Totally agree with you Allan. :-) I would hope that our employers would understand the difference skill sets. Cheers Nancy From Allan... ************* I was just railing against the unstated suggestion that some poor technical writer might be railroaded into secretarial duties because a perceived ability to make notes and type from them equates secretaries and technical writers. Perish the thought. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************