I have been getting ready for my big interview on Friday. I am interviewing for a position as an IT trainer at a law firm in Boston. I am very excited about the interview.

So anyway, I have had this job before, albeit at a much smaller firm, so I feel pretty prepared. That said, as part of the interview I have to do a presentation on the Microsoft Office topic of my choice. I chose Word styles as my topic. It is a big topic, but a very important one for avid Word users, especially those in the legal setting.

I don’t really have anything else on my brain right now, so I though I would go ahead and practice right here. This is basically how I see my presentation going:

Microsoft Word Styles

(I of course have a much fancier title, with graphics too!, but for the blog Heading 3 will simply have to do.)

• Introduction
  • What are styles?
  • Why do I want to use styles?
• Where do we find styles?
• How do I use styles?
  • Applying existing styles
  • Creating styles
    • From formatted text
    • From scratch
    • Modifying a existing style
• Extras
  • Shortcut keys
  • The importance of paragraph marks
    • Extra paragraph marks
  • Style organizer

• Review

And that’s about it. Of course I have more information in between. And a pretty kick-ass handout covering most of the highlights–it’s pretty to boot!

I also have a document showing different styles that I will use to show where to find styles, how to use them, etc., live in class. I hope I am not choosing a topic that is too elementary. Obviously the people I am going to present to are going to know just about anything that I have to say about anything Office-related, so I thought I would start with one of the essentials.

I am planning on spending the bulk of my day practicing my presentation tomorrow; I am such a procrastinator–definitely a great New Year’s resolution–I will not procrastinate any longer. (Remember, I am still a few days away from my New Year.)

Thursday I spend most of my day traveling; ’tis a long flight from Boise to Boston. And bright and early (okay, not really) at 9am Friday I present. I have my lovely pinstriped suit, a new corporate blue button-down with French cuffs, and a great new pair of pointy heels to wear. The overall look is quite professional. I am excited to have something to dress-up for again!

Anyway, I am practicing my eyeballs out. I want to do very, very well!

I guess bullets don’t work very well here at WordPress? Or is it operator error? They look great in my post-editor…