*Blink*

[triskellian]

I just showed a colleague that there's a better way of centring text in Word than with spaces.

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[al-fruitbat.livejournal.com]

Of course there is! Tabs! (slaps forehead)

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Some days the learning curve is so steep you just have to break out the climbing gear !

[uitlander]

*winces*

That reminds me - after being repeatedly phoned by the dept. secretary at Newcastle to dictate useful URL's, often letter by letter, I suggested that she might want to bookmark them (shock: Newcastle actually encouraged us to use Netscape). I then wandered to the other side of campus to show her how to achive theis miraculous feat of the blindingly obvious. Just as I finished, one of the senior lecturers walked in, and having had the concept of 'bookmarks' explained to them, decided I was the ideal person to run a 2 day workshop on 'bookmarking for the entire dept......

[and they wonder why I resigned]

[blondeccgirl.livejournal.com]

Was this colleague blonde by any chance? it explains a lot you know!

[uitlander]

Brunette, Geordie, and authority on the clubs of Newcastle

[triskellian]

So what's your excuse for being competent then?

[blondeccgirl.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I have more than my fair share of blonde moments ; ) which is proven by the fact that it took about six attempts to spell that senetence correctly!

[narenek.livejournal.com]

I can (just) remember the first time someone introduced me to bookmarks.

I asked them if there was some way to store the address of the page I had just found and was quite surprised at how simple it was.

[knirirr.livejournal.com]

Better still not to use word (http://www.vim.org). ;-)

[triskellian]

I'm almost tempted to suggest she use Vi, just to see the expression on her face ;-)

[knirirr.livejournal.com]

That sort of thing is often amusing.
One day, I'll have to tell the tale of the Genespring developer and the Enlightenment session.