Free Online PDF Creator

PrimoOnline provides a super-fast way to create PDF files online, without the need to install any PDF software. Simply upload your file, enter your email address, and our server-based PDF creator will quickly convert it to PDF and deliver it straight to your email inbox.

Google Adds PDF Support in Google Docs

Google Docs has added support for PDF files, along withits Documents (Word), Presentations (PowerPoint) and Spread Sheets (Excel) applications. Users can now view and share PDFs with others online.

OpenOffice.org PDF import extension is now online

Beta version of PDF import extension for OpenOffice.org is now available online. Fully functional version, special features like importing layout of LaTeX PDF or import of complex vector graphics, will appear later. However even the preliminary version of this extension allows to open and edit PDF documents up to version 1.4. Files with restricted permissions are not yet supported.

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PDF Viewers for Linux Compared

PDF documents are at present the most popular form of distributing documents throughout the Internet and a presentation tool at the same time. They owe their popularity not only to well defined standard embracing text, pictures and hyperlinks, but foremost to the fact that once created they can be read under nearly every operating system and its underlying platform. Of course, to open a PDF document one has to have an appropriate application.

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Zero-day Exploit in PDF With Adobe Reader

Security researcher Petko Petkov, who is known for his recent discovery of a vulnerability with Quicktime in Firefox, claims to have discovered an exploit that allows arbitrary code execution when a maliciously crafted PDF document is opened in any version of Adobe Reader.

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Putting a stop to PDF spam

As I mentioned a little while ago spammers are now using PDF documents to spam users with fake stock alerts. While the spammers are now diversifying by enclosing a PDF file inside zip files and even hiding their adverts inside Excel files, we can still have considerable success filtering them out.

I’ve recently happened upon a plug-in for SpamAssassin and some third-party Phishing and Scam databases for ClamAV; combined, these cut out substantial amounts of spam including PDF, XLS, and other difficult to deal with variants.

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Spammer tricks getting more personal; PDF spam also increasing

Internet security firm MessageLabs has more evidence that executive-level positions are increasingly becoming the targets of direct-attack spam/malware e-mail. Worse yet, the usage of infected and encrypted PDF documents among spammer is also on the rise.

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5 steps to create a PDF printer (print to PDF) in Ubuntu

Ever wanted to print a document of just about any sort to a virtual printer that would then turn it into a PDF? It’s pretty easy to do in Ubuntu. In fact you’ll need just 5 steps and about as many minutes of your time to set this up.

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Edit PDF files for free with PDFill

Free utility PDFill can create, update and merge existing PDF files for free.

Spammers Strike Again With Image Spam via PDFs

BorderWare Technologies today announced that its real-time, multi-application reputation service, BorderWare Security Network (BSN), reported a new trend in spam in which images are embedded in PDFs.

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Crear impresora virtual de PDF

Acabo de ver un artículo en Linux.com que explica cómo crear una impresora virtual de PDF en Linux o en cualquier otro sistema que utilice CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) y ponerla a disposición de toda una red, donde puedan utilizarla también posibles equipos Windows. El objetivo es poder guardar en formato PDF todo tipo de documentos, sin necesidad de imprimirlos sobre papel mientras no sea imprescindible. Algo muy ventajoso -por ejemplo- para un pequeño despacho u oficina.

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Turn your Linux box into a PDF-making machine

Remember the paperless office? By now we were supposed to be handling all of our documents digitally, and saving trees by using computers to handle everything electronically. If you'd like to make backup copies of ephemeral content without printing it out, turn your Linux box into a PDF generation device for your entire network.

Fill out PDFs online with PDF Filler

ust upload your PDF, then click and enter text anywhere on the form you need. PDF Filler is a great tool for filling out any PDF when you don't have access to the right desktop tools to accomplish the same thing.

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