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Being computer illiterate in today's high-tech business world is almost indistinguishable from being functionally illiterate. And it's difficult to believe there are successful people in the business world who do not know how to use a computer. Unfortunately, these corporate managers are mistaken in the belief that they can avoid computers and remain successful in the workplace.
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He resisted and resented learning how to use a computer. At the beginning of every year he made a resolution to get a computer and learn all about it; but he never followed through.
When he attempted to modify a computer file himself, he would hold the mouse backwards. When he didn't get the response he wanted, he'd slam the mouse down hard on the desk in frustration.
Unfortunately he couldn't keep up with the technological changes that computers had made in the printing industry either, or how design software meshed with those changes. He would give long lectures on antiquated printing techniques without understanding that his concerns about old-fashioned methods could be alleviated with a push of a menu button.