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Re: [LUG] Sending docs in MS format

 

On 17/10/11 17:42, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> 
>> Looking for some help please.
>>
>> My daughter sometimes sends out job applications, including CV's etc.
>> If she sends them as an attachment to an email the recipients complain
>> that they can't read them, (the attached files, not the email).
>>
>> I have told her to save them, using OO Writer, in Word format. She
>> claims that she does, but I am wanting to check this out.
>>
>> So I am looking for some help please. I know that some members have
>> Windows as well as Linux. Would anyone be willing to receive a test
>> email with attachment from me and to let me know if they can read the
>> attachment in Word please?
>>
>> I can't help her, I have not used Windows since Windows 98 first came
>> out. My brother has Windows on his laptop but he does not have Word
>> installed, he uses OO Writer and Firefox. Yay, he has learnt some good
>> ways from me then.
>>
>> Any help gratefully received
> 
> Export as PDF and email the PDFs.
> 
> Gordon
> 
I have just tested that and it can be read in Adobe Reader, so if the
company my daughter is writing to can read PDF files then that will be
fine. I will show her how to do that.

Thanks

Neil

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