Defend the use of on-line communities for user assistance. Ensure your argument is well-rounded by pointing out both the weaknesses and strengths.

What will be an ideal response?


Google Groups, Yahoo Groups, Usenet Newsgroups and others are both a collaboration method and an on-line user assistance source. They are ideal for finding out information from peers who have been there before. One popular application has been for people fighting a disease, even a rare disease, to share lessons learned and facts about treatment and cures. The danger has to be privacy issues. Also, there can be a rather high frequency of discussions that one would have to sift through to find the nugget of information desired. Also, persons needing a repair or technique related to a technology device or appliance may go to the on-line community for suggestions and ideas. Overall this author would argue the good outweighs the bad in connecting people to solutions.

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Apply styles to cells, such as Headings and Titles and Data and Model, by using the ________ command in the Styles group

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