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I worked in the school library as in the 80s, right before or maybe even during word processors, we had some typewriters that I recall had a little LCD screen and almost acted like a word processor buffer. They could do fancy things like not force you to wrap words, I believe. They could erase letters well; I think they struck them out with a whiteout band.

The older ones from the 70s however, were those big heavy green or maroon ones that had a ball, but not too many fancy features. The had the bell to let you know you were near the margin. I think you had to hit the return key to return the carriage. I seem to remember them having more courier font, but I suppose the ball was interchangeable.

Proportional spacing is not something I would associate with the early 70s standard office equipment, although I believe it was possible, just not probable.

I seem to recall that with the first computer word processors you used a daisy wheel printer for typewriter style results; before laser printers. That would have been in the early 80s.