Hi, Peter!

Are you sure you don't have handwritten annotations anywhere any more?
Isn't it possible that a high government official, say in the White
House, might write something of great significance in the margin of a
hard copy document and physically hand it back to the sender, thereby
bypassing electronic capture altogether?  I wouldn't count on every one
using the comments capability in software.  Some people might not want
to leave electronic fingerprints, others might love the feature.  I
don't think anyone can rule out that possibility, old fashioned as it
exists, it still might happen.

I guess as I'm getting older and starting to think about what I'll do
after I retire, the question of the types of records I might be
researching in my spare time really has started to intrigue me.

Maarja

Maarja Krusten
GAO Historian
Office of Quality and
     Continuous Improvement (QCI)
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>>> Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]> 04/05/05 8:29 PM >>>
On Apr 5, 2005 5:10 PM, Maarja Krusten <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> .The Haldeman memo wouldn't be as interesting if we didn't have the
> handwritten annotation.

well in this day and age we don't have handwritten annotations, rather
the annotations are captured via the comments capability of the
desktop application. This along with a lot of other metadata. This is
why company's are starting to use products like Deltaviews Workshare
to strip out comments and other metadata before sharing electronic
documents with other companies or individuals.

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Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va

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