Tools

Images UPDATED March 28, 2018

Resize or convert your images online, it's free [Powered by XnView]

17 Free Tools for Creating Screen Capture Images and Videos [cited at http://researchbuzz.me/]

Finding images: Google Images Bing Image Match General image search sources

Windows® tools:

Snagit®, screen capture software ; Hyperionics - screen capture software ;

Alt+Prtsc and Paint [in Windows--or see Table of keyboard shortcuts at screenshot section: chart-screenshots]

Snipping Tool - Microsoft Windows

Mac® tools:

GRAB - see Mac OS X 10.6: Taking pictures of your screen with Grab

PREVIEW -includes a "text" tool to annotate an image or page (Mac OS X 10.4 [or higher]); can also be used to take screenshots, by using the Grab submenu ["Take Screen Shot"] in the File menu." - see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361

PAINTBRUSH - see via https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io/

Updated October 4, 2018

.pdf files UPDATED May 4, 2018

Practice tip when emailing .pdf files:

re-scanning a print copy may significantly reduce file size (from multi-Mb's down to Kb's), to conform to size restrictions on attachments.

PDF Download — Free Tools to Create, Control and Convert Web-Based PDF Files

Tracker Software Products :: PDF-XChange Editor

Foxit® Software - Foxit Reader for Windows

PDF Creation and Font Embedding for USPTO Submissions « Acrobat for Legal Professionals

Sejda - advanced .pdf manipulation

problem printing Thomson Reuters/SAEGIS® or Serion® .pdf records (look OK on screen, but print as gibberish):

a) change print setting to "print as image"

b) if accessing on a Mac®, use Adobe's Reader®, instead of Preview

redacting in .pdf's:

Zynga Reveals a Little Too Much...:

Electronic Arts Inc. v. Zynga Inc., USDC No. Cal. Case No. 3:12-cv-04099-SI [remember: PACER access - federal court records]

saving emails as .pdf files

https://jimcalloway.typepad.com/lawpracticetips/2013/04/saving-emails-as-pdf-files.html

on-line video files UPDATED May 4, 2018

Download streaming videos: KeepVid

(Be aware that the large “download” and “play now” buttons on the page are advertisements; paste the video's URL into the box at the top of the page, and wait for a list to populate

showing the available file format types and resolution levels of the video.)

on-line translation tools

https://translate.google.com/ - for over 109 languages as of October 4, 2020