ASCII File

[powerman]

Ok I know this is a really dumb and basic question. Is an ASCII file the same as a text (.txt) file? I have a resume in word format that needs to be submitted in ASCII Text format. Is a doc file ASCII Text? I don't think that it is.

Also, I would proably loose my formatting won't I? Is there a way to keep the formatting in an ASCII file?

Would a rich text file still be considered an ASCII file? The web site says it must be an "ASCII TEXT format" file but gives no extension.

 

[tim_m]

my guess is that by ascii they mean plain text as in .txt. you would lose formatting since word files are saved in a proprietery format. rtf is also not plain text. technically iirc it's stored as plain text but the plain text is all of the formatting information so it's not easily readable. i would try saving the word doc as a plain text file by file -> save as and see what happens

it may be worth finding an email address/phone number so you can ask about it