Here’s one of those free services that can come in handy when you need to convert a PDF file to a Word Doc and don’t have any tools around to do so.

PDF To Word is just the solution. Online, available anywhere you can get to a web browser, free, and simple to use. Just upload the PDF file, fill in your email address, and five minutes later you will receive the converted file in your mailbox.

I’ve found reasons to use this handy tool several times and have been happy with the results each time. It also supports RTF output for those with word processors other than Word.

Dropbox lets you put your important files in a folder on your computer and those files will be automatically backed up and synced with all other computers you share the dropbox folder with. The free account permits up to 2 gb of storage, paid accounts allow higher storage levels.

The free account works great for important files, like your Keepass wallet and things like tax returns or other important documents. The service works seamlessly in the background and supports Windows, Mac and Linux! Recommended.

File Shredder is a handy and free utility you can use to both wipe the free portions of your drive and permanently wipe individual files. Comes in real handy when you are cleaning up a computer to give to someone else (gets rid of any personally identifying information or sensitive things like passwords and logins).

A great source of e-book conversion utilities can be found at http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_conversion. There you will find various commercial, opensource and freeware programs that can handle file formats like LRF, CHM, LIT, HTML, PDF, RTF, PDB and DOC and convert them to formats that the Kindle can handle.

Amazon Kindle File Formats

• AZW
• TXT
• MOBI
• PRC

Note that Amazon offers its conversion via email service for the following file formats;

• Word DOC
• HTML
• JPEG
• TXT
• GIF
• PNG
• BMP
• PDF (experimental, results vary)

My POPFile utilities and troubleshooting stuff is available here.

If you are looking for help with your installation of POPFile, I highly recommend you visit the Help Forum located at getpopfile.org. There are numerous knowledgeable POPFile users and developers that hang out there and who certainly will be able to help you solve your issue.