Today only - Free IntraPDF conversion tool (PDF -> HTML)

Bob Russell · 04-08-2007, 07:27 AM

At GiveAwayOfTheDay, there is a one-day only offer for free software every day. It's just as addictive for many people as Woot!, which offers a new tech deal every day.

Today's free software package, is PDF to HTML Converter Pro, normally about $50, and on the surface it seems to be pretty useful. But I am not familiar with it, so we won't really know until someone tries it and shares the results with us.

The catch is that you have to download it and activate your copy today. It's only good on the computers you activate it on. The idea of giving away software on the site is that you will learn to love it, and buy upgrades or new copies in the future.

Update: Tues 4/10/07 - More free PDF conversion software, same site. This time it's for conversion of PDFs to image files. One day only, and probably Windows only. Thanks to Ante (aka "orcinus") for the tip!

davidrothman · 04-08-2007, 12:52 PM

Great pointer, Bob! Thanks. If people have trouble activating the freebie, they can check out tips at http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6398. David

nekokami · 04-08-2007, 03:10 PM

How much spam does one get as a result of downloading software from this site? Just wondering, because I don't see a privacy statement on their website, but I do see this: "The information about Giveaway of the day and the participants of this initiative will be included in our newsletters and distributed among our visitors and subscribers." and "You will get the information and special offers on all the additional software products from the given publisher."

I've already got the processtext converter (only US$12) as well as the free pdftohtml, so I don't need this anyway, but I was wondering how much spam one gets for these "give-aways" generally. Call me cynical, but in my experience, there's seldom such a thing as a free lunch.

Bob Russell · 04-08-2007, 04:02 PM

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How much spam does one get as a result of downloading software from this site?

I'm very sensitive about giving out my email for that very reason. But if memory serves, I didn't ever have to give out any info, including an email address. You just do the download, so about all they get is whatever is visible from the browser to any web site, like your IP. Seems they are just trying to get people familiar with the software, hoping you'll buy it later as well as the associated products or upgrades.

Studio717 · 04-08-2007, 06:50 PM

Looks like it's Windows only.

Gatton · 04-08-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Studio717

Looks like it's Windows only.

That was my reaction as well. I had actually planned to download it anyway since I'm in the market for a Windows laptop (come on tax refund!) I had hoped to download it and stow it away until then but I see that Bob points out it has to be activated today. Ah well. How good could it be? I've never had good luck converting from PDF to any other format (unless it was a very basic PDF.) Even Acrobat Professional 7 doesn't give me good results.

alex_d · 04-09-2007, 11:33 AM

doesn't "intrapdf" mean "inside pdf" or pdf->pdf?

edit: er, nevermind. it's not the name of the tool, it's the name of the site.

orcinus · 04-10-2007, 12:16 PM

Aloyt! Aloyt!

There's a new useful giveaway of the day up...
Advanced PDF to JPEG Converter - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/adva...rter/#more-940

Grab it while it's there!

04-08-2007, 07:27 AM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Today only - Free IntraPDF conversion tool (PDF -> HTML) At GiveAwayOfTheDay, there is a one-day only offer for free software every day. It's just as addictive for many people as Woot!, which offers a new tech deal every day. Today's free software package, is PDF to HTML Converter Pro, normally about $50, and on the surface it seems to be pretty useful. But I am not familiar with it, so we won't really know until someone tries it and shares the results with us. The catch is that you have to download it and activate your copy today. It's only good on the computers you activate it on. The idea of giving away software on the site is that you will learn to love it, and buy upgrades or new copies in the future. Update: Tues 4/10/07 - More free PDF conversion software, same site. This time it's for conversion of PDFs to image files. One day only, and probably Windows only. Thanks to Ante (aka "orcinus") for the tip!

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davidrothman Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 32 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Device: Paperwhite, $50 Fire, iPad Air 2, Nexus 6, Kobo Aura H2O	Great pointer, Bob! Thanks. If people have trouble activating the freebie, they can check out tips at http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6398. David

04-08-2007, 03:10 PM	#3
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	How much spam does one get as a result of downloading software from this site? Just wondering, because I don't see a privacy statement on their website, but I do see this: "The information about Giveaway of the day and the participants of this initiative will be included in our newsletters and distributed among our visitors and subscribers." and "You will get the information and special offers on all the additional software products from the given publisher." I've already got the processtext converter (only US$12) as well as the free pdftohtml, so I don't need this anyway, but I was wondering how much spam one gets for these "give-aways" generally. Call me cynical, but in my experience, there's seldom such a thing as a free lunch.

04-08-2007, 06:50 PM	#5
Studio717 Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 575 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California Device: Various Kindles, iPhone, iPad, Galaxy 10.1	Looks like it's Windows only.

04-09-2007, 11:33 AM	#7
alex_d Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 187 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony Reader	doesn't "intrapdf" mean "inside pdf" or pdf->pdf? edit: er, nevermind. it's not the name of the tool, it's the name of the site.

04-10-2007, 12:16 PM	#8
orcinus Gadgeteer Posts: 222 Karma: 540 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Croatia Device: iRex iLiad, Sony PRS-500, Nokia 770, BB 7200, Samsung i600, iPhone	Aloyt! Aloyt! There's a new useful giveaway of the day up... Advanced PDF to JPEG Converter - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/adva...rter/#more-940 Grab it while it's there!