Xelitan PDF Reader is a small and fast PDF viewer. It lets users export embedded images, extract pages to PDF, remove pages from PDF documents and convert to PNG images.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XelitanPDF.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SumatraPDF |
What's new? | Full changelog at https://xelitan.com/help/xelitan-pdf-reader#history. |
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Ennovy
on 2023-06-28 14:57
The changelog is also available at the bottom of this site: http://xelitan.com/help/xelitan-pdf-reader
Tomxe
on 2023-09-09 05:42
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Thanks for updating the listing! |
NOTE: This program has mostly been replaced by PDF-XChange Editor (also portable), which is actively updated and contains additional features.
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PDF-XChange Viewer is a feature-rich program that displays multiple PDF documents within a tabbed interface. Edit features include the ability to rotate documents, add comments/annotations to any PDF file, apply custom stamps from any image/PDF file/Windows clipboard, mark-up pages with text and objects, and type directly on any PDF page in "Typewriter" mode.
The program supports exporting to BMP/JPEG/TIFF/PNG etc., or extracting text from a PDF page/file. Additional features include capturing the document with the snapshot tool (copies an area to clipboard), measuring tools for distance, area and perimeter, and more. A recommended picture-to-text OCR plugin is available (thanks Bruce) as is a PDF help file.
Reported as functional on Mac/Linux under WINE. Alternatively, PDF-XChange Viewer Portable adjusts paths, with an OCR plugin and help file available from the website as separate downloads.
For 64-bit, see forum post
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | SumatraPDF, PDF-XChange Editor, STDU Viewer |
What's new? |
See: https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer/history |
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Midas
on 2016-03-27 20:32
FYI, additional languages OCR downloads are available from http://www.tracker-software.com/pdf-xchange-viewer-ocr ...
Mixture
on 2017-02-07 16:30
@zorro:
PAFuser
on 2017-06-30 15:11
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Mixture is correct. Only need as viewer with able to add text comment (download utility bills and mark date paid, less paper stored). |
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GUI: Freeware, pdf2djvu: GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Pdf To Djvu GUI.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | TEBookConverter |
What's new? |
Whats new v.2.5 :
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smaragdus
on 2015-01-30 09:47
@LCL
webfork
on 2015-01-31 17:43
LCL: Yes, there are several readers here on the site including CDisplay Ex, Sumatra PDF, Universal Viewer Free ... for converters there's calibre and teconverter. You can dig through the forums for a variety of other resources including Evince and DjVuToy.
webfork
on 2015-07-05 19:55
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I got mixed results testing this with various PDFs. Some files came out larger, some smaller. Also, if converting text, you'll definitely want to enable Antialias. |
PDF-XChange Editor is a fast, feature-rich PDF viewer and editor with a tabbed interface. The program includes edition of text-based PDFs, OCR of images to fully text-searchable, full document spellchecking, rotate/crop, comments/annotations, QR codes and more. You can apply custom stamps from any image/PDF file/Windows clipboard, mark-up pages with text and objects and add/edit hyperlinks.
The program supports import and export to text or image (BMP/JPEG/TIFF/PNG etc.).
Note: The free PDF-XChange Editor lacks some features present in the registered version (payware). Some "Pro" features can be used, but will add a watermark upon saving.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PDFXEdit.exe. Optionally:
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Similar/alternative apps: |
Foxit Reader, PDF XChange Viewer Xelitan PDF Reader (8MB) |
What's new? | See: https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history |
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Cornflower
on 2022-04-17 16:26
To fill out forms, simply use the typewriter tool in the freeware portable version.
tomcat
on 2023-10-24 03:07
Alternatively, MS word versions from 2013 and above, can convert PDF into Word format, which you can edit as needed. You can then save the document as a Word file or as a PDF document again.
Stephen Leibowitz
on 2024-01-13 17:02
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Microsoft Defender gives a false positive for PDF-XChange Editor: |
PDF Version Converter converts PDF file between different versions for compatibility reasons. It supports PDF version 1.0 to 1.6.
Note: This software appears to have gone shareware. Download link points to the last freeware version.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | None |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the stand-alone EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch pdfversion.exe. |
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freakazoid
on 2011-03-05 19:17
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I believe this is v1.0 - http://www.download3000.com/download_10029.html |
Swift PDF tranforms and combines images from scans, photos, downloads or any other source into a single PDF document. You can set the page sizes, adjust the margins, and page orientation.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SwiftPDF.exe. |
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Rekrul
on 2011-01-16 06:06
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Lousy program. Leaves a white margin around around every image, regardless of the margin and/or paper size settings. Also, it doesn't properly set the page size, so each page looks like a thumbnail image. |
UnityPDF is a PDF manipulation software that allows you to drag-and-drop a series of documents and then order them before processing. Available operations include merge, split (one file per page), divide (split by file size or by X sections), extact/insert pages, rotate. You can also set usage permissions (allow printing or modification) with password-protection and options to view or remove file metadata.
Note: Program no longer in development. Linking to Softpedia / archive.org mirrors (thanks Midas).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | DotNET Framework 2.0 |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch UnityPDF.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PDFTK Builder |
What's new? |
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Midas
on 2015-02-07 18:48
Softpedia has portable UnityPDF v1.0.10.0: http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Office/PDF/Portable-UnityPDF.shtml (choose Softpedia mirror download, the external link points back to the expired domain).
webfork
on 2015-02-07 23:47
Midas: Joby got the softpedia edit already but I added the archive.org homepage.
freakazoid
on 2020-08-21 03:22
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I had to merge some PDF files just now and the usual app I use, PDFTK Builder, popped up an error for the first time since I've used it. |
PDFArranger is an editor program to merge, split, rotate, crop, rearrange, duplicate and interleave pages. The program supports drag-and-drop insert of other PDF files, auto-crop whitespace, rotation of individual or any combination of pages, scale size (e.g. tabloid to letter size), and more.
The program can print "restricted" PDFs, split pages, export components of the PDF to separate files, or import standard images into a PDF document.
Cross-platform with clients available for Linux.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch pdfarranger.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PDF XChange Editor, PDFtkbuilder |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/releases/, |
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Cornflower
on 2023-07-11 08:26
A few operational changes in v1.10.0 I've noticed:
Cornflower
on 2024-01-11 05:11
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This note on the download page: |
FaxTool is a simple utility for splitting and merging TIFF and PDF files. The program uses a drag and drop interface and automatically merges multiple files and splits single files.
Written in AutoHotkey
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FaxTool.exe. |
What's new? |
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xor
on 2016-09-27 20:11
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been using it for a very long time to keep with my ocasional basic need of joining/splitting PDFs and so far so good. SepPDF sometimes gets me corrupted splitted PDFs. If I need to remove page(s) from a few-paged PDF, just split, delete and rejoin, quick and dirty. |
GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript, an interpreter for the PostScript page description language used by laser printers. For documents following the Adobe PostScript Document Structuring Conventions, GSview allows selected pages to be viewed, printed and converted.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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Fergus
on 2010-09-29 13:45
I've done this, but I still get the "Register Now" nag. Pressing clears the nag, but it's awfully irritating. Is there a way of disabling it?
Fergus
on 2010-09-29 19:46
OK managed to get a register code; use it once and hey presto away you go. BUT the code is written o a local gsview.ini which also incorporates named drive letters. Move your USB stick to another host machine where it will very likely be named differently and gsview.ini is suddenly broken -- you have to supply the reg code again. Very VERY annoying; not true portable freeware, at all ...
Ascend4nt
on 2012-01-24 22:37
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Setup is a bit more tricky then running a self-extracting executable, and dumping Ghostscript in the same folder. Here's what I had to do: |
TEBookConverter is an easy to use ebook converter built using calibre. The program has simple conversion interface rather than calibre's ebook management suite and elaborate feature-set. You can convert ebooks quickly and easily using parallel processing.
Presets for several devices (Kindle, Nook etc) are available.
Supported input formats include cbz, cbr, cbc, chm, djvu, docx, epub, fb2, html, htmlz, lit, lrf, mobi, odt, pdf, prc, pdb, pml, rb, rtf, snb, tcr, txt, txtz. Supported output formats are azw3, epub, fb2, oeb, lit, lrf, mobi, htmlz, pdb, pml, rb, pdf, rtf, snb, tcr, txt, txtz.
NOTE: Program discontinued.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download and extract the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch TEBookConverter.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | calibre |
What's new? |
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joby_toss
on 2015-02-10 19:37
"The sourceforge.net website is temporarily in static offline mode.
webfork
on 2017-03-21 01:37
I was able to successfully convert a DOCX file to MOBI file for an Amazon Kindle device. All I really needed was the index and basic formatting preserved and that's what it did. Also images worked well. I'm very happy.
RightToolsForJob
on 2018-05-26 04:58
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Links not longer work, well not for me. |
STDU (Scientific and Technical Documentation Utility) Viewer is intended to combine a variety of document, text, and graphics format viewers into one. The program includes a modern tabbed interface, search, rotate, thumbnail view, etc. The program can also export pages to an image file, create bookmarks, and more.
Primarily supporting formats used (as the program name suggests) for scientific/technical docs (TIFF, PDF, DjVu, XPS, and JBIG2), the program also supports a variety of others including FB2, Comic Book Archive (CBR or CBZ), TCR, PalmDoc(PDB), MOBI, AZW, EPub, DCX and both standard and specialized image formats (PCX, WMF, EMF, PSD).
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | GDIPLUS.DLL only on Windows 2000 |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware for private or educational use -- commercial users must register. |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch STDUViewerApp.exe. |
What's new? |
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hamasaki
on 2015-04-28 03:10
Doesn`t work half the time, keeps saying the epub file is corrupt. Yet, they open in Sumatra and just about any other epub viewer with no issues.
Specular
on 2017-11-15 14:16
Anyone know security-wise if this is still worth using? It's now been more than two years without an update and I wonder what the risk to using it is, vs say Adobe Reader with its never-ending vulnerabilities.
webfork
on 2017-11-19 18:17
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@Specular: I think if you're asking a question like that, it's probably wise to use an updated viewer. There have been a few PDF vulnerabilities over the past year, but I think you have to enable various Adobe-only extras that I don't think STDU has in it's program. |
File Blender is a simple drag-and-drop file media file conversion tool to quickly and simply change basic aspects of files including format, with basic quality and effects that average users will need for daily use. Can modify a long list of image, audio, and video formats, as well as split/combine PDF/TIFF files.
The program even includes optional encryption component and options to cleanup/obfuscate CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch File Blender.exe. |
What's new? |
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allclownsareevil
on 2011-06-23 02:37
This really is an awesome piece of kit, thank you to the author, Danny.
juverax
on 2019-09-12 09:12
The links to the website and to the download are broken.
webfork
on 2019-09-12 10:30
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@juverax: thanks for the mirror but I just retested the native link and I'm not having any issues. Maybe a brief downtime? |
Universal Viewer can open many different formats including text, binary, rich text, images (including Photoshop), videos, audio, etc. Many office formats including PDF, DJVU, and MS Word / Excel. The program can open large text files, such as log files, very quickly and without eating memory.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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ripu
on 2015-12-24 06:22
This is the fastest PDF viewer. Awesome for high graphics magagine kind of PDFs. I have a lower mid range laptop. Universal viewer throws sumatra, pdfxcange, foxit out of water when it comes to speed of loading one after another high graphics page. And it's the lightest of all the PDF viewers I have tested, uses minimal CPU unlike others I have mentioned.
ripu
on 2015-12-24 06:46
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Ignore my previous comment. I am an idiot. It actually uses an old version of Sumatra, which was faster and lighter. |
i2pdf (image to pdf) is a fast and compact application built to create PDF documents from a collection of images, typically scanned from a paper source or in form of digital photographs. i2pdf allows control over the final quality and size of the images stored inside the PDF. Supports JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF and TIFF file formats.
Note multi page / multi-frame formats are not supported (for example, multi-page TIFFs or animated GIFs). Additionally, transparency data is not preserved whether a PNG or GIF file.
NOTE: The i2pdf homepage is gone -- linking to Archive.org and Softpedia.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch i2pdf.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | FreeVImager, FileBlender |
What's new? |
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NunoEFSilva
on 2021-05-02 08:24
Another tiny app that is worth its bytes in gold.
Cornflower
on 2022-08-01 11:26
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This app is so good; I recommended it to others just this morning. |
SumatraPDF is a lightweight, tabbed document reader for a variety of formats. Includes a wide variety of views including table of contents, rotation, facing pages, book view (2 pages side-by-side), full screen and presentation mode. Includes support for bookmarks, command-line arguments, hotkeys, and more. Additionally, SumatraPDF can function as a portable browser plugin. Supported formats include PDF, eBooks (EPUB, MOBI, FB2/FB2Z, PDB, TCR), Comic Books (CBZ/CBR/CBT/CB7Z), DJVU, CHM, XPS, TXT, images (JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, J2K, WEBP, TGA) and PostScript documents (PS/EPS, AI, PRN - requires Ghostscript).
Alternatively, Sumatra Portable adjusts recently used and most used file paths.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SumatraPDF.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | STDU Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/docs/Version-history |
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jenss
on 2022-06-03 05:15
sumatra cannot read certain edited pdf documents
jenss
on 2022-06-03 05:19
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older sumatra as 3.4.1 also with read problem |
XnView is a feature-rich, customizable media viewer that supports more than 400 formats. Includes batch image converter/renamer as well as basic transformations (rotate, filters, effects, colors, multi-page etc.). Various viewing settings include tabbed interface, fullscreen, slideshow, web page, contact sheet, image compare and filmstrip layout. Includes scanner support, screen capture, Photoshop's 8bf plugins, image search, histogram, metadata viewer, automatic crop (deletes background), watermark, flash export and more. It can also store thumbnails to a temp folder rather than each image folder accessed, which is handy for portable use.
Alternatively, XnView Portable is pre-configured and automatically supports PDF interpreter/rendering engine Ghostscript Portable.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | IrfanView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewforum.php?f=35 |
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PapaiMark
on 2020-05-18 22:38
I use it since W98. Very easy copy/paste/crop/resize/scan/print/sharpness and many other things.
JudyGarland
on 2020-10-22 05:38
XnView is not Windows XP compatible anymore. In order to make it work with XP, replace libwebp.dll (plugin folder) with with webp.dll (xnview.com/download/plugins/webp.zip).
PAFuser
on 2022-08-17 12:21
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XNView MP 1.01 32 + 64 bit available on Portable Apps (NEW on 8/16/22 - https://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/xnview-mp-portable). |
FileOptimizer is a broad format file compression tool used to reduce file size without changing the quality, known as "lossless." This is done via wide variety of optimization and recompression tools and techniques. Original files are sent to the recycle bin for restoration in the event the uncompressed version is preferred. A list of the 400+ supported formats include audio/video (MP3, OGG, M4A), image (GIF, JPEG, PNG), office formats (DOCX, XLSX, ODT, PDF) and system files (DLL, EXE).
Supports drag-and-drop of files into the window or onto the program icon. Note that by default the program removes metadata for many file types. This information reduces overall file size and protects privacy but is important to some users (e.g. photographers) and file search tools.
A 64-bit version is available within the folder, the author reports the program is functional in WINE, and can be used on the command line. Many images here on TPFC including our logo have been compressed using FileOptimizer.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU AGPL |
How to extract: |
Download the self-extracting 7z.exe package and launch. When prompted, select a folder of your choice. Launch FileOptimizer32.exe or FileOptimizer64.exe (for 64-bit OS). At startup, the program will optionally show ads to support program development. These can be disabled at any time. Optionally, to save space:
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Similar/alternative apps: | ArcThemALL!, PngOptimizer, RIOT |
What's new? |
- Updated Leanify to 0.4.3.280. - Updated pingo to 1.19.3 x64 version. - Updated ECT x64 binaries to 0.9.5. - Updated gifsicle to 1.95. - Updated Ghostscript to 10.03.0. - Updated ImageMagick to 7.1.1.29 with HDRI support. - Updated ffmpeg to 6.1.1 x64. - Updated FLAC to 1.4.3. - Updated cpdf to 2.7.0. - Updated to Minify 2.20.19 x64. - Updated to OptiVorbis 0.2.0 x64. - Updated to mutool 1.23.0. - HTML Tidy for Windows 5.9.14 - Updated UPX to 4.2.3. - Some minor optimizations and code cleanup. - Updated to NSIS 3.10. - Updated to C++ Builder 12.1 Santorini. |
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kilouiski
on 2019-09-20 12:09
I just tried to reduce the size of a video and it has left me exactly the same and with either option: fast and the best.
webfork
on 2019-10-06 22:40
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@kilouiski: FileOptimizer exists because so few programs take the time and energy to fully compress your files with available tools. It sounds like the program used to generate your video was an exception. |
Scribus is a desktop-publishing tool similar to Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Publisher. It supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation. Includes support for a wide variety of file types via import filters, rendering of markup languages and XML file format. Other features include PDF Import, EPS import/export, Unicode text including right to left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew. Scribus is cross-platform and open source.
Scribus Portable is PortableApps.com version of the program. Alternatively, X-Scribus is also available.
Win2K user: Version 1.3 series option (unsupported): Portable Scribus - (choose English or multilingual, extract to any folder of your choice and Launch PortableScribus.exe)
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
Optional: to enable a variety of PDF functions, install Ghostscript Portable to the folder adjacent to ScribusPortable (e.g. If you have installed Portable Scribus to X:\PortableApps\ScribusPortable, install Ghostscript to X:\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Ghostscript) |
Similar/alternative apps: | Inkscape |
What's new? | See: https://www.scribus.net/category/news/ |
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zorro
on 2019-01-28 03:40
...sorry, my previous comment only applies to the stable version 1.4.7 - changing "HKCU\Software\QtProject.." to "HKCU\Software\Trolltech.." in "ScribusPortable.ini" does it.
juverax
on 2023-05-23 09:50
Scribus 1.5.8 released See https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-5-8-released/
juverax
on 2023-05-23 09:57
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Download page (Sourceforge): |
Agent Ransack (aka File Locator) Lite looks for files and file contents on your PC or network drives, with filters for dates and size. Includes themes, tabbed search entries, preview window, and search priority. Search types supported include wildcard, boolean, and regex on both filenames and file internals. You can import/export search criteria and export detailed search results.
Finds details inside standard text files, as well as PDF and Office formats. Note that Win7 users will need the Filter Pack (not portable) to search Office files, as described on the website.
A pro version is available with additional features. Note that "FileLocator Pro" is just a rename of this program.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Liteware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | DocFetcher, SearchMyFiles |
What's new? | See: https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/information/#version-history |
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PapaiMark
on 2022-07-10 21:58
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125MB for a simple search file!!! Well, "FindIt" from 2005 does the same with only 800KB. |
DSpeech is a text-to-speech program with the option of saving the output to a variety of formats, great for reviewing text or creating audio books. The program uses Microsoft's included speech engine SAPI5 but also supports dynamically changing the features of the voices using tags e.g. insert pauses, emphasize specific words, spell them out etc.
The program can do simple audio/voice recordings to save to WAV, and include some basic dictation / voice control tools ("ASR" for Automatic Speech Recognition). Text can be imported from a variety of formats TXT, DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, XML and PDF and outputs to MP3, OGG, AAC, WMA, OPUS and AMR.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft speech engine SAPI5 |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DSpeech.exe. WinNT/2K users: need to install the speech engine separately. You will find links to plugins, speech engines and voice sets on the program website. Optionally, delete unnecessary language and manual files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Balabolka |
What's new? | See: https://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/DSpeech-Changelog-36935.html |
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Happy.Camper2
on 2017-06-10 17:28
DSpeech is now version 1.63.3 Released 2017 Mar 27 at Authors site.
webfork
on 2021-11-15 00:12
I've got to say that DSpeech has come a long way over the past few years. The last time I tested it the program felt like it was just a simple throwaway text reader with Microsoft voices front-end program. What I tested today had loads of features, usability, and a great interface. This contrasts a lot of other voice-to-text tools that I've been playing with, including LibreOffice and Firefox add-ons, which are fairly basic.
GorfianRobot
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I'm really impressed with this program. It handles changing voices midstream (so you can create conversations) better than Balabolka (and a lot of programs can't chance voices at all. |
Windows File Analyzer decodes and analyzes to provide cached information for forensic analysis. Includes a tabbed interface with a multiple-document window and horizontal/vertical/cascade view settings. Analysis results can be printed in user-friendly form. The program includes a variety of analysis tools useful for seeing how much information your computer leaves behind that could represent a privacy risk or for trying to detect nefarious activity.
Features include thumbnail viewers available for Windows XP, ACDSee, Google Picasa, FastStone Viewer, and HP Digital Imaging files, displaying content with stored data and image preview. A Prefetch Analyzer looks at recent programs run and stored in the Prefetch folder while the Shortcut Analyzer for all shortcut files in specified folder and data stored in them. An Index.DAT Analyzer looks at Internet Explorer cookies, temporary files or history while a Recycle Bin decoding tool displays Info2 files that hold recycle bin content (Win2k and XP only).
A PDF-format help file is available from the author website.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WFA.exe. |
What's new? |
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__philippe
on 2013-07-08 20:53
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AndTheWolf
on 2021-06-18 12:36
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Now at version 2.9.0 (The download link at the site is still labeled "MiTeC Windows File Analyzer 2.8.0", but the executable within the zip file shows as 2.9.0) |
NW Docx Converter (formerly Docx2Rtf) is a feature-rich file conversion and PDF tool set. The program can convert from a variety of formats including Word 2007-format DOCX/DOTX to RTF or PDF format. The program can also open, modify, view, print, and convert to PDF from many file types including LibreOffice SXW/ODT, HTML, RTF, Palm, PhotoShop, TIFF, PDF, and many more. The program can even rearrange and delete PDF file pages.
Note that while converted formatting and images are not always identical to their original versions, basic formatting and information are maintained. The program is also capable of displaying a page-by-page layout view of what was retrieved and allows sending to the printer or batch-conversion of entire folders via the command line.
Functional in Linux using Wine.
NOTE: Site offline, linking to Archive.org.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates empty "NwDocx" folder in %APPDATA%. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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J Neutron
on 2010-01-10 13:32
Also leaves C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application Data\NwDocx\document.xml and document.xml.rels that contain all of the information in the last document opened !!!!! This is NOT nice !!!!!
webfork
on 2012-03-19 02:26
Neutron: True -- newer versions started writing files to AppData. The empty file trick should fix that.
webfork
on 2013-02-16 00:15
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Comment: viewing quality of several DOC and DOCX format files was fairly simple. Both LibreOffice and AbiWord seemed like better converters, although this would be great for getting at the document's core text. |
NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner 2) is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Scan your documents from WIA- and TWAIN-compatible scanners, organize the pages as you like, and save them as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and other file formats.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | WinScan2PDF |
WinAudit performs a rapid and exhaustive audit of installed software, license information, security configuration, hardware inventory, network settings etc. The report can be save in various formats (text, PDF, HTML etc.), sent via email or exported to a database via ODBC.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | EUPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinAudit.exe. |
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ripu
on 2015-10-13 10:15
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When I posted that comment, the "Stealth:" information was missing. So I asked. Now it's been added. |
Balabolka is a feature-rich program to read text aloud from a variety of file types including DOC, RTF, PDF, ODT, FB2 and HTML. The program uses built-in Windows speech tools, but lets you fine tune voices, including rate and pitch, and a substitution list can also be applied to improve the quality of the voice's articulation. The program supports customized font and background color, skins, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys.
The program can save to a variety of audio formats and quality levels, and can include synchronized text to external LRC files or in MP3 tags inside the audio files. When the audio file is played with players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the text will be displayed synchronously (in the same way as lyrics for songs).
The program includes batch conversion tools from of a wide variety of document formats to audio or plain text and a file compare tool, file splitter and screen magnification window. Command-line functions also supported.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft Speech API (SAPI). This is included by default in Win2K and above. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch balabolka.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language and help files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | DSpeech |
What's new? | See: http://balabolka.site/changelog.txt |
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FireRabbit
on 2020-03-29 22:26
After years of using to use Balabolka I officaly gave up and bought textaloud a couple days ago.
FireRabbit
on 2021-10-07 15:38
Since it had been over a year since my last comment and the last time I used Balabolka, and since then I've seen several update notices for it, bought a brand new computer, and moved on to windows 10 I figured I'd give it another try since I really don't like being tied to preparatory software beyond my OS.
Midas
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@FireRabbit: As Balabolka is somewhat of a niche application, your input is highly appreciated. Thank you. |
ExifToolGUI is a tool for viewing/editing metadata inside a long list of file types including document, audio, video, image, PDF, and more. For images, the program can both view and edit metadata information such as camera/device used, settings on the device, and even map the location the picture was taken if the camera has GPS capability. The program also supports IPTC and XMP tags, has batch capability, and can import/export all tags.
For privacy (and file size), the program can remove all metadata from selected files.
The program is a front-end for the cross-platform ExifTool. It extracts the content of ExifTool.exe to a temp folder under the user's folder, along with thumbs, if enabled.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application Folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | ExifTool: Open Source: Perl License, GUI: Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | ExifDataView, JPEG and PNG Stripper |
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gms9813
on 2012-04-10 18:56
Disregard that, I just got it working. The instructions were a little confusing.
webfork
on 2012-05-02 23:01
gms9813: thanks -- updated the instructions a little, hopefully its easier
webfork
on 2013-11-17 01:18
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Everytime I use it, this program surprises me away with a LOT of data about files. If ever you want to try and understand the history, author, or other details about a given file, ExifTool is a great place to start. |
CherryTree is an hierarchical note-taking application. It features rich-text formatting, syntax highlighting, spell-checking, image insertion and password protection. Data is stored in a single XML or SQLite file. Import from plaintext, HTML or your favorite note-taker, including Zim, Treepad, Keynote, Mempad and RedNotebook. Export to PDF, HTML or plaintext files.
Cross platform with versions available for Linux. CherryTree Portable is a portable wrapper for CherryTree.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. However, enabling spell-checking creates the folder "enchant" in AppData\Local |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Flashnote |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree/blob/master/changelog.txt |
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Ennovy
on 2023-12-17 09:47
How to extract 2. should be: "for portable config put config.cfg in portable folder root, beside license.txt" Source: https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/#downl
Andrew Lee
on 2023-12-20 07:08
@Ennovy: Though worded slightly differently, they seem to mean the same thing? Basically just create an empty "config.cfg" in the root folder, a rather typical technique used by many other portable apps.
Ennovy
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@Andrew: I had already changed it. Before that the instruction was to create the config file in the bin directory which is incorrect. |
PDFTK Builder Enhanced is a tool to combine (collate), split, decrypt, add background/stamp, password protect PDF files etc. It is a GUI frontend to the command-line PDFtk.
Note that this project is a fork of Version 3 of PDFTK Builder by Angus Johnson to:
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PdftkBuilder.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | UnityPDF |
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Cornflower
on 2020-10-14 10:44
Works in Windows 10, but noticed recently that it creates a folder in the temp location
PAFuser
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Also available from PortableApps.com: https://portableapps.com/apps/office/pdftk_builder_portable Version 4.1.6 |
TIFFsy Turvy extract multi-page TIFF files, apply rotation and export to JPG or PDF in one step. Handy when you get multi-page faxes in TIFF format that are upside-down.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TIFFsyTurvy.exe. |
What's new? |
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SearchMyFiles is a powerful alternative to the standard Windows search. It allows you to easily find files by wildcard, last modified/created/last accessed time, file attributes, content (text or binary search) and file size. File types available for search includes Microsoft Office and PDF files. The program also be detect duplicate files via the "Search Mode" drop-down box.
Note that the program is non-indexing, meaning it searches the drive directly, which is often slower but more accurate.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SearchMyFiles.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SwiftSearch |
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MIKLO
on 2018-04-06 14:57
I have tried and used several search apps before and was not very impressed but as soon as I saw that this product was from NirSoft I knew I had to try it. NirSoft makes so many great apps that I use a lot, its difficult to say something new about them due to the fact that just about everything they make works great and is pretty awesome overall. One thing is 4sure the native Micro$oft search engine is close to worthless, so just about anything will be an improvement.
freakazoid
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The latest version is such a welcome addition as it allows you to set the font and size used in the search results. |
JPdfBookmarks is an easy way to add, change, or remove nested bookmarks in PDF files using an intuitive interface. The program has a variety of view, bookmark formatting options, the ability to extract links, and even optionally make bookmarks visible by default.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | Java Runtime Environment version 6 or higher. |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch jpdfbookmarks.exe. |
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Precision Helper is a tool for creating and managing help projects. It focuses on the organization of existing html files, xml files, scripts, images and other resources so that the help author has the best overview of the project.
The program works natively with the Microsoft HTML Help projects format (HHP) and can publish to the CHM, WebHelp, ePUB (e-book), PDF, and the single html document formats.
Precision Helper is designed for advanced developers and authors, but provides a user-friendly environment accessible to beginners.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft HTML Help Workshop (for compiling into the CHM format) |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PrecisionHelper.exe. |
What's new? |
See: http://www.be-precision.com/products/precision-helper/changelog.php |
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aazard
on 2020-12-05 14:28
*NOTE: both direct and website link are to current version "v2.0.1.7",
Midas
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Be forewarned: PrecisionHelper can't create help files without "Microsoft Html Help Workshop" but instructions for its download and portable install are nowhere to be found. |
Doc Converter lets you save your highlighted source code for formats outside of code editors. This lets you share easy-to-read code samples in HTML, PDF, BMP, PNG, JPG, Lotus, SVG, QUATTRO Pro, Excel, and more. The program automatically recognizes and highlights more than 30 formats, including HTML, CSS, PHP, C/C++, C#, ASP, VB6, Pascal, Perl, SQL and many more. It also includes an advanced report engine and allows batch operations.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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billon
on 2015-01-08 20:43
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Doc Convertor and RTF Convertor is now part of "Code Export suite" in that page: http://www.highdots.com/products/code-export/ and also can be downloaded separately |
ImBatch is a powerful image processing tool with a long list of available tools for modifying one or more files. Available options include resize, rotate, modify colors, metdata, blur, shadow, crop and many more. Tasks can be chained (e.g. adjust contrast + sharpen) and reordered to just preview not just one change but multiple edits. Any process can be saved for quickly assembling future edits.
The program can also optimize images, create or add to an existing PDF, create animations (GIF), and upload the results to a remote server. The program can also passively watch a given folder for images to process and longer operations can put the computer in standby to save power once they conclude.
Smart functions include autocrop, auto-enhance, auto-stitch (for panorama-type images). The program supports a wide range of formats, command-line operations and batch task settings for easy load/unload of operations.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the installer and launch. When prompted for version, select "portable", and then choose a folder of your choice. Launch ImBatch.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | XnConvert |
What's new? | See: https://www.highmotionsoftware.com/download-center/imbatch |
DiskDigger recovers files from any type of media that your computer can read. such as USB flash drives, memory cards and hard disk drives. The types of files supported include BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, DOC, PDF, MP3, AVI, WMV, OGG etc. DiskDigger is not a generic undelete utility. It works by scanning through each sector of the media and looking for "signatures" of the various file types. As such, it may be able to recover certain files that other generic undelete utilities are unable to.
Note: the current version is a nagware (unlimited though), but the originally completely freeware version wasn't updated since 2012 (v0.8.3) - if needed, it can be downloaded from the original website
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | .NET, Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Defiant Technologies |
License: | Free (nagware) for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DiskDigger.exe. |
What's new? | https://diskdigger.org |
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Alex Woodby
on 2010-06-08 16:29
NO longer freeware, but shareware.
Andrew Lee
on 2010-06-18 23:55
These additional download links are contributed by donald:
webfork
on 2010-08-12 21:18
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This software is rated highly by NoNags editorial staff. Given the number of data recovery apps here on the site, its nice to have a recommendation. http://www.nonags.com/freeware-diskdigger_3697.html |
Comic Book Archive Creator is an application for quickly creating Comic Book Archive files for use in such readers as Comic Rack or CDisplay.
Input formats include pdf, jpg, png, gif, tif, bmp, and the program can create cbz, cb7, cbt, and cbr.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ComicBookArchiveCreator.exe. Note: To enable CBR generation, you must provide your own Rar.exe file. This is due to the WinRAR license, which prevents distribution. |
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GageGecko
on 2013-02-22 04:28
Not sure of the purposed of this app. All you have to do rename any archive to cbz, cbr, cbt, or cb7 and you have a comic archive?
skwire
on 2013-02-23 06:27
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Hi, GageGecko. Please see my post here: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=62412#p62412 |
FenrirFS is an application that helps you manage your files with labels. It lets you organize your files by classifying them with colors and stars, and by adding them to your favorites. You can organize multiple files by just dragging them to the labels, or by just typing the label's name. It also lets you preview audio, text and pdf files, check images, and play videos.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | GDIPLUS.DLL, MSVCRT.DLL |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FenrirFS.exe. |
What's new? | See:https://www.fenrir-inc.com/jp/fenrirfs/note.html |
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Cornflower
on 2024-04-21 10:15
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I've used this for 2 years and in general like it. I've set it up for a photographer relative to tag his vast family and sport photo collections. |
Note: this program's portability and status as freeware is under review. Proceed with caution.
CDisplay Ex is an image viewer optimized for displaying comics. Includes a minimalistic interface with a wide variety of view options including rotation, slideshow, resizing, thumbnails, smooth scrolling, and more. The program aims for fluid and comfortable reading on even slow computers. Includes a color filter to improve the look of older comics and customizable keyboard shortcuts.
The program aims to be an updated version of the defunct CDisplay and supports most standard image types including JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP. Many archive formats can be viewed without extraction including CBR, CBZ, CB7, CBT, RAR, ZIP, TAR, 7Z, LZH, ARJ, CAB, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, PDF, DJVU, etc.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder: cdisplayex.db |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | HoneyView3, ComicsViewer |
What's new? |
See http://www.cdisplayex.com/releasenotes. |
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Midas
on 2014-12-08 12:35
... especially http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=72248#p72248 ...
Checker
on 2015-06-06 17:07
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CDisplay Ex is on v1.10.30, but uniextraction fails (with innounp 0.42). |
WinScan2PDF is a very small program for scanning documents and saving them on your computer as a PDF by using any installed scanner.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinScan2PDF_p.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Not Another PDF Scanner 2 |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF/History. |
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opsimathic
on 2017-08-12 08:51
@Emka - The first item under OPTIONS look like you can set the utility to delete the jpgs when you exit the program. I have never been very sure the program actually does what it says, so I simply use the second item in OPTIONS to check and delete as necessary. Periodically I use the jpg instead the pdf so I actually find this useful. Bottom line is that I wish the author would clean all this up a bit more, but I find the utility so useful (use it every day almost) that I am prepared to work around the idiosyncrasies.
Emka
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@MIKLO & _philippe: It now seems possible to select a folder for temporary files, so you can change the default location in AppData to the app's folder for example. |
Scan2PDF helps you scan paper documents directly into PDF files. It has a non-interactive option so that you can bypass the scanner driver interface during scanning. In addition, you can change the order of scanned images, as well as rotate and delete them.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Scan2PDF.exe. |
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Mitko K.
on 2008-10-20 06:42
Pretty good soft!
bazooty
on 2009-01-22 12:14
IrfanView does a better job and produces much smaller pdfs.
aburns
on 2014-05-01 15:46
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Seems to be an old program, but does a wonderful job and was exactly what I needed. |
DocFetcher indexes your computer, making the contents of a wide variety of files instantly searchable. Selecting a search result shows a preview of the file with text highlighted and without formatting. You can filter results by location, file type, minimum and/or maximum filesize and more. The program can index Microsoft Office, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, PDF, RTF, EPUB, HTML and more formats from drives, external volumes, archive files and Outlook .PST files (some .OST files also work).
The program supports complex searches via wildcards, proximity, ranges, "fuzzy" terms, and more using Lucene search. You can also do standard file name search via "filename:searchterm." The program is cross-platform and functional on OS X and Linux, as well as 64-bit Windows.
Note:
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Java Runtime Environment 1.7 or higher, see forum for use with Java Portable. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Eclipse Public License |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DocFetcher.exe. If you see a memory error (very rare): either reduce the size/number of files indexed or do the following (64-bit Java only):
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Similar/alternative apps: | SearchMyFiles |
What's new? | See: https://sourceforge.net/p/docfetcher/wiki/ChangeLog/ |
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webfork
on 2015-06-30 01:35
Tremendous search program that has saved me again and again, finding files and content that other programs miss. Each version seems to add to the pile of file formats it can index. As a result, it's on every machine I own and some I don't.
MoisheP
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DocFetcher indexes many formats, such as LibreOffice documents, that Microsoft Search (aka Cortana) does not, or does incompletely. It also uses far less CPU time, once the initial indexing is completed, than MS. DocFetcher also runs on Linux. Results can be sorted by likelihood of match, as well as filename, type, date etc. Only downside is that it requires Java. |
SE-Explorer is a simple and powerful dual panel file manager with tabbed interface and a wide variety of built in file viewers including audio, video, pictures, archives, documents, text with syntax highlighting, and even file hex view. The program can even view system files such as fonts and executable files, as well as icon libraries and DLL files.
The program also includes disk search and size analysis tools, and can compare text files, folders and subfolders.
Supported viewer formats include MP3, WAV, AVI, MPEG, WMV, SWF, FLV, ZIP, RAR, ISO, 7Z, MSI, CAB, PDF, DjVu, DOC and WRI, HTML, CHM, RTF, EXE and more.
NOTE: product development stopped.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | .NET Framework 2.0 |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SE-Explorer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CubicExplorer |
What's new? |
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PAFuser
on 2017-06-26 21:39
"If you are looking for SE-Explorer, SE-DesktopApps, etc., then we want to inform you that at present we've stopped the development." from web site. http://www.se-soft.com/lang/en/
webfork
on 2017-06-28 23:17
@PAFuser: it's unfortunate what some people think is obsolete. There are a whole lot of very old programs on my machine that still do a way better job than available alternatives.
PAFuser
on 2017-06-29 19:30
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I do not disagree, I still use Excel 2003, and it took some work to get it to work correctly on Windows 10 - 64 bit. If program is all you need and works, great. SE-Explorer zip contains SE-MediaPlayer, does not work. Context menu limited to SE-Explorer list, unlike FreeCommanderXE, etc. which include context items added to Windows menu. Future development might have changed this. |
FreeVimager is a fast media viewer and image editor with full screen and multi-monitor support. Includes various image modification tools (lossless rotate and crop, resize, brightness, contrast, sharpen) and analysis tools. Includes batch processing and CD/DVD slideshow creation, as well as a random setting. Touch screen gesture support for zoom in/out and for next/previous picture.
Includes EXIF date / time adjustment, view image location in Google Maps and can view/edit JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG, PCX, EMF, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, and JXR as well as save to PDF.
Also includes basic screenshot and scanning tools.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Donationware/GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download FreeVimager-X.X.XX-Portable.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
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ripu
on 2016-02-15 09:54
It again created that log file named log.txt. It contains some errors that occurred some days only. And when that happens, it does not remain stealth.
smaragdus
on 2016-09-21 17:40
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FreeVimager (version 5.1.0) creates "FreeVimagerShared" folder in Temp: |
WinMerge is a tabbed, visual file differencing and merging tool. It's primary use is determining changes between two text files, but includes tools for folder, image, and 3-way comparison. It comes with a built-in editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, word-wrap, synchronized scrolling, and handles a variety of file formats.
An unofficial plugin (xdocdiff) is available to enable comparison functions for the text of Word, Excel, PDF, LibreOffice, RTF, and other file formats.
WinMerge Portable is a portable version of WinMerge from PortableApps. Alternatively, an outdated X-WinMerge is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinMerge.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Diffinity, Text Compare |
What's new? | See: https://winmerge.org/docs/releasenotes.php |
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PAFuser
on 2018-08-12 16:23
64bit version from https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge/files/alpha/2.15.2/ can be used to replace 32 bit folder in PortableApps.com version. So far no problems with it. Renamed original file, just in case.
JohnTHaller
on 2018-08-12 17:56
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PAFUser: For a better experience, use WinMerge 2011 Portable. WinMerge 2011 is a continuation fork of WinMerge that is regularly updated. Our portable package includes the 32-bit and 64-bit versions and switches between them. |
Data Crow is a powerful media cataloger and organizer that allows users to manage all their audio, software, book, movie and photo collections in one customizable tool. The program can create a huge database containing all your collected items. Connects with online services like Amazon, IMDB, Softpedia and MusicBrainz to retrieve media information and avoid manual entry. An optional internal web server and web interface can import file information (mp3, divx, xvid etc.) and enable reporting (HTML and PDF).
The program is modular to allow inclusion of new collection types (e.g. stamps, coins, action figures).
Both 32 and 64-bit versions included. Functional on Mac/Linux machines with Java installed.
Alternatively:
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Java 1.6 (or higher) from Oracle |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
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What's new? | See: https://datacrow.org/news/ |
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mimik
on 2019-01-23 16:57
After Robert Jan van der Waals, the origin developer of Data Crow, last year announced the end of his project (http://www.datacrow.net/#news), now it seems like it could continiue... https://sourceforge.net/p/datacrow/discussion/650036/
mimik
on 2020-07-21 00:03
Hmmm, the first activities by the new main project developer were very promising. But by now, his last activity on sourceforge has been one year ago, as well as the last activity of the origin developer Robert Jan van der Waals. No goodby or something like this. See you tomorow and they were never seen again...
rwaals
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Data Crow development has been picked up again since end of year 2022 by, well, me (the original developer of Data Crow). |
UltraSearch Free is a fast and feature-rich search tool, building a searchable listing of drive content in seconds. File name searches narrow as they are typed and support wildcards such as "*.txt". Additional information like file size and last change date are present, along with access to Explorer's own context menu.
The program also includes a slower, non-indexing file content search that will look inside files, including a variety of Office (DOCX, PDF, PST, ODT) and compressed files (ZIP, 7Z, RAR). It is recommended that you provide a small set of files to check e.g. ext:DOCX content:portable to look for the word "portable" in MS Word files.
Other search options include AND / OR operations, regular expressions, a custom exclude filter for path, files, parent folders, etc., and results can be exported to text and CSV. Commercial version available with more features.
Version 3.1.2.678 is compatible with Win 7 and has not expired, but it is in installer form.
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Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights (or launch with /NOADMIN argument) |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch UltraSearch.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Everything |
What's new? | See: https://www.jam-software.com/ultrasearch_free/changes.shtml |
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TP109
on 2021-11-18 17:07
Changes for Version 3.1.2
Pendrive
on 2023-09-14 12:58
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I tried the latest version but it came up with a message saying it does not work for Windows 8 and that I had to use an older one. |
PDFproducer converts plain text into PDF documents. It does not require Acrobat to be installed on the system, since it does not uses any component of Acrobat to produce PDF files. You have a choice of 3 page sizes, different orientation as well as up to 3 fonts.
Site offline, linking to archive.org
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | None |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PDFproducer.exe. |
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PS RAI
on 2007-09-13 04:19
Very very Good !!! Develop somthing to convert Word/Excel etc to PDF without having to go through aquisition and installation of Printer driver
P Smith
on 2009-01-25 12:17
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PDFproducer is not fancy and will produce text-only PDFs in only one of three fonts, and the entire document is only one font size, but it's quick and it works very well. |
ABC Amber LIT Converter converts Microsoft Reader's LIT files to a variety of output formats (PDF, HTML, CHM, RTF, HLP, DOC etc.) The software also supports a batch conversion and command line parameters. Note that some of the output formats have dependencies on external applications eg. CHM requires Microsoft HTML Help Workshop etc., but others eg. PDF, HTML do not.
Reportedly functional in Linux using WINE.
Note: The main download is offline, linking to Softpedia.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes an entry to the registry indicating the full path to the EXE |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
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juvera
on 2013-09-08 16:42
As of this writing, I could not find the file on the http://www.processtext.com/ website.
I am Baas
on 2013-09-08 17:09
The latest free version is 2.08, Softpedia has 2.05: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/File-Editors/ABC-Amber-LIT-Converter.shtml
billon
on 2013-09-08 22:41
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You can convert LIT-books to readable HTML with Universal Extractor (clit.exe), or with GUI for clit.exe - http://www.convertlit.com/clit18.zip (port&stealth) |
SepPDF is a tiny PDF file splitter with drag-and-drop support.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SepPDF.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PDFTK Builder, UnityPDF |
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MIKLO
on 2016-12-22 15:57
Well this has been here a very long time, this program has worked fine for my uses.I was looking for an older version from the website I found in Japanese, the problem was many of the Japanese words are spelled wrong which changes the meaning. :D
__philippe
on 2017-09-23 10:43
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Useful small footprint PDF splitting tool. |