In this case, I think a PDF might be a detriment. The prof wouldn't be able to modify/comment the file.
Also, one would hope the profs are marking the quality of the CONTENT of your file, not the quality of the formatting. Shawn Hendrik Schaink wrote: > Even if you _did_ have Word but not the same version as the recipient, > the document's format would _still_ be messed up. I don't care to recall > how often I have come across clients "no-sweat, promise" Word upgrades > only to be forced to rework their just completed documents. > > The only alternative: .pdf documents, because they are guaranteed to > retain all original formatting. > > Hendrik Schaink > > > Jesse Kline wrote: >>> Not sure entirely how relevant this is, but try: >>> >>> http://grover.open2space.com/node/154 >> That's an interesting article. Nice work Shawn! However, my issue is that >> I've had a couple professors that require submissions in Word documents. >> This pisses me off because it is a proprietary format and because I don't >> use MS Office, so there's no guarantee that my formatting will convert >> correctly. This can be fairly critical when I'm required to submit a paper >> of a certain length and in a certain style. I'm looking for some good >> articles to throw at them in the hopes of changing this policy. > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
