{"id":157,"date":"2003-05-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/?p=157"},"modified":"2013-10-25T23:10:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T23:10:21","slug":"word-expert-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/word-expert-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Expert Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, just for fun (and for review), I've created a quiz. Use it to rate your skill in editing on the computer, using 1 as the lowest level (\"I never do this\") and 5 as the highest (\"I always do this\"):<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I use styles and eschew manual formatting.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1711522967<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I use keyboard shortcuts and avoid reaching for the mouse.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1703361394<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I use spell check as a way to catch typographical errors.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1700310413<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I use AutoCorrect and AutoText to speed up text entry.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1705865120<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I use find and replace, including wildcards, to fix repetitive errors and inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.editorium.com\/ftp\/adancedsearch.zip<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I use customized templates and styles to format documents.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1700934923<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1705536230<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I customize Word's menus, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts to fit the way I work.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1707444986<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1707286867<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1707100224<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I record macros to perform repetitive tasks.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1706651129<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1706748016<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1706832239<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I use other macros and add-in software to provide features not available in Word alone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NNSy6MzMcK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/using-found-macros\/\">Using &quot;Found&quot; Macros<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Using &quot;Found&quot; Macros&#8221; &#8212; Editorium Update\" src=\"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/using-found-macros\/embed\/#?secret=3flH6Inq9n#?secret=NNSy6MzMcK\" data-secret=\"NNSy6MzMcK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.topica.com\/lists\/editorium\/read\/message.html?mid=1707012536<\/p>\n<p>1 2 3 4 5   I consciously seek to learn more about editing in Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.editorium.com\/euindex.htm<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.mvps.org\/word\/<\/p>\n<p>Scoring<\/p>\n<p>Total the scores for all of the questions. Then find your ranking:<\/p>\n<p>10-20   Clueless newbie. Review the information available through the links above.<\/p>\n<p>20-30   Typical editor. Review the information for any items you rated 3 or below.<\/p>\n<p>30-40   Editing expert. Review the information for any items you rated 3 or below.<\/p>\n<p>40-50   Word guru. To reach the ranks of  the truly elite, learn to *program* Word macros using Visual Basic for Applications. You can get started here:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.mvps.org\/word\/FAQs\/MacrosVBA\/VBABasicsIn15Mins.htm<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>READERS WRITE<\/p>\n<p>After reading last week's article \"What's Your Handle,\" an anonymous reader wrote:<\/p>\n<p>As a veteran of many find-and-replace operations, I enjoyed your article about \"handles\" and I thought that that's a very good way of explaining the concept. However, in this particular example, if I had been doing it, I would have first selected all the text in the document and made it all Body Text. In this way, I wouldn't have had to do your last step.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>RESOURCES<\/p>\n<p>Holy smoke! Look at all the online reference works at Bartleby.com!<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/reference\/<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/word-expert-quiz\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Word Expert Quiz\"><p>This week, just for fun (and for review), I&#8217;ve created a quiz. 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