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Element 34

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Annotate

Add words about the work, not to it.

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Earliest lead

A lead

1967–69Lead: annotations in Brown's HES or FRESS, or in NLS.

The FRESS article opened mentions tags and keywords, not annotations.

Not yet dated by a document. Don't quote it as a first.

  • ReadingValue

Specimen № 34 — operate freely

Note a line in the margin, type another into the line, then read the toast out.

Fig. 34 — Annotate

000 readings · idle

Down the Write column

  1. it followsTType
  2. it targetsFiFill in
  3. it remembersAtAnnotate
  4. it connectsMMessage
  5. it guessesCeComplete
  6. it actsDtDraft

Read down and Type gets heavier: each step is the same act, on a machine that keeps track of more.

Bodies

The act stays put while the hardware changes. These are some of the forms Annotate takes.

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