Catch those Résumé Typos
- before the hiring manager does



This list contains words that frequently appear misspelled on résumés. Please check your résumé and make any necessary corrections before sending it to Synergistech.

We'd like your help in making this list more comprehensive, so please drop us a line with suggestions. Thanks in advance!

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# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P QR S T U V WXYZ

#

  • 3Com
A
  • ActiveX
  • AfterShock
  • AmiPro
  • Adobe
  • Acrobat
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
  • AppleScript
  • AutoCAD
  • Authorware
B
  • BASIC
  • BBEdit
  • BookMaster
  • BookManager
C
  • CBT (computer-based training)
  • cc:Mail
  • CD-ROM
  • ClarisWorks
  • Client/Server
  • COBOL
  • ColdFusion
  • CORBA
  • CorelDRAW
D
  • dBASE
  • Doc-to-Help
  • DOS
  • Dreamweaver
E
  • Ethernet
  • Excel
F
  • FileMaker, FileMaker Pro
  • ForeHelp
  • FORTRAN
  • FrameMaker
  • FrameMaker+SGML
  • FrameViewer
  • FreeHand
  • Freelance
  • FrontPage 98
G
  • Gotcha
H
  • hardcopy
  • HiJaak, HiJaak Pro
  • HomeSite
  • HotDog Pro
  • HoTMetaL PRO
  • HyperCard
  • hypermedia
  • Hypertext
  • HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language)
I
  • IBM RS/6000
  • Interleaf
  • Internet
  • Intuit
  • ISDN
J
  • Java
  • JavaBeans
  • JavaDoc
  • JavaHelp
  • JavaScript
K

L

  • LocalTalk
  • Lotus 1-2-3
M
  • MacDraw
  • Macintosh
  • Macromedia
  • MacWrite
  • Micrografx Designer
  • Microsoft (abbreviated: MS)
  • Microsoft Word
  • MIDI
N
  • NetDynamics
  • Netscape
  • NetWare
  • Novell
  • nroff
O
  • offline
  • online
  • OODB
  • OS/2
P
  • PageMaker
  • Paint Shop Pro
  • PDF
  • PeopleSoft
  • Perl
  • Photoshop
  • PhotoSuite
  • PowerPoint
  • PRIME
  • PRIMOS
Q
  • Quadralay WebWorks Publisher
  • QuarkXPress (formerly Quark Xpress, Quark XPress)
R
  • RDBMS
  • RoboHELP
  • RoboHTML
S
  • Shockwave
  • SGML (Standard Generalized Mark-up Language)
  • STC, Society for Technical Communication (singular)
  • softcopy
  • SPARC
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)
  • stand-alone
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Sun SPARCstation
  • SuperPaint
  • Symantec
  • Synergistech Communications
T
  • TCP/IP
  • TokenRing
  • troff
  • troubleshooting
U
  • UNIX
V
  • vi (the UNIX editor)
  • Visio
  • Visual Basic
  • VisualCafe
  • VRML (Virtual Reality Mark-up/Modelling Language)
W
  • WBT (web-based training)
  • WebWorks Publisher (see Quadralay)
  • Windows 95
  • Windows NT
  • Word 97
  • WordPerfect
  • WordStar
  • Worldwide Web
XYZ
  • web
  • web site
  • Xedit
  • years' (as in I have 10 years' experience as a technical writer; note the apostrophe)

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