further random questions from the newly-unemployed

John Abreau jabr at abreau.net
Wed Nov 20 08:13:28 EST 2002


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Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold at buddydog.org> writes:

> > I just recently tried xmlresume, a package I found on sourceforge.net. 
> > I rewrote my resume in its xml format, and it outputs nicely formatted 
> > plain-text, html, and pdf, and can optionally generate a decent 
> > rtf-formatted file that OpenOffice easily turns into an MSWord file.
> 
> Why do you need to turn it into a .doc file? Surely anyone that has
> Word installed can open an RTF file just fine?

You'd think so, wouldn't you? But I have had complaints in the past 
where people who requested my resume in MSWord format were unable to 
read an RTF version I'd sent them, and regardless of whether it was an 
actual MSWord issue or merely a user error, I certainly wouldn't want to 
lose out on a job opportunity on account of it.


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