If you’re anything like me, the question of free file conversion on the Internet is something I’ve been searching for a good solution to for so long now. Along the way I’ve found tools that have looked good, but ultimately been a long way off ideal, it’s like searching for the Holy Grail – where the only real way has been to pay for specific software to achieve this, until now!
The thing that has really driven me to search and search in this area is specifically converting Adobe PDF files into an editable file such as a Microsoft Word file – this was something that got asked of me so much at work in the past year.
The main example I have is that of job application forms which you couldn’t fill in electronically without an awful lot of effort in re-creating text boxes etc. in a word document then you had to print it onto a printout from the PDR file – it was all very complicated – you probably deserved to get the job just on that basis!
However, I’ve now found a site called Zamzar which is a free file conversion website that can convert files into literally hundreds of different types and the resulting file, certainly in the ones that I’ve tested ends up being a very usable reproduction.
Zamzar is much better than other free file conversion services that I’ve tried, especially in terms of .pdf to .doc files since it maintains layouts, textboxes etc. Give it a go and let us know what you think, or if you know of a better service, then please feel free to share that with us!
