UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

#1

Post by rachbelaid » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:11 AM UTC

UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion
bbc.co.uk

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

#2

Post by dossy » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:26 AM UTC

Did bbc.co.uk get taken over by theonion.com?

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

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Post by mugenx86 » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:29 AM UTC

"Career-wise I think it will show any employers I know how to use a Microsoft Office product"

"With school, I'll be able to write reports and essays and stuff and make it a bit more fancy, to hopefully get a few extra marks."

Is this a joke?

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

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Post by hardwaresofton » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:40 AM UTC

While this is pretty ridiculous, I want to point out that it wouldn't be that ridiculous if he was crowned world Microsoft Excel champion.

He would be on the fast track to the financial sector and .NET supremacy.

Word is generally not an amazing thing to be "champion" of. Excel might be though

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

#5

Post by bobbles » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:41 AM UTC

The article gives absolutely no context around what being a 'word champion' even means... this is useless

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

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Post by focus1 » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:44 AM UTC

...why is this on Hacker News?...

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

#7

Post by minimaxir » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:47 AM UTC

Why Word 2007, instead of Word 2010 or Word 2013?

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

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Post by yolesaber » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:59 AM UTC

hardwaresofton wrote: post #4

While this is pretty ridiculous, I want to point out that it wouldn't be that ridiculous if he was crowned world Microsoft Excel champion. He would be on the fast track to the financial sector and .NET supremacy. Word is generally not an amazing thing to be "champion" of. Excel might be though

The UK also counts the world's Excel 2007 champ among its citizens http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14401766

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

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Post by Lerc » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 1:23 AM UTC

bobbles wrote: post #5

The article gives absolutely no context around what being a 'word champion' even means... this is useless

I'm sure if they went into a lot of detail on how they defined world champion you could rest assured that it would remain useless.

Re: UK teen crowned world Microsoft Word 2007 champion

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Post by mcintyre1994 » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 1:25 AM UTC

mugenx86 wrote: post #3

"Career-wise I think it will show any employers I know how to use a Microsoft Office product" "With school, I'll be able to write reports and essays and stuff and make it a bit more fancy, to hopefully get a few extra marks." Is this a joke?

I bet he has every trick in the book for reaching page counts without changing the content.