word pad advice

18 Nov 2006

Right I've got the urge to drive trucks again out of my system (for another 12 months at least) and the pay is shite round here too many Polish types doing the job for fook all so it's carear change time again at PKHQ biggrin

Now stick with me as this is may get confuseing confused

As I need to fire off a CV I've tried to stick MS office on PK's laptop but it ain't haveing any but deep down in the bowls of Windows ME I've found Word Pad now I always used XP and MS office before and this programme apears to me to be a scaled down version of MS word you get with office however it has no spell checker (god only knows I need one) and we have no printer. So I was going to rattle off a CV on here then nip to the libary open the document on one of their machines spell check it and print it simple as that.
Now the question I have is will a document written in this basic word programme open and be editable (is that a word dunno

) in a full singing and dancing version of word?
I know I could sit up the libary and do it all from their but it will take me ages so I'd rather do most of the work at home and besides I have an alegy towards lamo pot noodle eating students lol

18 Nov 2006

You could email it us and we could check it and send back dunno

18 Nov 2006

You would be able to edit it Sheddy but it would take ages to do hun....
Are you starting from scratch or do you already have a C.V. on disc??

18 Nov 2006

Quote by Steve_Mids
You could email it us and we could check it and send back

That was going to be my next question :lol2: Did Sheddy want me to do one for him? dunno

18 Nov 2006

Quote by Shireen_Mids
Are you starting from scratch or do you already have a C.V. on disc??

Good lord no I've not written one since 1992 :shock: :shock:
I may go down the lines of steves sugestion if thats ok........once I've cobbeled a pack of lies together that constitues an employment hisory lol

18 Nov 2006

I will PM you my email address and you can send it over when you have done... I will rearrange it and send it back :lol2:

18 Nov 2006

Quote by Shireen_Mids
I will PM you my email address and you can send it over when you have done... I will rearrange it and send it back :lol2:

You are an absolute angel kiss

tho not sure when I will be able to get it to you as my typeing is not of the quickiest redface

18 Nov 2006

You could always try one of a couple of excellent open source options.
provides a full "office" package (with spreadsheet, word processing, database, drawing and presentation tools) and is very similar to MS Office....but it's free!
If you want less download time and just a word processor, try .

18 Nov 2006

Sheddy
I know you probably have it sorted as to what you want to do, but for future reference, libraries are unlikely to allow you to put a disk into one of their machines in case it infects them. It's been a while since I needed to do that, so maybe wrong.
Another option is if you have an online email address, or accessible anywhere. You could then email it to yourself, go to said library, open your email, cut and paste your cv from your email into Word, sort it, then email it back to yourself as an attachment. Sounds longwinded, but actually isn't.
Hope that helps
Mal
wink

18 Nov 2006

Quote by Mal
Another option is if you have an online email address, or accessible anywhere. You could then email it to yourself, go to said library, open your email, cut and paste your cv from your email into Word, sort it, then email it back to yourself as an attachment. Sounds longwinded, but actually isn't.

That's a bluddy good idea Mal wink

18 Nov 2006

Sheddy
Have you tried applying for jobs on line?
That way you don't have to print it at all

18 Nov 2006

Sheddy
I run my own office, so printing off (x) number of cv's for you and posting them back to you is not a problem, once you are sorted with writing it etc.

18 Nov 2006

Sheddy
and i've got some crayons and felt tip pens.....so i could do some nice pictures on them!

18 Nov 2006

Quote by da69ve
Sheddy
and i've got some crayons and felt tip pens.....so i could do some nice pictures on them!

Da69ve
Always trying to help. Bless ya kiss

Although on this occasion I would advice Sheddy not to try this having seen one of your previous job applications

bolt

18 Nov 2006

Quote by HornyLittleBlonde
Sheddy
and i've got some crayons and felt tip pens.....so i could do some nice pictures on them!

Da69ve
Always trying to help. Bless ya kiss

Although on this occasion I would advice Sheddy not to try this having seen one of your previous job applications

bolt

:giggle:

18 Nov 2006

hey Dave that looks just like my CV lol

18 Nov 2006

Quote by tina1
hey Dave that looks just like my CV

And that was the best one! :shock:

18 Nov 2006

Quote by HornyLittleBlonde
Sheddy
and i've got some crayons and felt tip pens.....so i could do some nice pictures on them!

Da69ve
Always trying to help. Bless ya kiss

Although on this occasion I would advice Sheddy not to try this having seen one of your previous job applications

bolt

damn......and i missed out "Blow" as well!

18 Nov 2006

Quote by HornyLittleBlonde

I am crying with laughter!!!

18 Nov 2006

Quote by sheddy
Now the question I have is will a document written in this basic word programme open and be editable (is that a word ) in a full singing and dancing version of word?

For future reference, save it as RTF (Rich Text Format) in Wordpad and it will open in Word ok.

18 Nov 2006

Quote by da69ve
Sheddy
and i've got some crayons and felt tip pens.....so i could do some nice pictures on them!

Da69ve
Always trying to help. Bless ya kiss

Although on this occasion I would advice Sheddy not to try this having seen one of your previous job applications

bolt

damn......and i missed out "Blow" as well!
Well I decided not to tell them all about that one in case I embarrassed you

18 Nov 2006

Neat writing Dave :thumbup:
rotflmao

19 Nov 2006

Quote by Shireen_Mids
Neat writing Dave :thumbup:

Shireen you're sooo cruel. He worked for ages on that. biggrin

19 Nov 2006

Right all done I've managed to bullSh*t a work history together and it's been sent to someone to give it the once over make it better and then I'll probablly PM it to Da69ve so he can get to work on it with his crayons lol

then useing the many tips offered I'll try and get it printed off somehow biggrin

Thanks to all that have PM'd or posted help its appriciated especially as I'm stressed to the max as usual and deciding to change jobs a month before christmas isn't helping lol

19 Nov 2006

ready and waiting!......i can do a nice picture of you in your truck!

19 Nov 2006

I think it will look lovely with a nice picture of Sheddy in his truck on the bottom Dave... I will email it to you when I have played with it wink

:rascal:

19 Nov 2006

Make sure you colour it in without crossing over the main lines lol

and get the clours in the right order lol

19 Nov 2006

Quote by Sarah
Make sure you colour it in without crossing over the main lines
and get the clours in the right order

Oh definately Sarah.... If you go over the lines it would look so childish and we are aiming for the classy look wink

19 Nov 2006

Well it looks like
SH Office Services
are working well again
:P

Are you sure?