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

From: Ron Youvan (ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Nov 14 2008 - 22:24:32 EST


>> 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.)

   I always load text files into word or OO then center,
change the font and such, and SAVE AS "word 97 document".

-- 
    Ron  KA4INM - "Lazy people sleep in the daytime, I nap,
                   I'm not one of those lazy people."
                              -- Dagwood Bumstead 10-25-08

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