[wellylug] TradeMe Linux jobs
Atom Smasher
atom at smasher.org
Sun Jun 29 19:19:53 NZST 2008
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Pete Black wrote:
> Take out the word 'proprietary' - which is hardly the case anyway -
> OpenOffice has read every .doc file i've been sent in the last few
> years, and you've just eliminated pretty much every common document
> format in existence.
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OO, like most open-source & 3rd party applications, handles different
versions of DOC better than M$-word.
> And before you cry PDF - You should see how OS X preview mangles the PDF
> output of gnome-print when Type-1 fonts are used, and its not like PDF
> renders a document uneditable. Inconvenient to edit, sure, but it's no
> silver bullet.
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nor is it meant to be, but FTMP all that's needed is that it's
inconvenient for people to edit. hell, you can send me your CV in PNG and,
while it is inconvenient, it can be edited.
i don't have a mac to play with, but based on the problem you're
describing i'd first ask if the PDF is created with embedded fonts...?
> How do you recommend sending CVs? As a series of .PNG files, one per
> page or something?
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whatever format is requested, within reason. if they want DOC, send an RTF
and change the name.
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