Taking a works file to a word file??

I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!


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arfry
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Use a program that is compatible with Microsoft Office. Open Office is a
fair choice - though not 100% compatible.

To be 100% compliant with the 90% of businesses that use Microsoft Office: I
suggest you get the same!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User


"arfry" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!
>
>
> --
> arfry
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Install the free OpenOffice office suite. Copy and paste your resume to it
and save it as a doc file.
www.openoffice.org

"arfry" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!
>
>
> --
> arfry
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

It's a shame. I've always thought MS Works is a really really nice set of
apps for regular consumers that could compete with Apple iWorks and maybe
even OpenOffice.... but completely not followed-through on by MS. Its
horrible compatibility with Office file formats is an example of that.

I agree with the other posters... copy and paste to OpenOffice. It'll
probably do a much better job of saving as a Word document. Its a long shot,
but you could also try copying and pasting to WordPad
(Start->Accessories->WordPad) and then SaveAs a Word document. WordPad
probably does a better job too.

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-C. Moya
http://www.cmoya.com


"arfry" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!
>
>
> --
> arfry
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:16:48 +0000, arfry
<> wrote:

>
> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!


Two points:

1. There are several programs that are "compatible" with Microsoft
Word. For example, several people will probably suggest the free
OpenOffice.

2. None of these programs is 100% compatible. Finding the right job is
probably among the most important things you can do, and using a
product that is not 100% compatible with what the person making hiring
decisions is using is a false economy. I suggest you buy Microsoft
Word.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Ken,
I respectfully disagree. For the OPs purposes the compatibility issues
between MS Office and OpenOffice are inconsequential.
Compatibility between the spreadsheet program is "slightly" more of an
issue.

arfry, use OO and take your girlfriend to dinner with the money you saved.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:16:48 +0000, arfry
> <> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
>> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
>> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
>> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!
>
>
> Two points:
>
> 1. There are several programs that are "compatible" with Microsoft
> Word. For example, several people will probably suggest the free
> OpenOffice.
>
> 2. None of these programs is 100% compatible. Finding the right job is
> probably among the most important things you can do, and using a
> product that is not 100% compatible with what the person making hiring
> decisions is using is a false economy. I suggest you buy Microsoft
> Word.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Although I'm an MS Office user, I'd have to agree based on my experience
with OpenOffice. It does a great job of *SAVING AS* MS Office documents
(better job than MS Works thats for sure)... and decent, though not 100%,
job of opening complex ones.

Again, MS missed great potential in MS Works. It has a nice very clean and
user-friendly interface.... and great features most non-corporate consumers
would ever need. But, if you can't do stuff like a send a resume to
somebody, it's virtually a useless app suite.

--
-C. Moya
http://www.cmoya.com

"Bob" <> wrote in message
news:NJ-...
> Ken,
> I respectfully disagree. For the OPs purposes the compatibility issues
> between MS Office and OpenOffice are inconsequential.
> Compatibility between the spreadsheet program is "slightly" more of an
> issue.
>
> arfry, use OO and take your girlfriend to dinner with the money you saved.
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:16:48 +0000, arfry
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
>>> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
>>> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
>>> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!
>>
>>
>> Two points:
>>
>> 1. There are several programs that are "compatible" with Microsoft
>> Word. For example, several people will probably suggest the free
>> OpenOffice.
>>
>> 2. None of these programs is 100% compatible. Finding the right job is
>> probably among the most important things you can do, and using a
>> product that is not 100% compatible with what the person making hiring
>> decisions is using is a false economy. I suggest you buy Microsoft
>> Word.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:14:11 -0500, "CMoya" <> wrote:

> Although I'm an MS Office user, I'd have to agree based on my experience
> with OpenOffice. It does a great job of *SAVING AS* MS Office documents
> (better job than MS Works thats for sure)... and decent, though not 100%,
> job of opening complex ones.


To both you and Bob: Yes, OpenOffice's compatibility is generally
good, and for most purposes I agree that it's at least worth trying.
But arfry is a person who is looking for a job, and wants to send a
resume to a third person who will be using the real Microsoft Word. If
the person who receives the resume has trouble reading it, arfry will
not even get an interview, much less the job, and he'll probably never
even find out why.

As far as I'm concerned, this is not the place to economize. He should
get the real thing.

By the way, I greatly prefer WordPerfect to Word, and WordPerfect can
produce Word-compatible documents too. If arfry were just looking for
a recommendation for a word processor for himself, I would recommend
that he get WordPerfect in preference to either Word or OpenOffice,
but not in these circumstances. He should produce his resume using the
same software that the person who will read it uses.

Economize somewhere else, not on what you need to get you the job you
need to earn your living.



> Again, MS missed great potential in MS Works. It has a nice very clean and
> user-friendly interface.... and great features most non-corporate consumers
> would ever need. But, if you can't do stuff like a send a resume to
> somebody, it's virtually a useless app suite.
>
> --
> -C. Moya
> http://www.cmoya.com
>
> "Bob" <> wrote in message
> news:NJ-...
> > Ken,
> > I respectfully disagree. For the OPs purposes the compatibility issues
> > between MS Office and OpenOffice are inconsequential.
> > Compatibility between the spreadsheet program is "slightly" more of an
> > issue.
> >
> > arfry, use OO and take your girlfriend to dinner with the money you saved.
> >
> > "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:16:48 +0000, arfry
> >> <> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes out,
> >>> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at .doc
> >>> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs and
> >>> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!
> >>
> >>
> >> Two points:
> >>
> >> 1. There are several programs that are "compatible" with Microsoft
> >> Word. For example, several people will probably suggest the free
> >> OpenOffice.
> >>
> >> 2. None of these programs is 100% compatible. Finding the right job is
> >> probably among the most important things you can do, and using a
> >> product that is not 100% compatible with what the person making hiring
> >> decisions is using is a false economy. I suggest you buy Microsoft
> >> Word.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> >> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
<snip>
> if the person who receives the resume has trouble reading it, arfry will
> not even get an interview, much less the job, and he'll probably never
> even find out why.
> As far as I'm concerned, this is not the place to economize. He should
> get the real thing.
<snip>

Fair enough. But there's an easy answer. You can easily test how your
recipient will see the document. Open it in the free Word Viewer from
Microsoft
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...px?ofcresset=1),
which renders it exactly like the full blown Word would. Indeed, the Word
Viewer *is* MS Word, stripped of its editing capabilities.

--
-C. Moya
http://www.cmoya.com

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:14:11 -0500, "CMoya" <> wrote:
>
>> Although I'm an MS Office user, I'd have to agree based on my experience
>> with OpenOffice. It does a great job of *SAVING AS* MS Office documents
>> (better job than MS Works thats for sure)... and decent, though not 100%,
>> job of opening complex ones.
>
>
> To both you and Bob: Yes, OpenOffice's compatibility is generally
> good, and for most purposes I agree that it's at least worth trying.
> But arfry is a person who is looking for a job, and wants to send a
> resume to a third person who will be using the real Microsoft Word. If
> the person who receives the resume has trouble reading it, arfry will
> not even get an interview, much less the job, and he'll probably never
> even find out why.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, this is not the place to economize. He should
> get the real thing.
>
> By the way, I greatly prefer WordPerfect to Word, and WordPerfect can
> produce Word-compatible documents too. If arfry were just looking for
> a recommendation for a word processor for himself, I would recommend
> that he get WordPerfect in preference to either Word or OpenOffice,
> but not in these circumstances. He should produce his resume using the
> same software that the person who will read it uses.
>
> Economize somewhere else, not on what you need to get you the job you
> need to earn your living.
>
>
>
>> Again, MS missed great potential in MS Works. It has a nice very clean
>> and
>> user-friendly interface.... and great features most non-corporate
>> consumers
>> would ever need. But, if you can't do stuff like a send a resume to
>> somebody, it's virtually a useless app suite.
>>
>> --
>> -C. Moya
>> http://www.cmoya.com
>>
>> "Bob" <> wrote in message
>> news:NJ-...
>> > Ken,
>> > I respectfully disagree. For the OPs purposes the compatibility issues
>> > between MS Office and OpenOffice are inconsequential.
>> > Compatibility between the spreadsheet program is "slightly" more of an
>> > issue.
>> >
>> > arfry, use OO and take your girlfriend to dinner with the money you
>> > saved.
>> >
>> > "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
>> > news:...
>> >> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:16:48 +0000, arfry
>> >> <> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> I have microsoft works on my lap top and trying to submit resumes
>> >>> out,
>> >>> but of course everyone wants it in word format. If I save it as at
>> >>> .doc
>> >>> file and they open it all the formatting is messed up, such as tabs
>> >>> and
>> >>> other things. Any help on getting this corrected would be great!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Two points:
>> >>
>> >> 1. There are several programs that are "compatible" with Microsoft
>> >> Word. For example, several people will probably suggest the free
>> >> OpenOffice.
>> >>
>> >> 2. None of these programs is 100% compatible. Finding the right job is
>> >> probably among the most important things you can do, and using a
>> >> product that is not 100% compatible with what the person making hiring
>> >> decisions is using is a false economy. I suggest you buy Microsoft
>> >> Word.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>> >> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>> >
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup