A lot of times one needs to convert one file format to another like a friend sent you a video in 3gp format but Windows Media Player wont play it, you need to convert a word doc to pdf or vice versa to send to the client, client sent an important document in Office 2007 format but you cant open it.
Zamzar – A Free online file conversion service comes handy that can convert images, videos, audio and documents from one format to another without any software downloads. A variety of file formats are supported by Zamzar, some of which used to be a bit complicated or impossible to convert between. Supported conversions can be found here.
Using Zamzar is simple and easy as a few mouse clicks. The entire user interface is on the home page. All you need to do is:
1. Browse the file you need to convert
2. Choose the desired format to convert to
3. Enter your email address
4. Click Convert to upload your file and convert
They will convert the file into the desired format, and email you the link to download your converted file. They store converted files for 24 hours from the time you recieve the email from them with the download link. File size up to 100MB are free to convert most of the non-video files fall in this range. For faster and larger file size conversion you need to sign up for a paid account.