Sha... Zamzar!

First thing off the list! Got a document/file you'd really rather have in a different format... try Zamzar. A newish? site, still displayed as beta. Choices look nifty so I uploaded my massive 25kb word file to convert twice - once to html, the other to pdf. First attempt was on a Friday afternoon - not a good idea as the site (as a freebie tool) works by emailing you a notification with 24 hrs to collect your new file; one email arrived (expecting 2 tho presumably?!) but not in time for me to access file before time elapsed. So..., next attempt Monday afternoon... and over an hour later still waiting for any email... [they arrived after about 3 hrs - not unfair for a free service; linking and saving the new files was quick]. However, it does look like a nice freebie site (there are $$ subscriber options too) and useful site for odd jobs, especially if you don't have access to the creator parts of software or you receive a file that would be so much more useful in another format. The on-page and pop-up ads are a bit irritating but again only to be expected. One handy page is Zamzar's list of what files can be converted to what other files - quick place to use as a lookup for 'what one earth is that file extension!?' questions.