Content-Type: RST If I *have* to use them, I will. I however don't intend to go work at a company which wants me to know "Microsoft Word" as a skill. I just think it's screwed up that they say "MS Word" and "word processing program" are interchangeable. I'm not going to "learn MS Word", I'm going to "learn word processing". That means that regardless of Microsoft's future I will be able to write files in a generic word processing program. Also, since usually programs of the same function use similar terminology and interfaces, that means that learning to use MS Project means I can use Gantt project to almost the same efficiency, and vice versa. They shouldn't make it (at least, sound) exclusive.