Zamzar to your file conversion rescue

How many times has this happened to you?

You get sent a file via email. Could be at work. Could be at home. The file provides you the information you need but now you want to do something with that file or you want to use it in another program that let’s you work the way you want to (or perhaps need to). And what happens to you? Well your stuck. Stuck fiddling and diddling trying to make it work.

This my friends is what is known as a sticky wicket. You need the file so you keep fussing meanwhile the deadline to your project ticks on whilst you are amired in file format fuss. Not alota fun.

Well NOW there is a fun way to fix your function and that way is a service called Zamzar (and did we mention it’s free, we frugal techie’s love free…too bad the cheapskate Becki won’t give us free coffee for writing this column).

How it works is very simple. You upload a file to the service by clicking the browse button on step-1. That opens a little pop up box that lets you explore your hard disk on your computer for the right file. Click on your file and it uploads it. Then you choose what you want to convert the file to. There is a HUGE list. Once complete an email is sent you telling you that the file has been converted. This whole process, even for large files, is amazingly fast. This, my fine coffee swillers, is a service that’ll take away your headaches, not cause you more.

We tested it with PowerPoint files, Word files and PDF’s and it worked flawlessly converting from one file format to another with nary a hiccup. It was the way we like our software; allowing us to quickly grasp how to use it, made our lives easier not harder, and was reasonably priced (in this case free!).

So give Zamzar a try next time you need to convert some files.  It’s a quick and frugal way to easy your file conversion madness.