Stephen Carl on 5 Mar 2009 15:31:54 -0800


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


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, 2009-03-05 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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