Email Based File Conversion - Supports PDF, DOC, DOCX, MP3, etc.

Email Based File Conversion – Supports PDF, DOC, DOCX, MP3, etc.

07 feb 2008

Koolwire or PDFOnline will convert your PDF or Microsoft Office files for free including the new docx format. Send an e-mail attaching your files and you will get them back in the converted formats almost instantly.

Here are five new additions to the list of Most Useful Email Addresses that help you instantly convert popular file formats like Office docs, PDF and music files via email attachments.

To use any of these email based file conversion services, just send your files (like DOCX, PDF, MP3, etc) as email attachments to the address of the conversion service and they’ll send back files in converted formats almost instantly.

1. mp3@koolwire.com – Convert WAV to MP3 format (file limit: 10 MB)

2. iPhone@pdfonline.com – Convert Microsoft Visio (VSD) and Word 2007 (DOCX) to PDF. You can send multiple file formats in the same email and the converted PDF documents will arrive in separate emails. Don’t get confused by the iphone word in the email address, it works just fine for the desktop and other wireless devices.

3. pdf@koolwire.com – Convert DOC, XLS or PPT files to PDF

4. doc@koolwire.com – Convert PDF to Word or RTF

5. wav@koolwire.com – Convert MP3 Songs to WAV files

You can use the Koolwire email conversion service to convert files as large as 10 MB. These services are especially handy if your mobile phone doesn’t offer file viewer for particular formats – like a BlackBerry cannot read Visio or Docx formats.

Related: Convert DOCX to DOC Format

http://www.somelifeblog.com Ken Hanscom

Hi Amit. I think this auseful sets of tools, it looks like their terms and conditions are pretty pro-consumer as well. An excerpt:

(v) You acknowledge and agree that the Input Files shall not be stored by Your Voice except for period of time strictly necessary to carry out file conversion operations. Once the conversion has been completed and the Output Files have been sent to your email address (or once downloaded by you in the case of larger files), both the Input Files and the Output Files will be deleted immediately. Your Voice will keep a system log exclusively in order to register the operations carried out. Therefore, you understand and agree that you must safely store a copy of the Input Files and of the Output Files in your own archives and/or computer system, both before and after the delivery of the Services, as applicable. Accordingly, Your Voice shall in no case be liable for the deletion of both the Input and the Output Files, for their deterioration or for loss of any information incorporated therein.
vikram

the pdf to doc did not work for me…i wonder if you have tried it. I also checked my spam folder but no email!!!

Ed: For me, the RTF version of the PDF arrived in less than a minute. Make sure your PDF is not protected.
http://moneyweb.50webs.com/chitika-review.html Chitika Review

Hey Amit, nice list!

Now I can uninstall some of the buggy conversion software that I use.
King

This part isn’t very pro-consumer:

In addition, by sending a Request for Services you expressly authorise and request Your Voice to add advertisement links or messages, including banners, audio and video messages, to the email you will receive with the Output Files attached.

Saying I “authorise” is one thing, saying I “request” advertising is going a bit far. ;-) So the cost of this free service is getting a bunch of adverts in the response message. I’ll stick with PDFCreator.

Interesting idea, maybe useful when you’re away from your regular tools, but I’d be more likely to use it (even with ads) if it was web-based. I don’t need yet another place I’ve handed my real e-mail address with no idea where it might go from there. Yes, they say they protect personal info but there are plenty of possible outs, so who really knows?
http://bombasto.wordpress.com Memo Cordova

Nice! The turnaround for the e-mail conversion of a 23 page Word document to PDF was fairly quickly for me, about 45 seconds. However, the conversion did not activate all the links in the document. But, it’s a fair service and quite convenient.
http://www.corporatezine.in K. Srinivasan

hi amit, can you kindly suggest me how to convert newsletter in pdf format (text and pictures) into an html document with the same layout and pictures. If i send to gmail id as attachment, i can view as html, but pictures are removed. layout also gets garbled.
upendar

convert pdf to mp3
Andy Bingham

I’m just trying to open up a 2007 document in word 2003.
Pablo

Hey Amit, nice list! Those email links were fairly useful. I converted several Word docs with PDFonline and although not all the fonts were converted, it did a decent job of approximating them (e.g., Letter Gothic becomes Courier New). I was actually surprised it had some of the more obscure fonts like Palatino and Centaur. In summary, I wouldn’t rely on it for any complex conversions (I’d just handle that myself) and I would do several test runs before using it for critical conversions, but it’s a useful tool for mobile devices that don’t have space to install Acrobat bloatware =)
Diona

How do I convert a mp3 (talking) into a typed up word document
Angela

been trying for years now to convert old PWP files into something compatible with modern day technology. Can you help?

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