When there are handy PDF utilities available on the web, you might not have to spend money buying expensive software to view, edit and share PDF files. There are prolific services like Zoho and Google Docs, where in you can compose a document and save it in PDF format. If you aren’t pleased with the output, following are some alternate options to process PDF documents.
PDF Online: Convert documents and images to PDF
PDF Online enables you to convert Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents and images to PDF in three quick steps. Just select the document to be converted, enter a name for the PDF file and provide your email address to which the PDF document is to be sent. PDF Online also provides you with free services to convert PDF to Microsoft Word and web pages to PDF format. You might also want to check out PDF service for iPhone
PDF to Excel: Convert PDF documents to Microsoft Excel
With PDF to Excel you can create editable Microsoft Excel (.XLS) files. This allows you to re-use tables and spreadsheets from PDF files elsewhere. This service is free for use and does not require any registration. You might also want to check out their PDF to Word web service.
Free PDF Unlock Online Utility
PDF documents might have restrictions on the usage. Some documents prevent you from copying and pasting or printing it’s contents. Ensode provides you with a free online utility that unlocks PDF documents. Once you upload a PDF, a PDF version without printing or copying/pasting restrictions will be displayed in a new browser window.
DocQ: Online suite to open, edit and share PDF documents
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DocQ is a web based alternative for Adobe Acrobat. You can view PDF documents online without having to download any extra software. Just upload a PDF document to view, edit, annotate, store and share documents online. You need to register before getting started with DocQ. And, the free service provides you with unlimited Doc/PDF Markup and publishing with a 2MB file size limit and file storage limit of 100.
Count on it: Free Online Word Count
Count on it is a simple online utility for getting word and character counts for various file types. Currently it supports PDF, HTML, XML, CSV, text formats. It’s free, light weight and allows you to upload files upto 1MB.
Srikanth, thanks for featuring our free PDF to Word and PDF to Excel tools on your site — much appreciated! You might like to check out our ‘PDF Download’ add-on for Firefox too.