I'm sending out some resumes today from my home computer, and I had a quick formatting question. My resume is in Word, but I don't have Word for Mac, so I'm composing cover letters using Appleworks. Does anyone have an inkling as to what the best format would be for composing the cover letters? I sent the first one as a plain text document.

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

APR 03, 2005 12:55 PM

You should probably just paste it into the body of your email, including the resume. Most offices use Office and sometimes Word for Mac gets screwy when you send it via email. You want to be sure they can read it and, if they do this, upload it to their database for future matching.

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

APR 03, 2005 12:57 PM

Good call. I remember reading that sometimes businesses are weary of attachments.

zenFish

Vancouver, BC

August 2004

APR 03, 2005 12:58 PM

Appleworks can save in Mac (for windows) format, so you can keep using that program.

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

APR 03, 2005 01:00 PM

If your resume is in regular, PC version Word I'd attach it, but still paste in the text just in case.

_biblia_

Tuvalu

March 2005

APR 03, 2005 01:00 PM

I've applied for many a job via email. I write the cover letter in the message and attach the resume.

Keep the cover letter short.

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

APR 03, 2005 01:02 PM

Clara said:
If your resume is in regular, PC version Word I'd attach it, but still paste in the text just in case.

It is.

Thanks for all the help everyone. Cover letter in the body text sounds like a good idea.

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Composing Cover Letters from a Mac

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

APR 03, 2005 12:53 PM

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

APR 03, 2005 12:55 PM

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

APR 03, 2005 12:57 PM

zenFish

Vancouver, BC

August 2004

APR 03, 2005 12:58 PM

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

APR 03, 2005 01:00 PM

_biblia_

Tuvalu

March 2005

APR 03, 2005 01:00 PM

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD

January 2004

APR 03, 2005 01:02 PM