Convert Any Document or Web Page to PDF

Somebody just told you that you need to have Adobe Acrobat (Writer) to create a PDF file? Guess what, you can get away from that pricey piece of software if you just need to convert some documents to pdf, without a need of fancy editing the pdf document.

Here's how. Thanks to the BullZip, who provides a Free Pdf printer. With this free tool, you can simply "print out" your document or webpage to a pdf file, just about the same way as you print it out to a printer.

You can visit BullZip.com for more information about the software.

Here the direct link to BullZip downloads page: Downloads
1>To get started, first follow the link above and download Free Pdf Printer from BullZip, then install it to your computer.
2>Once you're done, you might need to close the program (or the web browser) which you're currently viewing the document. This helps refreshing the list of available printers on your computer.
3>Once you get back to the document you want to convert, perform the same steps are you print out the document, i.e. File > Print ...
4>When you see the Print window pop-up, select "Bullzip PDF Printer" under "Printers", then click "OK".
5>BullZip PDF Printer will then start to analyze your document and display a new pop-up window, where you can direct it to the location you want to save the pdf file.
6>Follow the pop-up windows and.. hola! The PDF document is created!

Any Folder as a Photo Folder

This tricks shows you how to setup any folder to display its contents as a photo folder. In many cases, you save your images/photos in a folder different than "My Pictures" (under "My Documents"). Since this folder you choose is just like any other normal folders, its contents displayed as a listing of files. You can temporary change it by just right-click and select "View" >> "Thumbnails". But if you want to change the folder so that everytime you come back, the folder itself, as well as all its subfolders, display the contents as photo thumbnails.

Here's How

Right-click on the folder you choose and select "Properties"

Select "Customize" Tab. Then under "Use this folder type as a template", select "Pictures (best for many files)"

 Check on "Also apply this template to all subfolders" to apply the setting to subfoders as well

 Click OK to exit

Add a "Show Desktop" Shortcut on Windows XP

By default, you should have a shortcut icon on the "Quick Launch" toolbar (the toolbar that normally sits next to the Start button) to toggle your Windows desktop...
But what if, for some reasons, this little icon is not there, missing from your Quick Launch toolbar. Well, you can always toggle to "show the desktop" or "show the active windows" by using the shortcut key "Windows-d".
However, if you really want to get that icon back, you can still create a new copy of it and put it back to your Quick Launch toolbar by following the instructions below.




First, create a text file on your desktop (right-click anywhere on your desktop and select "New" > "Text Document").

Double-click on this new file to edit it, then copy and paste the following text into the file:

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop


Save the file, then rename it to "Show desktop.scf".

- Option 1. (Simple)
At this point, you can click and drag this file to the Quick Launch toolbar. As you drop the file to the Quick Launch toorbar, a new shortcut icon will be created on the toolbar.
The disadvantage: If you happen to delete the file "Show desktop.scf" from your desktop, the shortcut icon at the Quick Launch toolbar will no longer work.

- Option 2. (Advanced)
To get away from the problem mentioned on Option 1, simply move (or copy) the file ("Show desktop.scf") to the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user-name}\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

(replace "{user-name}" with your user name.)