1. The Evolution of Writing
Why word processors rule.

2. 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?

3. Earliest Human Writing: Cuneiform from Mesopotamia

4. Oracle Bones from the Shang Dynasty, China

5. Writing Tools: Quill Pen & Ink

6. Writing Tools: Pencil (& Eraser)

7. Writing and Copying Manuscripts

8. Mistakes on Old Manuscripts

9. The Mechanical Typewriter: Speeding Things Up

10. Better and Faster Mechanical Typewriters

11. Fixing Small Mistakes on a Typewriter

12. Electric/Electronic Typewriters

13. Correction Tape

14. 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!

15. THE SOLUTION
The Word Processor!

16. Really Old Version of Word (Pre-Windows)