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My number one pet peeve, for both novice and experienced users, is people
who do not know how to use styles and use inline formatting instead. In
fact, the last time I was looking to hire a TW, I checked the Word files
for every resume that I got in Word and weeded out any candidate who did
not use styles in their resume. When you're single sourcing PDF and online
Help that gets viewed on three or four different browser platforms, you
HAVE to use your stylesheet correctly if you want your output to look
professional. I don't have time to hover over your shoulder and break your
bad habit of not using styles properly if you don't already know.
It's a little thing, but OMG, it is not a little thing when you have spent
literally man years cleaning up crappy code from fellow TWs who did not
know how to properly format (or possibly how to properly copy and paste)
their content.
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Steven Jong <stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
> When you think about practitioners today, what do they need to know that
> they donât seem to know?
>
> I am thinking about both young practitioners just entering the field, who
> might not know some useful things that experienced practitioners know
> about, and experienced practitioners who donât know some current or new
> skills that young practitioners know.
>
> I have some thoughts myself, and I am thinking about knowledge transfer
> that might flow in both directions. But Iâd like to hear from you. What do
> you think?
>
> â Steve
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