As part of my writing I create presentations, charts, drawings, and work with data and post my work online. Invariably the information I wish to convey contains a lot of overhead. Therefore, the volume of my write up could potentially wind up being more than what is needed to convey the intended message. This is because there is always a need to substantiate or provide my write up with additional data and/or supporting documents and data. At the back of my mind I know that I have to be brief and I make a conscientious effort to accomplish just that but I am not always successful in keeping my message brief. On the flip side occasionally I try to truncate my message in an attempt to keep my message brief. Regardless of what I do I am losing on both accounts because of either overload or undercut of my message. Therefore, in order to keep my message brief and yet provide all the required information there is a great need for me to not only separate desired message from supporting documents (message) but also make them both accessible to the audience. In addition, there are also situations when I have to post my work in the form a Word document, an Excel document, or a PDF document. This means that the reader will need to have appropriate software in order to read my document. This is a severe limiting factor in posting documents online. Therefore, it is highly desirable that my documents are available in a format that makes them easily readable and universally accessible without requiring any expensive dependencies. One such format is Adobe Flash File (.SWF) format. Adobe flash is free and universally acceptable format. This is where Print2Flash comes into picture. Print2Flash enables conversion of documents into Adobe flash format which can be posted online with a great ease. It also allows saving converted documents to html for easy embedding into web pages. Using Print2Flash converted documents can be made available on the internet with a great degree of accessibility.
One of the disadvantages of posting a document online is that it is dependent on the operating system platform on which it was created. In other words, a word document created on a Windows computer will not be compatible with a Macintosh operating system. Therefore, if a document author posts online a document created in Windows environment then a reader who has a Macintosh computer will not be able to read it. Print2Flash overcomes this limitation by converting the document to a platform independent format namely flash format which is universally compatible with all operating systems and all types of computers and devices. Therefore, Print2Flash enables the distribution of documents to virtually any type of computer, device, or operating system.
As noted previously a major disadvantage of posting a document online is the unavailability of appropriate software on the readers’ computer to view the document. In other words, if I have some numerical data in an excel document that I’d like to share with people around the world I’d have to post it online. If I post it online then anyone who wishes to view the numerical data (which is in an excel document) will need an appropriate software be it excel, excel viewer, or other third party software. Some people may have such software while others may not and it is reasonable to assume that many people will not have such software. Therefore, the distribution of documents will be limited because of this limitation. However, Print2Flash comes to the rescue one more time. Print2Flash converts the documents to flash format. The flash converted document can then be uploaded to website from where readers can view it. In this day and age of web technology where rich, interactive web applications and animations are ubiquitous almost all computers have flash player installed on them which enables easy viewing of flash converted documents. Furthermore, Print2Flash allows saving of flash converted documents as a HTML file for easy embedding in a website. Flash converted documents not only can be distributed on the web but also by email and on CDs and DVDs.
Print2Flash is very user friendly and have a very easy, intuitive interface. It is not at all complicated to use. There is zero learning curve to learn how to use Print2Flash. I was able to read the help file and understand Print2Flash functionality in practically negligible time. Print2Flash offers three quick and easy methods to convert documents. One method is to print to Print2Flash printer from the application used to open and view the document. Second method is to simply drag and drop the document into to Print2Flash program window. Third method is to right click the document in windows explorer (to open windows explorer context menu) and print to Print2Flash printer. These three methods of conversion make it very easy, quick, and convenient to convert documents.
Print2Flash comes in different editions which allow different levels of customization. One of the drawbacks of posting a document online is the inability to secure and protect the document content. In other words, there is no mechanism that would protect a document authors copyright and yet enable readers to read the document without preventing them from copying all or portions of the document. A unique feature of Print2Flash is the ability to allow the document author or publisher to secure and protect the documents. During conversion Print2Flash provides options to prevent readers from printing or copying all or any portion of the document. This is a very useful feature that ensures documents and content are protected from unauthorized editing, copying and distribution.
If there is anything I don’t like to do it is repetitive tasks. I am a person of automation. I even wrote few programs to automate some tasks. Therefore, it is no surprise that I am a strong supporter of software that has batch processing functionality. In the server edition Print2Flash allows automation of multiple documents conversions eliminating repetitive conversion tasks. This is a very useful feature especially if there are many documents to convert. In my opinion this feature is useful to software developers who have many help manual files and who wish to put those files on their website. In the server edition Print2Flash also provides OLE Automation API to enable automation of document conversion from other applications and websites. All in all Print2Flash enables automated and unattended conversion of multiple documents thereby saving time and effort.
Print2Flash offers several options to customize interface as well. During conversion several options are presented to customize the converted document. The features include zoom, resize, page navigation buttons, search functionality, page rotation, print functionality, text selection functionality, page drag functionality, open in new window, multiple language interface, and help. The converted documents are accessible to readers with disabilities as required by the law.
Print2Flash Conversion Options
Overall Print2Flash is an excellent choice for all kinds of people and businesses that wish to distribute their content online without being fearful of the various limiting factors that arise in traditional document distribution on the web. Print2Flash comes in different editions albeit with different functionality suitable to all kinds of users. In today’s world of internet technology which presents unique challenges to document distribution and when information is increasingly shared and viewed on the web Print2Flash rescues the day by making it easy, and affordable to distribute documents online. There is no comparable software in the market that can deliver the unique, professional, and customized conversion as Print2Flash. Print2Flash can be downloaded from http://print2flash.com.
Here is sample converted document using Print2Flash.
http://print2flash.com/samples/sample1.php
Here is a video that shows a sample word document converted to flash using Print2Flash.
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Update: Since version 4.0 Print2Flash supports not only Flash/SWF format for its documents but HTML5 and SVG formats as well. It means that documents converted with Print2Flash can now be displayed in any browser even without the Flash Player present which is great plus.
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