Microsoft Office

[jdr0918]

<<<In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" wrote: Oops. I've 
accidentally applied for a job which requires me to have extensive 
knowledge of Microsoft Office. And I may have accidentally mentioned 
on my enclosed letter that I was quite proficient in said software 
manipulation...my housemate pointed out that 58wpm really isn't that 
fast...)>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

I actually *am* quite proficient in Microsoft Office, and I got that 
way by fooling around with it; my advice therefore is to temp 
somewhere where it's on the machine. As for your typing speed, get 
really into keyboard shortcuts and don't admit to typing any faster 
than 55. You're not a typist, you're a word processing specialist. 
More and more nowadays, employers are savvy enough to give actual 
production tests which favor keyboarders over old fashioned speed-
typists.

Good luck.

--JDR