Reading documents on a computer monitor is becoming more difficult for me as time passes. It actually is not the reading of the text that is my downfall, but it is the comprehension and remembering of what I have read.
My job requires lots of reading of government documents which take 10 pages to explain the difference between an agricultural crop that is planted for harvest and one that is planted for wildlife food and the program regulations surrounding both types. Depending on font size settings for the computer monitor that 10 pages of printed material printed in a 12 pica or elite font becomes double that number of images on the monitor screen. I find myself doing a lot of scrolling back and forth looking for specific passages that I know I read, but have to be sure of the wording so that I can understand what I am reading now.
I have started printing those 10 pages and forgetting about reading them first on the computer. Anyone else need to have pages in print rather than electronic dots on a computer screen before they feel comfortable about remembering and comprehending what they have read?
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