Living abroad, in a country where you don’t speak the language, comes with many difficulties. One of those is certainly official correspondence since the public authorities tend to operate in the native language of the country. Only in very rare cases, you will get notifications, invoices and other official mail in English. In most cases, the documents arrive in the native language of the country and now you have to make sense of it.… Read the rest
Especially when using a Windows computers, you may have stumbled upon these files already:
XPS stands for XML Paper Specification File and it is, so to speak, Microsoft’s alternative to the well known and commonly used Adobe PDF format. Sometimes, XPS is the only fixed layout file you are able to generate using a Windows computer with installing further programs or software.
Hence why we at Online-Convert.com decided to give you a small and handy guide in how to convert XPS files to PDF and then to DOC for further editing and manipulation, or to PDF for printing, sharing and uploading to the web.… Read the rest
There are many different document file types out there and not all of them work the same way. Opening a PAGES document on a Windows computer is bothersome and sending Microsoft Word documents is not advised because everyone can easily edit them.
In earlier articles, we have talked a lot about the how and why you may need to convert or save your documents into or as a different file format.… Read the rest
Sharing the written word has never been as easy as in the online world. Contracts, books, letters, thoughts, poems, notes… Whatever you want to write down, you can easily spread, send and share it over the internet. This is fairly easy, because most people are able to open, view, read or even edit the documents you send them. However, since there are many different kinds of documents, there may be some complications as well.… Read the rest
Nowadays it is easy to carry your documents around without having to print them on paper. You can read them from everywhere, share them online or via email, and distribute them to a wide variety of people. Same goes for books that can be published easier and faster thanks to the growing e-book popularity.
For each purpose, there seems to be a dominant file format most people use to save, store, distribute, share, send, and download their documents and books in.… Read the rest
When writing your job application, your mind is full of formulations, important dates, and weighing up your skills and qualifications. The format in which you should save your resume and cover letter is often a mere afterthought. This is wrong! If you send your resume in a format that may not only be difficult but maybe even impossible to open by the employer, your application will most probably wander into the trash bin unread.… Read the rest
Different word processing software produce different document files with different file extensions. From Microsoft Word we all know DOC and DOCX, and the open source programs use files with the ODT extension. Yet, users of Apple Mac computers or devices running with the OS X also know one more: PAGES.
The native Mac word processing program Apple Pages allows you to save documents in the PAGES format. However, opening such files when you don’t have Pages on your MAc or iWork on your computer is difficult.… Read the rest
On the section of Online-Convert.com that holds all our document converters, you can find many tools to convert your text files into different formats. No matter whether you are using Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or another word processing program, on Document.Online-Convert.com you can convert files to DOCX, ODT, RTF, PDF, and more.
There are many reasons for why you may want to convert your documents to one of the available formats. We have already talked about some of the conversions you may want to conduct:
However, today’s article and the attached video tutorial will tell you why you may want to convert PDF documents into a Microsoft Word file.… Read the rest
There are many different reasons for why you may want to convert a website into some other form of file – and the possibilities are just as numerous. The easiest way is to convert the designated website in a format best suited for your purpose though. Besides, it’s easy AND free!
No matter if you seek to print out information gathered from the internet, or need a complete website scan quick and easy for a presentation, a conversion will provide the result within seconds.… Read the rest
In a former blog post we have looked at all kinds of media files that can be opened by programs that come with Microsoft Windows like the Movie Player or Photo Viewer. Today, our focus is on document and spreadsheet files that are native to the Microsoft Office Suit or can at least be opened by these Windows programs.
So, even when you are using another Open Source Office Suit, people using Microsoft Word or Excel may be able to open the native files you send them.… Read the rest
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