Here’s a trick we use when we have a collaborative online whiteboard project that we want to lose when we log out of our web meeting software. We simply print to PDF.

This is handy too for documenting online receipts, itineraries and sending low-resource proposals and other documents that you don’t want in easily-editable Word format.

Here’s how:

• If you have a PC with Adobe Acrobat installed, you can simply go to Print and then choose Adobe PDF from the Printer Name drop-down box.
• You can also download and install CutePDF Writer. This free program does the same thing as Acrobat.
• If you’re using a Mac, PDF print software is already installed. Go to the File menu, choose Print and click the PDF button in the lower left-hand corner of the new window.

A sadly underfunded client of mine who can’t get money for a full-blown version of Photoshop told me about Adobe Photoshop Express.

Express is the latest of of SaaS (Software as a Service) offerings. SaaS boils down to online versions of the kinds of software you’re used to buying as a package you install on your computer. Like, say, Photoshop. But instead of paying $700 for the mega version, you pay nothing for this online version.

And what a lovely, free, online version it is. It’s smooth, easy and intuitive. Plus, it works with a host of other services, such as Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket and Picasa.

Makes photo editing on a budget a pleasure.

Watch out Picnik!

At first glance, you may think kuler from Adobe Labs is little more than online paint chips. But imagine paint chips in dazzling combinations that have been rated for effectiveness and beauty by a network of people. It’s an excellent tool for choosing colors for web and print projects, and an interesting community to become involved in.

I haven’t tested it, but WebAssist has a plug-in that lets you use kuler with Dreamweaver for on-the-fly color combos.