Document Conversion

Copying Machine allows you to scan and print documents or images in a single step, by pressing just one button. This program is for people who have a TWAIN-scanner and a printer attached to their PC. The idea is very simple, making a copy of a real document by scanning it in with the scanner and print it with the printer in a single step. The program works just like any real copying machine, but has some additional capabilities. For example, you can save the images to disc so you can make copies of them in the future without having to scan them again. You can also make a selection on a page in order to zoom in on a particular part or align an image so it is perfectly centered when printed. Additional features include export to TIFF, multiple pages in a document and drawing tools.

Advanced PDF to HTML Converter allows you to convert PDF files to HTML pages and preserve the original layout, links, bookmarks, images and vector drawings. The program can automatically add navigational links if the PDF file includes multiple pages and bookmarks. Images can be converted to PNG, JPG, GIF or BMP. You can add custom page titles, colors and process multiple PDF files at once. Easy to use, good results.

PowerPoint to Flash allows you to (batch) convert PPT files to Flash (.swf) format. In addition to the .SWF file, it can also generate the HTML container pages, as well as an optional CD autorun file. You can convert the entire presentation to a Flash slideshow, or create a .swf file for each slide individually. The program allows you to resize the slides/images and adjust the JPEG output quality as well as font quality. PowerPoint to Flash does not support background music.

SharePDF enables you to convert PDF files to graphic formats (JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF) that can be viewed and shared without the need to have Acrobat Reader (or any other PDF reader) installed. You can choose to convert the entire document into a series of graphic files or select just the page(s) you want.

Presentations to Video Converter enables you convert PowerPoint presentations (.ppt) into AVI or mp4 Video files, without the need to have PowerPoint installed. The program captures the PowerPoint content, and allows you to click on the built-in recording display to navigate the presentation at your pace. Video and Audio settings allow you to select a video and audio decoder of your choice.

Miraplacid Text Driver enables you to extract text from any printable document regardless of the format (as long as you can open, view and print it). The program installs as a virtual printer driver and is available from the Print dialog. The extracted text can be previewed and then saved to a file (Text or XML format), uploaded to an FTP server, copied to the clipboard or sent by email. Other features include automatic saving (without preview), Unicode support and more.

DocSmartz PDF to Word Converter enables you to convert PDF files to Microsoft Word (.doc) or RTF format, from where you can edit the file, even if the original PDF does not support editing. Several conversion options allow you to maintain the original layout, preserve text flow or extract text/images alone. Other features include support for JPX image compression, combining of multiple files, image conversion and more.

Universal Document Converter allows you to convert any document into a graphic file. It installs as a virtual printer and works from any application that offers print support. This allows you to save documents in a format that can be easily emailed, without the need for any special viewer. Or you can use it to save web pages as images, convert to the supported image formats and more. The program installs in the printer dialog. To use it, just select Print from any application and then select the Universal Document Converter. Supported output formats are BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PCX, and DCX.

SoftFirst CAD2Image Converter enables you to convert AutoCAD design drawings and projects to various image formats. It supports 19 types of CAD files and 10 image output formats, including PNG, GIF, JPG, TIF and others. You can convert individual files or process an entire folder in batch mode. Additional features include thumbnail creation, color and DPI adjustments, customizable color and line widths, support for SHX fonts and more.

RTF2FO converts RTF files to XML according to the W3C Formatting Object specification and generates an XSL template and an XML textual data file. The conversion preserves initial RTF document formatting in the resulting XML documents and allows you to create sophisticated XSL templates in minutes without strong knowledge of XSL FO.

Paper Valet (formerly MrBills) allows you to get rid of your paper bills or documents and store them in digital format on your computer. You can easily scan, categorize, and store your bills, statements, invoices, receipts, and other documents using your TWAIN compatible scanner. Paper Valet automatically creates and files the documents by account and date. All you need to do is set up your billing accounts (e.g Phone bill, water bill etc.) and then just press the Scan button to scan and digitize a new bill. The scanning part is very convenient it only requires a single click, the document is scanned, converted to PDF or TIFF format and stored without any further input required from. The program also bypasses the scanner interface, so there are no additional dialogs to deal with. Additional features include batch scanning, integrated image viewer, optional annotations and more. If you ever thought of digitizing your documents, you should try Paper Valet.

ABBYY FineReader Professional Edition is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and PDF conversion application that converts PDF files, scanned documents and digital camera images into editable and searchable electronic formats without the need for retyping or reformatting. It offers integrated spell checking, barcode recognition, image splitting, multilingual recognition and excellent recognition accuracy. The program provides an easy to use interface with a wizard dialog that makes scanning and converting a breeze. The converted documents can be exported as PDF, Word document, HTML, CSV, DBF and other formats, or also sent by email.

Click to Convert allows you to share information and create web pages with the Click of a button. It can accurately convert and publish your files and documents into HTML and/or PDF format. Click to Convert installs as a virtual printer and can be called from any program that offers printer support - just select the ClickToConvert printer and the current file will be converted to HTML and optionally PDF as well. You can configure several output options, including file names, optional navigation links, PDF security, fonts, HTML backgrounds etc. The converted files can also be automatically uploaded to your FTP server, using the built-in upload feature.

ABBYY ScanTo Office enables you to convert scanned paper documents into editable Microsoft Office documents or email attachments. The program uses OCR technology to automatically convert and format printed text, and an optional imaging mode that converts the document to image-only PDF, which is useful for complex layouts like forms or similarly structured documents.

PDF Generator provides an easy way to create PDF files from any document. It installs as a as a virtual printer driver and is available from the regular Printer dialog. To convert a document to PDF, all you have to do is choose the PDF Generator printer entry to convert the file. It will be saved as .PDF document in the same folder. Additional features include support for encryption, font embedding, PDF compression, document information, page size and more. Supports PDF v1.3 and 1.4.

PDF Moto is an automated web publishing software that converts any MS Word, Excel, Visio document into PDF format and can automatically upload it to your web site and create an index page, linking to the files. In fact, it can create entire web sites, fully automatically. The program uses a centralized approach, that allows you to specify a local folder, and any document saved to that folder will be automatically converted and saved to a publishing folder. From there, it can be uploaded to your web site. The entire process can run fully automatic, you save a Word document to your specified folder, it is converted and added to the web site without further interaction on your end. Navigation and linking are automatically created and the look and feel can be matched with your existing designs using a powerful XML template system. You can even choose to have it create PHP or ASP pages. PDFMoto monitors the source document structure, detects documents that have been added, deleted or amended and reflects these changes by automatically updating the site. Additional features include browser based document submission, document management, unlimited web site destinations and support for Meta schemes. The standard version supports up to 75 documents, additional version for larger sites are available for $349 and up.

AscToHTM is a simple to use, yet powerful and highly configurable utility that will convert text to HTML web page files. It converts plain text files by recognising headings, bullets, use of emphasis, multiple indentation levels, tables, code samples and ascii art in the original document. Where tables are detected in the original text it will generate full HTML tables. It can add hyperlinks to section numbers, URLs, email addresses, USENET newsgroups and to user-specified keywords. It can also generate a hyperlinked contents list whilst converting each text file, and a directory index of all the files being converted. It can add Title, colours, standard HTML headers and footers, style sheets and JavaScript to each page generated.

ExcelExplorer is a utility for quick and easy managing of Excel files without the need to have MS Excel or Office installed. It allows you to view, move, delete or rename Excel files (.xls). The interface is easy to use and offers a file explorer view to select the .xls files to open. Useful if you don't have Excel installed, but need to view .xls files and make basic modifications.

Go2PDF enables you to instantly convert almost any document into PDF format with a simple click. It installs as a virtual printer and is available from the Print menu of any application that supports printing. The program supports passwords protection, PDF access control, PDF scaling, PDF version and compatibility control, font embedding options and more. Go2PDF natively supports more than 5000 document formats (as all PDF converters do), you can convert MS Office documents, web pages, images and just about anything else, by simply selecting Print and then the Virtual PDF printer. It lacks some of the advanced features that commercial products usually have to offer (watermarks, PDF stationary, URL conversion etc.). No documentation included.

ParseRat is an intelligent tool to parse, convert and restructure files in many different formats and process the parsed data in several different ways. It can be used for extracting data from legacy processes or those where data can only be exported as printed reports. ParseRat supports reading ASCII and EBCDIC, parsing and converting dates, names and addresses into components. It can also genderize names, generate Soundex and perform intelligent DeDuplication. Some usage examples are: generate titles (Mr, Ms. etc) from first names, convert addresses into standard (user defined) formats, automatically recognize and extract URL or EMail addresses from input records, convert string output to upper, lower or mixed case (with intelligent handling of capitalization exceptions like McDonald, O Rourke WordPerfect etc.). In addition, ParseRat can convert numeric information, measurement units and perform arithmetic on incoming fields. The output can be saved as XML, fixed format, delimited, mail merge or dBase or copied to the clipboard. ParseRat offers an easy to use interface, that allows you to perform any of these operations without having to write any scripts or complicated configuration files - you can simple point an click and choose from the available options.