I send a file attachment in a Microsoft Word document, but it is scrambled to the recipient. The resume and cover letter are legible but they do not appear the way I constructed them.
2006-09-18 06:25:13 · 6 answers · asked by illinipower 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
They may not have opened them as a Microsoft Word documents.
2006-09-18 06:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by ANTHONY A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ususallywhen this happenebecause the person is opening it as a tet file as appose to a html file. that happens a lot to resumes being sent over the internet when applying to jobs online.
another reasdon is they may be opening in word pad instead of microsoft word
2006-09-18 13:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by Tyana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be:
1) Different versions of Word
2) Different releases of the same version of Word
3) Different default printer and page setup settings
Most employers that I have talked to wanted resumes as pure ASCII text documents.
2006-09-18 13:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by ecmfw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be looking at formatted text as ascii, or word docs through a text viewer that doesn't support word docs.
Resend as a text file attached to the email, or as text in your email message. Or make a pdf of it and link it to your email.
2006-09-18 13:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are not using Microsoft Word. Your probably doing to have to reformat the file.
2006-09-21 12:38:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the recipient is not looking at them in Word. That could mangle the formatting.
2006-09-18 13:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋