I am going to be asked what is the difference between a word file and a text file. I know with a text file you can edit files in programs, I know you can upload text files to certain programs, but there has to be something more for this question to be asked. So all you computer techs out there shoot me an answer.

I would also like to see what you guys have been asked in interviews (tech interviews). I have been with the county for four years now and do not know what an interview is like anymore. I know my abilities and I am confident I can fill the role, but it is that first impression I want to make sure I nail this time.

 

Go to Monster.com they have all the info you need to get a great interview.

 

I would also assume formatting goes with the word file.

 

a text file is plain text no formatting

a word file has microsoft proprietary formatting options to make it all perty and stuff.


you can open a txt file in word, but you can't open a word file in notepad

 

That's not entirely accurate. You can open basically any type of file in a text editor. Whether or not you can interpret the data is another question.

The Word document would show up garbled with normally hidden propietary binary information translated as high ASCII characters. The actual text of the document itself will be in there as well, it just won't be pretty.

 

bleh thats what i meant...

if all else fails, DOS's EDIT does the trick