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Tabbed Out: A key has lost its place.

The article discusses changes in the function of the "Tab" key on a standard keyboard since the advent of computers and the internet. Formerly used on typewriters to indent paragraphs, it is more commonly used in the 21st century to jump from text field to text field in web pages or software applica...

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Published in:Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 19 - 21
Main Author: STABINER, KAREN
Format: Article
Published: Columbia Journalism Review Nov/Dec2010
Subjects:
Keyboarding
Paragraphs
Computers in journalism
Keyboards (Electronics)
Gould, John
Belkin, Lisa
Bernard, Walter
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