What word has replaced "typed" when requesting a document.?

Question

I am giving my students the choice of "typing" a document on a word processor or handing a handwritten copy in ink. "Typed" does not sound quite right since the work is not done on a typewriter. Most of my students have never worked with a typewriter.

Answer 1

Well, I guess you could call it a "word processed" or "keyboarded" document.  Makes "typed" sound pretty good, huh?  Students will understand what you mean.

Answer 2

'Typing' is the act of hitting the keys, which you still do on a computer keyboard, so it is normal to use.  I've never heard anything else.

Answer 3

Typed would be best or you could say done or written on the computer...but I think typed would be best. That is what my teachers say.

Answer 4

Typed still is the operable word because it refers back to printing - e.g. a mechanical process not a manual one.

Answer 5

typing classes are now called keyboarding. I would replace typed with, keyed and printed in 12 pt font and double spaced.

Answer 6

Typing a word document appears to still be the valid choice.  I've found the following examples:

6. Enter Text into a Document - To enter text into a document, you can either type or speak into a microphone. In typing text....

http://uwf.edu/clemley/cgs1570W/notes/03...

...as opening a new or existing document and starting to type

...Open a new document and start typing...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/H...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/H...