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LOL. Here is what is now up at the Selectric Museum ...

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For those who want my opinion...the documents appear to be done in Word, and then copied repeatedly to make them "fuzzy". They use features that were not available on office typewriters the 1970s, specifically the combination of proportional spacing with superscript font. The IBM Executive has proportional spacing, but used fixed type bars. The Selectric has changeable type elements, but fixed spacing (some models could be selected at 10 or 12 pitch, but that's all). The Selectric Composer was not an office typewriter, but apparently did use proportional spacing. These were very expensive machines, used by printing offices, not administrative offices. At least my low opinion of TV news remains intact.

http://www.selectric.org/selectric/
Selectric Typewriter Museum-IBM Selectric Typewriters


887 posted on 09/09/2004 6:19:31 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
Some DUmmie has posted this doc that pres. Bush released as proof that the docs are not forgeries.


893 posted on 09/09/2004 6:24:53 PM PDT by OSHA (Cheap Shots, Low Blows and Late Hits. Free Delivery. Fast Friendly Service with a Smile!)
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To: Cboldt

Your comments are correct -- Executive was fixed and Selectric had the Balls -- Microsoft Word it was and dumb if you ask me.


904 posted on 09/09/2004 6:33:15 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Oklahoma is Reagan Country and now Bush Country -- Kerry is DOOMED!)
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