-----Original Message----- From: Annamalai Gurusami "V. Sasi Kumar" vsasi@vsnl.com writes:
branches of science and technology. I found that they ask for manuscript in MS Word format. No other format is acceptable to them, including
Likewise, I always find that employment agencies (or job consultants, if you prefer that), often ask CV (or resume) in MS Word format. I send them a note stating that I don't have MS Word software, but that I am sending in RTF format, which can be viewed in MS Word. To my surprise, most of them reject such resumes.
Thats a sad reality. I don't know why such a restriction is being imposed. I cannot seem to figure it out.
Standardisation which M$ has driven by marketing and a good product( Kindly dont whin, I am using a outlook here). The next good quality product which can out-perform the existing one will become a next standard.
So, if any of us want, then need to involve in OO or other Office Suite and make it Highly helpful to common masses. Quality of the product should market itself.( for eg. google,Linux kernel in enterprise etc.)
BTW for CV's better use ASCII format.