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09-05-2008, 11:49
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help !!
need help i have aplied for a job and sent my cv by email they cant open it . i have done my file on microsoft works they have told me to send it as a word docuument is there away of converting my file to word ?or will i have to start again thanks anyone
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Re: help !!
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Copy and paste should work (im not very technical so thats how i would have done it) |
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09-05-2008, 11:58
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Re: help !!
Word can open them, clearly teh company don't know Word very well. But in order to help you get the job.....
Download and install Open Office, open your CV in that ( it should automagically work out its Works), then click Save as , choose Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP in the "File type" selection. Job done and another success for Open Source software!  TBH If I was you I would switch to Open Office for it all, Works is a very cut down Office suite with poor compatibility even with Microsofts other products. If you struggle email it to me and I'll do it for you |
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09-05-2008, 12:00
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Re: help !!
is this the same prob linds had the other day?
as posted in this thread? http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...der-39226.html
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09-05-2008, 12:15
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Re: help !!
similar, there are many different formats that word processors can write the document as. Open Office is able to read and write in many different ones, the others tend to just support their own format and basic ones such as plain text (.txt) and rich text(.rtf).
where the confusion comes is that users often don't realise that even Word can read many different formats but you have to tell it what sort it is hence the request for works being converted when in reality they just need to tell word what format it is in. Open Office allows you to set what default format to use. odt is its own format( there is a movement to try and get an open standard across all word processors but i wouldn't hold your breath). Even I accept that currently 99% of people use Word format so have my version of Open Office set to use Office standard unless I say otherwise. |
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09-05-2008, 12:17
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Re: help !!
my old pc had works on it and i worked for ages on an assignment, took it into college the day it was due, tried to print it out and it was all random symbols!!!
i was well pee'd off!
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Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, i have so many children i can't fit the tickers in my signature..... I finally found someone daft enough to marry me, my wonderboy is 11, my monkeygirl is 3 and my bananaman is 2, my beautiful little flower was born in feb 2012
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09-05-2008, 12:18
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it was perfectly recoverable, if the IT dept had a clue they could have sorted it in 2 mins for you.
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09-05-2008, 12:22
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aah....lovely burnley college! i enjoyed my time there sooo much  but the IT dept at nelson and colne college are ace!!!
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Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, i have so many children i can't fit the tickers in my signature..... I finally found someone daft enough to marry me, my wonderboy is 11, my monkeygirl is 3 and my bananaman is 2, my beautiful little flower was born in feb 2012
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09-05-2008, 12:24
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they are geeks, they aren't used to women actually wanting to talk to them!!!!!
What you should have done is fluttered your eyelids and offered them a date if they could have fixed it. You would have been nearly trampled in teh rush to help! |
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09-05-2008, 12:26
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Re: help !!
 thanks everyone sorted now cheers
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09-05-2008, 12:30
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Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, i have so many children i can't fit the tickers in my signature..... I finally found someone daft enough to marry me, my wonderboy is 11, my monkeygirl is 3 and my bananaman is 2, my beautiful little flower was born in feb 2012
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09-05-2008, 12:31
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good news
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