Attaching a PDF to my mail account

[Penelope_Gil]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

Hello ,

I've been going bonkers for hours. This has happened before. But I can't seem to figure out how to do it...maybe someone has the answer?

I have created a word document and saved it as a pdf. I am sending an email through my mac account. When I attach the pdf it automatically appears on my email draft as an open document.

How do I get to stay as just a small icon attachment that you click on to to open? Its my resume and it looks cheesy to me being open.

HELP please.

THANK YOU!

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Penelope -

It depends somewhat on how your email software handles attachments, but the
simplest way - and better all around - is to compress the file first before
attaching. That not only produces the icon but also protects the file from
damage along the way

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Elliott Roper]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

Hello ,

I've been going bonkers for hours. This has happened before. But I can't seem
to figure out how to do it...maybe someone has the answer?

I have created a word document and saved it as a pdf. I am sending an email
through my mac account. When I attach the pdf it automatically appears on my
email draft as an open document.

How do I get to stay as just a small icon attachment that you click on to to
open? Its my resume and it looks cheesy to me being open.

The way it appears depends on the mail client at each end.
If you send as plain text - which is the proper way to send mail to
relative strangers, then most recipients of your resumŽ will see a neat
attachment icon at the bottom of your mail, regardless of how your more
elegant mail program shows it to you.

Don't forget to check the "Send Windows Friendly Attachments" box when
attaching your resumŽ.

"Cheesy" is in the eye of the beholder. I like seeing a well designed
pdf already open in a mail.
On the other hand, I *hate* html or rich text mail. How *dare* they
inflict their execrable taste on my delicate eyeballs!
It is a toss-up whether I hit cmd-ctrl-S or cmd-opt-P when I get one of
those. (That's train as spam or plain text alternative in SpamSieve and
Mail respectively)

Bob's advice is good too. Zipping up attachments might be a slight
bother to the recipient, but it is neater of you have more than one
attachment.

Congratulations on having the sense to send a PDF. It encourages
recruiters to refrain from meddling with your words. Some might ask for
Word docs. Then zipping together the Word and PDF is an excellent
strategy. The muppets can see what your resumŽ was meant to look like
before their PC mangled it.

I think the world needs a course on the dangers of preparing CVs in
Word.

I often found myself binning job application 'ransom notes'. Usually
from agencies that should have known better. Dammit, I used to bin
whole agencies for less! I was hiring programmers. I expected to see
some vestigial computer literacy from job applicants and the recruiters
they chose.

A well presented PDF resumŽ? I always read them through to the end.