Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Zamzar!

At school, we're using the new 2007 version of MS Office products (Word, PowerPoint, etc). At home, I've got older versions. No big deal most of the time, except for when I save something at school and want to work on it at home. I'd better be sure to watch the format, 'cause the old software can't open files in the new format. What a headache, to get home with my file only to realize it's the wrong format and I can't read it!

But now I've discovered Zamzar.

It's a free file conversion service. Upload your file in Format A, and it'll convert it to Format B for ya, then send you an email when the conversion is done. How cool is that!

Obviously privacy is a concern for certain files, but if it's just a homework assignment for my Organizational Behavior class, um, I don't mind if someone reads it.
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2 comments:

Gabe said...

Aha...now your talking some wikinomic verbage. I bet ZAMZAR is open source....uh huh and this book is teaching me that open source and collaboration is ruling the future. I recently discovered that I should probably get rid of Norton and install a cheaper, simpler alternative that is ala open source. It supposedly will work better and won't take up so much of my RAM running in the background. I'm really digging this open source thing. Oh, and I have this freeware program that lets you convert any document that you can print into pdf format. It has come in handy many, many times.

February 13, 2008 at 3:47 AM
Unknown said...

Open Source rocks (and I really should get around to reading Wikinomics, shouldn't I?)

February 14, 2008 at 7:04 PM

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