Re: [SLUG] Open office: convert plain text to .doc

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Fri Nov 14 2008 - 21:33:03 EST


On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, blee2@tampabay.rr.com wrote:

> I'm working on applying for a new job and need to convert my plain text resume into .doc for submission.
>
> Does anyone know of a quick and easy way to do this?

Change its name from file.txt to file.doc. Word pretends it's in native
format. That'll satisfy most people. Of course you can only do whatever
you can do in text. (Make sure the line ends are DOS-style not Un*x-style.)

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