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Jan Boomsliter said,
>I submit, in response to Robert Plamondon's thesis, that there is a
>huge differences between the first two of the following methods of
>using word processing software, and the third:
> - learning the software by trying it out
> - studying the software by using the manuals
> - entering data by using typing-class techniques
>I suggest we limit this thread to the first two kinds of users. The
>typist isn't really using the software, agreed?
I'm not sure what you're getting at. I don't know anyone who uses
a computer, even in the most trivial way, who hasn't learned the
difference between a typewriter and a word processing program.
Who are these "typists," and why is a separate category necessary for
them?
-- Robert
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