Recommended Downloads - Foxit Reader

Staying on the PDF theme this week, we have a download for you from a company called Foxit.

There are a few different ways of reading PDF files but some of them, Adobe's Acrobat reader for instance is quite a large download and can take more space than needed to do the job.

The answer for us is Foxit Reader, its a small download and very fast to load when opening a PDF file, and like always this download is free.

To get Foxit Reader please click here.

Handy QuickTip - Saving a document as a PDF

If you have the lastest version of Microsoft Word you can save you document as a PDF easily by using the save as command and selecting .PDF from the drop down menu underneath the box where you name you file.

What is a PDF?

PDF files or to give them there long name portable document files are a way of displaying a document on any computer while still retaining the format of the document.

Created by Adobe the format can be used on all computers providing they have a piece of software known as a PDF reader installed. On such reader is Adobe Acrobat Reader which usually comes pre-installed on many computers.

Recommended Downloads - Dropbox

With most of our lives going digital nowadays, its always nice to be able to backup some information to the Internet so you can retrieve it from any computer, anywhere.

This is where Dropbox comes in.
Dropbox is an online storage website that allows you to upload 2GB of your data for free, there are various options for more storage which costs more.

All you do is sign up for a free account and you can upload your data immediately, you can then sign in anywhere and retrieve your information on any computer, you can even upload files from any other computer too.

You can download DropBox from Dropbox.com

Handy QuickTip - Undo

You may have just typed something into a document and want to undo the action quickly, press CTRL and Z for a shortcut to this action.

CAPTCHA

You may have signed up for a service on the Internet such as a web mail service and at the end of the form you fill in you will see some strange characters for you to type in - this technique is known as CAPTCHA

Basically what this does is it makes sure that the person typing in the details is a "real person" and not a computer filling in the form. This cuts down on junk emails and false account setups on web sites.

You may also see these symbols on web sites where you can make comments.

Bookmarking

Adding bookmarks in a browser is a great way to save your favourite sites, in Internet Explorer this feature is called Favourites.

To quickly add a boomark when visiting a web site press CTRL and D.