I found Zamzar a really useful tool. It took a wee while to convert my word documen into a pdf either, about 3 -5 minutes. but I felt it would be worth the wait if I was in the predicament of trying to get access to a document that was saved in format that couldn't be opnened.
In terms of use in the library, I can confidently say that it will come in use. I had a customer come in last year with a document that our learn.net computer couldn't recognise and obviously open. All I could do at the time was suggest to her that she go back home and save the document in a different format. From memory I think it was a .exe file. It would have been very helpful if I had known about Zamzar back then...!
I am sure that I will have other opportunities to share this online file conversion tool with other library patrons and with my friends. In fact, I have already shown my husband this site and saved it in our "Favourites" for future reference!
I particularly like the fact that you don't have to create an account to be able to use Zamzar.
Friday, April 30, 2010
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