It occurs to me that converting files is a bit like having a dog (.pdf) go into a kennel (Zamzar) and having a cat (.doc) come out! A crime against nature, or a good trade? I'll let you be the judge :)
Well the first challenge was to find the Zamzar site - I could have had a (correct) punt by adding ".com" after the name, but I have a strong Google reflex that led me to http://www.zamzar.com/ just as quickly.
Instead of converting a word document to pdf - something easily done when saving on my work pc - I decided to attempt converting a pdf to word ... something I would have found handy in the past ... especially when having to print off pdf. registration forms, fill them out in pen and then scan them to attach to emails. I knew there must be a cleaner, simpler way!
I browsed my files to quickly find a pdf example, highlighted it and clicked on open, selected doc. as the format I wanted it converted to, entered my email address and within a minute I'd been sent an email to say that the converted file would be available on Zamzar for the next 24 hours. My only hiccup during this process was realising that the pdf had been successfully selected as nothing shows up in the first Zamzar box.
I quickly downloaded the registration form I'd selected for conversion and saved it as a doc. but was rather disappointed that it didn't act in the way I'd hoped. Instead of allowing me to type information into the boxes, the whole form acted like a picture within the word document that I could type *around* but not *in*. If anyone knows whether this is a true limitation of conversion or merely my own ineptitude, please feel free to enlighten me :)
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