Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:2137 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:660 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!midway!ellis.uchicago.edu!swsh From: swsh@ellis.uchicago.edu (Janet M. Swisher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Wordprocessists not typists? Message-ID: <1990Aug10.152143.3026@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 10 Aug 90 15:21:43 GMT References: <53989@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Distribution: na Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations Lines: 30 In article <53989@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes: ><1990Aug09.224407.29847@csuchico.edu>, franz@csuchico.edu (Fran Holtsberry) : >| If a person who types is called a typist, what is the official >| designation for a person who does word processing? >| This is a serious request, Some university documents >| are on hold until we work this out. >These people are engaged in a work stoppage because they don't like >being called typists? Either your area is real mean to typists, or >these people have found a good scam for taking long coffee breaks. I understood the original post to mean not that the typists were refusing to type, but that the university documents refer to these people, and the documents can't be finished until it is decided what to call them. As for what to call them, I would say you only need a distinction if you actually still have people who only type on typewriters, in addtion to the people who use wordprocessing programs. Personally, I dislike title inflation, but it's true that wordprocessing requires broader skills than straight typing. Call some local vocational schools and ask them what job positions they claim to be training people for. -- Janet Swisher Internet: swsh@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago Phone: (312) 702-7608 Academic and Public Computing P-mail: 1155 E. 60th St. Chicago IL 60637, USA "It's all just stuff, but some stuff is better than other stuff." R. McClamrock