Thursday, July 31, 2008

Convert PDF to HTML using Gmail

Stolen from Labnol.org, you can 'covert' your PDF to HTML instantly using Gmail. All you need is a Gmail account.
  1. Compose new message, attach your document.
  2. Send the message to your own email address in Gmail.
  3. Not so long, you'll receive the email you send before.
  4. Open the message, and click "View as HTML".

Gmail will show the following file types as HTML: .pdf, .doc, .xls, .ppt, .rtf, .sxw, .sxc, .sxi, .sdw, .sdc, .sdd, and .wml. You can extend this trick to extract text from PDF documents (PDF to Txt) or Convert Adobe PDF documents to Word (PDF to Doc conversion). First convert the Document to HTML with Gmail and then open the HTML file in Microsoft Word and choose Save as .doc. 

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Best, Free and Easy MP3 Player; Winamp 2.95


Who doesn't listen to mp3? What mp3 player do you use?

Until now, I still loyal to Winamp 2.95. What? that old version? Yes, Winamp 2.95 is an old version of legendary Winamp mp3 player made by Nullsoft. This is last version before Nullsoft launch their new generation of Winamp started by Winamp 3.0. This old version doesn't require high spec, not greedy resource, fast loading, support many file formats, the sounds still hear good, and still free! The most important is, its user friendly and easy of use. The essence from an mp3 player is to play mp3 file, isn't it? that's all. So what do you expect from an mp3 player?

I prefer suggest you to download it from OldVersion than digging it from author's site.
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Free PDF Reader; Sumatera PDF

What is Sumatra PDF?

Sumatera PDF viewer Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows.

Why another PDF reader?

Sumatra has a minimalistic design. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features.
It's small and starts up very fast.
It's designed for portable use: it's just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run it from external USB drive.

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Ghostscript for PDF

Ghostscript is a suite of software based on an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages.

Features

Ghostscript can be used as a raster image processor (RIP) for raster computer printers — for instance, as an input filter of line printer daemon — or as the RIP engine behind PostScript and PDF viewers.
Ghostscript can also be used as a file format converter, such as PostScript to PDF converter; this is often combined with a PostScript printer driver in "virtual printer" PDF creators.
As it takes the form of a language interpreter, Ghostscript can also be used as a general purpose programming environment.
Ghostscript has been ported to many operating systems, including Unix, Linux, Mac OS, OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS.

Frontends

Several graphical user interfaces have been written for use with Ghostscript which permit a user to view a PostScript or PDF file on screen, scroll, page forward and backward, and zoom the text as well as print single or multiple pages.
  • Ghostview runs under Unix/X11. Ghostview has an unusual (and arguably counter-intuitive) user interface feature: dragging the mouse over the image pans the image in the opposite direction (the mouse moves the viewport over the image, rather than the image underneath the viewport). The effect is similar to having invisible scroll bars all over the image and is approximately the opposite of panning in Google Maps and other applications.
  • gv runs under Unix/X11. gv is a visually improved version of Ghostview. Its behaviour is similar to Ghostview.
  • mgv runs under Unix/X11. It is a Motif based front-end to Ghostscript. It features a more conventional user interface, with regular menus, a toolbar, and scrollbars.
  • GSview runs under Microsoft Windows, OS/2, and UNIX-like operating systems. It is best known for its Windows and OS/2 versions. On UNIX it uses the GTK+ toolkit.
  • PDF Blender is a cross-platform application that converts and merges documents to and from postscript and pdf formats.
  • Although under a public license, GSview also employs a nag screen to urge users to register so as to support the development of GS. The registration fee is AUD$40.

History

Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch in 1986 for the GNU Project, and released under the GNU General Public License; later, Deutsch formed Aladdin Enterprises to license Ghostscript under a proprietary license. Ghostscript is currently owned by Artifex Software and maintained by Artifex Software employees and the world-wide user community. Current version of Ghostscript is again available under GPL but can be also licensed for use in proprietary projects for a fee. 

Variants of Ghostscript

  • GPL Ghostscript is the canonical variant available under the GNU General Public License, which is a free software license. Before June 2006, the leading edge of Ghostscript development was distributed as AFPL Ghostscript (formerly named Aladdin Ghostscript) under the Aladdin Free Public License, which restricts commercial use. AFPL Ghostscript is now abandoned.[2]
  • GNU Ghostscript is part of the GNU project and is now derived from GPL Ghostscript.
  • ESP Ghostscript was distributed by Easy Software Products under the GPL. It was based on GPL Ghostscript and contains several modifications to improve compatibility with ESP's Common Unix Printing System. This version is no longer developed, since it was merged with GPL Ghostscript.[3]
  • Ghostscript is the current commercial proprietary version licensed by Artifex Software for inclusion in closed-source products.
The GPL version is also used as the basis for a Display Ghostscript, which adds the functionality needed to fully support Display PostScript.

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Free PDF Writer Software; PDF995

The Pdf995 suite of products - Pdf995, PdfEdit995, and Signature995 - is a complete solution for your document publishing needs. It provides ease of use, flexibility in format, and industry-standard security-and all at no cost to you.

Pdf995 makes it easy and affordable to create professional-quality documents in the popular PDF file format. Its easy-to-use interface helps you to create PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any application, creating documents which can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer. Pdf995 supports network file saving, shared printing, Citrix / Terminal Server, custom page sizes and large format printing. Pdf995 is a printer driver that works with any Postscript to PDF converter. The pdf995 printer driver and a free Converter are available for easy download.
 
The three products are available as free downloads. The free versions display a copyright page in your Web browser each time you run the software. If you prefer not to see sponsor pages, you may obtaining upgrade keys for each product at any time for $ 9.95 each. A suite sold for the three key products is also available for $ 19.95. To purchase entitles you to support by e-mail software engineers (12-hour response time).
 
FYI: You'll need additional Ghostscript you can download from the site.

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Monday, July 28, 2008

How to detect invisible Yahoo! Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger logo

How to detect an invisible Yahoo! Messenger user? Not so long time ago, I still cannot find the best and easy way how to do so. Recently I re-googling and found this tool or this tool works! To hack an invisible Yahoo! Messenger status is very easy now. Just visit the link above, fill an Yahoo-ID you want to check the invisibility status then enter! Wait a minute, from my first use, it took a little time to finish your request. When it finish the task, "thequickbrownman is Online!". Yes, I was checking my own ID that was set to invisible to everyone before.

It is very nice to find a tool works well.
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Increasing Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista

With windows Vista you have noticed the slow internet speed. The web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with the normal speed.

Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:

First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.


Follow the major fix for this problem:

In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
  1. First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.
  2. At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.
  3. netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled
  4. This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
  5. You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.
  6. netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
  7. Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.
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Distribute PDF easier with PDF2EXE

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PDF2EXE is a SHAREWARE program to quickly convert PDF to EXE, making PDF readable on any computer without Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat software installed. The conversion from PDF to EXE preserves the look and feel of the original document.
  • Compress, encrypt PDF document
  • Set password for the converted EXE file
  • Disable conversion from PDF to TXT, EXE to TXT
  • Disable printing of PDF file
  • Launch slide show after initialization
  • Disable conversion from EXE to image formats
  • Disable document properties
  • Prevent generated EXE from modification
With PDF2EXE, you can distribute your PDF files to your customers, share PDF documents with your friends without worrying about whether they can read it or not. PDF2EXE users can have more control over PDF files.

Distribution Royalties for all the generated EXE files.

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PDF SpeedUp 1.42 for Adobe Reader

Speed up your Acrobat Reader to being lightning fast!

PDF SpeedUp allows you to significantly speed up the time it takes to load Adobe Reader. If you notice that when the Reader starts it loads many plug-ins which you may or may not need, this program simply disables the plug-ins and loads only the absolute necessary ones so the program starts quickly. It offers several options and you can also manually enable or disable the plug-ins as needed. PDF SpeedUp works with Acrobat versions 3 through 6.xx.

Features:
  • Free PDF Tweak Utility for Adobe Acrobat v3.0 to v5.5, Adobe Reader v6.0, v6.01, v6.02
  • Enable or disable the plug-ins as needed
  • Turn off all Updates features
  • Disable the splash screen during program startup
  • Remove the My eBooks folder created in My Documents
  • Turn off the advertisements for Adobe products in the upper-right corner of the toolbar
  • Remove PrintMe and Adobe Reader icons
  • Disable Browser Integration
  • Disable confirmation dialog when closing Adobe Reader
  • Better speed for LAN and Cable connection
  • Clear Adobe Reader Recent Files History
  • Restore to original settings at any time
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Friday, July 25, 2008

Create an Interactive PDF Form

Introduction

Adobe Acrobat Professional allows you to create PDFs that you can send to people by email, having them fill out the form, and then submit it back to you by email. This occurs in a fairly automated way, and allows you to keep track of the results with a spreadsheet sort of method. The instructions below are outlined for use with Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 in combination with a Microsoft Word document which is being used to generate the original form. Another option you will see is to use one of Adobes prebuilt templates


Create Interactive PDF Form

  1. Open Acrobat Pro 8
  2. Under the Form menu, select Create New From
  3. Select Start with an electronic document
  4. Press Continue
  5. If it shows you a Creating and Distributing FYI, press Continue
  6. Press Browse…
  7. Change the Files of Type to Microsoft Office Word
  8. Locate your file, press Open
  9. Press Next
  10. Wait for it to Import the document
  11. Press Next
  12. Select Run Auto Field Detection
  13. Press Next
  14. Press Done
  15. Add the appropriate email address
  16. Select to add a print button if you want one
  17. Press Finish

Edit/Fine-Tune PDF

  1. Select Preview PDF tab
  2. Test fields but typing in them, notice the fields might be two high on the line.
  3. Go back to Design View tab
  4. Select one field at a time and nudge them down with your arrow keys
  5. Right-click on form fields, select Rename Object, check to see if you like the names it picked.
  6. Save the PDF when you’re done

Distribute PDF

IMPORTANT: Always test on yourself and someone else

  1. From Adobe LiveCycle Designer, select File menu, then Distribute Form
  2. Select Send now via email
  3. Press Ok
  4. Enter the Return email address (your email address for now)
  5. Press Next
  6. Accept the default location for Collect Data in this File
  7. Press Next
  8. Enter your email address, press enter, and enter another person’s email address that will help you out with testing
  9. Press Next
  10. Add anything you want for a subject and body of the message
  11. Press Done
  12. Press Ok

Test PDF

  1. Check your email and have your helper check their email
  2. Open the attached PDF
  3. Fill it out
  4. Press the Submit by Email button
  5. Press Ok for the appropriate type of email client
  6. Press Ok again
  7. Close PDF, don’t save

Retrieve Data

  1. Check your email for the Returned Form
  2. Open the attached PDF
  3. Click OK on the Add Complete Form to Data Set (ensure it’s going to the place specified in step 29)
  4. Repeat these 3 steps for each returned form
  5. You’ll see the results in the upper panel above the PDF
  6. Save the Data Set PDF

When you're done testing, you can return to the Adobe LiveCycle Designer, and enter the appropriate list of email address in Step 31.


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Free PDF Creator for Office 2007

Save as PDF in Office 2007

Using Office 2007, you would be able to make a PDF document directly from any MS Office 2007 application. In other word, Office 2007 works as a free pdf converter/creator.

First, you must download and install a plugin/add-in name Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS. You can download it here. You may also download it from any other source. For your attention, when you download the save as PDF or XPS from Microsoft site, it will require a genuine Office validation. The installation file size about 934 kb. After finish downloading the plugin installer, just install it and follow the instructions. When the installation complete, you will find a new item in the Save As under Office button that is Save as PDF or XPS.

That's all, now you can make a PDF file from any MS Office 2007 application as easy as saving document.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Free PDF Converter; CutePDF Writer

Cute pdf writer

CutePDF Writer lets you convert any printable document in PDF format. It installs as a virtual printer and is available from any application that offers an "option" Print. The program is easy to use, simply select the printer CutePDF and click the print button. Some options are also available (the ladder, several layouts, print quality and more). The program depends on the installation of a free converter, which can be easily downloaded and installed.

It is freeware and contains no nags. It requires Ghostscript to be installed and installs but both are straight forward, I just take all the defaults. Once installed, it is maintenance-free. Simply select CutePDF the list of printers, click OK to exit a filename and file, and that's all.

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Cool PDF Reader review and download



Cool PDF Reader being touted as The world's smallest PDF viewer / reader to view, print and convert PDF files to TXT, BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, WMF, EMF, EPS. It is only 626KB to download and does not need lengthy installation, just download and run. Freeware!

FREE light-weight PDF viewer for anyone! The viewer basically has all the features of Adobe Reader, but unlike Adobe Reader, Cool PDF Reader upens PDF files extremely fast. The conversion of PDF text and graphics formats is absolutely free!

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Adobe Reader Lite

Adobe reader lite

This is a bloat-free version of the popular PDF viewer, Adobe Reader, brought to you by Shark007, the creator of Vista Codec Package. More languages to come!

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free, and freely distributable, software that lets you view and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Adobe Portable Document Format Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 15 years, Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) lets you capture and view robust information — from any application, on any computer system — and share it with anyone around the world.

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Online PDF Converter; FreePDFConvert.com


Wanna make a PDF document online? FreePDFConvert.com is one that make it possible. Supports 68 file formats (until this post written). You need to upload your source document, you can zip your source files before uploading. Or you can choose to convert URL of a file or webpage. After that, you would receive the results via email. From now on, you'll be able to make a PDF document from anywhere around the world. Make sure you have internet connection. ;)
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Free PDF Converter; PrimoPDF

Free PDF Converter; PrimoPDF

PrimoPDF is an easy, simple and free PDF converter and PDf creator. The publisher said that PrimoPDF supports more than 300 file types. For you that looking for a free PDF converter, free PDF creator you can choose this free software.
To install PrimoPDF, your computer should be equipped with the following:
  • Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows® 2000, Windows NT®, Windows® XP, Windows Server® 2003, or Windows Vista®.
  • A minimum of 30 MB of available disk space.
To install PrimoPDF you need to download the installer first (10.8 mb). After downloading the installer, double click the installer file and follow the instruction.

PrimoPDF requires the .NET 2.0 Framework. If the .NET Framework is not detected during installation, you will be prompted to install it. Click Install .NET to continue. After you click Install .NET, The Windows Installer 3.1 will be installed, followed by the .NET framework. Upon completion, the installation of PrimoPDF will resume. It means if you decide to not installing .NET Framework 2.0, your installation will be fail and you cannot use the PrimoPDF software. This process may take up to 57 minutes on a 56 kbps connection.

When all installation process finished, you will be promted to register the software (free) and open the manual.

To make pdf documents using PrimoPDF, you simply choose PrimoPDF from print dialog box in any application.

What more about PrimoPDF?

1. PrimoPDF is 100% free pdf converter, free pdf creator
2. Although it is free, you'll be able to configure PDF output options by profiles below:
  • Screen. Produces a PDF optimized for screen viewing. This configuration creates small PDF files and reduces image resolution to 72 dpi, which may reduce print quality.
  • Print. Produces a PDF optimized for printing to most home and office printers.
  • eBook. Produces a PDF optimized for eBook usage.
  • Prepress. Produces a PDF optimized for printing to commercial-quality printers. This configuration creates large PDF files and will automatically embed all fonts and high resolution images for best results when printed on a system other than the one on which the PDF was generated.
  • Custom. Enables you to specify custom settings for your PDF output. Refer to Setting PrimoPDF Custom Preferences for further details.
3. You can fill document properties; Title, Author, Subject and Keywords.
4. Security. PrimoPDF enables you to set security for your PDF document, so that you can control the types of actions users can perform on the file.
5. You can configure your custom PDF setting such as PDF version, image settings, compression etc.

Note: If you plan to install PrimoPDF on computer without internet connection, you may download the Net Framework 2.0 and install it in the computer before you install Free PDF converter PrimoPDF.

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Friday, July 18, 2008

AAA PDF to Word Batch Converter

AAA PDF to Word Batch Converter
# Easy
Convert normal PDF files to Microsoft Word documents could not be easier. Simply add the PDF file you want to convert a Word / RTF file to the list of files and click "Convert" button, AAA PDF to Word batch converter quickly re-creates your PDF file into a format Word, RTF files.

# Fast
To work in a few seconds or minutes, not hours or days. AAA PDF to Word batch converter eliminates the need to re-key and re-format Word documents, saving you time and money.

# Accurate
You will be surprised by the results you get AAA PDF to Word converter lot. It keeps exactly the layout of the original PDF document. Converts the text in more than 100 languages and separates graphics tables and text.

# Powerful
Now you can do more than view PDF files. Turn your documents to PDF files that you can change, AAA PDF to Word Batch Converter allows you to retrieve the text, layout and images of your original document
Bad news: Limitations of the trial version:
1. You can only use AAA PDF to Word Batch Converter for 30 times.
2. You can only convert the first 2 pages of documents in the trial version.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

PDF Creator Plus

PDF Creator PlusPDF Creator Plus makes PDF creation as easy as printing. PDF Creator Plus combines a virtual printer with an overview application that displays your document printed before the PDF is created. From the application you can create a PDF file from a single document or to leave open the preview and continue printing to build a PDF file from several documents.

To create PDF documents from Microsoft Word with your topics, provides an overview of hyperlinks intact and using the Save as PDF Add-in supplied with the product. In the preview window, annotation tools allow you to add new or modify entries, bookmarks and hyperlinks.

The preview window is more than just a snapshot - it is also common editing features. You can modify, add, copy or delete pages before creating your PDF. The annotation tools included can be used to add notes and charts to highlight important areas in your document. You can even save your printed pages in PDF Creator Plus project file so you can revise your PDF at any time.

As an added bonus, PDF Creator Plus is not confined only to create PDF documents. In addition, the PDF format, you can also create TIFF, JPEG, BMP Windows images, and placeable Enhanced Metafile (EMF) files.
PDF Creator Plus 4.0 trial version works for 30 days on all supported platforms. All features are fully functional with the exception that all products are stamped with the phrase "evaluation copy."

To remove the buffer evaluation copy, you should buy the product.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Free Password Manager


Today, you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network connection, your e-mail, your homepage ftp password, passwords online (as a member account CodeProject), etc etc etc. The list is endless. Also, you must use different passwords for each account. Because if you only use a password everywhere and someone gets this password that you have a problem ... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail, home page, so unimaginable.

KeePass
is a free and open-source secure password manager that helps you manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in a database, which is locked with a master key or a key file. So you just have to look at a single master password or select the file of the key to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish)

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Free PDF Converter; doPDF


doPDF installs itself as a PDF virtual printer driver. After a successful installation is displayed in your Printers and Faxes list. To convert the PDF format, you simply print the document doPDF, free PDF Converter. Open a document (with Microsoft Word, WordPad, Notepad or any other software), choose Print and select doPDF. It will ask you where to save the PDF file and when you're finished, the PDF file will automatically open in your default PDF viewer.

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What is PDF?

Logo of Adobe AcrobatPDF stands for Portable Document Format is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for exchanging documents. The PDF format is used for two-dimensional representation of documents in an independent manner the application software, hardware and operating system.

Each PDF file summarizes a complete description of a fixed layout 2-D document (and, with Acrobat 3-D, which is incorporated 3-D documents) that includes text, fonts, images, and 2-D vector graphics that make up the documents.

PDF is an open standard, which was officially launched on July 1, 2008 by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) as ISO 32000. An open standard is a standard that is accessible to the public and various rights of use associated with it.
Now, PDF has became the most popular format for document exchange.
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Saturday, July 5, 2008

How to run multiple instance of Yahoo! Messenger

To run multiple instance of Yahoo! Messenger, you need a little tweak:
  1. Open regedit.
  2. Go to key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test".
  3. Make a new [dword value] and name it "plural".
  4. Enter the key and type "1".
  5. Exit, restart computer or log off to apply the change you made.
Now, it is possible to login with different Yahoo id at the same time.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Autoshutdown without additional software


  • Type shutdown.exe -s -t sss then press the OK button.

  • Here sss means time in seconds, for example, if you want your computer automatically stops within 10 minute then the command will be shutdown.exe -s -t 600.

  • After the execution, you can cancel this order at any time, simple type shutdown.exe -a in a Run box and press OK. Your command automatic shutdown will remove and your computer will continue working.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Rename Multiple Files


RenameEm. Download this program, you will be able to rename multiple files. You can choose to rename them by file extension or selection. RenameEm is able to replace name, add prefix or suffix, add number before and after name etc. Just try it, renaming multiple files won't be a problem anymore! hahaha!!!

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