Technical help

[numberland]

Does anyone know of a way to change a pdf/ps/dvi file into word format. The job agency require a word format which is just nasty.... Anyway, I'm guessing the best plan is to take an image of the pdf file and then save it in word format. Any help on how to do that please?

(Ug, evil, evil people....)

Comments

[numberland.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, something about that's what the database wants... This may be the reason I'm not sure.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Agencies generally want to edit your CV, even thought they're not competent to do it right. (Making the Word document be an image of a PDF rather than text will helpfuly subvert this.) "What the database wants" is just "the computer is always right" and not a real explanation of the underlying reasonm, if there is one...

[numberland.livejournal.com]

Indeed this was roughly my thinking... Now I just need to work out a was to do this...

[james-r.livejournal.com]

If you're sending in a raster image of a CV embedded in a word document, it'll also subvert them being able to search the contents of that CV in the database too.. Great if you never want peoples queries to match your CV.