This did the trick and I could then install Workstation. :) Note that for Vista you need to right-click and run as administrator if using UAC.
It happened again today. This time I was installing VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and it wanted to uninstall Vmware Player first. Well this failed and now I couldn't install either app.
A little digging and I found a knowledge base article: Cleaning Up After Incomplete Uninstallation on a Windows Host
Following the repair steps accomplished nothing but then I noticed this little gem at the bottom: VMware_Install_Cleaner.zip This did the trick and I could then install Workstation. :) Note that for Vista you need to right-click and run as administrator if using UAC.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Access Report Margin Problem
While using Access 2003 to create a report to print on 4" x 6" labels on my SATO GL 408e label printer, I ran across some very strange problems with margins.
I had created a custom paper size in the print driver on my print server (called custom stock in SATO lingo) and things seemed to be OK as I could see the new paper size in Access. The problems started when I tried to adjust the report margins to use as much of my label real estate as possible. The margins I set for top, left, and right would "stick" but the bottom margin kept resetting itself to 20.02 mm each time I left the page setup form. This was resulting in a large amount of unusable space at the bottom of each label.
Access 2007 was showing the exact same behaviour. Strangely, Word 2007 was not showing this behaviour and would allow me to select the custom paper size and print on the entire label. It seemed to be an issue related to Access.
After some banging of heads on walls, we stumbled across a setting in the print driver that solved the problem. On the "Printer Settings" tab the bottom section is titled "Override Application Default Settings". The field within is called "Always use drivers settings" and this needed to be set to true. I have no idea why this fixed the issue but it did and I am documenting in case this is of help to someone else!
I had created a custom paper size in the print driver on my print server (called custom stock in SATO lingo) and things seemed to be OK as I could see the new paper size in Access. The problems started when I tried to adjust the report margins to use as much of my label real estate as possible. The margins I set for top, left, and right would "stick" but the bottom margin kept resetting itself to 20.02 mm each time I left the page setup form. This was resulting in a large amount of unusable space at the bottom of each label.
Access 2007 was showing the exact same behaviour. Strangely, Word 2007 was not showing this behaviour and would allow me to select the custom paper size and print on the entire label. It seemed to be an issue related to Access.
After some banging of heads on walls, we stumbled across a setting in the print driver that solved the problem. On the "Printer Settings" tab the bottom section is titled "Override Application Default Settings". The field within is called "Always use drivers settings" and this needed to be set to true. I have no idea why this fixed the issue but it did and I am documenting in case this is of help to someone else!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Favicon for OWA on Exchange 2007
A minor thing but I wanted to use a favicon for our new Exchange Server 2007 Outlook Web Access site (also known as OWA or Outlook Anywhere). It was significantly harder to find the answer to this one than I expected . . . eventually, the secret was found on this developer forum posting. The (slightly modified) answer:
This is done by modifying the asp file for the logon page.
Locate the logon.aspx file. This is usually in ExchangeServer\ClientAccess\Owa\auth
Place the following under the *SECOND* <> tag:
< rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="favicon.ico">
Note1: You need to remove the space I inserted after the initial "< ". I did this as Blogger interprets the HTML and messes up this post!
Note2: You can change the text between the TITLE tags under the *second* HEAD tag to whatever name you want to call your site. I did this too. Very nice.
This is done by modifying the asp file for the logon page.
Locate the logon.aspx file. This is usually in ExchangeServer\ClientAccess\Owa\auth
Place the following under the *SECOND* <> tag:
< rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="favicon.ico">
Note1: You need to remove the space I inserted after the initial "< ". I did this as Blogger interprets the HTML and messes up this post!
Note2: You can change the text between the TITLE tags under the *second* HEAD tag to whatever name you want to call your site. I did this too. Very nice.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
bug.gd - Error Search and Collaboration
"This site helps you search for errors that other people have encountered. Someone's bound to have run into your error before, right?"
There's also a Firefox extension with this description:
There's also a Firefox extension with this description:
Search the world's database of error solutions and the web simultaneously. Later, provide your solutions to help the next poor soul.
The goal: No human should work on an error that has already been solved.
Free Online File Conversion
Zamzar allows you to upload a file and convert it from one format to another. The list of supported file types is quite lengthy.
Free Online Storage
Sometimes it's convenient to have a web-based option to deposit large files. This can facilitate the transfer of files that are too large to e-mail, etc.
4Shared - 5 GB of space, private or shared, max. 100MB, files deleted after 30 days
DropBoks - 1 GB, simple site, no sharing yet
Openomy - 1 GB free, can share via links
Box.net - 1 GB free, can share, max. 25MB
DropBox - Installed app, sychs, 2 GB free
RapidShare - no frills, max. storage space=?, max 300MB, files deleted after 30 days
YouSendIt - max. storage space=?, max 100MB
Live Spaces / Mesh?
4Shared - 5 GB of space, private or shared, max. 100MB, files deleted after 30 days
DropBoks - 1 GB, simple site, no sharing yet
Openomy - 1 GB free, can share via links
Box.net - 1 GB free, can share, max. 25MB
DropBox - Installed app, sychs, 2 GB free
RapidShare - no frills, max. storage space=?, max 300MB, files deleted after 30 days
YouSendIt - max. storage space=?, max 100MB
Live Spaces / Mesh?
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Open Additional Mailboxes - Exchange 2007
An excellent blog posting describing may useful Exchange Management Shell "one-liners":
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/05/428833.aspx
To grant full mailbox access permission:
Add-MailboxPermission [MAILBOX] -AccessRights FullAccess -user jcross
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/05/428833.aspx
To grant full mailbox access permission:
Add-MailboxPermission [MAILBOX] -AccessRights FullAccess -user jcross
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