Quick and Painless file conversion
It's pretty rare that a person needs to convert one file type to another (especially since programs like OpenOffice.org will open just about anything). However today I got a file with a .wps extension, my first thought was 'maybe that's a word perfect' so I tried to open in w/ OpenOffice writer which gave it it's best shot only to come up way short by opening a blank page.
I promptly went to google to find out what extension that is and not only did I find it's an old Microsoft Works file that is no longer used/supported, but I also found a handy website for converting such files (among others) to more user friendly formats.
The site is called zamzar.com, all you do is point your browser there (or click on the link) upload a file and within a few minutes you have an email with a download link to your new file, it's easy, fast and best of all free. You don't even have to create an account, although there is that option. I was so impressed with it I decided to post it here on my favorite tech blog.
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