I recently completed what was perhaps the most difficult exam of my life. A true achievement, if I do say so myself. So what was the exam in question, I hear you ask? Some high-powered qualification? Rocket Science, perhaps?

Well.. no.

The basic enrollment test in the Microsoft Partner Programme: A simple set of questions to prove we are in fact web developers. “Great, should be easy enough” I thought, firing up Internet Explorer (yes, Microsoft do insist you use their browser to view their website). I’m not sure I could have been more wrong. Twenty or so multiple choice questions. Specialist subject: The features and benefits of Microsoft Expression.

Microsoft Expression I hear you ask? Essentially the new and “improved” Frontpage. Back to school to read up on the wrong way to build a website. The official product home page on the Microsoft website proved fairly helpful, but wasn’t much use when confronted with Microsoft’s attempt at writing legible English. Have a look at the screenshot and remind yourself how important it is to get someone to check everything you publish, no matter how trivial it seems.