[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

[Paul Sutton]

On 20/05/11 09:05, Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2011 07:10:23 +0100
> Sean Miller wrote:
>
>> On 20 May 2011 07:00, Paul Morgan-Roach<roachy at roachy.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> My advice - open the document if you can.  If it's something that
>>> depends on layout heavily, ask for it as a jpg or pdf.
>>
>> Actually, it's got significantly better of late...
>>
>> Presentations should not be a major issue... people should not be
>> creating layout-critical documents in 'Word' anyway... it's not what
>> word processors are for....
> Shouldn't unfortunately doesn't mean doesn't.  There are still an
> absolute tonne of people who prefer to lay stuff out using text boxes
> and the like in a word processor than using a more appropriate tool.
>
> Grant.
>
ok so this happens with my local authority application form  if i import 
the native word dociument in to open office the boxes seem to go off the 
edge of the page

if word is not appropriate what are they meant to use, pdf is fixed, as 
in if filling in (pen) i can't add more rows to my job / education 
history,  so end up including at least 5 more bits of paper with this 
information on.  for the most part a word file can be edited,  in word 
of course,  there are with tables / boxes and other similar features 
bits that as i said don't quite work as they should. or don't seem to

so what is the most appropriate format?

oddly a recent job gives me a pdf application form, i can either fill in 
and send off by post, or fill in and e-mail, only as its pdf it isn't 
editable unless i am missing something perhaps i should be using adobe 
pdf suite (or what ever its called) to fill the form in.

the mind boggles sometimes.

paul

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17th September 2011 - Software freedom day