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Behind the DV technology review
Reviews They use lenses to focus on an image, then use charge-coupled devices, or CCDs, to convert the image to electronic signals. Here's the difference between digital and analogue cameras: rather than storing a video frame on tape in analogue format, as...
[January 10, 2003, 9:56]
ScanSoft PDF Converter review
Reviews This method also functions through Internet Explorer to convert PDFs direct from the Web, and in Outlook to convert PDFs that arrive as email attachments. The first, a Government report of 41 pages with a basic layout and no graphics, took 2...
[October 23, 2003, 9:10]
ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 review
Reviews Integration with Microsoft Office lets you convert PDF files directly from within Word or Excel. You can now save your documents in PDF/A, a commonly used format for long-term document storage in archives and libraries, and full support for Office...
[September 21, 2009, 16:15]
Acrobat 6.0 Professional review
Reviews You can also create PDF files by right-clicking files in Windows Explorer, or you can select attachments in Outlook that Acrobat will automatically convert. If you're working in Internet Explorer, Acrobat 6.0 can quickly convert Web pages into PDF...
[September 30, 2003, 10:55]
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition review
Reviews Unfortunately, Word and Outlook don't yet support handwriting recognition from Windows Tablet Edition, so you can't convert those comments to editable text, and non-tablet email recipients must view your scrawled responses as GIFs or attached HTML...
[November 7, 2002, 19:01]
Nuance PDF Converter Professional 6 review
Reviews It can convert or create PDF files to or from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and XPS or Corel WordPerfect. PDF Converter Professional 6 delivers everything needed to create, convert and edit PDF files.
[August 27, 2009, 15:06]
Acrobat 9 Pro Extended: a first look review
Reviews Acrobat users can convert MOV and WMV files to Flash content that can be embedded within PDFs alongside audio content and even 3D models. The next Acrobat will take snapshots of web pages and convert entire pages or chunks of them to a PDF that...
[June 13, 2008, 8:47]
ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional 3 review
Reviews Assistant allows you to select multiple files, in a variety of formats (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and image formats), and batch-convert them either to a single PDF or as individual files. The main application, PDF Converter Professional 3...
[June 7, 2005, 13:55]
Nitro PDF Professional 6 review
Reviews You can also convert to RTF, plain text or simply extract all of the images in the PDF (as BMP, JPG, PNG or TIF). The left-hand Ribbon component, Tools, keeps the regularly used tools (Hand, Zoom, Find, Copy Text and Edit) visible, while a series...
[July 16, 2009, 16:41]
DVD MovieFactory review
Reviews Once you have selected all your clips, select Batch Convert from the controls at the top left to quickly convert them to another video format. We love MovieFactory's ability to create professional-looking menus, but be prepared to peruse the manual...
[March 18, 2002, 23:00]
Word 12 (beta 1) review
Reviews We applaud the live previews of fonts and other formatting changes, as well as the business-friendly ability to convert text bullet points and numbered lists into flowcharts and other diagrams. Word also gets the skills to crop graphics, alter...
[November 18, 2005, 15:55]
Acrobat 7.0 Professional review
Reviews Tight integration with Microsoft Office 2003 allows you to convert most Word, PowerPoint and Excel files within the applications themselves to PDFs. Mac users also miss out on the Windows version's capability to convert Outlook email and Publisher...
[November 16, 2004, 8:35]
VMware Workstation 6 review
Reviews Elsewhere, the tool to convert a physical PC to a virtual machine (P2V) has been integrated into the Workstation 6 console, which is a welcome move even though it’s not available if running on a Linux host.
[June 20, 2007, 9:11]
Acer TravelMate 100 review
Reviews If we were relying on this system to convert all our scribbles to readable text, we'd be sorely disappointed. You're also able to select text, even if you don't convert it, and apply various types of formatting to it, such as bolding, italicising...
[June 26, 2002, 13:44]
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Beta review
Reviews Even if you don't bother trying to convert your handwriting to text, you can still copy and paste your digital ink into different programs and format it. You can convert your handwriting to type and input typed text into Windows Journal notes or...
[June 26, 2002, 14:01]
Acrobat 9 review
Reviews Acrobat Pro Extended users can convert eight formats, including MOV and WMV files, to Flash content that can be embedded within PDFs alongside audio content and even 3D models. Acrobat 9 also will take snapshots of web pages and convert entire...
[June 26, 2008, 11:08]
QuickBooks Premier 2003 review
Reviews If you deal exclusively in euros, you can convert your QuickBooks company file to euros, although this will include your historical data as well. This is unlikely to interest most UK users yet, since it would also convert the pound into a foreign...
[March 25, 2003, 10:05]
Word 2007 RTM review
Reviews After you've done this and from that point forward, the older Word should convert your Word 2007 files, removing incompatible features. Click the graphic, and the Picture Tools Format tab lets you tweak the brightness, the colour mode, and the...
[November 16, 2006, 9:19]
Sony CLIE PEG-SJ33 review
Reviews The Image category includes PictureGear, which lets you convert images so that they're viewable on the CLIE. This application makes MPEG files compatible with the SJ33, but the bundled version is a demo, good for only one day and able to convert...
[March 19, 2003, 9:02]
Zeus ZXTM 4.1 review
Reviews Fortunately there's a button in the RuleBuilder interface to convert a rule into TrafficScript, so it’s relatively easy to learn TrafficScript by experimenting with RuleBuilder. A button in the RuleBuilder interface lets you convert a rule into...
[April 19, 2007, 8:10]
