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We’ve just added the ability to convert between various compressed file formats using Zamzar - This can be helpful if you get stuck with a zip format that you can’t open.

Zamzar now supports conversion from the following formats below to any of the others on the list:

• 7z - 7-Zip Compressed File
• tar.bz2 - Bzip 2 UNIX Compressed File
• cab - Cabinet File
• lzh - Compressed Archive File
• rar - WinRAR Compressed Archive
• tar - Gzip Compressed Archive
• yz1 - DeepFreezer Compressed Archive
• zip - Compressed Archive File

Click here to convert today, or read more about the different types of compressed files here.

Happy Converting !
The Zamzar Team.

Great news ! We’ve been working hard here at Zamzar to round out our support for Microsoft Office 2007 files, and we’re pleased to announce that you can now use Zamzar to convert “pptx” files generated by Office 2007 to a variety of different formats, including “ppt” (enabling you to view and edit your presentations in older versions of Microsoft Office) and “odp” (allowing you to use OpenOffice).

A variety of other formats are also supported, enabling you to convert your pptx files into whatever format is most useful for the program that you happen to be working in. The full list of supported formats is below:

• html - Hypertext Markup Language
• odp - OpenDocument presentation
• pdf - Portable Document Format
• png - Portable Network Graphic
• ppt - Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation
• ps - Postscript document
• swf - Macromedia Flash Format File

Why not convert some pptx files right now ?

Happy Converting !
The Zamzar Team.

You can now use Zamzar to convert “xlsx” files generated by Microsoft Office 2007 to a variety of different formats, including plain old “xls” (enabling you to view and edit your spreadsheets in older versions of Microsoft Office) and “ods” (allowing you to use OpenOffice). Conversion happens online and is completely free !

The new 2007 “xlsx” format is based on open XML standards, but is incompatible with older versions of Excel. To get round this problem you can simply head over to Zamzar to perform conversions from “xlsx” to any one of the following formats:

• csv - Comma Separated Values file
• doc - Microsoft Word Doc
• html - Hypertext Markup Language
• mdb - Microsoft Access Database
• ods - OpenDocument spreadsheet
• pdf - Portable Document Format
• rtf - Rich text format
• xls - Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
• xml - Extensible Markup Language

Why not head over to Zamzar right now and start converting ?

Happy Converting !
The Zamzar Team.

We’re rolling out new formats all the time here at Zamzar, but we’d thought we’d take the chance to remind you of one of the most popular conversions you can perform - You can use Zamzar to convert pdf files to doc, html, odt, pcx, png, ps, rtf or txt … all online, and all for free !

The PDF, or Portable Document Format, was introduced by Adobe in the early 1990s as a means of displaying documents in a consistent manner across any computing platform, and guaranteeing that complex graphics and diagrams remained accurately represented wherever the document is viewed.

One limitation of the PDF format however is the time-consuming process to open up and edit PDF documents. Zamzar helps by letting you convert your PDF file into an editable format (e.g. Microsoft Word), and then convert it back to PDF again once you’ve made your updates ! Why not hop over to the site today and test out our PDF conversion process on your docs ?

Thanks,
The Zamzar Team.

Continuing our expansion of support for document conversions, Zamzar is pleased to announce that you can now convert Microsoft Works (wps) files to a variety of other formats. Works ships as standard with many modern versions of Windows, which means you can often be stuck with a .wps format when you actually need .doc - not any more !

Zamzar now supports conversion of your Works .wps files to the following formats:

• doc - Microsoft Word Doc
• odt - OpenDocument Text Doc
• pcx - Paintbrush Bitmap Image
• pdf - Portable Document Format
• png - Portable Network Graphic
• ps - Postscript Doc
• txt - Text Doc

Simply head over to Zamzar and follow the simple steps to convert wps files today !

Happy Converting
The Zamzar Team.

We’re pleased to announce that you can now use Zamzar to convert wpd (WordPerfect) documents to a variety of other formats to ease the pain of exporting your documents between different Word Processing packages.

Zamzar now supports conversion of wpd files to the following formats:

• doc - Microsoft Word Doc
• odt - OpenDocument Text Doc
• pcx - Paintbrush Bitmap Image
• pdf - Portable Document Format
• png - Portable Network Graphic
• ps - Postscript Doc
• txt - Text Doc

Simply head over to Zamzar and follow the simple steps to convert your wps file today !

Happy Converting
The Zamzar Team.

You guys have been making good use of Zamzar’s ability to convert videos from sites like YouTube and Google Video, and we’re pleased to announce support for another - One of our blog readers asked if we were planning to support SpikedHumor, and here it is !

So why not go and convert the World’s most amazing basketball shot ? Alternatively just click here to go save videos from other video sharing sites in your favourite format.

Are there other video sites you’d like to see supported on Zamzar ? Why not post a comment to this post and let us know …

Ever been on a video sharing website and thought “If only I could convert that video into a format I could keep” ? Well look no further - We’ve just launched a whole host of new features to allow you to convert files from URLs, including all your favourite video websites. Zamzar now lets you:

• Convert files from a URL on the Internet
• Integrate Zamzar into your web browser using the Zamzar browser button
• Convert videos directly from sites such as YouTube, Google Video, Revver and many more.

Check out this great new function in action:

Happy Converting !
The Zamzar Team.

Did you know that you can use Zamzar to convert your video files to a format playable on IPod video players ? The following formats are currently supported, with plans in the pipeline to add more soon:

• avi (Windows video file)
• flv (Flash video)
• gvi (Google video file)
• mov (Apple QuickTime Movie)
• mp4 (MPEG-4 video file)
• mpg (Moving Picture Experts Group file)

Why not give it a go and tell us what you think ?