[ale] AbiWord's M$ Word compatibility

[Christopher R. Curzio]

I usually just save my documents as RTF, usually using AbiWord. It looks
exactly how it should from platform to platform, and on Windows systems
with Word installed, a recruiter would not know the difference, as RTF
files are opened by default with Word. (They even have the same little
Word icon that is used for DOC files.)

I used to format my resume as an HTML file until an HR monkey told me she
had nothing that could read "that sort of document", and that she required
a DOC. So I saved my resume out as an RTF, and sent that. She was then
able to read it with no problems. (Of course, I didn't get the job, but
hey! Learning about DOC substitutions are always good.)

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Christopher R. Curzio
http://www.accipiter.org
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Thus Spake Fulton Green <ale at FultonGreen.com>:
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:54:00 -0700


> Since most recruiters these days won't even look at a re'sume' that's
> not in a Microsoft Word document format, I took the time over the
> weekend to convert my re'sume' from XHTML. Actually, what I did was copy
> all the re'sume' content from Galeon, paste into AbiWord, do some minor
> reformatting and save as a Word (.DOC) file. As it turns out, the
> AbiWord .DOC is just an RTF with an additional default language spec at
> the top.
> 
> Anyway, an acquaintance just opened up the resulting file in Word, and
> it apparently read just fine.
> 
> Just a little tip for those of you looking to avoid the "M$ Office tax".
> 
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