A CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML Help) file is a type of file that contains an index file, several HTML files, and a hyperlinked table of contents. Essentially, CHM files can be opened in a browser and allow users to navigate to individual paragraphs or pages by selecting the appropriate hyperlink in the Table of Contents. CHM files are mostly used for tutorials and help files, but are also frequently used for e-books.
What is PDF?
A PDF (Portable Document Format) file is one that
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In order to burn an AVI file to a DVD, the file must often be converted to a proper DVD format. This can be done with the use of file converters and/or DVD burning software. File converters are often able to convert many different formats into any of the other formats that they support. Some DVD burners have built-in file converters while others are designed to encode all files in the same manner so that file format is irrelevant. AVI is a very popular format, however, and most DVD burners can r
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Lotus 123 was a spreadsheet software that the Lotus Development Corporation, now a subsidiary of IBM, created. It was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Lotus 123 was originally developed for DOS, but eventually became available for the Windows Operating System. However, Microsoft Excel quickly rivaled and outperformed Lotus 123, causing Lotus 123 to lose its place as the leading spreadsheet software. Lotus 123 itself was discontinued in 2002, but Lotus SmartSuite (2008) and Lotus Symphony (2010) a
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The WMA (Windows Media Audio) file format is a proprietary file format created by the Microsoft Corporation for the storage and playback of audio files. The WMA format is part of the greater Windows Media framework and actually consists of four variants to include WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, and WMA Voice. The most common format encountered by consumers is WMA for storage of music or audio book files. The WAV (Waveform audio format) file type was created by Microsoft and IBM in order to store au
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Microsoft office does not include software to assist you in converting your PowerPoint presentations to DVD. Today, there are no freeware utilities that perform this activity for you, but there are many commercial packages available that have free trial periods.
Software of this type ranges in price from from $40 - $200 for personal licenses, and much more for commercial or multi-user licenses. All of the following packages perform this function, and offer a free trial period.
Software to Co
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Developed by a Russian software developer Eugene Roshal RAR stands for "Roshal Archive", and represents a proprietary archive file format with support for data compression, error recovery and file spanning (archiving a single file within multiple packages).
You can recognize a RAR archive by a .rar file extension. If the archive comes in multiple files one among them will have a .rar file extension, and the others will have extensions such as .r00, .r01, .r02 and so on. In that case you woul
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WordPerfect Viewer is a word processing software that allows users to view, print, and copy content from a Microsoft Word document even if Microsoft Word is not installed on the computer. WordPerfect Viewer is an extension of WordPerfect, the core word processing program that allows users to actually create documents and modify existing files that are saved in the WordPerfect Document or .wpd format. WordPerfect is often found on computers hosting a Windows operating system and can be used in co
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The Windows Media Video or WMV format is defined by and created by the Microsoft Corporation for playing back video content. The WMV format is part of the Windows Media Framework which has been replaced by the Windows Media Foundation with a greater focus on HD content, streaming technologies, and higher audio and video quality. The WMV format is closely related to the AVI format also created by Microsoft, but is smaller in size and considered more suitable for viewing over an Internet connectio
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When end-users discuss converting files store in the JPG or JPEG image format to Word it is typically for one of two reasons: 1 – To add a JPG image to a Word document or 2 – To convert a text document that is stored in JPG format to Word format. Due to the JPG format using a “Lossy Compression” standard the amount of text that can be satisfactorily recovered will depend on the image size and quality of the document scan. For example, if the document was scanned to save storage space, th
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The MP3 (Moving Pictures Experts Group) audio file format is compressed in order to allow playback and exchange over the Internet and other size constrained media. Although most audio playback devices and software support the MP3 format, the WAV (Waveform audio) format is uncompressed and capable of storing more detail when further manipulating audio files. A common task that arises for end-users is to convert MP3 to WAV format. The task can be accomplished using online tools or free/low-cost so
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