How Can Scribd Handle All Those Different Types of Documents?

One of Scribd’s biggest advantages is being able to handle multiple types of document file formats.  How does it do it?

One word….

… iPaper.

That’s just the fancy name for the Adobe Flash built document formatter, created exclusively for Scribd. It doesn’t matter what sort of computer or operating system you have – Scribd boasts that iPaper will work with almost any.

What this does is eliminate the need for your readers and subscribers to download special software or “upgrades”, in order to view your documents.

Remember, anything that removes extra steps and creates blanket simplicity is a huge advantage in keeping your readers.  You can yourself probably think of instances when you reluctantly gave up, frustrated, on some program or membership site, because your software or operating system wasn’t up to the job; and it would have required an expensive or complicated upgrade or new software installation.

A case in point: Some marketers are now delivering files in .DOCX and .MP4 format – whereas statistics consistently point to at least 40% of users with older equipment or software not capable of handling these new formats.  If you’ve ever tried to run software to compensate, you’ll know how time-consuming that is – and how ineffective, since most “free” upgraders tend to hold you ransom by only converting the first page, et cetera.

And what do people do, when faced with obstacles?  

Click away or unsubscribe.

Facts About iPaper

iPaper works in converting all (or almost all) of the most popular document formats:

- Adobe PDF (.PDF)
- Adobe PostScript (.PS) 
- Any OpenDocument format
- Microsoft Word (.DOC, .DOCX)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPS, .PPT, .PPTX, .PPSX)
- Microsoft Excel (.XLS, XLSX)
- OpenOffice Text Document (.ODT, .SXW)
- OpenOffice Presentation Document (.ODP, .SXI)
- OpenOffice Spreadsheet (.ODS, .SXC)
- Plain text from text editors such as Notepad (.TXT)
- Rich text format – usually seen in WordPad (.RTF)

This gives you lots of options in creating your documents – without having to buy new software or upgrade your computer.

The other wonderful thing about Scribd and iPaper: its document viewer is easily embeddable in your website or blog. Think about it: What would you rather do… download special software and figure out how to use it (after you’ve finally sorted out why it doesn’t seem to be compatible with your computer)… or simply upload something you’ve created in your favorite, do-it-in-your-sleep document processor?

If you want to experience the latter, visit Scribd, register and upload a document today.