OpenOffice and Google docs support .doc/.docx. And AFAIK, the XML based MS
formats are as close to a standard as you will get.
On Jan 14, 2012 4:06 AM, "Gilberto Martins" <gsilva.martins@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Anyway, I still think it is odd.
> I do not use Windows, thus I have no Word installed (Office via wine
> is really not the same, nor correct if I do not have to pay for it).
> Yes, I can write in OOffice and save in Word format. But everybody
> knows that this file read in Office most always is not okay, or well
> formated.
> Worst, MS Office format is not a world standard. PDF is.
>
> Gilberto Martins
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > *nix people tend to either be really good or know-it-all jerks who want
> everyone to bow to their awesomeness. What if he's not being obtuse and
> specifically requesting a word file from *nix people just to weed out the
> smarta....I don't think I need to finish that sentence.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Mischa D. Krilov <rossum@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree that one should always follow the posting requirements of a
> >> job (I, too, have rejected without reading certain resumes), and I
> >> know that most of us either have access to MS Word or can export into
> >> MS Word format.
> >>
> >> That said, asking a *nix person for a resume in MS Word still makes me
> >> shake my head a little.
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