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From: Clark G
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 01:12

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JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote in
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> The earliest WP I used was on an Apple ][+ at junior college. I was
> glad to find one, as before I had used a mechanical typewriter. I did
> write out my essay, or homework, long hand before typing. But I
> sometimes looked and then typed in the wrong paragraph.
> 
> Doing that on a computer, I could just move the paragraph to the
> correct location on the page, instead of having to retype the entire
> page.

My first word processing was using the FMT program on the MTS system at 
UBC. Written by a UBC zoology professor.
http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/people#TOC-Bill-Webb

Did my first resume using that.

-- 
Clark G
* take away the em's to reply

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