Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 10/9/11 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: Christina http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4918 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4918 Thanks for the tip! We run into this too, and though I believe we now have the converter loaded on all of our computers (they have Office 7), it’s great to have another tool to use.

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By: Adam Steele http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4909 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:57:19 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4909 There is a plug-in for most versions of word to be able to open Oo

http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/

Or you could just have Oo on all your machines. ;-P

convertfiles.com is amazing. I have about 6 Gigs of eBooks (all acquired perfectly legally of course) and I have to convert all the time. I would suggest reading over something if it’s a project though. It’s not always 100% on all letters. I get about 50 weird characters in a book, just a wrong letter or something, nothing big, but enough to mess up a student’s paper.

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By: Elizabeth http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4890 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:02:46 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4890 Used the ConvertFiles site today for a patron–thanks for the heads-up!

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By: Swiss Army Librarian » Reference Question of the Week Solved with a file converter :: Brian Herzog | Library world, new trends, technologies | Scoop.it http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4879 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:09:21 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4879 [...] Swiss Army Librarian » Reference Question of the Week Solved with a file converter :: Brian H… Source: http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net [...]

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By: Penny http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4358 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:42:15 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4358 I don’t really understand techy matters in depth but over the years I have picked up a few skills and tips which make me appear more knowledgable than I really am (especially to patrons). I always tell them that I don’t really understand computer concerns throughly but I’ll tinker with the file to see if I can get it to open. I am usually successful, mostly by just experimenting around. I appreciate this tip because now I can convert files that the Word conversion program might not handle and I will (probably) understand what I’m doing!

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By: Matt Amory http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4292 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:37:34 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4292 :)

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By: Alyssa http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4191 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:31:51 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4191 I’ve actually had some luck with certain files by just manually changing the extension myself. It doesn’t always work, but it will sometimes. I converted some weird csv file to a pdf by simply taking the “csv” off and retyping “pdf.” Lo and behold, it became a pdf and I printed it out for the happy geometry student.

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By: svm http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4190 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:04:49 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4190 You can also upload it to Google Docs and either print it from there, or export it in a different file format.

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By: Renée Lowery http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4189 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:00:23 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4189 Thanks for sharing this! I used to use Zamzar all the time but got scared off the day it started trying to download malware with my file. I’ll give ConvertFiles.com a try. It’s true – knowing about tools like this can really make a patron’s day!

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By: Kathy http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/10/15/reference-question-of-the-week-10911/#comment-4157 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:25:54 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2612#comment-4157 Thanks for the tip! I would not have considered it before

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