Converting Files to Pdf Format

If you are using Open Office, chances are you already know that your file can be converted to PDF with the built-in converter in the program. But if you are using MS Word, how do you do it? And how about converting any other file you have to PDF?

In the previous entry, I mentioned about Primo PDF. While it's very helpful in appending many files to one PDF file, it produces a paler output. So if I don't need to append but just need to convert my file to PDF format, there's always Cute PDF Writer. The output file really looks better. Primo is like a point and shoot camera as Cute PDF is DSLR. Try it out.

And if you don't know why you may want to convert a word file to PDF. You have a problem, seriously. Haha. Kidding. Let's say you have a resume or CV. Making that CV in PDF makes it more polished, crisp looking. You also avoid the risk of having any unwanted layout change to your file, as what often happens with Word files opened in another PC.

JoiningTwo Files into one PDF

Here's a big thanks to my friend, Doraemon. Waking up with a "nice" migraine today makes it difficult to think of what topic to write about. And so his comment to my first ever post in this blog came right in time ;)

So the question is, how do you join two files into one PDF? File #1 may be in word processing format or another PDF file.

1. Download Primo PDF.
2. Install the program (it automatically makes itself one of your printers)
3. Open file #1.
4. If file #1 is a word file, click print using the PrimoPDF printer.
5. PrimoPDF prompts you to append or save the file.
6. Choose save as...
7. Primo Pdf converts file #1 to PDF.

8. Open file #2.
9. Print file #2 using the PrimoPDF printer.
10. PrimoPDF prompts you to append or save the file.
11. Choose append to file #1.

You now have two files joined to one. ;)

I find this program very neat. Don't be intimidated with the number of instructions. You can do it in a few seconds really. But this step by step thing makes it easier for the newbie I guess.

In the next post, I will write about other choices to make a word file into a PDF.

So what scholarships are available for you?

Wanna get a scholarship abroad? How about starting to have a beeline for the following annual deadlines?

I know many of my former students, friends and colleagues are also interested to study abroad. So I thought of writing some of the scholarship links here with their annual deadlines.

UN University for Peace, Costa Rica Feb 28
US Fulbright Fellowships MA/MS/PhD/Postdoc enrichment March 28
Taiwan MS/PhD Scholarships March 31
Taiwan’s Academia Sinica MS/PhD/Post-doc scholarship April 11
Japanese Monbusho MA/MS/PhD Scholarships May 30
Mexican Government MA/MS/PhD/Postdoc Scholarships Aug 7
Germany’s DAAD MA/MS/PhD Scholarships August 30, Sept 30, Oct 15
Zentrum fuer Entwicklungsforschung, Germany
AIT Thailand Oct 31
Korean Development Institute Oct 31
Malaysian Scholarship for International Students Dec 31
Australian Development Scholarships
European Union’s Erasmus Mundus
NUS ASEAN ScholarshipsNetherlands Scholarships
Belgian Scholarships

you might want to see these lists too:
http://freestudiesabroad.blogspot.com/
http://www.filipinoscholar.com
http://www.getscholarship.net/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/10resources/

or you may contact a professor in a department in any Hongkong Uni, and inquire how to obtain a graduate scholarship

International Development Studies, PhD in Guelph, Canada

This blog will be a work in progress. See additional links soon.

What's with this Blog? Bargains, Discounts, Tips and More

Today, my sister asked me if Kuala Lumpur has the same time zone as the Philippines. A few days back, Mr Bargainhunter has asked me how to join two pdf files into one. At some occasions ago, a friend was wondering what US history books I can suggest for her to read. As of this writing, a former student is in Sydney on full bursary from the workshop that she read from one of my forwarded announcements.

It does not mean at all though that I know all the answers. Even to the examples mentioned. But I have noticed that I have the ability to find correct answers quick. Or that when I come across a piece of information, I can think immediately of an individual who might make it to good use. Probably, am an information gateway if you may. Or as my sister told me, an encyclopedia. And so this blog was born. Though I maintain two other blogs, it is here where I will try to share my finds - from scholarships to shoes to the best conditioner. In the hopes that whatever I am passing on, might be helpful to someone.