Publishing


Easily convert web pages to .PDF

Easily convert web pages to .PDF

PDF Download 2.0 Beta is a new beta add-on for Firefox 2 and 3 which allows you to quickly and easily download any web page in .pdf format

Google Docs releases Fixed-width page view

Google Docs releases Fixed-width page view

This seemingly minor update will be very welcome amongst current users or those who wish to move to Google Docs from the more traditional software packages such as Openoffice or Microsoft Word.

Cross-desktop control with Synergy.

Cross-desktop control with Synergy.

One thing that all the best inventions have in common is the “why didn’t I think of that?” feeling when you come across them. The elegance of the solution somehow obscures the intellectual leap that was necessary for its inception. This is the case with Synergy.
Many people now have more than one computer. A [...]

Work with .RAW files in Picasa

Work with .RAW files in Picasa

Picasa is already an excellent and free tool for organising photos on your computer.  Picasa also allows you to make simple adjustments to photographs such as cropping, colours, sharpness etc.  One less well known feature, which might bring joy to DSLR owners, is the ability to work with and export .RAW files (and .RAF files [...]

Simple, free picture editing in Windows

Simple, free picture editing in Windows

Many business and home users alike will benefit from an imaging editing program. Whether it be editing photos, cropping images for a website, or designing a banner, there is a plethora of free software out there to cater for your needs. Mac users have already been shown the benefits of Imagewell, but Windows [...]

Embed your Slideshow on your Website in 4 Easy Steps

Embed your Slideshow on your Website in 4 Easy Steps

Presentations are an excellent way to get your point across. If you want to put some on your website for the whole world to see, here’s how.

How to: Create and Email a Free HTML Newsletter

How to: Create and Email a Free HTML Newsletter

You have a list of clients and you want a quick, easy and free way to send them your newsletter. We have already covered Scribus, but this time you actually want to put your content within the body of an email rather than as an attachment. Here is our surefire recipe for success:

A Free Alternative to Microsoft Publisher

A Free Alternative to Microsoft Publisher

Many, if not most businesses use newsletters to keep their customer base up to date. For small businesses, customer awareness can be vital for sustainability and growth. So if you are in the same boat, and don’t want to shell out serious money for publishing software, where do you turn?

Need to maintain your website? It’s as easy as FTP

Need to maintain your website? It’s as easy as FTP

One of the most popular FTP clients for Macs is Cyberduck. I’ve used this programme myself quite a lot and it does have quite a lot of features (it even has a dashboard widget and Growl support) so if you’re looking for a powerful, fully loaded FTP client you can’t go too far wrong.

Paint shop no!

Paint shop no!

No matter what business you’re in, sooner or later you’re probably going to need to edit an image in some way, even if it’s just to crop, resize or add a border to something. If your weapon of choice is a PC, then there are an abundance of freeware graphics editing programmes for you to [...]