What is Word Format?

Question

I am searching for work and sending out resumes. What does someone mean when they asked to send it in word format. I guess they can not open my resume so what do I need to do. Sorry this may seem a simple thing, but I am clueless.

Well all I have is works on my computer and so can I change that to word instead of buying more software?

Answer 1

Basicly, your not compatible with the software they use. Unfortunately they load computers from the manufacturer with a Works software. It has almost the same idea for programs as it does in Word software. So don't be intimidated by changing softwares. Practically NO ONE uses Works, especially if they are sharing info such as your resume.
You will have to purchase a Word software by Microsoft. You can "Get Office Home and Student" and still receive Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote as one package. You can get just Word, but I think you will be disappointed at getting one software as apposed to the others, most often used, softwares. They are expensive too.
The other pluses in getting Word, is that everybody uses it now adays. You will be able to read the stuff they send you under this. Anything with a "doc." extension is a word document.

Answer 2

Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:

1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.

In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file.

Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.

Good luck!

Answer 3

The standard Word format is .doc (document file)

This is the format used by Microsoft Word for over 10 years- the latest version of word in Microsoft Office 2007 changed the default format to .docx, which older versions of Word cannot read. Maybe that's the problem? If so you just do a "save as" and choose .doc

Answer 4

When you go to save the doc from the office 2007 machine, Use Save as. The option to save it as a word 2003 document is in there under save as type: word 2003 .doc instead of the .docx format This will even convert allready existing docs and make it for the most compatibility. The word viewer is also an option, but ONLY if you have access to install programs on the school computers which is doubtful. Otherwise youll have to get an administrator to do it for you. so option 1 would probally be your best and easiest bet.

Answer 5

They mean that they want the resume typed up and saved using one of the versions of Microsoft Word. they have a .doc extension and have the font formatting and other formatting codes in the file so that it looks the same on any nmachine...

Most companies use word cause it is the most popular of the word processing apps....

Answer 6

The most virus ridden file format out there, bar none.

Its the format which Microsoft Word stores its documents on disk.

Answer 7

Word format means that they want the document created and saved in Microsoft Word. Then you just upload it to them.

Answer 8

All that means is they want your resume in a Microsoft Word document and saved. You can then e-mail them your saved Word document resume.

Answer 9

This means to create it in Microsoft Word. If not, then at least save it in .doc form when you do create it.
Word has templates for resumes. Good luck.

Answer 10

word format means edited with Microsoft office word.