Online Volunteering Tips, Tools and Technology by Randy Tyler

Free PDF to Word Converter Easily Creates Editable MS Word Documents

Non-Profits - Save Time by Batch Converting Your PDF Files to Word Documents

Cross platform PDF (Portable Document Format) files have become a common method of exchanging files. In certain situations, you may want to re-purpose the content within a PDF file. AnyBizSoft's PDF to Word converter allows you to easily convert a PDF to an editable MS Word document.

PDF to Word Converter v3 Overview

• Standalone Program: does not require Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat to be installed
• Supports encrypted PDF file conversion
• Conversion preserves text, layouts, images, tables and hyperlinks in an editable MS Word document
• Supports converting specific pages of a PDF file
• Supports batch conversion of up to 200 PDF files
• Supports importing Adobe 1.0—1.7 formats

Software: Windows 2003/XP/Vista/7 (32 bit)
Hardware (Minimum): 500 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 15 MB HD

How to Use PDF to Word Converter v3

• Install
• Launch the application by clicking on the AnyBizSoft PDF to Word desktop shortcut
• Output Setting: Select where you want the converted Word file to be placed
• Drag and drop the PDF file you want converted (as shown in the above image)
• If you only want certain pages of your PDF converted to a Word document, move your cursor over the "Selected Pages" column wherein a drop down toggle will allow you to enter which specific pages (for example, 2,3,7-9) you want converted
• Click on the "Convert" button (a pop-up window will indicate your PDF file has been converted)
• Batch Conversion (up to 200 PDF files): If you want to convert a number of files, just drag and drop and then select which specific pages in each PDF you want converted to a Word file.

Obtain PDF to Word Converter v3.0.0 free just by becoming an "AnyBizSoft" (Software Vendor) Facebook Fan via the URL below (once you provide your name and a working e-mail address, the registration code should be e-mailed to you within a short time frame):

http://www.facebook.com/AnyBizSoft?v=app_6009294086

For further information about how a non profit organization can develop a productive virtual volunteering program through the use of appropriate technology, please visit this Online Volunteering Resource.

How to Use Bloom, a Free Facebook Photo Uploading Program

Select Photos Can Help a Non-Profit Organization Develop a Productive Facebook Presence

With an articulated purpose, formulated objectives and action plan in place, a non-profit organization can develop a productive Facebook presence (Facebook is a social networking site with about 400 million users). Photography is one powerful medium to help you develop your organization's Facebook presence. Whether your chosen images tell client stories, illustrate community impact, recognize your donors or reflect your online volunteers' contributions, you will require an easy and efficient tool to upload your photos to Facebook. Bloom is one such free, photo uploading application.

Bloom is an easy-to-use multi-platform Java-based desktop program that allows you to upload (which also supports uploads behind a Proxy server) more than 200 photos (to a new album or existing album), select your desired level of privacy, tag people within your photos, import a photo's IPTC metadata (if available) into the photo caption, download albums, view your friends' photos as well as upload videos. Before explaining how to use Bloom, I will highlight the application's requirements.

Requirements

Minimum hardware requirements:
Pentium 3
384 MB of RAM, some images require 512MB or more
1024x768 display

Recommended hardware requirements:
Dual or quad core Intel or AMD processor
1GB of RAM
1280x1024 display

Operating Systems Supported:
Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7 with Java 5 or Java 6 installed
Mac OS 10.4, 10.5 & 10.6 (Java 5 or Java 6 are pre-installed on Mac OS 10.5 and 10.6
A Linux distribution with Java 5 or Java 6 JRE installed such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse
Solaris 10 with Java 5 or Java 6

How to Use (Bloom v2.8.0):

• Install Bloom
• Launch Bloom
• Drag your photos into the window (white area) as shown in the screen capture above
• Provide an album name, location and album description
• Select Who Can View your Album (Privacy Level): everyone, friends, friends of friends or network
• Add photo captions (if your photos have embedded IPTC metadata, Bloom will automatically generate the photo caption from the IPTC Caption field). If your photos do not embedded IPTC metadata, you can select each photo one-at-a-time and add different photo captions. If you want to add the same caption to each photo in your album, select all photos (using CTRL A on Windows) and add your desired generic caption in Bloom's  photo caption box.
• Now press the Login button on the top left toolbar
• At the "Welcome to Bloom" window that opens, check "enhanced security" (which will provide you with an https connection), then press "Login"
• Your browser will launch so you can log in to Facebook
• After you have logged-in for the first time a window stating "Allow Bloom to access my information" will be displayed
• Click the "Login to Bloom" button (for security purposes, I recommend that you not allow Bloom continuous access privileges to Facebook. Instead, require authorization each time you upload photos to Facebook).
• If successful, you should then see a message stating "You may now close this window and return to the application (on your desktop)"
• Return to Bloom and click "I Have Successfully Logged In".
• The new album window will be displayed
• Click the "Upload Photos" buttom on the bottom right of the application
• When you finished uploading your photos, click Bloom's "Sign Out" button
• Ensure you have logged out of Facebook

For further information about how a non profit organization can develop a productive virtual volunteering program through the use of appropriate technology, please visit this Online Volunteering Resource.