> > I do realize that any decent program (word processor or otherwise) can save in the format used by the competition (at least, these days they can) but my experience with these kinds of file transfers is that some formatting is usually lost and a quick touchup is often necessary in the new program--but I'm not about to send a potential employer a copy of my resume and hope that they can overlook any formatting problems that may be present.
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> You could also you WP, and save as in a word format or, *gasp* RTF. :)
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> That's what we do, anyway...
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> Etienne

I quoted the portion of my original post that applies to that. I have had problems with RTF files before, and saving in Word format from WP is generally worse than an RTF. Maybe these problems have gotten better, but as I said, if I have no way to check it before sending it out, then I can't take the risk, and checking it before sending it would require owning Word--so why bother to get WP at all?

Don Monkey