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Re: What folks today don't know...!

Subject: Re: What folks today don't know...!
From: Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:50:35 -0500

@Joanne
I'm not personally tied to a tool to the extent that I'd refuse a job/contract that didn't allow me to use my tool of choice. However, we are tied to a tool by the requirements of our employer/client. I'll use what I've been told to use and I try to make sure my skills with every tool allow me to use the tool professionally and with end results that are easily maintainable.

@John
It's normally not our decision. As professionals, it's imperative that we use the tool we're given as well as possible.

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Mike
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On 8/3/2014 1:30 PM, joanne grey wrote:

Rather than knowing or not knowing Word, I'd say that the bigger advantage is to not be tied to a tool. Remember, it's a tool. There will always be other, newer, (hopefully) better tools. It's the communication that matters.



On Sunday, August 3, 2014 11:10 AM, John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com> wrote:


I find the following an incredibly depressing statement, not because communicators have little knowledge of MS Word, but because this software ever managed to become "the primary tool most of us use."

John


On Aug 3, 2014, at 12:26 AM, Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:

Many of my colleagues are amateurs when it comes to using Microsoft Word, even though it's probably the primary tool most of us use.

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What folks today don't know...!: From: Steven Jong
Re: What folks today don't know...!: From: Mike Starr
Re: What folks today don't know...!: From: John Allred
Re: What folks today don't know...!: From: joanne grey

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