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Dinty W. Moore eloquently commented in misc.writing 

>   > I am 45, write books for a living off and on, and when I'm deep in the
>   > throes of a deadline it is not uncommon for me to stare at my computer
>   > screen for four or five hours at a spell.  The problem is, I am 45, and
>   > eyestrain and tiredness are making my normal writing pace very hard to
>   > sustain.  Anyone else experiencing this as their eyes age?  Any strategies
>   > to cope?
>   >
>   > I wear progressive bifocals, and it has occurred to me that maybe I need
>   > special "reading" glasses set for the distance from my nose to the computer.
>   > Anyone else tried this strategy?

	Not exactly.
	I too wear bifocals. Since I recommend to students that they
organize their workspace for their own comfort, I have set my
monitor at the right distance for my own corrective lenses. The
keyboard is perfectly placed for the higher magnification of my
bifocals.
	In addition to all of gekko's very good comments, I offer
this: You have probably noticed by now that, in addition to the
hardening that makes it difficult to focus close up, your eyes
tend to focus less well after a day of reading or monitor staring
than they do in the morning.  Move your chair slightly as your
focal point changes, or talk to your opthamologist.
	I don't think I would like progressive bifocals, simply
because I don't like having the object of my attention go out of
focus when I move a millimeter.  Come to think of it, I doubt that
I would like having the object of my attention go out of focus
when I move a rock or a chair, either.  Some years ago, I tried
torix contact lenses.  They shifted "just enough" as I moved my
head that they drove me crazy(ier).

--Dick