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Subject:RE: gearing up to be a tech writer From:Michael Davidson <Michael -dot- Davidson -at- vcint -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:56:25 +0200
Phil Gomez said: (Off the record, if you get a job and they force
you to work in Word, I'd
quit and find another. Some would say I'm biased; I think I'm just
spoiled. :)
No matter how tongue in cheek this comment may be, I don't think
it's good advice to be giving out to people thinking of joining the
profession. I don't have any gripes about framemaker etc but I've been using
Word for ten years and it is a very useful tool. As has been said before
work within its limitations and remember that it is primarily a word
processor. I would be the first to admit it has its faults and has annoyed
me very badly at times, but to say someone shouldn't take a job because the
company uses Word is a bit silly.
Mick
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