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From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing
Message-ID: <739@scc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 27-Sep-86 02:34:23 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 27 02:34:23 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 30-Sep-86 06:43:42 EDT
References: <1986Sep10.070531.15353@utfyzx.uucp> <382@uvm-gen.UUCP> <272@plx.UUCP>
Organization: Don Steiny Software
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Summary: I know many secretaries that use ve

In article <272@plx.UUCP>, ed@plx.UUCP (Ed Chaban) writes:
> > > we had to teach our secretaries an editor, and
> > > found that there was little problem in using "vi".
> > >
> > The secretaries at the University of Virginia had no trouble learning basic
> > Unix, files, vi, tbl, eqn, and troff.
> 
> I got news for ya!
> 
> AT&T secretaries use vi !!!
> I'm *NOT* kidding, My sister's one of 'em!!
> 
	There has never been any problem at Santa Cruz Computer teaching
the secretaries vi.    I have taugh at least 50 people how to use vi,
including several classes of "computer literacy for humanities majors"
at UCSC.  Sure it is tough for a humanities major for the first few minutes,
but it is hardely insurmountable.

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