A nice file converting site

I am always in the need to convert one file type to another.  Wether it be an MP3 to M4A or AVI to MPEG  or JPEG to GIF.....  I recently had an issue with an XPS document.  This is microsoft's version of Adobe's PDF.  XPS stands for "Open XML Paper Specification". Windows Vista and 7 both have the ability to "print" XPS files.  You just choose "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" from the list of printers and away you go!

I needed a PDF version of a document on a webpage.  So, I decided to play with the XPS Document writer. (Yes, I know, I could have copied and pasted into Word or Google Docs then created a PDF from that, but hey, it was time to learn something new!!!)  I printed the page to the XPS printer, saved it and then went to Zamar, my trusty converting page.  But wouldn't you know it.... Zamzar can't convertXPS files!!  Oh nooooo!  Not to worry, a quick search and I found Convert.Files .  They can convert everything Zamzar can  but also XPS files!!  Whooo Hooo!  Upload my file, choose PDF as the output, and presto! All done!

Combining PDFs....for free!

Recently I had to combine several PDFs into one.  At school I have the full version of Adobe and boy it is real easy to use it!  However, I am not as school and I do not have the full version of Adobe.  So.....

A quick Google search gave me a large number of sites that could combine PDFs for me.  I found FoxyUtils.com  and gave it a shot.

I uploaded 3 PDFs, clicked on "Merge PDF" and very quickly was presented with a download link to my newly combined PDF!  Awesome!  One word of caution, before clicking "Merge PDF" make sure you have your files in the order you want!!  You can easily use the up and down arrows provided to rearrange your files to your hearts content!

Painless, smooth, easy and ......FREE!