Write one, publish it, and the world[1] will beat a path to your door. [1] or schools anyway.
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 15:40, Yuri de Groot wrote: > Universal to every gui wordprocessor: > > A "File" menu with "Open", "Save" and "Save As" > An "Edit" menu with "Copy ^C", "Cut ^X", "Paste ^V" > A tool bar with: " [font-name] [12] [B] [U] [I] " > The tool bar will also have a picture of a disk and a picture > of a printer. > > Beyond this there will be differences - some will have page set-up > under the "File" menu, others have it under the "Format" menu. > > I realise that not _All_ word processors are like the above, > but enough are to make it a generalisation. > > A neutral typing textbook would point this out, and > people who learn this way would not be frightened of > working on a different application, because they will be > confident of the similarities. > > Yuri > > > On Thu, 02 May 2002, you wrote: > > To quote the poet - "Bugger all" > > > > I work in a school, and the typing is done in MS Word 97. It will stay > > as MS Word 97 till the machinery catches fire and dies... because of > > the investment in teacher training, textbooks, and user-experiences. > > > > Have you ever seen a platform or version or program neutral typing > > textbook? If you did it would go like this... "Welcome to > > YourTypingProgram... you can probably hit keys in order to make words, > > but after that it varies based on what software you have." > > [snip] > > > > So how many teachers out there are teaching kids > > > non-OS-specific computer skills? > > > Out of curiosity, are any such teachers subscribed > > > to this list?
