Re: [PLUG] word docs with open office and web sites (slightly OT)

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From: Art Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com>
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Friday, March 6, 2009 7:28:07 AM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] word docs with open office and web sites (slightly OT)

I always felt that people who send stuff docx, and don't know how to
convert them to doc when requested shouldn't get a call either, but
HOUR doesn't understand that incopetence any better than the
applicant.

I wouldn't say that if every job posting didn't include competence in
MS Office as a job requirement.


On 3/5/09, Stephen Carl <stephengcarl@verizon.net> wrote:
> I've used it to convert a Microsoft Works file to MS Word for our HR
> department. It worked great. Of course, anyone who sends a resume in MS
> Works shouldn't expect a call anyway! ;)
>
> Steve
>
> On Thu, 2009年03月05日 at 16:33 -0500, Randall A Sindlinger wrote:
>> Hmm... You might want to try www.zamzar.com. I've never used it myself,
>> only heard
>> of it. Looks interesting, and it's free to try (if you don't mind the
>> ads).
>>
>> They say they support converting .odt to .doc
>>
>> -Randall
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 01:22:50PM -0800, Edmond Rodriguez wrote:
>> > Yet another recruiting web site will not take Open Office docs formatted
>> > as word docs.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Please correct the following errors:
>> >
>> > > Unable to interpret the resume. The document is either corrupted,
>> > > password protected, encrypted or unsupported.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----
>> > > From: edmond rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>
>> > > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
>> > > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
>> > > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 3:16:07 PM
>> > > Subject: [PLUG] word docs with open office and web sites (slightly OT)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Has anyone besides me noticed that when saving a Word document from
>> > > Open Office
>> > > (.doc file), some web sites that upload .doc's (like job search web
>> > > sites) don't
>> > > like them? Sometimes I figure this out by trial and error, since the
>> > > error
>> > > messages don't explain what is wrong.
>> > >
>> > > I am running into that from time to time, though MS Word opens a .doc
>> > > file from
>> > > Open Office just fine.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>>
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