Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1-1 Gabrielle Wants Very Much

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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 1-1 Gabrielle wants very much to get a job in television. Each day she visits local television station websites and peruses the Help Wanted sections. To her surprise, there is an opening for a production assistant at Channel 30. To apply for the job, applicants must download a form from the Channel 30 website, fill it out, and then email it to the human resources manager. The form is a Microsoft Word 2013 document. The first part of the form asks applicants to write one paragraph about why they would like to at work Channel 30. Right away, Gabrielle knows what she wants to write; she's grown up with Channel 30 and has always been impressed by the quality of the news anchors, especially Katie Couric. Each time she types Couric in her response, a red way underline appears beneath it. Gabrielle realizes that _______.

• A) she must be spelling "Couric" wrong
• B) Word considers "Couric" to be a misspelled word
• C) the form must be set up so as to discourage applicants from referring to specific Channel 30 employees
• D) the word "Katie" has already been added to the Word dictionary and the red underline is a reminder to add "Katie" to AutoCorrect

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