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Brolo
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I made a thread like this a year ago and it went pretty well. Here's how this works:
Sometimes you'll come across questions that neither Google or Wikipedia knows the answer to, but someone on SE++ very well might. Ask those questions here.
The experts here at SE++ will provide solutions for things we know stuff about. Ideally every time you ask a question you should provide someone else an answer, but if you don't that's cool. Also there's no harm in giving another answer to a question that's already been covered, as long as you have something interesting to add.
I know quite a bit about building computer systems and troubleshooting problems, so if your PC is on the fritz or acting strangely I might be able to help.
Feel free to ask serious questions along with the inevitably stupid questions that are sure to follow this post.
Here's my question:
Does anyone know the best way to save a Word document so that its formatting is preserved properly?
I have a resume created in Word 2007 in .docx format, and depending on the computer opening it up and how its viewed, the formatting gets messed up. Compatibility mode doesn't seem to help much either, and screws up formatting in Word 2007 as well.
.PDF files seem like the best choice for making sure formatting stays consistent, but I've also run into a lot of employers who expressly refuse .pdf files, and only want Word-compatible formats.
Anyone know an easy way to fix this crap?
Sometimes you'll come across questions that neither Google or Wikipedia knows the answer to, but someone on SE++ very well might. Ask those questions here.
The experts here at SE++ will provide solutions for things we know stuff about. Ideally every time you ask a question you should provide someone else an answer, but if you don't that's cool. Also there's no harm in giving another answer to a question that's already been covered, as long as you have something interesting to add.
I know quite a bit about building computer systems and troubleshooting problems, so if your PC is on the fritz or acting strangely I might be able to help.
Feel free to ask serious questions along with the inevitably stupid questions that are sure to follow this post.
Here's my question:
Does anyone know the best way to save a Word document so that its formatting is preserved properly?
I have a resume created in Word 2007 in .docx format, and depending on the computer opening it up and how its viewed, the formatting gets messed up. Compatibility mode doesn't seem to help much either, and screws up formatting in Word 2007 as well.
.PDF files seem like the best choice for making sure formatting stays consistent, but I've also run into a lot of employers who expressly refuse .pdf files, and only want Word-compatible formats.
Anyone know an easy way to fix this crap?
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word fails to print page ranges because it cant figure out how big the document is
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Can anyone recommend me some tabletop-type games that aren't ridiculously time consuming?
Something I could finish a game of in a few hours at most, and isn't overly complex.
generally speaking word format gets messed up based on default settings on the viewing computer
what kind of format is getting messed up here though
honestly if it's a resume, most companies out there aren't using 2007 yet so they can't read docx files... start with a .doc file (i.e., save it as such) and then work on it from scratch as a .doc file
don't just F12 - doc it without editing it because it WILL look weird to someone who doesn't have Office 2007
send it to Gmail and open it up there ("View as HTML") to see what it looks like there
most common format problem between docx and doc is the paragraph settings, so your spacing looks all whacked out and weird
My university only distributes things as .pdf's.
Professor puts up lecture notes? pdf. School sends you a bill? pdf. School sends you an announcement? pdf.
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apples to apples is a good party game
Feel free to ask me about construction, home repair, the log home industry, Star Wars and entertaining books.
i read that and my brain short circuited to lap top
Table-top like, boardgames? Zombies!!! is fun and only takes a couple hours to play, unless you buy the additional expansions.
they're the only ones dumb enough to WANT to
hoo-ah
Well I mean
I can't argue with that
I mean look at me
in terms of knowledge i can name a bunch of comic book writers and artists off the top of my head, i'm knowledgeable in the sport of boxing, and i'm a porno encyclopedia
don't use tab if you can help it... .docx uses a lot of very weird default settings
use the margin thingy on the ruler on the top edge of the screen
and like I said, work in .doc mode so that you get the compatibility notifications each time you save (and check it regularly on a non-2007 viewer) and fix accordingly
it's annoying, but until the majority of companies upgrade to 2007, assume they cannot read .docx
For traditional board games, I really dig Huggermugger and Scattergories.
buy the book 'drawing on the right side of the brain' and do the exercises and don't read any of the neurological shit
hrm. author?
some companies don't like PDFs because it makes it harder to extract information from them, especially if it's a secured PDF (and most PDFs are, or should be, particularly for a resume)
like I know you can use the text highlight thing to highlight stuff, but you can't do that on some secured PDFs
this is the justification I heard, anyway
doesn't make it any less stupid
Amazon says Betty Edwards.
i haven't caught a lot of gay porn lately
Makes sense, I'll try reformatting this thing. I think I still have Word 97 on a machine here too.
Thanks Viv!
it's like D&D lite
betty edwards
also check this out
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pretend I posted the broodax comic
my old weeaboo librarian had that at our old library
give that a shot
Civil War huh? Checking dis out.
ok going to bed now for real
can't nothing open those fucking files.
But like Viv said, it's a persons view settings on their computer that determines how a word document looks. If you really want to preserve formatting and layout, PDF is the only way to do it.
I was going to ask if I should buy this nice, cheap gaming laptop I found yesterday but I've already decided I'm gonna do it so
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
where are all the goddamn relationship questions I've been hoping would pop up in here?
I mean seriously I'm jonesing
you are seriously a font of sweet ideas
also i need you to write another page of reflex agent, 19 pages in the first issue means that we have to figure out 5 pages of backmatter and that is Too Many
dames
what's with them
sincerely,
Dan