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Online converter - convert video, images, audio and documents for free. Onlineconvert. How to Fill Out PDF Forms Electronically. Like many of you, my wife and I participate in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health care expenses. It allows us to pay for prescriptions, office visits, and eye care with pre-tax money. That’s the good news. Unfortunately, our FSA provider seems to be located somewhere in the 1990s.

We don’t get one of those handy FSA debit cards, nor can we submit expenses online. Some PDFs, such as the ones you download from the IRS, have text fields that let you type directly on the form. Well, I get PDF forms all the time, and I’m not going to let some dumb computer tell me what I can and can’t type on.

So I went looking for apps to let you fill out any PDF, including adding a handwritten signature, and avoid scanning, printing, and snail mail. Filling it on the Mac Since OS X Lion (10.7), the Mac’s built-in Preview application lets you mark up PDFs, including storing and pasting handwritten signatures. To get your signature into the computer, you’ll use your built-in FaceTime camera. 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever. Everybody’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is great right out of the box.

And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better. But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master with the following cool Firefox tricks. 1) More screen space. 2) Smart keywords. 3) Keyboard shortcuts. Spacebar (page down)Shift-Spacebar (page up)Ctrl+F (find)Alt-N (find next)Ctrl+D (bookmark page)Ctrl+T (new tab)Ctrl+K (go to search box)Ctrl+L (go to address bar)Ctrl+= (increase text size)Ctrl+- (decrease text size)Ctrl-W (close tab)F5 (reload)Alt-Home (go to home page) 4) Auto-complete. 5) Tab navigation. Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab) 6) Mouse shortcuts. 8) User chrome. Help Desk Geek | Help Desk Tips for IT Pros.

TechnoBuzz | Best How to Tips, Guides, Software and Internet Tips. How-To Geek - Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek. Improve Your Google Search Skills [Infographic] Don’t limit yourself to just plugging in simple search terms to Google; check out this infographic and learn a search string search or two. You don’t need to limit yourself to searching just for simple strings; Google supports all manner of handy search tricks. If you want to search just HowToGeek.com’s archive of XBMC articles, for example, you can plug in site:howtogeek.com XBMC to search our site.

Get More Out of Google [HackCollege via Mashable] Jason Fitzpatrick is a warranty-voiding DIYer who spends his days cracking opening cases and wrestling with code so you don't have to. If it can be modded, optimized, repurposed, or torn apart for fun he's interested (and probably already at the workbench taking it apart). You can follow him on Twitter if you'd like.