Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 12/01/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nor for linux. And I'm having quite a time installing it with Wine. > Seems that it is a problamatic program (what MS products aren't). > As I mentioned in another note, that version doesn't work with wine, though the wd97vwr32 does. I did

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-12 Thread James Knott
Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 12/01/07, Guy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2007/1/12, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >> > Please try this address >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e24c87-8732-48d5- >> >> > 8689-ab826e7b8fdf&displaylang=en >> > >> > Regards

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-12 Thread James Knott
Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 12/01/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I used OpenOffice for my resume. One useful tool for verifying >> appearance is the free Word Viewer, which can be downloaded from >> Microsoft. I've even used it in Linux. I also include that Word Viewer >> in the CD

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 12/01/07, Guy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/1/12, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Please try this address > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e24c87-8732-48d5- > 8689-ab826e7b8fdf&displaylang=en > > Regards, Brian As usual nothing for Mac... Nor for linu

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-12 Thread Guy Voets
2007/1/12, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Please try this address http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e24c87-8732-48d5- 8689-ab826e7b8fdf&displaylang=en Regards, Brian As usual nothing for Mac... -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.1 RC 2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and dutch

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 12/01/07, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please try this address http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=95e24c87-8732-48d5- 8689-ab826e7b8fdf&displaylang=en I didn't know about that. But I have no excuse: a simple search on the MS site found it right away. Thank you. D

RE: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-12 Thread Brian
: Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer On 12/01/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I used OpenOffice for my resume. One useful tool for verifying > appearance is the free Word Viewer, which can be downloaded from > Microsoft. I've eve

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 12/01/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used OpenOffice for my resume. One useful tool for verifying appearance is the free Word Viewer, which can be downloaded from Microsoft. I've even used it in Linux. I also include that Word Viewer in the CD & pen drive I maintain, with OO,

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread James Knott
Peter Flynn wrote: > Terence W C Warby wrote: >> James Knott wrote: >>> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. >>> >>> Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread James Knott
Peter Flynn wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >>> Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF >>> files. Looks good and professional, too. >>> Alex. >> >> Employers often ask for Word format. > > That's always the biggest problem. > > The answer is not t

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread James Knott
Terence W C Warby wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >>> Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF >>> files. Looks good and professional, too. >>> Alex. >> >> Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in >> PDF? >> > Your expe

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread James Knott
Terence W C Warby wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >>> Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF >>> files. Looks good and professional, too. >>> Alex. >> >> Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in >> PDF? >> > Your expe

RE: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread Dave Craven
-Original Message- From: Terence W C Warby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:58 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer James Knott wrote: > Alex Zachopoulos wrote: >> Why don't you

RE: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread Dave Craven
-Original Message- From: James Knott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:18 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 10/01/07, Joe Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread Peter Flynn
Terence W C Warby wrote: James Knott wrote: Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in PDF? Your experience may be different

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread Peter Flynn
James Knott wrote: Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. Employers often ask for Word format. That's always the biggest problem. The answer is not to use any complex formatting (you shouldn

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-11 Thread Terence W C Warby
James Knott wrote: Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in PDF? Your experience may be different to mine, but while I see

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Richard Detwiler
James Knott wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: On 10/01/07, Joe Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What if the employer is using windows only? They probably won't even know what a tarball is. > Send a tarball with plain text, html, pdf, odf, word, rtf, ps, and > even a png image of the resume. :) > Th

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread James Knott
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 10/01/07, Joe Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What if the employer is using windows only? They probably won't even know what a tarball is. > Send a tarball with plain text, html, pdf, odf, word, rtf, ps, and > even a png image of the resume. :) > That was a joke. The s

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread James Knott
Alex Zachopoulos wrote: Why don't you just save your resumé as PDF? Everybody can read PDF files. Looks good and professional, too. Alex. Employers often ask for Word format. Are you then going to submit in PDF? - To unsubsc

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 10/01/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Very good point. I've been on this list for quite a while, and have heard the term tarball mentioned many times, but I have no idea what it might be or what I'd do with one if someone sent it to me. Well, I don't know how well AOL's sear

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 10/01/07, Joe Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What if the employer is using windows only? They probably won't even know what a tarball is. > Send a tarball with plain text, html, pdf, odf, word, rtf, ps, and > even a png image of the resume. :) > That was a joke. The suggestion that the t

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 10/01/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would certainly not recommend telling a potential employer that they need to install a specific software package, which they presumably don't currently use, in order to read one's resume. It sounds like a fairly certain strategy for h

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread rlshadow
t: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer What if the employer is using windows only? They probably won't even know what a tarball is. Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 10/01/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> P

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Joe Conner
What if the employer is using windows only? They probably won't even know what a tarball is. Dotan Cohen wrote: On 10/01/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter Flynn wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my >> RESUME vi

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Alex Zachopoulos
which they presumably don't currently use, in order to read one's resume. It sounds like a fairly certain strategy for having your resume go unread. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [users] ne

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 10/01/07, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter Flynn wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my >> RESUME via emails - >> the end user cannot open - what should I do? Please help. > > Save the document in PDF and send them

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread rlshadow
al Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer On 09/01/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem i

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread James Knott
Peter Flynn wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my >> RESUME via emails - >> the end user cannot open - what should I do? Please help. > > Save the document in PDF and send them the PDF file. > > Sending a resume as an editable d

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 09/01/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my RESUME via emails - the end user cannot open - what should I do? Please help. thank you. Include a link to openoffice.org and explain to them why you do not use MS

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-10 Thread Peter Flynn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my RESUME via emails - the end user cannot open - what should I do? Please help. Save the document in PDF and send them the PDF file. Sending a resume as an editable document is not a good idea: it's

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-09 Thread James Knott
Richard Detwiler wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my >> RESUME via emails - >> the end user cannot open - what should I do? Please help. >> >> thank you. >> >> > > For a resume, what I would suggest is exporting as a PDF

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-09 Thread Richard Detwiler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my RESUME via emails - the end user cannot open - what should I do? Please help. thank you. For a resume, what I would suggest is exporting as a PDF file (File > Export as PDF). Then open it u

Re: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-09 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is sending my RESUME > via emails - > > the end user cannot open - what should I do? Please help. > > thank you. > > What format are you sending it as? Many people with substandard office packages, such as

RE: [users] need your help in emailing from openoffice.org writer

2007-01-09 Thread rob
You have come up with one of the common Open Office Problems Please see the notes below How do I send an OpenOffice document to a user with Word? Note (1) that the .ODF (open) format that is normally used by OpenOffice cannot be read by MS Word. However the .doc files produced by MS Word or WordP