Computer guru needed

[gronk]

Thanks fellas, I now have 2 saved files for my resume...odt and doc......was no option for a docx, so doc will have to do !!

[paceman]

Thanks fellas, I now have 2 saved files for my resume...odt and doc......was no option for a docx, so doc will have to do !!

just to confuse things...

PDF is a nice format for resumes and such...

[Ratbag]

Gidday PM

that's one important one, right there...

here's some others:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jun/21/comment.comment1
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2013/04/docx-vs-doc/

and it's an open standard, which is handy...

Good articles. Thanks, mate.

Interestingly, the second author finishes with:

"There is no reason to be browbeaten into thinking that there should only be one document format. And I welcome the increases in power, flexibility, openness and choice brought by .docx, even though I have no intention of using it."

LOL! I'm with him. Even though the compatibility pack from MS is bigger than the entirety of Word v5.5 (fully WYSIWYG for DOS), in fact, many times over. I still have Word for DOS v5.5 ...

We still use Office 2003 Pro, with the compatibility pack installed on all the PCs.

I still have the Word User Manual for Office 97, which was a mere 800+ pages long. It's a great program. The Word Basic programming Guide is a similar size, but it appears to have buried itself somewhere. There is no single, downloadable instruction manual for any modern version of Word (or other Office products), to my knowledge. If anyone knows of one, please point me at it ...

The issue/s with image quality when embedded are really simple to overcome. Firstly re-size a large image to the approximate size required in even a terrific freeware program like FastStone Viewer (if there are to be hundreds of images in a single Word file, otherwise, just insert the full size image!). When the document is needed to be "shared" - i.e. usually forwarded to a recipient - print it to a PDF file.

PDF files have the huge advantage of both displaying correctly on all platforms (e.g. all versions of the Apple OS, many of which are incompatible with each other ...; as well as all the different flavours of Unix)  and secondly, Acrobat selectively compresses image files at whatever resolution is required, while saving the text as true type fonts.

I like the mention of higher security with .DOCX files. That's why there have been so many security patches for the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack ... .

[gronk]

OK, back to trying to work things through again..

I got smart and scanned the 3 pages of my resume, which then saved to the computer as pdf files....which is where my problem lies..

When applying for jobs, they ask for your resume and give you an option to attach a file......but only one file .....but mines in 3 seperate files. ?

How do I convert 2 or 3 files into one file ??

[paceman]

how did you scan them?

normally if you are scanning pages, the software will ask if you want to scan another page, which will then combine the two pages together...

[Bullant4x4]

I wouldn't scan your resume. I would type out and save your word doc as a PDF, or covert your resume to a pdf if already in word.

[noel_w]

PM sent
If you can email it to me I will convert it for you.

[WilSurf]

If you have the full Acrobat, you can add pages to your document so you will have 1 file with 3 pages.

[Ratbag]

^ & ^^

If you have a Canon multi-function device, their software allows manipulating separate PDF files, including combining them.

I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that other MFP devices would have similar facilities available.

I can also convert three individual PDFs into one for you. Acrobat Pro does this easily. Acrobat Reader requires you to bare all to Adobe, and pay them for the privilege. I can think of people and corporations that I would rather trust ... .

[Ratbag]

I wouldn't scan your resume. I would type out and save your word doc as a PDF, or covert your resume to a pdf if already in word.

I agree, B4. Far better presentation all round, and presentation is what will get your foot in the door ...

[scrubber]

If you need to split, merge rotate etc PDFs, then http://www.pdfsam.org is your answer - best part is the price - FREE.  I use it all the time at work and its never failed me.

[gronk]

I wouldn't scan your resume. I would type out and save your word doc as a PDF, or covert your resume to a pdf if already in word.

I typed it out in the 1st place.....into a odt file...which I then converted to a doc file....AND I printed out the original, that I scanned and saved also as a pdf..

I'm not sure as to presentation, as all copies look exactly the same to me !!

[Bullant4x4]

^^^ Just thinking what I would think if someone handed me a scanned resume. If you think they look the same as a printed one? Go for it .

In word, all you have to do is save it as a pdf instead of doc

[Bird]

"After you install 2007 Microsoft Office system Service Pack 2 (SP2), you can open and save files in the OpenDocument Text (.odt) file format used by some word processing applications, such as OpenOffice.org Writer and Google Docs."

Email it to someone with office 2007 and get them to resave it for you.

[noel_w]

If you convert it to a pdf BEFORE you print it you won't get scanning and printing imperfections on your pdf and it will be in one file.
As I said before I can convert it for you, the offer is there.


Just did a search and Openoffice can export to pdf.
Page 5 of this document
https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/images/8/8f/0110GS3-PrintingExportingEmailing.pdf


This will create a pdf directly from your document

[Ratbag]

Gidday Noel

If you convert it to a pdf BEFORE you print it you won't get scanning and printing imperfections on your pdf and it will be in one file.
As I said before I can convert it for you, the offer is there.


Just did a search and Openoffice can export to pdf.
Page 5 of this document
https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/images/8/8f/0110GS3-PrintingExportingEmailing.pdf


This will create a pdf directly from your document

That's very useful to know, thanks mate.

The PC we have that has OpenOffice installed on it is currently non compos mentis. So cannot verify if the version I installed on it can do that useful trick.

[gronk]

^^^ Just thinking what I would think if someone handed me a scanned resume. If you think they look the same as a printed one? Go for it .

In word, all you have to do is save it as a pdf instead of doc

All the jobs so far have been online, and you send in your resume by e mail...not sure if resumes need to be "pretty " anymore or not ??
How many pages should a resume be ??     I can't get past 2 pages....my 2 referees take almost another ??

I may not have emphasised that I don't have word, only open office....but I can now save it as doc or pdf

[paceman]

All the jobs so far have been online, and you send in your resume by e mail...not sure if resumes need to be "pretty " anymore or not ??
How many pages should a resume be ??     I can't get past 2 pages....my 2 referees take almost another ??

I may not have emphasised that I don't have word, only open office....but I can now save it as doc or pdf

mine have only ever been a couple of pages and i've had a few jobs...

any more than 2 or 3 pages and it gets boring...

[gronk]

any more than 2 or 3 pages and it gets boring...

I was lucky to get 2 pages...lol..

I've had a few jobs, but nearly all of them the same type of job..

Hardest part now is to do something different ( no one wants to hire someone with no or little experience ) plus I'm 55 yrs old..

[paceman]

I was lucky to get 2 pages...lol..

I've had a few jobs, but nearly all of them the same type of job..

Hardest part now is to do something different ( no one wants to hire someone with no or little experience ) plus I'm 55 yrs old..

well, good luck!

[Bullant4x4]

There are templates you can download for free off the net. They seem to change year to year?

[scarpsD40]

Ok, I've decided I dislike software updates.  It doesn't happen all the time, but the GPS software has now taken over an hour. Based on past experience if I don't sit here and watch it, the laptop goes into sleep mode, even though it's doing stuff.  What do I do to turn the sleep or power save mode off?

[nick_4x4]

Ok, I've decided I dislike software updates.  It doesn't happen all the time, but the GPS software has now taken over an hour. Based on past experience if I don't sit here and watch it, the laptop goes into sleep mode, even though it's doing stuff.  What do I do to turn the sleep or power save mode off?

Go into power options and turn it off from there mate, should be able to find it through the battery symbol or through control panel and just selecting to turn computer off as Never.

[scarpsD40]

Go into power options and turn it off from there mate, should be able to find it through the battery symbol or through control panel and just selecting to turn computer off as Never.

thnx, found it, just set it to 2hours

[Bad Scott]

thnx, found it, just set it to 2hours

Ya should have rang me. Set it to never.