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Subject:RE: Word Help (problem solved) From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- kinzan -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:33:23 -0800
Idunno, maybe it's me...
A student asked for help creating a Word template for Grad school
Theses, received some help on- and off-list (I sent my own
reply directly), then said:
> ... I found a very simple solution
> that will work (although it may not be very graceful).
>
> I put myself in the position of someone using a typewriter.
> They would normally use the carriage return to set their
> margins (depending on the typewriter)...
>
> With the documents set to double space and the font set to
> 12pt, all I had to do was insert two hard carriage returns
> in the document...
> ...Its probably cheating, but it will be much easier to
> explain ...
<sigh>
I suppose expedience has its place, and the solution _is_
easier to explain than setting space before a paragraph
and/or using section breaks. But one of those students
may apply to me for a job someday and send me their
resume as a Word doc attached to an email. When I file
their application under "does not understand fundamental
tools", who will be there to explain to them why they
didn't get the job?
Am I just being curmudgeonly?
Sue Gallagher
sgallagher -at- kinzan -dot- com
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