bullets in eras

[sore eye asses]

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Is there a way to get bullets to appear in the experiences section of eras (specifically so they'll be bulleted in the CV)? It converts them to quotes whenever I try it.

Thanks.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

No.

 

[WhatUpDoc!]

Seriously? Works for me. I just type them in and they show up. The only thing that I don't like is that I can't make a bulleted list (i.e.

- Line 1
- Line 2
- Line 3

But oddly enough, it shows up this way on my CAF (but not CV)

 

[ResidentMD]

Seriously? Works for me. I just type them in and they show up. The only thing that I don't like is that I can't make a bulleted list (i.e.

- Line 1
- Line 2
- Line 3

But oddly enough, it shows up this way on my CAF (but not CV)

This brings me to an interesting question - what do program directors or those evaluating applications read - the CAF or the CV?

 

[synapse lapse]

Yeah, it's really annoying how the CV view doesn't keep your line spacing, so things become one run on sentence. I don't see why they can't make it keep spacing like CAF view. Hope PD's realise formatting isn't our fault.

 

[doc20]

ok so how do you just type in bullets?

 

[WhatUpDoc!]

ok so how do you just type in bullets?

Sorry, I totally misread the OP 😳

I somehow equated bullets with dashes ("-"). So like rogue synapse correctly answered, bullets are a no go

 

[doc20]

I am just using the bullets form which is converted into parenthesis? hope that is not a problem

 

[MDSchoolSequela]

You can insert line breaks which will show up nicely on both the CAF and CV, preventing the run-on string of words on the CV. Just type <br> wherever you want a new line so your hobbies will show up as a list.
Better yet, just realized bullets do work...
<ul>
<li>first item</li>
<li>second item</li>
</ul>

 

[ResidentMD]

You can insert line breaks which will show up nicely on both the CAF and CV, preventing the run-on string of words on the CV. Just type <br> wherever you want a new line so your hobbies will show up as a list.
Better yet, just realized bullets do work...
<ul>
<li>first item</li>
<li>second item</li>
</ul>

Woohoo!

 

[medsRus]

You guys are sure the PD will see it this way?? Or formatting just shows to us since it is basic HTML and we view them on browsers?

 

[Ariee]

Oooooh yeah! Yes, I'm interested to know about the formatting which medRus brings up? MedSequela, do you knowthe answer to that one, and ARE YOU SURE???

Thx,
A

 

[MDSchoolSequela]

hmmm... I thought that what we saw when we select "view your CAF" was what PDs printed out. I don't think browsers automatically convert HTML or else you would not have been able to see the HTML code in my post.
Am I totally off 😕

 

[Ariee]

I don't think browsers automatically convert HTML or else you would not have been able to see the HTML code in my post.

Thanks for responding 😉...
What does what I have quoted above mean? I just went through my application and took out the dash and inserted all bullets...I just want to make sure when you hit view CAF/CV that's what the PD's will see too???

 

[NotAProgDirector]

I don't think browsers automatically convert HTML or else you would not have been able to see the HTML code in my post.

Nerd alert:

This is incorrect.

Browsers automatically render all HTML tags unless they are specifically told not to. There are two ways of doing that: You can enclose the text in <pre></pre> tags, which specifically tells the browser to include everything in the tags, including whitespace, unprocessed. This is ugly, and basically no one sane does it, because you lose all formatting control.

The better way to do it is to "cheat". If I include "<br>" in a web page, then I get a "break" to a new line. This forum keeps the "<br>" there by changing the "<" character to this: &lt; This is a special HTML command that tells a broswer to display a "<" symbol. Hence, if you "view source" on this page (which will actually show you the text your browser is processing) you'll see that instead of "<br>" it will say "&lt;br&gt;", which is the HTML code for a less than sign, followed by "br", followed by a greater than sign. In fact, you can choose "source" from view menu, then choose Edit --> find and enter the above string, and it will find it for you. This is called "escaping a string" and is standard.

Nerd alert off:

So, bottom line is this: This is a really bad idea, it's probably not going to work. ERAS didn't account for this (like this forum software has) and does not automatically escape it's strings. Thus, when you enter "<br>" it happily gives you a new line. However, I do not view applications in a web browser. I use propriatary ERAS software. Chances are, it will not render HTML at all, so I'll see your <br> as plain text.

Live without bullets. It won't kill you. Didn't your mother teach you that bullet kill people?

 

[ResidentMD]

Nerd alert:

This is incorrect.

Browsers automatically render all HTML tags unless they are specifically told not to. There are two ways of doing that: You can enclose the text in <pre></pre> tags, which specifically tells the browser to include everything in the tags, including whitespace, unprocessed. This is ugly, and basically no one sane does it, because you lose all formatting control.

The better way to do it is to "cheat". If I include "<br>" in a web page, then I get a "break" to a new line. This forum keeps the "<br>" there by changing the "<" character to this: &lt; This is a special HTML command that tells a broswer to display a "<" symbol. Hence, if you "view source" on this page (which will actually show you the text your browser is processing) you'll see that instead of "<br>" it will say "&lt;br&gt;". In fact, you can choose "source" from view menu, then choose Edit --> find and enter the above string, and it will find it for you. This is called "escaping a string" and is standard.

Nerd alert off:

So, bottom line is this: This is a really bad idea, it's probably not going to work. ERAS didn't account for this (like this forum software has) and does not automatically escape it's strings. Thus, when you enter "<br>" it happily gives you a new line. However, I do not view applications in a web browser. I use propriatary ERAS software. Chances are, it will not render HTML at all, so I'll see your <br> as plain text.

Live without bullets. It won't kill you. Didn't your mother teach you that bullet kill people?

aPD is correct - and I can verify this too..I was all "woohoo...I can now make a few things bold in my personal statement" till I read this (in the ERAS personal statement FAQs...)

May I use HTML for my Personal Statement?
The Program Director's Workstation does not display your personal statement as a Web document. It displays it as a plain text document.

P.S. I spent the entire day thinking how cool this was till I ran into the above thing..but I did keep imagining "If it doesn't work, whoever is reading my application would think what a weirdo.." because it would read "went to <br> Alaska for an expedition </br>"

 

[Ariee]

Nerd alert off:

So, bottom line is this: This is a really bad idea, it's probably not going to work. ERAS didn't account for this (like this forum software has) and does not automatically escape it's strings. Thus, when you enter "<br>" it happily gives you a new line. However, I do not view applications in a web browser. I use propriatary ERAS software. Chances are, it will not render HTML at all, so I'll see your <br> as plain text.

Live without bullets. It won't kill you. Didn't your mother teach you that bullet kill people?

Lol- this is all I understood, thanks, I went back and removed all that bullet stuff. I just placed dashes...

 

[MDSchoolSequela]

aPD is correct - and I can verify this too..I was all "woohoo...I can now make a few things bold in my personal statement" till I read this (in the ERAS personal statement FAQs...)

May I use HTML for my Personal Statement?
The Program Director's Workstation does not display your personal statement as a Web document. It displays it as a plain text document.

P.S. I spent the entire day thinking how cool this was till I ran into the above thing..but I did keep imagining "If it doesn't work, whoever is reading my application would think what a weirdo.." because it would read "went to <br> Alaska for an expedition </br>"

Rats! Sorry for the trouble 😳 Thanks aPD and ResMD for clearing this up. I thought that was just too easy, but all I could see was those perfectly aligned bullets 😍

 

[medsRus]

Rats! Sorry for the trouble 😳 Thanks aPD and ResMD for clearing this up. I thought that was just too easy, but all I could see was those perfectly aligned bullets 😍

Good try...