Check out this list of 9 tips for using Scribd. These tricks are very useful and can help you to use Scribd to it’s full potential and explore the service.

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7 Reasons We Follow Accounts On Twitter

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There are so many blog posts that talk about reasons why people wont follow or why they’ll unfollow an account onTwitter. These posts are very insightful, however simply show and point out the negatives of Twitter. I am personally guilty of focusing strictly on the negative rather than the positive which is why I want to share with you these tips/ reasons why people will follow you and your brand on Twitter.

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How to set up Adobe PDF Reader to open at last page viewed?

If you use Adobe Reader for reading your PDFs, you have probably noticed that by default, the reader is set up to open at the first page of the document. Some might find this annoying, especially if you are reading a book or a longer document that spans hundreds of pages.

For example, you are reading a 300 page PDF book, you got to page 100, closed the PDF reader, and the next time you opened it, Adobe Reader brought you back to the first page. If you are not sure where you stopped reading, you have to scroll through pages, and re-read some paragraphs to find where you stopped.

One solution would be to create a bookmark in your Adobe PDF reader, but that is not possible if you have a free version of the reader, which many do.
However, you can solve this problem by setting the PDF reader to open every PDF document at last page that was viewed before closing it.

Go to Edit – Preferences in your Adobe PDF Reader.

Then choose the Document tab and check the option: “Restore last view setting when reopening documents.”

So the next time you reopen your PDF book, you will be able to continue reading from exactly where you were when you closed the PDF document.

This setting is valid not only for the last PDF document you read, but for all PDF documents you have opened recently. You can set up a number of PDF documents you want to follow in your recently read list. To do these go to Edit –Preferences again. Choose Document – and in the field Documents in recently used list enter the desired number.

You can access documents in the Recently used list at the bottom of menu when you click on File.

(Source: cometdocs.com)

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How to extract MP3s from videos?

If you want to listen to music on your MP3 players, but only have songs in video formats, the solution is to convert video formats to MP3. MP3 is widely popular audio file format it’s convenient, compact and compatible with pretty much any kind of music player. We have selected for you a list of the best free tools for extracting mp3 music from videos.

1) Pazera Free Audio Extractor

As its name says, this tool’s main function is audio extraction from video formats. Formats supported are AVI, FLV, MP4, MPG, MOV, RM, 3GP, WMV and VOB. The extraction process is extremely easy.

2) Audacity

Audacity has multiple sound and music editing features. MP3 extraction is only one of them. It is optimized to work especially with MP3 files and, therefore, gives you the best possible output quality.

3) AOA Audio Extractor

AOA Extractor is also specialized in the extraction of MP3s from video formats like AVI, MPEG, MPG, DAT, FLV,WMV, MOV, MP4, and 3GP. It is very intuitive and easy to use. There is also a premium version, but the free version is enough for quality MP3 extraction.

4) Format Factory

Format Factory is an excellent, multifunctional media conversion tool. Basically, this tool will convert all video file formats to MP3. It supports multiple languages as well.

(Source: cometdocs.com)

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Advanced Uses of Google Reader

Google Reader is one of the most popular RSS readers around.  Let’s take a look at features not everyone knows about.

Translation of RSS feeds

With Google Reader you can now follow and read blogs even if you don’t understand original blog language. Translate  feed option enables you to follow the blog in your language.

Discover new Blogs and Feeds

1. With option “More Like This” you can find feeds which are similar to the one you are already subscribed to.  Great way to discover more feeds on same topic to follow.

2. If you click on Recommendations on the left sidebar, you’ll find feeds recommended to you based on your personal reading trends.

3. You can discover interesting websites by searching feeds using certain keywords.

Simplified Google Reader

By installing extensions Feedly  or Minimalist Google Reader you can get a more simplified look of Google Reader.

Analyze Google Reader Trends

Trends can be helpful in many ways. You can analyze our own reading patterns. Also trends can help us to identify inactive feeds and remove them.

Keep track of Twitter Search

You can keep track of mentions of a certain word or expression on Twitter. Go to Browse for stuff tab and enter a keyword you would like to track.

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3 tools to help you enrich your Youtube experience

YouTube is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. Consequently, there are numerous tools around with the aim of helping us get the best use out of it. I have selected three of them, which are extremely popular with YouTube lovers, and which, I feel, haven’t been mentioned enough.

1) Listnplay

Listnplay is an easy to use free online service for discovering and playing music and videos. Just type in the search box name of your favorite artists, song or music genre you want to listen. Then drag the videos you want to listen to the middle screen and create a playlist. You can change, share, and make a new playlist anytime. Also you can search for another user’s playlists. Recommendation from other users in the bottom left corner can help you discover new and interesting music videos.

2) Jdownloader

Jdownloader is a free OpenSource download tool. There are many different YouTube downloaders around, but this one stands out for a couple of reasons. It allows users to choose between different download formats (.mp3, .mp4, .flv and .webm) and it also supports downloading of multiple URLs at the same time. You don’t have wait and download videos one by one like you do with other services. Copy URLs, past them into Jdownloader, click Parse, and it will download them all together. Also, it is possible to pause downloads and continue with them later.

3) Captiontube

Captiontube allows you to create subtitles for YouTube videos in the appropriate format. Sign into the service with your gmail account, add a video URL, and you can start creating subtitles. After you finish, you can download them or you can import them into your YouTube videos. Unfortunately, you can only add subtitles to videos you have uploaded yourself. So if the video you want to add subtitles to isn’t yours, contact the owner and ask for permission to add them in before you do so.

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