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Send message to yourself in WhatsApp

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Sending a WhatsApp message to yourself can be helpful in some cases. Many people used to send SMS to their own number if they wanted to take a note of something. Some people also send an email to themselves to take a note of something. But sending a WhatsApp message to yourself is not straight forward. In this post, I am going to tell you how you can send a message to yourself in WhatsApp. Quick Method to Send Message to Yourself Download the " Click to Chat " application from Google Play Store. Open the app and enter your number. Click the open button and send the message. Different ways of sending a message to yourself Method 1: From Contacts This is the easiest method. It might not work on all devices. But the trick is to save your number in the contacts and then click the WhatsApp message button to send a message to yourself. Method 2: Using an app Download the " Click to Chat "  app from Play Store.  Open the app and enter y

How to use pdftoppm in Ubuntu?

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What is pdftoppm pdftoppm is a command-line tool available in Ubuntu to convert pdf to images. It comes pre-installed in Ubuntu 12.04 and above.  In this post, you will learn how to use this tool to convert the pages of your pdf files into png , jpg and tiff files. Usage The general syntax for using pdftoppm is: pdftoppm [options] PdfFileName.pdf ImageName For example: pdftoppm -png file.pdf img   To convert the pdf file to images, go to the folder where your pdf file is placed. Right-click and then select " Open in Terminal " in that directory. After opening terminal, you will enter the commands to convert the pdf file to images. There are several options for you: 1. Convert the whole pdf file To convert to png file, you will use -png . If you want to convert to jpg, you will use -jpeg. If file.pdf is the pdf file and I want the name of my images to start with image with page numbers at the end, I will use: For png pdftoppm -png file.pdf

Chat Link by Umer Softwares

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Purpose of the App Sometimes you have to send a WhatsApp message to someone without the need of saving the contact on your phone. This app solves your problem. This app lets you enter the recipient's number and open the chat in WhatsApp with just a single click! There might be an occasion when you want to send a message to some of your friends without going through the pain of copy-pasting the message. This app helps you. Type in a message, hit a button, select chats and send. It is that simple. You can also create links to WhatsApp chats. Copy the links or share them wherever you want. Download You can download the apk from the button below: How to use Open a Chat To open a WhatsApp or WhatsApp business chat without saving the number in your contacts, enter the number in international format. The prefix is the country code or dialing code of the country and the number is the number of recipient. After entering the number, click the "Open in WhatsApp&quo

Create Direct Download Link to Google Drive Files in Android

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 If you need to share a big file on your phone with someone, you can not send it directly using WhatsApp or other common messaging apps. Many people take the help of Google Drive's free cloud storage. They upload the file to google drive and send its link to the receiver. When the receiver opens that sharing link, he waits for the preview page to load and then clicks the download button to download. But you can easily create a direct download link before sending. The receiver can click that link to directly download the file. In this post, I am going to show you how to create a direct download link to a file in google drive in Android. Procedure Follow these three steps to get the Direct Download Link: Step 1: Get Sharing Link of the file 1. Open the Google Drive android app and navigate to the file you want to create a link of. 2. Click on the three dots against the file and turn on Link Sharing 3. Again click on three dots and select the Copy Link option to get the

Crop image to Circle in GIMP

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Objective GIMP is a free , open source and easy to use image editing tool. In this post you will learn how to crop an image to a circle using GIMP. Procedure Open the Image Use File > Open or press Ctrl + O to open the image in GIMP. I am using one of my pictures as a sample. Set up Transparency You may skip this step but this is required if you want to put the circular image on other images. It will make everything except the circle in your image transparent. Go to Layer menu and select Transparency   > Add Alpha Channel . If it is already greyed out, it means that your image already has transparency. Set up Ellipse Select Tool   1. Select the Ellipse Select Tool from the left toolbar or go to Tools > Selection Tools > Ellipse Select 2. Open the Tool Options by selecting Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Tools Options 3.  In the Tool Options, select the first option in Mode which is "Replace Cur

How to use Universal Copy?

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Purpose of the app You are using your smartphone. You want to copy something on the screen. You try to long press the text and copy that but you can't do it. This app takes that pain away. It allows you to select and copy text from the screen that you can't do with Android's default long press. Download You can search "Universal Copy" on the play store or click the following button to download or scan the following QR code from your phone if you are viewing this on PC. Usage 1. Soon after installing the app, open it and enable it by using the very first option. In the next dialog that appears, click OPEN SETTINGS . Find "Universal Copy" in the list of apps that appear. 2. Enable the permission. In the next dialog that appears, click OK . Universal Copy is activated successfully. 3. A notification will appear in the notification shade. Click the notification to enable copy mode. Now you can  tap anything on the screen