TagMyDoc: Easily Embed QR Code to Your Documents

tagmydoc-logoWhen you want to share a document, the usual way is to either send the other party an email with the document attached, or upload the document to a storage server, pass them the URL and they can visit the link to download the document. How about embedding a QR code on your document so that people can scan the QR code and have the document downloaded to their devices instantly?

TagMyDoc is one web service that does exactly this. It embeds QR code onto your documents. During a keynote presentation, meeting, discussion or video conference, your friends/colleagues/co-workers can scan the QR code in the document and have the document downloaded to their devices instantly.
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DocuSign Allows You to Sign Documents Electronically

DocuSign-LogoSigning documents has just become that much easier. So often I’ll get a contract via email, either for insurance, a new loan, or a new job, and I’m asked to sign it and send it back through email. While it’s not a difficult process, it can be somewhat of a pain to go through all the steps to get it signed and emailed back. The new app DocuSign Ink has just eliminated all of the hassle. And the best part yet is that I can do it all with my iPad or iPhone.
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How to Batch Convert Documents at the Command Line

Convert it!There comes a time when you need to convert one or more files to another format. Say, for example, you have a bunch of .rtf files that you want to turn into OpenDocument files. Chances are you don’t need to do that too often, but when the time comes, opening each file in a word processor and saving it can be a real chore.

If you use OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice, then you can save a lot of time by letting a command line utility called JODConverter do the work for you. Don’t let the fact that it’s a command line tool scare you. JODConverter is easy to use and fast. It’s also very effective.

Let’s take a look at how to use it.
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Topicmarks: Extract Facts from Lengthy Documents and Obtain Their Summaries

topicmarks-1Mostly, lengthy texts include numerous details that do not particularly interest you. Reading these texts in their entirety to reach their crux is indeed a time-consuming process. This is precisely why while preparing for their exams, many students prefer referring to their notes instead of their textbooks; the notes include important points, facts, and summaries without any unnecessary details. Unfortunately, such a set of student notes do not accompany every lengthy piece of text and you have to read it all if you wish to understand it all… unless you use Topicmarks, of course.
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Transfer Documents Wirelessly From iOS Device to Mac

transfer-folderAs the tech world continues to complete the transition from being completely wired to completely wireless, it’s very close to being completely wireless, whether it’s phones, computers, game systems, etc. While Apple’s iTunes is now able to transfer non-music documents completely wirelessly, other apps still have a long way to go. A year ago no one would have thought it tedious to be wired to exchange files, but now it seems to be a chore to connect with wire.
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Compositions: A Minimal Text Editor With Snapshot Functionality

Compositions-mainHave you ever been working on long-term project? The kind where you have to make draft, after draft, after draft of the same keys in order to get it right. You know the procedure: save the document as a new draft, with a new title, each and every time you make significant documents. Troublesome, time wasting and extremely unproductive.

There is a free and much simpler solution. That solution is an app called Compositions. Let’s take a better look at the software.
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ShowDocument: The ‘Super-Collaboration’ Website That Integrates Various Web Apps Together

ShowDocument-1Thanks to numerous ‘collaboration’ websites, you can easily create and edit documents online with help from your friends. But what if you wanted to collaborate on more than simply documents? What if you wanted to perform some calculations or watch a YouTube video together with your online friends? To perform these and other similar tasks you will need a ‘super-collaboration’ website.

“ShowDocument” is that super-collaboration website.
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How to Keep Your Digital Life Synchronized – Automatically!

sync-iconThis is a guest post from Anders Vinther (Easy-Email.net)

These days, most people use a variety of electronic devices every day – computers, smartphones, iPads – you name it. I think the only person left who only uses one computer is my mum.

We all know how difficult it is to keep your information up to date and readily available when we need it. If you’re anything like me, you don’t want to have to remember to update your USB key before you leave the office or email yourself from your work email address to your personal email address… most often you don’t even know what you will need.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could have all your files, bookmarks, emails, passwords, contacts and calendar up to date, no matter where you are or which computer or device you are using? Here is the complete guide to synchronizing your digital life. Set it up once and then forget about it, it’s all automatic! It will take a bit of time to get it organised up front, but it will save you so much time from then on.
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ShowDocument Lets You Hold Web Meetings With Ease

showdocument-meetingThanks to the web, the other parts of the world are becoming more accessible for everything from sharing your family pictures, to having employees scattered all over the globe. One of the challenges of having a remote workforce is – how the heck can you organize even the most basic meeting?

When collaborating with multiple people geographically spread out, things like a digital whiteboard, file sharing, and training can be very difficult. ShowDocument is a creative way to address this problem.
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How to Sync Your MS Office Documents to Online Office Apps (Google Docs, Zoho, Office Live)

weboffice-mainOne of the advantages of using a Web based office suite is that it allows you to share the document with your friends/colleagues and get them to collaborate on the document. On the other hand, using Microsoft Office on your computer allows you to make use of the rich formatting/editing tool to improve your productivity. Wouldn’t it be great if you can get the best of both worlds, by editing your documents in Microsoft Office, and upload/publish/sync the edited version back to the web based office apps? In this article, we will see how this can be done with three popular online office suite – Google Docs, Zoho and Office Live.
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