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angel weekes

Hi to all
I am trying to upload my C.V to Reeds employment Web site and for some
reason I get an error message when I save the file. The error message says
Invalid File Extention. Do I need to do anything on my computer to enable
file sharing. I have been able to upload to Reed's in the past but on another
computer. Can anyone help me solve this problem. Thanks in advance.
 
angel weekes wrote:
> I am trying to upload my C.V to Reeds employment Web site and for
> some reason I get an error message when I save the file. The error
> message says Invalid File Extention. Do I need to do anything on my
> computer to enable file sharing. I have been able to upload to
> Reed's in the past but on another computer. Can anyone help me
> solve this problem. Thanks in advance.

What does the message "Invalid File Extension" look like?
Is it coming up in the web browser?
What *is* the file extension you are attempting to upload?

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I have writtern the C.V in word 07 I am trying to upload it onto Reed's
employment agancy, (so it can be looked at by employers ) but when I try and
save it. I get an error message saying Invalid File Extention.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> angel weekes wrote:
> > I am trying to upload my C.V to Reeds employment Web site and for
> > some reason I get an error message when I save the file. The error
> > message says Invalid File Extention. Do I need to do anything on my
> > computer to enable file sharing. I have been able to upload to
> > Reed's in the past but on another computer. Can anyone help me
> > solve this problem. Thanks in advance.
>
> What does the message "Invalid File Extension" look like?
> Is it coming up in the web browser?
> What *is* the file extension you are attempting to upload?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>
 
angel weekes wrote:
> I have writtern the C.V in word 07 I am trying to upload it onto
> Reed's employment agancy, (so it can be looked at by employers )
> but when I try and save it. I get an error message saying Invalid
> File Extention.

Not that you directly answered any of my questions...
- What does the error look like? Is it inside the web page (just text
inside the web browser) or is is a pop-up (a windows error message)?
- What is the file extension of the file you are attempting to upload
(*.doc, *.xls, *.txt, *.exe, etc.)

Given what you have, however:
I would bet you have not uploaded a Microsoft Word Document created in Word
2007 to this web site before?
So the file extension in this case is "*.docx". It may well be they do not
yet accept said format. Contact them and find out.

In the meantime:

Open the document you created (In microsoft Word 2007) and do a "Save As"
and change the type to "Word 97-2003" and save it as a new name and attempt
to upload that newly saved document (which will have the *.doc extension
now.)

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Word File menu has a 'save as web page' item (*.htm). This is the format
Reed's wants for your cirriculum vitae (resume'). Word saves by default as a
'document' (*.doc)
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"angel weekes" wrote:

> I have writtern the C.V in word 07 I am trying to upload it onto Reed's
> employment agancy, (so it can be looked at by employers ) but when I try and
> save it. I get an error message saying Invalid File Extention.
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
> > angel weekes wrote:
> > > I am trying to upload my C.V to Reeds employment Web site and for
> > > some reason I get an error message when I save the file. The error
> > > message says Invalid File Extention. Do I need to do anything on my
> > > computer to enable file sharing. I have been able to upload to
> > > Reed's in the past but on another computer. Can anyone help me
> > > solve this problem. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > What does the message "Invalid File Extension" look like?
> > Is it coming up in the web browser?
> > What *is* the file extension you are attempting to upload?
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >
> >
 
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:06:02 -0800, angel weekes
<angelweekes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have writtern the C.V in word 07 I am trying to upload it onto Reed's
> employment agancy, (so it can be looked at by employers ) but when I try and
> save it. I get an error message saying Invalid File Extention.



I don't know anything about this web site or what format they want,
but my guess is that they probably want a .doc file. Doc was the
default extension used by Microsoft Word in all versions *before*
2007. In 2007, Microsoft changed the default format for Word and
created a new extension, .docx, for it. So what may be happening is
that Reed doesn't like the .docx file you are sending them, and wants
a .doc file instead.

If that's the case, in Word 2007, instead of doing a Save, do a Save
As, and choose the old .doc extension.

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:44:01 -0800, angel weekes
<angelweekes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi to all
>I am trying to upload my C.V to Reeds employment Web site and for some
>reason I get an error message when I save the file. The error message says
>Invalid File Extention. Do I need to do anything on my computer to enable
>file sharing. I have been able to upload to Reed's in the past but on another
>computer. Can anyone help me solve this problem. Thanks in advance.

Thought you had this sorted weeks ago ?
 
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