Convert Sign Document Safe

Convert Sign Document Safe

[Music] is online document conversion safe so this is another question that I got just last week and it's a common question because we're so there are so many services being offered online that allow you to convert from one format to another the question that I got actually was specifically about PDF document conversion which as you'll see in the article is actually handled in multiple different ways but the more general concept of using an online service for your documents for whatever files you have is actually a really interesting one and involves a lot of basically trust issues so with that on to the article is online document conversion safe online document conversion services can be safe or they can represent a real privacy risk a look at the options I'm Leo note and boom and this is ask Leo calm question many programs on the internet let you do things such as change a word document to a PDF by sending it to the cloud and then having it returned converted how safe is this the short answer is my most common answer it depends it depends on who is providing the service and how sensitive you feel your documents are there are good services and bad services fortunately there are also alternatives who do you trust the very short version is that if it's a company you've never heard of you might want to do some research before blindly uploading your sensitive documents one way to do this one way to start might be to do a whois lookup on the domain on which the service is provided the service I tend to use is Whois dot domain tools com if you are considering using a service provided at some random service com you might look that up first to see who's behind it that may be enough to make you feel comfortable or it may be information to use for additional online research on the company or owner if of course you recognize the company involved then no research is needed you simply need to answer the question do I trust them if the answer is yes carry on if the answer is no you need to look for alternatives one example Google one service that provides the specific function you're asking about is Google you can upload a word document to Google Drive and convert it there while it's intended that you can then edit the file using Google Docs there's nothing that says you must you can save the document in any of several different forms including PDF all this presupposes that you trust Google if you do not then perhaps you trust Microsoft and could consider using Microsoft Office online which has the same capabilities do it offline another way to protect yourself should you feel at all uncomfortable with uploading your document is to look for a solution that runs on your PC instead assuming your convert to PDF scenario...