Posts Tagged ‘pdf files’

Howto Convert PDF files to HTML files

Posted by Jason in Linux on February 24th, 2008

Translates documents into html .Translates into HTML or formats, combined with images. Supports .There is a program called pdftohtml to to html file.In gutsy this package in bundled with poppler-utils so we need to install this package.

Install poppler-utils in

aptitude install poppler-utils

This will complete the installation

Using pdftohtml

pdftohtml (more…)

How to troubleshoot Firefox hanging problems?

Posted by Jason in Firefox on February 23rd, 2008

There can be many scenarios that can cause to freeze. /hanging is different from a crash. A crash is when the closes unexpectedly. means not responding your actions.

Check the following symptoms and how to hang/freeze problems.

1. while loading/starting :

Check your Extensions and Plug-ins:

Determine when the problem started. Check whether it is a problem with an extension that you have recently installed. Some extensions might cause problems like slowing down the or up. (more…)

Convert Google Books to Sony Reader Format

Posted by Jason in Computer, Software on February 20th, 2008

When I bought my Reader, I planned to buy e-books from ’s on-line store. But I soon realized that a lot of ebooks are available on the for free.

Project Gutenberg offers thousands of titles (mostly fiction) in txt , while manybooks.net provides an impressive array of books in (as well as several other formats).

The motherload of free ebooks, however, is books..com. The folks are busy digitizing every book they can get their hands on. As of this writing, they have reportedly digitized over 10,000 public domain books, which anyone can download for free in . (more…)