Sometime in their careers most researchers find it necessary to learn to type - even if badly - in order to conduct their work effectively. Many who do and all who do not remain dependent upon the help of a typist to prepare final drafts of their documents. Experienced researchers recognize the tensions and sleepless nights brought on by the struggle to complete a research project proposal in time to make a deadline. The struggle is made all the more difficult by the necessity to leave enough time for the typist to prepare the final draft of the proposal.
Straight from "Using Microcomputers in Research" originally published in the stone age (er 1985). So many changes seem to be wrapped up in this statement and realistically the change in technology seems to be the most insignificant...
