Alessandro Zanello

Sometimes one must read a file produced by a program that you are not available.

An example is Microsoft Publisher, not really widespread and for which there is no free viewer, for reading files. Pub from this product, as well as other files produced by:

MS-Word (DOC)
MS-PowerPoint (PPT, PPS)
MS-Excel (XLS)

you can use the online service http://www.pdfonline.com , which receives up to 2 MB free file and makes them converted to PDF format via email.

For files up to 10 MB is offered a paid service.

Download from here , even in this PDF viewer portable version (Zip file of 6 MB, requires no installation but just unzip to a folder) presents interesting features. First of all it is free for personal and commercial use, is also very fast and efficient and supports various languages ​​including Italian.

There is also a PRO version, which costs $ 34.50 per license, and in this case offers the following additional options:

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A new format called EPUB starting to be talked about and a self-respecting player should know what it is.

In recent years the field of electronic publishing has had a strong acceleration is on the front of the media (see the e-ink devices , but also supports more heterodox for reading, such as PDAs, smartphones or netbooks), both in terms of formats, with the prevalence of PDF, the industry standard.

In general, however, the pdf is wrong most of the roads to make their content accessible to the widest possible audience, because it is a format reimpaginabile. The PDF is perfect for printing, but this is limiting their structural rigidity when it becomes necessary to read the content of media (viewers) of different sizes.

By publishing a digital title, he must bear in mind the various requirements of readers, ranging from the screens to 6 ", 8" or 10 "electronic ink devices, to about 3-4 inches of a cell, up to 20" or more than one monitor.

For smaller devices to read a file, in A5 format, it means having to work with the zoom on individual pages and drag the sheet to the second part of the page you are reading, which force the reader to various discomfort to intrude in ' illegibility.

For this reason the development of a wide variety of readers, have formed so-called parallel distributed reimpaginabili (reflowable), whose content fits the screen, showing more or fewer lines per page, depending on the device that displays them.

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Perhaps not everyone knows that Google Books allows you to search the contents of large quantities of books. Google has in fact granted, after the suit brought by the association three years ago the authors of the U.S., with over 20,000 publishers and authors to make their books available. Of these books, you can browse through a few pages preview, just like in a library or a library. There are also links to libraries and bookstores where you can borrow or buy the book. Google is now known libraries partner with the intent to include their collections in Google Book Search. For Library Project books still under copyright, the results are like a card catalog, we show you info about the book and, usually, a few snippets of text showing your search term in context. For Library Project books no longer protected by copyright, however, you can read and download the full text.

This agreement will make many books out of print for preview, reading and purchase in the U.S.. Since resolves a lawsuit in the United States, has a direct effect only on those users who access Book Search in the U.S., in other places, the user experience on Google Book Search remains unchanged for now, but in future we will expected that these opportunities are extended to the whole world.

The ability to search within the books is one of the most useful: If you enter the keyword to search within the text, this will be highlighted in yellow and you will see previews of book pages and fragments in which the word appears. The reference to the page will make it easier to find the content sought.

Even the possibility of incorporating the book or parts thereof in your own blog or instant messaging service is quite interesting: just click on the icon at the top right and copy the link provided.

Looking for books in PDF or lit (for this second format using Microsoft Reader )? They come in all shapes and there are many works of famous authors.

The difficult thing is to find, however, since there are thousands of sites provided. Below the main Italian and foreign sites that let you download free ebooks:

SIT5 Site in Italian and offers various ebook download for PC and handhelds.

Free Ebook : And one of the largest sites of Italian ebook, ebook, there can also be found in English, French etc..

Mondadori : the site of Mondadori, which offers free download of the great classics.
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Adobe PDF is the best format for sharing documents because it produces compact files that preserve the formatting and virtually all computer / PDA / mobile / digital media players can easily manage PDF files. Some applications, such as ClerkWIN , can generate their prints in this format. Here is a list of things you can do with and to PDF files without using Adobe Acrobat.

All about PDFs

How to create PDF without Adobe Acrobat?

Download DoPDF - installs as a virtual printer as Acrobat PDF files and lets you print from any Windows application. Worth a try even Bullzip PDF Printer , which also works as a virtual printer and has several features.

I do not want to install software just to convert a bit 'of documents in PDF. Is there an alternative?

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The Sony PRS-505 Reader Digital Book is a digital player that lets you effortlessly carry around a library (to SD / SDHC or Sony), reads in full sun, the battery ricaricabile ion battery lasts long enough to turn approximately 7,500 pages (if not consumed by turning pages or playing music).

Electronic paper makes it almost as well as the actual paper and reads well everywhere, while reading it can play music in MP3 and AAC files (with optional earphone).

Supports Adobe PDF, RTF, text and displays grayscale images in JPEG format.

Features

24/07/2008 With the software update available here , the unit:

• also supports the EPUB format
• supports Adobe ® Digital Editions 1.5
• allows you to "reformat" on the fly PDF improving the text readability
• supports SDHC cards with more than 4 GB
• erases the books directly from its menu

And 'the most affordable solution currently on the market (compared to Kindle, Cybook, Iliad and the like) for reading addicts, by experience.