My CV File Extension

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I have Microsoft Office 2007 and have made my CV in that.
When I apply for any job online and send my CV in, they always email me back saying they can not open it.
I have changed the file extension manually from .docx (whatever the difference is) to .doc and it still isn't readable...Can someone advice me how to change it so people can open it?

Thanks
 
You can't just change the file extension, it doesn't actually change the format of the file. As above, you just need to choose Word 97-2003 Document on the Save As menu.
 
stoofa said:
Personally we tell people who say "We cannot open that file" to go and download the free Office 2007 compatability kit for Office 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Office 2007 has been around long enough now and become popular enough now that any professional company should have the ability to open the new file formats.
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True, but the OP is trying to upload to a website. I'm pretty sure he can't suggest to the webmaster to install the 2007 compatibly viewer.

:)
 
stoofa said:
Personally we tell people who say "We cannot open that file" to go and download the free Office 2007 compatability kit for Office 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Office 2007 has been around long enough now and become popular enough now that any professional company should have the ability to open the new file formats.
Click to expand...


Office 2007 isn't enormously popular unlike Office 2003, also making prospective employers feel put out in order to open your CV isn't a good start when you can simple save it as a normal backwards compatible file.
 
Use the right tool for the job - that's a PDF.

Then you don't have issues with Fonts and the fact that open office may display a .doc slightly different. At least with a PDF what you see is what you get.
 
Problem I had when I was last applying for jobs was that it had to be in a doc. The reason being is that they edit the CV to change the branding (i.e. remove your address / contact details).

Easiest way is to press the big start button, move to save as, select word 97-2003 document. If you want a PDF you have to download a free pdf plugin.



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stoofa said:
Personally we tell people who say "We cannot open that file" to go and download the free Office 2007 compatability kit for Office 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Office 2007 has been around long enough now and become popular enough now that any professional company should have the ability to open the new file formats.
Click to expand...

Indeed, but when you are applying for jobs you don't really want to start getting people's backs up. Agents might think 'I can't be bothered with this ****' if they've got plenty of applicants, and HR types at the actual company might not even have permissions to install the Office 2007 viewer on their workstation. Even if they do, it's not really setting a good impression, they might take it to mean "I can't follow instructions and provide a .doc document", "I'm too lazy to save it in another format", even if you are well-intentioned.

.docx is inherently better than doc as it is a compressed format, but the fact is that there will be companies out there with some staff that don't have viewers pre-installed. At work, I tell people to get the viewer. Same goes for .vsd documents, you don't need Visio to view them, you can get a download from MS that lets you view in IE. But when dealing with 3rd parties I acquiesce a lot more.

At the end of the day, .doc has a higher installed base than .docx and you don't really lose much by issuing .doc versions.
 
^As mentioned above, some agents want to edit CVs before forwarding them on to clients to maintain their position in the chain (i.e. to avoid the client cutting out the middleman and contacting prospective employees directly). There may also be online application forms which only accept .doc/.rtf etc.
 
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