Can I convert a word document to pdf via email? ~ Ask The Admin

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Can I convert a word document to pdf via email?


John from Brooklyn writes in:

I need to look like I have a staff. I want to email a word document somewhere and have it send me back a pdf. It would be helpful if it can go the other way or do some other conversions as well. Hows about it Admin? Any free services?
Hey John,

We got a bunch of geeky goodness for you! We just discovered exactly what you are looking for from our new found friends at HackNMod.com. By sending a file to one of these KoolWire addresses below you will get back a converted file. There are some file size limitations but for small crap on the go - you should be golden. The website is in Italian but that shouldn't bother you much if you are just emailing them your documents for conversion. I wouldn't advise uploading any confidential information though - you never know who is on the other end of that server!
  • iPhone@pdfonline.com—Converts any attached
    Microsoft Visio or Word file (including the 2007/.docx kind) to PDF
    files, and supports multiple file attachments. Ignore the "iphone" in
    the address, as it works from any device or computer, but only supports
    files up to 1 MB in size.

  • pdf@koolwire.com—Converts
    Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint files to PDFs. Like the other
    Koolwire addresses below, it accepts files up to 10 MB in size.

  • doc@koolwire.com—Convert PDFs to Word or Rich Text Format files.

  • mp3@koolwire.com—Convert WAV files to MP3s.

  • wav@koolwire.com—Convert MP3s to WAV files.

Do you guys have other ways of doing this? Let us know in the comments!

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