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This article is from munnari!murdu.oz!stephenw@seismo.CSS.GOV (Stephen Withers)
 and was received on Tue Jul  1 17:35:02 1986
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For me, composing text at the keyboard has two advantages.  Firstly, the
fact that I can rework material on the fly is a big timesaver, as I don't
need to worry about getting the first draft in a fit state to give to a 
typist (it can simply germinate in my head and mature on the screen).
Also, the first round of fixing typist's errors is eliminated, and the 
waiting time to get a paper copy is much shorter (even with a shared printer).

Secondly, there's a more subtle effect.  The screen of my terminal or
personal computer is in some way much closer to the printed page.  I
(hand)write in much the same way as I speak:

"Which disk is that file on?"
instead of
On which disk is that file?

This is also a time saver, but I think the main benefit is in the quality of 
my work.  I wish I'd had access to word processing while I was at secondary
school - or even earlier.  I still have memories of how hard I had to try 
to produce legible and presentable work.  On many occassions it was a case
of "that'll have to do", even though I wasn't satisfied with the content.

(In case someone finds errors of spelling, grammar, or style, bear in mind 
that this note was prepared with vi, not a word processing program).

Stephen Withers, 
Microcomputer Support Group, University Computing Services,
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

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