====== Using Correction Fluid ======

| **Field** | Typing |
| **Went Obsolete** | Typewriter: 1980s, as most newer machines had a built-in correction ribbon |
| **Made Obsolete By** | The word processor |
| **Knowledge Assumed** | Typing |
| **When useful** | Writing stuff in pen |

A previous author said:

I use it Almost every week.

I say:

Yeah, I'm sorry pallie you're stuck in the dark ages, anything I need to write neatly (as in might require the use of a pen) I can do on the computer. For everything else I use A PENCIL.

For those of you who are a bit younger than me and don't even know what we're talking about, let me explain: When I was young we had stuff called Whiteout A.K.A. Correction Fluid, It was used to cover up mistakes made with pens. It was done by brushing on a white paint-like substance to cover up mistakes, so they could be written over. The correction fluid often didn't lay flat and sometimes came off while you were attempting to write over it. The brush was hard to control and often resulted in covering up things you didn't want to cover up. Later a pen shaped applicator was invented which was much easier to use, almost made it tolerable. Much more recently correctional tape came out which is easier to apply but comes off too easily. In the end trying to correct a mistake made with pen is a pain in the butt, that's why I only use them for my signature, for everything else I have a pencil or a computer.

That's great for documents YOU create. Everyone else, stuck with the "official" forms we're given by someone else use White Out when we make a typo.

In response to the above author: At my work we still use carbon-copy forms and correction-less typewriters so we use whiteout very often. Pencils are not appropriate for official forms and documents!