Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The best web applications

Just thought I would post this list of applications which can be run in a web browser rather than needing to install any software on your computer. I find these very useful when I am using someone elses machine or from pc's where I do not have admin rights.


PDF Editor
http://www.pdfescape.com/open/
Edit PDF files or fill in PDF files.

http://foxyutils.com/mergepdf/
Join two PDF's

Online OCR
http://www.onlineocr.net/
Upload a PDF and turn it into Text.

Image Editor
http://www.pixlr.com/editor/
Saves files back to your machine either in jpg format or its own layered high quality format.

HDR Image tool
http://www.yohdr.com/
Converts three differently exposed images to a single HDR image.

Music Notation Editor
http://www.noteflight.com/login
(requires sign up)

Ebook Reader (will read a book without downloading it if you have the URL of the ePub file)
http://www.magicscroll.net/

Video Converter
http://www.filewiggler.com/

Audio File Converter
http://www.convertfiles.com/ (also does video)

Convert Word document to eBook format
http://ebook.online-convert.com/

Invoice Generator
http://www.timesheetportal.com/InvoiceTool/

There are lots of others out there, but these are the four I use most.