RE: Assistance needed: Word skills/methodology

[kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com]

Get "Word 97 Annoyances" by Woody Leonhard. It's out of print but not hard
to find, and although the title refers to Word 97, most of the info is
applicable towards Word 2000. This book is a LIFESAVER.

As a reference book, get the latest 10-pounder from QUE, usually named
something like "Using Word <insert year/version>."

Between those two books and the braniacs on this List, I've never found a
problem I can't solve. Woody's book will turn you into a Word guru VERY
quickly.

As for the methodology/workflow part of your question, I'm not sure what
you mean. Are you looking for a documentation process? (The sound of
Andrew Plato's hackles rising is heard....) There's TONS of information
out there about processes, but I guess I'm prone to creating my own
process based on the task I'm facing.

Actually, most of these tasks will dictate a process FOR you, from my
experience. You'll probably be dealing with internal and external
deadlines, and it's your mission to figure out how to meet them. Deadlines
are your friend; they make it clear what is expected from you.

My philosophy/methodology is GET IT DONE.  If I have ten days to write a
10-chapter doc, I do NOT spend four days on chapter 3 - if I did then the
last chapters would suffer. Balance it out and do the best job you can
within the allotted timeframe. There will always be room for improvement.
Give me a 10-day turnaround and I'll give you a complete document that's
the best I can do in 10 days. Give me 20 and it will be even better. But I
WILL give you something in 10 days if that's the deadline.

Good luck!



 - Keith Cronin
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A timely (if depressing) cartoon:

http://keithcronin.com/yeah_but_is_it_ART/cartoon.html


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