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@realEstateTrent 6) Most secretaries took dictation w/shorthand, so sitting in a room while another person spoke & you literally recorded every word they said in a steno notebook. Fancy offices had “dictaphones” -cassette tapes by 80s, but earlier was a mic at one desk & a speaker at the other.
@realEstateTrent 4) A spreadsheet was hand created on ledger sized paper, usually by hand with colored pencils so it was easy to erase with edits. 5) Collaboration involved traveling to another office with an office staffer handwriting 2,3 or more identical docs for review