Re: [libreoffice-users] Any thoughts on Tutor.com's policy of "MS Word only"?

First, if you opt to go this route, be prepared to spend the money to 
buy the software.


On 04/17/2014 11:14 AM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm thinking of applying for an online tutoring position at Tutor.com.
> However, they require that tutors (and applicants, for the mock tutoring
> session) have Microsoft Word (2007 or later) itself -- they specifically
> say that OpenOffice is not acceptable. I'd rather not spend $110 just to
> get MS Word (or $140 for MS Office, or $10/month or $100/year to rent MS
> Office) for this specific job, when OpenOffice/LibreOffice has worked just
> fine for me for the past decade.
>
> Does anyone here have any relevant experience (eg, does Tutor.com in
> practice allow OpenOffice/LibreOffice, is it absolutely necessary to get MS
> Word, do you know of similar online tutoring services that allow
> OpenOffice/LibreOffice, etc)?

So you are wondering if anyone knows why they request this? Likely not 
here, but, I can say that even between different versions of MSO you may 
have different behavior and rendering of documents. If they provide 
macros, they will not likely work in AOO or LO correctly. If they have 
complicated documents, that could be a problem in slight things. I 
notice, for example, slight differences in rendering between LO/AOO and 
MSO with respect to tables and their exact size on the page.

You can always take the position, and, when you have a problematic 
document, drop the money.

> Thank you in advance!
>
> Jeff Deutsch
> Speaker & Life Coach
> A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
> http://www.asplint.com
>
> "Listen to the universe while it whispers before it has to shout."
> Marion Grobb Finkelstein, Communication Catalyst --
> http://www.MarionSpeaks.com

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Andrew Pitonyak
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