Re: Microsoft proficient?

["Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi Dawn,

Proficiency in MS Office applications is really the starting point for any
technical writer, I believe. What "proficiency" means, exactly, as anyone's
guess—including the person(s) who write up job requirements such as these.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint aside, knowing Visio is also useful for any
techwriter.

I'll let someone else weigh in regarding classes and such. For Adobe
applications, that company's "Classroom In a Book" series is very useful;
off the top of my head I don't know of anything M$-specific, though I might
take a look at Safari Books Online (read: O'Reilly) and see if there are any
comparable offerings there.

> Chris

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Dawn Throener <D -dot- Throener -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Hi.
> I'm Dawn. Pretty new to the group and interested in becoming one of you
> soon.
>
> I'm finding a lot of jobs with the terms "Microsoft Proficient" in them.
> What does this mean??? I do OK in Word but have little experience in Excel,
> Powerpoint etc.
>
> How do I become Microsoft Proficient? Is there a test to figure this out??
> What aspects of each program make one proficient???
>
> What's the easiest way (cheapest) way to be able to add those terms to my
> resume. I think it would be a great investment of my time and if necessary,
> $$ if I could be able to prove this to employers.
>
> I'd appreciate your help and insight into this.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Dawn
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