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tech problem with application form

  • 02-11-2018 11:58am
    #1
    mrsdewinter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭


    Hi. It's been years since I've had to look for a job. I've just noticed that a form for a public service job requires MS Office. My office PC has MS Office but I don't want to complete job applications while at work. I have a laptop at home and thought I'd be able to apply from here, but this morning, when I tried to fill in a form, I got the message that 'this document has certain edit capabilities that have been locked'.
    What can I do?


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  • #2
    the whole year inn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,154 ✭✭✭the whole year inn


    mrsdewinter wrote: »
    Hi. It's been years since I've had to look for a job. I've just noticed that a form for a public service job requires MS Office. My office PC has MS Office but I don't want to complete job applications while at work. I have a laptop at home and thought I'd be able to apply from here, but this morning, when I tried to fill in a form, I got the message that 'this document has certain edit capabilities that have been locked'.
    What can I do?

    Do you need to edit the document or is it ready to send?

    Easy fix would be copy the contents of the word doc and open a new word doc paste in and save .


  • #3
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    It depends on what you're trying to do.
    Lots of job application forms are PDFs or Word documents- that you can enter text in input boxes- but you cannot edit/modify the forms themselves.
    Its entirely possible that you don't actually have a problem with the form.


  • #4
    the whole year inn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,154 ✭✭✭the whole year inn


    The_Conductor wrote: »
    It depends on what you're trying to do.
    Lots of job application forms are PDFs or Word documents- that you can enter text in input boxes- but you cannot edit/modify the forms themselves.
    Its entirely possible that you don't actually have a problem with the form.

    If he uploads the doc we can have look for him and sort it out easy enough.


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