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On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:46:44 +0100 Neil Winchurst wrote: > 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 Unfortunately, some companies - in my experience usually recruitment agencies - will only accept document types that they can open in Microsoft Word so they can copy/paste the contents into their own database tool. Now, I know and you know that you can copy from most PDF files, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they will accept a PDF version. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq