jim fisher on 5 Mar 2009 15:05:47 -0800


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


On 3/5/09, Randall A Sindlinger <rsindlin+plug@seas.upenn.edu> 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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