Convert PDFs with tables to Excel documents online

PDF files are great because you don't have to worry about the formatting of your document getting lost in translation when you send it to someone else. The only problem is that they're notoriously tough to edit. Nitro's new web-based PDF to Excel converter solves at least part of the problem. If you've got a PDF with tables, and you want to do more than view them, then this is for you. PDF to Excel does a pretty decent job of keep the formatting of the original PDF intact. Colors, text sizes and cell formatting all carry over into Excel. Just as importantly, it reliably detects tables to keep from forcing your non-table content into the Excel document, where you'll probably just end up deleting it. The only complaint I have about PDF to Excel is that it delivers the results by email. I'd like to see a direct download option as well.

Conceal your email address from bots with HideText

Sometimes you want humans to be able to read some information -- like your email address, for example -- while disguising it from bots that might be automatically collecting it. One way to do it is by displaying the info as an image, instead of as text, like Facebook does with email addresses. HideText gives you a quick way to do that. HideText has two modes for converting text to images. One is a plain text box, with a choice of only two fonts and a few sizes, but you can enter whatever text you want, and it will get the job done. The other is an email-specific mode that includes your provider's logo as part of the image. It works with most major email services, like Gmail, Yahoo, and MSN. Either way you use it, you end up with your text concealed from Googlebots and things that could potentially be more malicious, like spammers.

OpenOffice 3.1 postao dostupan

Verzija 3.1 je postala dostupna za skidanje. Radi se o potpuno besplatnoj alternativi popularnom Microsoft Office paketu, baziranoj na Open source softveru. Od lansiranja verzije 3.0 u oktobru prošle godine, OpenOffice je skinut 60 miliona puta samo sa OpenOffice.org sajta. Nova verzija je izbačena na čak 90 jezika. Prema navodima organizacije, izmenjeno je čak 500 miliona linija koda! Nova verzija je pretrpela određene grafičke izmene, a sadrži i brojna unapređenja druge prirode. Kompletan spisak karakteristika i izmena možete videti na ovoj stranici. OpenOffice 3.1 možete pronaći na ovoj adresi.

Font Squirrel offers 300+ quality, free, commercial-friendly fonts

Finding free fonts on the net isn't really all that hard - the list of sites offering gratis typefaces is a pretty one. Good quality fonts? That's a slightly shorter list. Good quality free fonts that can be used commercially? That list is even smaller. Thankfully, the good folks behind Font Squirrel have worked their tails off putting together a large collection (currently 338) hand-selected typefaces that may be used in all your projects, both personal and professional.  Fonts are broken down into the usual families like hand-drawn, grunge, serif, and typewriter. There's a search box as well, helpful for quickly checking whether or not the Squirrel has a specific font.

Prevent USB Drives from Spreading Viruses

When you stick a thumb drive infected with a worm likeConficker/Downadup into a clean system, the normally handy AutoPlay feature launches the worm and spreads the infection. So, what are you waiting for? Turn off AutoPlay! Panda Securityoffers a free "vaccine" program that will turn it off. But you can actually flip the master switch without any utilities. Here's how:

On non-Home versions of Windows (for example, Windows XP Professional, Vista Ultimate):  1. Click Start, click Run, enter gpedit.msc (launch Group Policy Editor);  2. XP users: Open Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System, Vista users: Open Computer Configuration | Windows Components | AutoPlay Policies; 3. Find Turn Off AutoPlay in the right-hand pane and double-click it; 4. Choose Enabled and set it for All drives.

Or, in any Windows version: 1. Launch the Registry editor (Start | Run | regedit); 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer; 3. Double-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun in the right-hand pane and set its value to hexadecimal FF.