FIFTY years ago I learned to take Morse Code and Typewriting both at the same time (Radio Operator in the Merchant Marines.) At that time someone made a decision to teach the typing on special ALL CAPS typewriters simply because it was easier if you didn't have to learn all that shifting while trying to understand the dots and dashes coming in like the devil (whatever that means). After six intensive months of typing and morse code morning, noon, and night, I had learned to master them both. Then I went to sea, and the Radio Rooms all had STANDARD typewriters! Took me a long time to learn all that shifting between upper and lower case, but I gradually mastered that, too. In a nutshell, you do what you do best. Standard typing (upper and lower case) is easier to read, naturally, especially with long 80-character wide sentences. So I learned to set the columns of received e-mails to narrower widths, and can read UPPER CASE a bit easier. So please, don't withhold valuable genealogy data because you can't shift. You may want to set your outgoing e-mail messages to 40 characters wide, and make it easier for EVERYBODY to read all upper case. Regards, Charlie Fies, ex Radio Officer, USMS. > > Pardon my intrusion but most people would appreciate it > > if you would not use caps. > > ***I THINK THAT"most people",PROBABLY WON'T MIND SO MUCH,IF > THEY KNOW I USE CAPS BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO > READ. WHY DON'T YOU DO A RANDOM SAMPLE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE > THINK ABOUT THAT? > SINCERELY, > IRIS AND JERRY HARTMAN -- CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>