I am currently trying to find a job, which means sending my C.V. to various recruitment consultants, the only?

problem is I do not have Microsoft Word on my laptop so all the C.V.s I send out cannot be opened at the other end. Is there a way I can convert them or buy just Microsoft Word and not the whole office suite (on a tight budget as christmas is coming up) any ideas much appreiciated

I am currently trying to find a job, which means sending my C.V. to various recruitment consultants, the only?
Open office gives you the option of saving your documents as a PDF file if you do this then there shouldn´t be to many problems at the other end as most office PC should have adobe installed





Click file and look for export as PDF and save to a folder on your PC,hope this helps.
Reply:Without ORIGINAL Microsoft Word, you do not have a genuine software on your laptop.





With your fearful mask on, no one will offer you a job.
Reply:Is there any way you could scan you CV and send it as an attachment that way? What type of file are you currently using?
Reply:Hello -





There are a couple of options for you.





Most computers nowadays have Microsoft Works pre-loaded on them. It has a word processor program that is capable of saving a document as a Word format .doc.





Also, another acceptable format (and $$$ saving if you don't have Works) is to use Wordpad, located in the Accessories folder.





In addition to Wordpad saving files under the .txt extension, it can also save under the rich text file extension, .rtf, which can also be opened by MS Word.





Hope this helps and saves you a few bucks. Good luck!
Reply:You don't say what (if any) word-processing software you do have.


Some wp packages will allow you to save a file in Word format. (See if there is a File/Save As option).


For example, Microsoft Works (which is bundled with Dell PCs) has it's own format for documents, but using File/Save As you can create a Word document instead.
Reply:I agree with Ed. Check out Open Office. It has all the features of Word, but it's FREE, and it uses the .DOC extension as well so your people can open your resume.





Also look for a free PDF converter. Then you can convert your documents to Adobe Acrobat's PDF format for free. I believe there is one out there.
Reply:You have a free Word Processing program called WordPad which is a scaled down version of Word but it adequate for creating a CV. You can create .rtf (rich text format) documents that can be opened in Word.





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Reply:u can download MS office from the internet..best way to load Ms office is through cd..otherwise u can download pdf converter .by using thi su can convert any document to pdf..u can send ur pdf resume....but i suggest u to get MS office from ur friends..becoz most recruiters prefer in MS Word only...
Reply:Why not just paste it directly into the content of your email. I got a lot of CV's like that and have no problem with it.





Most recruitment agencies put CV's into their own format anyway, so it will make little difference to them.
Reply:You do not say what program you are actually using, is it Works, Notepad or Wordpad. If it is any of those they will be able to be opened up in Word. If it is another program save as an rtf or txt format and again they can be opened in any text processing programme.
Reply:I have downloaded the FREE "Open Office" which is great.


Would this suit you?