when copy and paste goes wrong...

I think Word doesn't recognize html formatting codes, so you may be out of luck. I can't vouch for the veracity of any of the links, but I googled "convert html files to pdf" and got a hit for a free program (probably shareware?) and one for conversion online. Try the PC World Magazine site, and I think ZDNet (for Ziff-Davis, the publishers) They have libraries of downloadable software that probably include something that would work.

Could you call the people you are applying for a job with and tell them the problem? You might be able to just give a link to the file...

Nope. I went through the same thing, more or less. Since it involved office work with computers, I was no way going to admit I couldn't figure out how to send what they thought they wanted.

I know Word 2007 will let you save and send files in PDF format, which is what I had to do in this situation. I assume the converse is also true. I did have to connect to a MS site and do a download. I bet it can be done, brokencd, but you may have to come up with the right keyword for the Word help system. If you have an earlier release, I don't think you will have any luck.

Ah, better advice than mine..

Often, the problem is that the margins in Word cause the text to wrap at places where the original document didn't. Some ideas that might help:

- Check the page orientation. If the original was landscape, the Word document must be landscape also.
- Spread the margins out as far as Word will let you.
- After you paste, if the text is all over the place, select the entire document and make the text 8 pt. If that works, you can increase the text size to improve readability.

Hope that helps

Smart little tricks of the trade, Engineer. Sort of like a computer carpenter.

Hey wait a minute! An employer can't ask for an unofficial transcript when the official one is available! What could be missing on the official one that's so terribly important? Send him the official one and tell him to shove it up his ass!

They can't?

Well anyway, I do like the 'shove it up his ass' part. Always good to get a prospective employer lined out right from the git-go.

Roger, may I ask, how did this employer find out there was a more comprehensive transcript online? And why would they prefer that over the official? Something about these guys does not add up.

That's a puzzlement, all right, and leads me to wonder why a transcript is on line at all. Still, I'm curious as to why they couldn't or shouldn't ask for whichever transcript they prefer.