On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch <jdeutsch.aspl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jack, > > Excellent point about following directions in general -- that deserves its > own discussion, probably on a career forum. > > My question is: What are your (collective) thoughts on this specific > direction? For example, is it technically necessary, or not? Does Tutor.com > strictly enforce it? Do you know of similar sites which don't insist on it? > Etc. >
I have no knowledge about Tutor.com specifically, but it would be interesting to find out the nature of their dependency on MS Office. 1) Is it merely a matter of comfort and familiarity? 2) Do they have a technical dependency on the Microsoft file formats? (In that case you could remind them that OpenOffice can read and write the MS binary formats: doc, xls and ppt) 3) Do they have a technical dependency on the Microsoft Office application itself, say via macros or extensions? Regards, -Rob > Cheers, > > Jeff Deutsch > Speaker & Life Coach > A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs > http://www.asplint.com > > "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout." > Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- > http://www.MarionSpeaks.com > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:23 PM, japples <japp...@europa.com> wrote: > >> Another thought, it was clearly stated MS products were required. >> Applying without the required products demonstrates the inability to >> follow direction. >> >> Jack >> >> >> Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com. >>> However, they require that tutors (and applicants, for the mock tutoring >>> session) have Microsoft Word (2007 or later) itself -- they specifically >>> say that OpenOffice is not acceptable. I'd rather not spend $110 just to >>> get MS Word (or $140 for MS Office, or $10/month or $100/year to rent MS >>> Office) for this specific job, when OpenOffice/LibreOffice has worked just >>> fine for me for the past decade. >>> >>> Does anyone here have any relevant experience (eg, does Tutor.com in >>> practice allow OpenOffice/LibreOffice, is it absolutely necessary to get >>> MS >>> Word, do you know of similar online tutoring services that allow >>> OpenOffice/LibreOffice, etc)? >>> >>> Thank you in advance! >>> >>> Jeff Deutsch >>> Speaker & Life Coach >>> A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs >>> http://www.asplint.com >>> >>> "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout." >>> Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst -- >>> http://www.MarionSpeaks.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
