Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 31st Aug 2007 22:01 UTC
"With the latest release of Apple's office productivity suite, iWork '08, the Pages application moves into the ranks of full-fledged word processing applications. Previously known more for its page layout capabilities than for its word processing capabilities, Pages now enables users to switch seamlessly between writing and designing documents. In addition, the application offers 140 document templates and a snazzy track-changes feature, both of which work to position iWork '08 as an apt rival to Microsoft's Office 2004 for Mac in the OS X-compatible office productivity arena."
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RE: Compliance with the rest of the world
by evangs on Sat 1st Sep 2007 17:58
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This reflects my experience when job hunting. I've been looking for work and the number of online recruitment sites that only accept a Word document as your resume is staggering. Why MS Word only? Why not accept PDF too, which IMHO is better since the layouts/fonts are guaranteed to be preserved?
Some things in life vex me; This is one of them.
RE[2]: Compliance with the rest of the world
by RawMustard on Mon 3rd Sep 2007 03:59
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2005-07-06
While the open document format is a noble cause, and one that can save us a lot of headaches in the future, Manik hit the nail in the head. You either play nice with the rest of the world, of f* off.
I had the enlightening experience of applying to work for a place whose HR department did not know how to open PDF files. They encouraged people to submit their resumes & cover letters electronically, but after a few email exchanges with them, and despite the fact that I pointed them to adobe's website to download a free PDF reader, they refused to 'go the extra step' to view my resume in PDF format (my resume was produced in in-design and not available as a word file)
I was kindly told to either submit my resume as a word file, or snail-mail it to them. I elected to do neither - but the point is valid, you play nice with the rest of the world, or they tell you to f-off, even if you are using a public open standard ;-)