Message #64053

[raindance]

There are interesting spin-offs from the different ways in which people were/are taught typing.

Those who learned on manual or electric (as opposed to electronic) typewriters probably also learned the traditional methods of line-spacing, how many characters per line, how many lines per inch/page etc.  These days, it is just so easy to, for example, centre text on a page.

At the time I went to business college, new technology was just coming in to general use so I had the advantage of having a traditional training and learning to use the most up-to-date equipment.  I do remember, with some amusement now, how great it was to use tippex PAPER instead of fiddling with horrible tippex liquid, and then there were corrector ribbons which were absolutely splendid, not to mention typewriter ribbons in cassettes instead of cloth ribbons on spools.  Hahaha!  That ages me!  And don't even get me started on carbon paper.  

I would never wish to go back to the "old days", but I do appreciate what I learned.