virus detected in pages document
When uploading a document (ie my resume to a website's careers page), the website flags the document as containing a virus. How do I resolve this problem?
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
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When uploading a document (ie my resume to a website's careers page), the website flags the document as containing a virus. How do I resolve this problem?
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
BigPop66 wrote:
I am estimating that PDF is a popular format to use to upload documents, this issue happens on multiple sites for me.
So, what that tells us is that you are having problems with PDFs on multiple sites, not that lots of people are having trouble.
Is it with the same PDF? I'd suggest you re-print your Pages document to a PDF and try again. The original document may be corrupted. That might cause sites to read it as a virus.
BigPop66 wrote:
I am estimating that PDF is a popular format to use to upload documents, this issue happens on multiple sites for me.
So, what that tells us is that you are having problems with PDFs on multiple sites, not that lots of people are having trouble.
Is it with the same PDF? I'd suggest you re-print your Pages document to a PDF and try again. The original document may be corrupted. That might cause sites to read it as a virus.
Yes, that's true based on the facts I have. My assumptive reply was to a conclusion that the problem is with the websites, not my document. I've tried your suggestion in the past without success. I'll try pasting the content into a new document using something other than Apple Pages and then export as a PDF and see if that works...
That's something you'd need to ask the website. There are no viruses in your Pages document.
Are you uploading a PDF, or a Word .docx document? It is impossible to have a virus in your .pages document, which the website could not process anyway.
Thanks for the question, it is a PDF of the pages document.
Then there is a problem on the website end. Is PDF one of the accepted submission formats?
Yes PDF is an accepted format. OK, seems odd since I'd think this would affect many many people. Appreciate the response.
How do you know if affects so many people? And, if it does, it means there's a problem with the website.
I am estimating that PDF is a popular format to use to upload documents, this issue happens on multiple sites for me.
I've never been a big Pages fan myself. I long ago decided it was worth paying for Word, especially when I was job hunting.
Best of luck.
Good news! I copied the doc's text from Pages into Google Docs (then had to do a bunch of reformatting), downloaded it as a PDF, and now it's accepted on the job sites. Thanks for the help!
Glad to hear you found a workaround.
Good luck with your job hunt!
virus detected in pages document