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Subject:Re: Word Test From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:23:59 -0700
Styles - creating and modifying
Templates - ditto
Page and section breaks - knowing how to, and knowing the difference
Page numbers - basic familiarity with how to
Headers - ditto
Inserting graphics
Inserting files
Importing/pasting text from other sources and.or different file formats
Auto-correct
Auto-format
Auto-text
Tables - creating and formatting
Special characters
Tracking changes
Awareness and workarounds for some of Word's bugs/features/challenges:
things like numbering, setting styles to auto-update or not, etc.
I'd look for somebody to have most/all of these if they're selling
themselves as an "expert" user. But I don't know that you'd have to be an
expert Word user to be a good copy editor - that's up to the employer.
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