The Evolution of Writing Why word processors rule.

THE PROBLEM Writers for centuries had to deal with a major problem – what to do if you messed up!? What if you didn’t make a “mistake” like a spelling error, but simply wanted to re-word something, or move a sentence or paragraph around?

Earliest Human Writing: Cuneiform from Mesopotamia

Oracle Bones from the Shang Dynasty, China

Writing Tools: Quill Pen & Ink

Writing Tools: Pencil (& Eraser)

Writing and Copying Manuscripts

Mistakes on Old Manuscripts

The Mechanical Typewriter: Speeding Things Up

Better and Faster Mechanical Typewriters

Fixing Small Mistakes on a Typewriter

Electric/Electronic Typewriters

Correction Tape

THE PROBLEM Writers for centuries had to deal with a major problem – what to do if you messed up!? What if you didn’t make a “mistake” like a spelling error, but simply wanted to re-word something, or move a sentence or paragraph around? EVEN TYPEWRITERS DIDN’T SOLVE THIS!

THE SOLUTION The Word Processor!

Really Old Version of Word (Pre-Windows)