I'm applying for editorial internships that require writing samples and am having problems with emailing them!

Question

I have research papers written as Word documents with lots of footnotes/endnotes and some block quotations. When I save them as .txt, the spacing is all f**ked up! Is is appropriate to send a writing sample ommitting the footnotes/endnotes to maintain readability of the document in inline text as long as I acknowledge their ommission? Or can someone help me with the Word .doc to .html conversion??!?

I've been told that inline text is the best way to send resumes/writing samples b/c most employers will not open Word docs for fear of viruses--that's why I need an alternative to just attaching a file. thx!!

Answer 1

I believe Adobe lets you create a .pdf file for free from their website. If you convert your original document to an adobe pdf format, it will retain your original formatting, and most everyone has the software to open and read pdfs so you should be fine. Just attach it to the email.

?? Why don't you just send the word doc as an attachment? Is it required to be in html?