Typing 101 (in 1983) was the most useful course I ever took in high school, because I've used it almost every day since then. We learned on big, manual Olivettis. The drills for pinky-finger keys were agony until our muscles got strong enough. Even now, I'm such a heavy-handed typist that I have to use mechanical computer keyboards, because I get too much ghosting with regular ones. We learned most of the manual skills in this film.
My friends mom, Florence (Flossie), did "home secretarial" typing for Monsanto. I've seen here typing 125 wpm on her I.B.M. Selectric 3. She would have to have her typewriter "tuned" once a year. She was an amazing person and an even more amazing typist.
I have my late grandmothers Selectric II she brought nome from her work when they made the switch to computers. I typed a few papers on it in high school as we did not have a PC yet. Its urrently in storage but I’ll be dusting it off in the near future to repair and show my boys what typing was like before computer.
180 удара в минута + право на 2 грешки за минаване на ниво. Най-добрият курс от средното ми образование! Безценно, практично и ефективно. Умение, което остава за цял живот. Прилагам го и днес, на компютър.
In Jr. High, I took typing class ... didn't use it for 10 years. Later, as a system manager, then later programmer, I FORCED myself to put my fingers on ASDF JKL; (home row), and even if I had to look at every key every time, I'd hit the right key with the right finger. Eventually, I was back into the swing of it, and now type over 80 wpm (if you're a programmer, you basically type for a living).
Is there anything a typewriter can't do? Johannes Gutenberg would have tears in his eyes if he saw this. I doubt there's much more that mechanical technology will achieve beyond this.
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This era of Coronet Films was actually quite relaxed compared to the earlier manners/grammar films, a few years down the road they would use animation for their final phase before VHS videos
Typewriters were complex machines - being able to correct, do proporational space and multiple typestyles - the electronic systems today are simple in comparison, given how much design went into an electric typewriter such as the Olivetti Editor shown. Olivetti did state that the most complex system that they manufactured was the Lexikon 94C electric golfball tyepwriter- (this included all the accounting machines , mainframes,calculators and word processing !).
My Late parents had an Old manual Royal typewriter. I Hated that thing...keys always jamming! SO-I nagged them into getting me a Smith Corona Electric, back in the Late Sixties. My Mom also took me to typing lessons in the Summer, in 1969. NOBODY wanted ME to handwrite a book report with my Doctor's handwriting...and, guess what I ultimately Became?? In Ninth grade we had a typing class with a manual machine. Had to do corporate tables with multiple tabs (like in the above video.) NO whiteout or correcting tape allowed-Three mistakes and you do the whole page Over! I was worse than any of the Girls. In Tenth grade I took another course, this time with electric machines. The teacher was a Hard-Nosed Coach. I toughed it out, but got a "C" in both classes. I mean: would they rather read my penmanship?!? Nowadays, of course, we have computers and printers. I have a thirty year old high-end typewriter, where you can write and save a document. Typewriters are STILL needed, for filling out hardcopy forms, and they work better for printing envelopes, Too.
There's nothing like having a great typing rhythm flowing from your hands on a manual typewriter. I remember, back in the 1960's and early 1970's, watching the "type-setters" on the 4th floor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They had to be accurate and be able to read backwards because the type was set that way on the lead bars, linotype, (pronounced "line-o-type," They were essentially negatives for printing). It was a fascinating process.
@@Pascua_bunch The I.B.M. selectric 3 is awesome. I've used them in office settings and appreciate their versatility. But know that once in a while the ball (where the letters and numbers are printed) has to be replaced because they wear out. BUT, the upside to this is that you can change your font by changing the ball. If you make a mistake and immediately catch it you can clear it off with the correction key. This puts a strip of white-out up for the key stroke and that eliminates the error.
