On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 12:14, Brad Thomson wrote: > Nope, PDF files generally go in the too hard basket due to lack of ability > to easily edit them. > > A couple of the agencies have databases that not only accept Word files for > input natively, but only work with specific versions of Word, which is why > many will insist on Word 6 or Word 97 format, for example. > > You're probably only doing yourself a disservice by refusing to comply with > these people.
if the ad is for OSS stuff or doesn't mention what format they want CVs in, I use pdf (with a comment to the effect of ask me if you want another format). If they say they want M$ word format I do it - it sucks but unfortunately we need these guys. (or as has already been suggested, use something like abiword which can write out rtf then just rename it to a ".doc" so it opens fine in M$ word) Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
