Company having trouble receiving my CV in full

[Goldmember]

Hi guys i wondering if you could help me out i have been trying to send my resume off the a company that will get me some work in the mines but they want to have my resume, the problem they are having is that both sides of the page are cut off so some of the text is missing... This is the first time i have ever had this issue

I use TextEdit on my iMac to do all my writting on, They've try everything they could think of to fix it and so have I


So would you guys be able to give me some ideas to help me out ???

[Maxo]

What file format are you sending it to them in?

How are you saving it?

[Barfridge]

Check your paper size, being stupid and American and Apple, it's probably set to 'letter' or 'legal' or something. Change it to A4, should all be good.

Or check your margins.

[Goldmember]

I don't know much about computers so i don't know if this is a file format (rtf)

I am just saving it to my documents by doing save as

[Desmo]

Save it as a .doc.
Openoffice is your friend.

[Goldmember]

Or check your margins.

What should the margins be ??

[I Fancy Holidays]

iMac

Problem found!

PS. are you able to print/save it to PDF. Maybe try use google docs.

[Goldmember]

Save it as a .doc.
Openoffice is your friend.

OK i have saved it as a .doc. and sent it to the company

[Goldmember]

Problem found!

PS. are you able to print/save it to PDF. Maybe try use google docs.

Hey its not my iMac its most likely me

[Moustacha]

Problem found!

PS. are you able to print/save it to PDF. Maybe try use google docs.

Always best to save it as a PDF. 1) People can't change your resume before printing or w/e, 2)It's pretty much a picture document, so what you see is what you get, no formatting anomalies (looking at MS Office)

[Bradlze]

agreed pdf is they way to go

[rc_sam]

+1 pdf

[Cam]

email it to me if you need, cam@camjones.net, i'll see what's up with it.

[Goldmember]

Save it as a .doc.
Openoffice is your friend.

Thanks this has worked

Cheers to the others ideas i really appreciate your help

[agrid]

I use a free PDF converter on my XP machine called CutePDF it sits as a printer driver so you just print to it from any application and instant PDF. You have to wade through and refuse heaps of offers of free virus scanning and toolbars before you get the installer.

[Mo-Fo]

My Iphone's the same... it does quite a lot of stuff well but some stuff...... god I hate it.

[sathid]

I use a free PDF converter on my XP machine called CutePDF it sits as a printer driver so you just print to it from any application and instant PDF. You have to wade through and refuse heaps of offers of free virus scanning and toolbars before you get the installer.

+1 for Cute PDF

[padfoot]

I use a free PDF converter on my XP machine called CutePDF it sits as a printer driver so you just print to it from any application and instant PDF. You have to wade through and refuse heaps of offers of free virus scanning and toolbars before you get the installer.

No need to do that on the iMac... Simply use the option of "Export as PDF" if using TextEdit, or save as a PDF using most other programs.
Depending on what you're wanting to do, you can 'print' to PDF for things as well without the need for installing anything.

Goldmember: I'd be getting something better than TextEdit for your resumé... Its a text editor, sure, but you really want something a bit more advanced for your word processing needs.
OpenOffice for a free alternative to MS Office.

[Brougham]

I love all the Mac haters then saying they have to install a separate program to save as PDFs on their windows machines, when macs have natively had PDF format for decades!!!

[Phildo]

I love all the Mac haters then saying they have to install a separate program to save as PDFs on their windows machines, when macs have natively had PDF format for decades!!!

This is true.

Macintosh + PDF goes back many thousands of years, and is the reason that dinosaurs became extinct.