article thumbnail

5 Fast and Easy Ways to Create a PDF File

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Creating a PDF file (one that can be read easily regardless of the computer it is being opened on) used to be cumbersome. You either needed to purchase expensive software or have a graphics person create the file for you. The other day my client asked me how to create a PDF file. "  ~Meggin McIntosh.

PDF 100
article thumbnail

Job Seekers: Make Sure You Understand an ATS Before Applying for Any Job

On The Job

If you've never heard of an applicant tracking system, you need to become very familiar with it if you're one of the millions of Americans who is looking for another job after losing yours in the pandemic. An applicant tracking system (ATS) is used by nearly 40 percent of employers to screen candidates for job openings.

Resume 145
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Need To Create a PDF? Don't Have the Software? Don't Panic!

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Need To Create a PDF? Dont Have the Software? There are other ways to implement this, depending on the software that you are using, but let’s keep this simple for now. This will enable you to create a PDF-like file where no one can manipulate information. Dont Panic!

PDF 100
article thumbnail

Artificial Intelligence at Work: How Office Professionals Can Build A.I. Skills for the Future

Eat Your Career

The software itself is amazing technology. You have to learn how to leverage the software fully and figure out how to implement it into your day-to-day workflow. You want to spend enough time playing to know which software has potential and which ones just aren’t for you (or aren’t for you right now ).

Skills 130
article thumbnail

Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 17, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity D id your boss just ask you to copy a table, picture or text to another source of software, such as Microsoft Excel or Word ?

PDF 100
article thumbnail

Steps for Creating a Paperless Home Office

Productivity Bits

The first part is building your paperless system , while the second is all about how you maintain your paperless office. Simply configure your scanner software to use optical character recognition (OCR) to automatically turn every scanned document into a searchable PDF, which allows you to find documents by searching for words they contain.

article thumbnail

Eight Ways to Keep Your Office Clutter-Free

Ian's Messy Desk

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday. I can print any web page to pdf and store it on the drive.

PDF 100